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Marilyn S. Townsend, Ph.D. - Publications

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2000 Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States 
Area:
Nutrition, Public Health, Behavioral Psychology, Women's Studies
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2023 Townsend MS, Shilts MK, Lanoue L, Drake C, Díaz Rios LK, Keim NL, Styne DM, Ontai LL. Obesity Risk Assessment for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Families with Young Children in the United States: Reliability and Validity with Nutrient Values. Children (Basel, Switzerland). 10. PMID 37238415 DOI: 10.3390/children10050868  0.318
2022 Díaz Rios LK, Ontai LL, Shilts MK, Lanoue L, Townsend MS. and Initial Validation of Mi Niño: A Tool to Measure Food-Related Parenting Practices of Spanish-Speaking Parents with Young Children. Current Developments in Nutrition. 7: 100002. PMID 37180080 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2022.100002  0.305
2020 Townsend MS, Shilts MK, Lanoue L, Drake C, Styne DM, Woodhouse L, Ontai L. Obesity Risk Assessment Tool among 3-5 Year Olds: Validation with Biomarkers of Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation. Childhood Obesity (Print). 16: S23-S32. PMID 32857609 DOI: 10.1089/Chi.2019.0237  0.375
2019 Ontai LL, Sutter C, Sitnick S, Shilts MK, Townsend M. Parent Food-Related Behaviors and Family-Based Dietary and Activity Environments: Associations with BMI z-Scores in Low-Income Preschoolers. Childhood Obesity (Print). PMID 31682151 DOI: 10.1089/Chi.2019.0105  0.424
2019 Ontai LL, Sutter C, Sitnick S, Shilts MK, Townsend MS. My Child at mealtime parent self-assessment of food related behaviors: Validation with mealtime behaviors. Appetite. 136: 62-69. PMID 30677466 DOI: 10.1016/J.Appet.2019.01.016  0.375
2019 Townsend M, Shilts M, Rios KD, Leavens L, Panarella K. NP13 Designing Retrospective Evaluation Tools with Low-Literacy Adults: Development Process Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2019.05.337  0.361
2019 Shilts M, Lake A, Washington C, Leavens L, Rios KD, Ontai L, Panarella K, Styne D, Townsend M. NP12 Guided Goal Setting Behaviors of Spanish and English-Speaking EFNEP Participants in a Medical Clinic Setting Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51: S15. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2019.05.336  0.327
2019 Ontai L, Rios KD, Lanoue L, Townsend M, Shilts M. NP11 Measuring Parent Food-Related Behaviors with Spanish-Speaking Parents of Preschool Aged Children: Reliability and Validation of Mi Niño a la Hora de Comer-Year 4 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51: S14-S15. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2019.05.335  0.41
2019 Townsend M, Shilts M, Ontai L, Drake C, Lanoue L, Styne D, Keim N, Rios KD, Panarella K. NP10 Obesity Risk, Parenting and Diet Quality Tools for Hispanic Families with Preschoolers: EFNEP, Head Start, Medical Clinic-Year 4 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51: S14. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2019.05.334  0.382
2018 Townsend MS, Shilts MK, Styne DM, Drake C, Lanoue L, Ontai L. An Obesity Risk Assessment Tool for Young Children: Validity with BMI and Nutrient Values. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. PMID 29567008 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2018.01.022  0.321
2018 Shilts MK, Sitnick SL, Ontai L, Townsend MS. A Guided Goal Setting Intervention Improves Child Feeding Practices of Low-Income Parents Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 50: S107. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2018.04.238  0.318
2017 Ontai L, Rios KD, Shilts MK, Lanoue L, Davidson C, Zavala G, Espinoza M, Townsend M. Process for Validating My Child at Mealtime: Assessing Parent Mealtime Behavior in Spanish Speaking Families of Preschoolers Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 49: S121-S122. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2017.05.112  0.315
2016 Townsend MS, Shilts MK, Styne D, Drake C, Lanoue L, Woodhouse L, Allen L. Vegetable behavioral tool demonstrates validity with myPlate vegetable cups and carotenoid and inflammatory biomarkers. Appetite. PMID 27603783 DOI: 10.1016/J.Appet.2016.09.002  0.389
2016 Townsend M, Shilts M, Ontai L, Drake C, Lanoue L, Styne D, Allen L, Rios KD, Panarella K. Obesity Risk, Parenting and Diet Quality Assessment for Spanish-Speaking Families With Preschool Children: EFNEP, Head Start, Medical Clinic-Year 1 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 48: S132. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2016.04.381  0.329
