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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Relationship between Adolescents' and Their Friends' Eating Behaviors: Breakfast, Fruit, Vegetable, Whole-Grain, and Dairy Intake
Meredith Bruening,Marla E. Eisenberg,Richard F. MacLehose,Marilyn S. Nanney,Mary Story,Dianne Neumark-Sztainer +5 more
TL;DR: Findings from this study suggest that adolescent friends exhibit similarities in healthy eating patterns, and Registered dietitians and health professionals may consider developing strategies to engage friends to promote adolescents' healthy dietary behaviors.
Issues and implications of screening, surveillance, and reporting of children's BMI.
TL;DR: A robust discussion followed the presentation of each paper at the forum, with general agreement that BMI was a sound epidemiologic tool for the assessment of overweight and obesity in populations, as well as a useful clinical tool.
Feeding a Family in a Recession: Food Insecurity Among Minnesota Parents
TL;DR: Environmental interventions are needed to protect vulnerable families against food insecurity and to improve access to affordable, healthy foods.
Reducing Childhood Obesity through U.S. Federal Policy: A Microsimulation Analysis
Alyson H. Kristensen,Thomas J. Flottemesch,Michael V. Maciosek,Jennifer Jenson,Gillian Barclay,Marice Ashe,Eduardo Sanchez,Mary Story,Steven M. Teutsch,Ross C. Brownson +9 more
TL;DR: All three policies to reduce childhood obesity prevalence by 2032 would reduce obesity more among blacks and Hispanics than whites, with the SSB excise tax reducing obesity disparities the most.
CHAPTER 34 – Behavioral Risk Factors for Obesity: Diet and Physical Activity
Nancy E. Sherwood,Mary Story,Dianne Neumark-Sztainer +2 more
- 01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: The etiology of obesity is complex and encompasses a wide variety of social, behavioral, cultural, environmental, physiological, and genetic factors as mentioned in this paper, and considerable effort must be focused on helping individuals at the population level modify their diets and increase their physical activity levels, key behaviors involved in the regulation of body weight.