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Misreporting of Dietary Intake Affects Estimated Nutrient Intakes in Low-Income Spanish-Speaking Women by Banna, Jinan C., PhD, RD, Fialkowski, Marie K., PhD, RD, Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD

“…Abstract Misreporting of dietary intake affects the validity of data collected and conclusions drawn in studies exploring diet and health outcomes. One…”
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Food insecurity is positively related to overweight in women by Townsend, M S, Peerson, J, Love, B, Achterberg, C, Murphy, S P

“…Although individuals with poor food security might be expected to have reduced food intake, and thus reduced body fat and less likelihood of being overweight,…”
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Goal Setting as a Strategy for Dietary and Physical Activity Behavior Change: A Review of the Literature by Shilts, Mical Kay, Horowitz, Marcel, Townsend, Marilyn S.

“…Objective. Estimate effectiveness of goal setting for nutrition and physical activity behavior change, review the effect of goal-setting characteristics on…”
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Obesity Risk Assessment Tool for Low-Income Spanish Speaking Immigrant Parents with Young Children: Validity with BMI and Biomarkers of Obesity by Townsend, Marilyn S, Shilts, Mical K, Lanoue, Louise, Drake, Christiana, Díaz Rios, L Karina, Styne, Dennis M, Keim, Nancy L, Ontai, Lenna

“…Children of Hispanic origin bear a high risk of obesity. Child weight gain trajectories are influenced by the family environment, including parent feeding…”
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Obesity Risk Assessment for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Families with Young Children in the United States: Reliability and Validity with Nutrient Values by Townsend, Marilyn S, Shilts, Mical K, Lanoue, Louise, Drake, Christiana, Díaz Rios, L Karina, Keim, Nancy L, Styne, Dennis M, Ontai, Lenna L

“…The purpose is to examine validity and reliability for an obesity risk assessment tool developed in Spanish for immigrant families with children, 3-5 years old…”
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Improving the Quality of Data From EFNEP Participants With Low Literacy Skills: A Participant-driven Model by Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD, Ganthavorn, Chutima, PhD, Neelon, Marisa, MS, RD, Donohue, Susan, MA, Johns, Margaret C., MPA, RD

“…Abstract Low literacy skills and poor evaluation tool readability combined with the stresses of the classroom environment create a high cognitive load for…”
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Feasibility of Colocating a Nutrition Education Program into a Medical Clinic Setting to Facilitate Pediatric Obesity Prevention by Shilts, Mical K., Diaz Rios, L. Karina, Panarella, Katherine H., Styne, Dennis M., Lanoue, Louise L., Drake, Christiana M., Ontai, Lenna, Townsend, Marilyn S.

“…Purpose: Within a medical clinic environment, pediatric obesity prevention education for families faces challenges. Existing long-term government-funded…”
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Where is the science? What will it take to show that nutrient profiling systems work? by Townsend, Marilyn S

“…Nutrient profiling is defined as the science of ranking or categorizing foods on the basis of their nutritional composition. Validity is a general term meaning…”
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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Customizing MyPlate for Low-Literate, Low-Income Families in 4 Steps by Shilts, Mical K., PhD, Johns, Margaret C., MPA, RD, Lamp, Cathi, MS, MPH, RD, Schneider, Connie, PhD, RD, Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD

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Improving Readability of an Evaluation Tool for Low-income Clients Using Visual Information Processing Theories by Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD, Sylva, Kathryn, MA, Martin, Anna, MA, Metz, Diane, MA, Wooten-Swanson, Patti, PhD

“…Abstract Literacy is an issue for many low-income audiences. Using visual information processing theories, the goal was improving readability of a food…”
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Pilot Study: EatFit Impacts Sixth Graders' Academic Performance on Achievement of Mathematics and English Education Standards by Shilts, Mical Kay, PhD, Lamp, Cathi, MS, MPH, RD, Horowitz, Marcel, MS, CHES, Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD

“…Abstract Objective Investigate the impact of a nutrition education program on student academic performance as measured by achievement of education standards…”
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Vegetable Variety Is a Key to Improved Diet Quality in Low-Income Women in California by Keim, Nancy L., PhD, RD, Forester, Shavawn M., PhD, RD, Lyly, Marika, PhD, Aaron, Grant J., PhD, Townsend, Marilyn S., PhD, RD

“…Abstract Primary prevention education interventions, including those sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture for low-income families, encourage and…”
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My Child at mealtime parent self-assessment of food related behaviors: Validation with mealtime behaviors by Ontai, Lenna L., Sutter, Carolyn, Sitnick, Stephanie, Shilts, Mical K., Townsend, Marilyn S.

“…My Child at Mealtime (MCMT) is a visually enhanced, self-assessment tool designed to measure parent food related behaviors of low-income caregivers of…”
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Development of a Tool to Assess Psychosocial Indicators of Fruit and Vegetable Intake for 2 Federal Programs by Townsend, Marilyn S., Kaiser, Lucia L.

“…Development of an evaluation tool of psychosocial constructs for use by participants in 2 federal programs, Food Stamp Nutrition Education and the Expanded…”
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An Obesity Risk Assessment Tool for Young Children: Validity With BMI and Nutrient Values by Townsend, Marilyn S., Shilts, Mical K., Styne, Dennis M., Drake, Christiana, Lanoue, Louise, Ontai, Lenna

“…Demonstrate validity and reliability for an obesity risk assessment tool for young children targeting families' modifiable home environments. Longitudinal…”
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Less-energy-dense diets of low-income women in California are associated with higher energy-adjusted diet costs by Townsend, Marilyn S, Aaron, Grant J, Monsivais, Pablo, Keim, Nancy L, Drewnowski, Adam

“…BACKGROUND: US-based studies are needed to estimate the relation, if any, between diet quality and estimated diet costs. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that lower…”
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Designing Retrospective Evaluation Tools for Limited-Literacy Adults by Townsend, Marilyn S., Shilts, Mical K., Diaz Rios, L. Karina, Panarella, Katherine

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My child at mealtime: A visually enhanced self-assessment of feeding styles for low-income parents of preschoolers by Ontai, Lenna L., Sitnick, Stephanie L., Shilts, Mical K., Townsend, Marilyn S.

“…The importance of caregiver feeding styles on children's dietary outcomes is well documented. However, the instruments used to assess feeding style are limited…”
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Assessing factorial and convergent validity and reliability of a food behaviour checklist for Spanish-speaking participants in US Department of Agriculture nutrition education programmes by Banna, Jinan C, Townsend, Marilyn S

“…Objective To assess convergent validity, factorial validity, test-retest reliability and internal consistency of a diet quality food behaviour checklist (FBC)…”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Initial Validation of Mi Niño: A Tool to Measure Food-Related Parenting Practices of Spanish-Speaking Parents with Young Children by Díaz Rios, L. Karina, Ontai, Lenna L., Shilts, Mical K., Lanoue, Louise, Townsend, Marilyn S.

“…Accurate measurement of food-related parenting practices is necessary to inform related interventions and program evaluation. Valid tools reflect cultural…”
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