2016 Rios KD, Ontai L, Zavala G, Espinoza M, Shilts M, Townsend M. Spanish Adaptation of My Child at Mealtime: A Feeding Style Self-Assessment Tool for Low-Income Parents of Preschoolers Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 48: S117. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2016.04.342  0.321
2015 Ontai LL, Sitnick SL, Shilts MK, Townsend MS. My child at mealtime: A visually enhanced self-assessment of feeding styles for low-income parents of preschoolers. Appetite. 99: 76-81. PMID 26743352 DOI: 10.1016/J.Appet.2015.12.029  0.35
2015 Banna JC, Fialkowski MK, Townsend MS. Misreporting of dietary intake affects estimated nutrient intakes in low-income Spanish-speaking women. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 115: 1124-33. PMID 25132121 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jand.2014.06.358  0.347
2015 Townsend M, Ontai L, Shilts M, Styne D, Lamp C, Schneider C, Johns M. Efficacy of Obesity Risk Assessment Tools Integrated With Parental Guided Goal Setting to Maintain Healthy Weight Among Preschool Children: Year 5 Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 47: S102. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2015.04.279  0.326
2015 Townsend M, Shilts MK, Allen L, Styne D, Woodhouse L. Serum Biomarkers Validate a Pictorial Vegetable Behavior Tool Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 47. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2015.04.277  0.417
2014 Townsend MS, Ganthavorn C, Neelon M, Donohue S, Johns MC. Improving the quality of data from EFNEP participants with low literacy skills: a participant-driven model. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 46: 309-14. PMID 24268971 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2013.10.004  0.344
2014 Keim NL, Forester SM, Lyly M, Aaron GJ, Townsend MS. Vegetable variety is a key to improved diet quality in low-income women in California. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 114: 430-5. PMID 24095620 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jand.2013.07.026  0.391
2014 Shilts M, Ontai L, Townsend M. Efficacy of a Guided Goal-setting Intervention for Low-Income Parents to Reduce Risk of Pediatric Obesity: Preliminary Results Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 46: S118. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2014.04.063  0.325
2012 Shilts MK, Townsend MS. A Goal Setting Intervention Positively Impacts Adolescents’ Dietary Behaviors and Physical Activity Self-Efficacy Journal of Youth Development. 7: 92-108. DOI: 10.5195/Jyd.2012.120  0.32
2012 Townsend M, Schneider C, Neelon M, Donohue S, Spezzano T, Algert S, Roche B. Designing the EFNEP Food Descriptions Guide for 5 Cultural Groups for the Dietary Recall Process Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 44. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2012.03.019  0.345
2011 Serrano E, McFerren M, Lambur M, Ellerbock M, Hosig K, Franz N, Townsend M, Baker S, Muennig P, Davis G. Cost-effectiveness model for youth EFNEP programs: what do we measure and how do we do it? Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 43: 295-302. PMID 21377936 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2010.03.164  0.307
2011 Chaidez V, Townsend M, Kaiser LL. Toddler-feeding practices among Mexican American mothers. A qualitative study. Appetite. 56: 629-32. PMID 21354235 DOI: 10.1016/J.Appet.2011.02.015  0.384
2011 Banna JC, Townsend MS. Assessing factorial and convergent validity and reliability of a food behaviour checklist for Spanish-speaking participants in US Department of Agriculture nutrition education programmes. Public Health Nutrition. 14: 1165-76. PMID 21338552 DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003058  0.412
2010 Townsend MS. Where is the science? What will it take to show that nutrient profiling systems work? The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91: 1109S-1115S. PMID 20164310 DOI: 10.3945/Ajcn.2010.28450F  0.355
2010 Banna JC, Vera Becerra LE, Kaiser LL, Townsend MS. Using qualitative methods to improve questionnaires for Spanish speakers: assessing face validity of a food behavior checklist. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 110: 80-90. PMID 20102831 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jada.2009.10.002  0.412
2009 Shilts MK, Horowitz M, Townsend MS. Guided goal setting: effectiveness in a dietary and physical activity intervention with low-income adolescents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 21: 111-22. PMID 19526701 DOI: 10.1515/Ijamh.2009.21.1.111  0.31
2009 Shilts MK, Martin AC, Townsend MS. Dose: Comparison of 6 and 12 Nutrition and Physical Activity Sessions Targeting Middle School Adolescents Journal of Youth Development. 4: 48-58. DOI: 10.5195/Jyd.2009.241  0.306
