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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Fast food restaurant use among adolescents: Associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables
TL;DR: FFFRU was positively associated with student employment, television viewing, home availability of unhealthy foods, and perceived barriers to healthy eating, and was inversely associated with students' own and perceived maternal and peer concerns about healthy eating.
Factors associated with soft drink consumption in school-aged children
TL;DR: Results suggest that several factors may be associated with soft drink intake in school-aged children, most notably taste preferences, soft drink consumption habits of parents and friends,soft drink availability in the home and school, and television viewing.
State School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy Environments and Youth Obesity
Marilyn S. Nanney,Toben F. Nelson,Melanie M. Wall,Tarek Haddad,Martha Y. Kubik,Melissa N. Laska,Mary Story +6 more
TL;DR: States appear to be doing a better job adopting FSN policies than PA or WA policies, and adoption of policies is correlated with youth obesity, which seems to be warranted.
The Association of the School Food Environment With Dietary Behaviors of Young Adolescents
TL;DR: School-based programs that aim to promote healthy eating among youths should target school-level environmental factors, including fruit and fruit/vegetable consumption and total and saturated fat intake.
Community-Supported Agriculture as a Dietary and Health Improvement Strategy: A Narrative Review
TL;DR: This narrative review summarizes the literature regarding community-supported agriculture with a focus on its use as a dietary and health improvement strategy and has found that members are generally very satisfied, but membership turnover rates are often high.