Mary Story
Duke University
526 Papers
6.1K Citations
Mary Story is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 135, co-authored 522 publications. Previous affiliations of Mary Story include Durham University & University of Minnesota.
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Papers
Poverty, food insecurity, and obesity: A conceptual framework for research, practice, and policy
TL;DR: Findings from research examining the association between obesity and food insecurity in the United States are summarized and a conceptual framework to characterize the factors that may fuel a cycle of mutual influence among obesity, food insecurity, and their shared mechanisms and health-related outcomes are described.
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Anthropometric, parental, and psychosocial correlates of dietary intake of African-American girls.
Karen W. Cullen,Tom Baranowski,Lisa M. Klesges,Kathy Watson,Nancy E. Sherwood,Mary Story,Issa Zakeri,Deborah Leachman-Slawson,Charlotte A. Pratt +8 more
TL;DR: Interventions to prevent excessive weight gain in African-American girls should encourage low-fat food preparation in the home and greater consumption of vegetables, which seemed to be an important influence on the percentage of energy consumed from fat.
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Food and beverage brands that market to children and adolescents on the Internet: a content analysis of branded Web sites.
Anna E. Henry,Mary Story +1 more
TL;DR: To identify food and beverage brand Web sites featuring designated children's areas, assess marketing techniques present on those industry Web sites, and determine nutritional quality of branded food items marketed to children, a systematic content analysis and nutrient analysis was conducted.
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Psychosocial Concerns and Weight Control Behaviors Among Overweight and Nonoverweight Native American Adolescents
TL;DR: Overweight Native American youth were concerned about their weight, but did not appear to have major psychosocial concerns associated with being overweight, and overweight youth were somewhat less likely to engage in health-promoting behaviors.
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Reducing fat and sodium in school lunch programs: the LUNCHPOWER! Intervention Study.
TL;DR: It is found that schools could serve lower-sodium and lower-fat meals and retain student participation in the school lunch program.
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