2009 Alston JM, Mullally CC, Sumner DA, Townsend M, Vosti SA. Likely effects on obesity from proposed changes to the US food stamp program Food Policy. 34: 176-184. DOI: 10.1016/J.Foodpol.2008.10.013  0.41
2008 Shilts MK, Smith D, Ontai L, Townsend MS. Evidence to Support the Use of the Retrospective Pretest method to Measure Dietary and Physical Activity Behavior and Self-Efficacy in Adolescents Journal of Youth Development. 3: 130-140. DOI: 10.5195/Jyd.2008.326  0.317
2008 Banna J, Townsend M, Kaiser L, Vera Becerra LE, Sylva K, Sugerman S, Metz D, Nicholson Y. O17: Validation of a Food Behavior Checklist for Spanish Speakers Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 40: S29. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2008.03.029  0.403
2007 Townsend MS, Kaiser LL. Brief psychosocial fruit and vegetable tool is sensitive for the US Department of Agriculture's Nutrition Education Programs. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 107: 2120-4. PMID 18060898 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jada.2007.09.015  0.361
2007 Crawford PB, Lamp CL, Nicholson Y, Krathwohl S, Hudes M, Townsend MS. Food insecurity may be linked to childhood obesity in low-income Mexican-American families California Agriculture. 61: 106-111. DOI: 10.3733/Ca.V061N03P106  0.419
2006 Kuyper EM, Espinosa-Hall G, Lamp CL, Martin AC, Metz DL, Smith D, Townsend MS, Kaiser LL. Development of a tool to assess past food insecurity of immigrant latino mothers. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 38: 378-82. PMID 17142195 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2006.05.019  0.422
2006 Townsend MS, Johns M, Shilts MK, Farfan-Ramirez L. Evaluation of a USDA nutrition education program for low-income youth. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 38: 30-41. PMID 16595276 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2005.11.014  0.407
2006 Townsend MS. Evaluating food stamp nutrition education: process for development and validation of evaluation measures. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 38: 18-24. PMID 16595274 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2005.11.008  0.374
2006 Blackburn ML, Townsend MS, Kaiser LL, Martin AC, West EA, Turner B, Joy AB. Food behavior checklist effectively evaluates nutrition education California Agriculture. 60: 20-24. DOI: 10.3733/Ca.V060N01P20  0.428
2006 Vandergraff D, Townsend M, Guion L. P120: Youth Outcome Evaluation for Nutrition Education: Valid? Reliable? How do I know? Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 38. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jneb.2006.04.128  0.301
2005 Townsend MS, Kaiser LL. Development of a tool to assess psychosocial indicators of fruit and vegetable intake for 2 federal programs. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 37: 170-84. PMID 16029687 DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60243-1  0.391
2005 Townsend MS, Fulgoni VL, Stern JS, Adu-Afarwuah S, McCarron DA. Low mineral intake is associated with high systolic blood pressure in the Third and Fourth National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys: could we all be right? American Journal of Hypertension. 18: 261-9. PMID 15752955 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjhyper.2004.09.017  0.304
2005 Bell RA, Berger CR, Cassady D, Townsend MS. Portrayals of food practices and exercise behavior in popular American films. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 37: 27-32. PMID 15745653 DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60256-X  0.35
2005 Kaiser LL, Townsend MS. Food Insecurity Among US Children Topics in Clinical Nutrition. 20: 313-320. DOI: 10.1097/00008486-200510000-00004  0.362
2004 Kaiser LL, Townsend MS, Melgar-Quiñonez HR, Fujii ML, Crawford PB. Choice of instrument influences relations between food insecurity and obesity in Latino women. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 80: 1372-8. PMID 15531689 DOI: 10.1093/Ajcn/80.5.1372  0.379
2004 Kaiser LL, Martin AC, Metz DL, Nicholson Y, Fujii ML, Lamp CL, Townsend MS, Crawford PB, Melgar-Quiñonez H. Food insecurity prominent among low-income California Latinos California Agriculture. 58: 18-23. DOI: 10.3733/Ca.V058N01P18  0.402
2004 Crawford PB, Townsend MS, Metz DL, Smith D, Espinosa-Hall G, Donohue SS, Olivares A, Kaiser LL. How can Californians be overweight and hungry? California Agriculture. 58: 12-17. DOI: 10.3733/Ca.V058N01P12  0.413
2003 Kaiser LL, Melgar-Quiñonez H, Townsend MS, Nicholson Y, Fujii ML, Martin AC, Lamp CL. Food insecurity and food supplies in Latino households with young children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 35: 148-53. PMID 12773286 DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60199-1  0.388
2003 Townsend MS, Kaiser LL, Allen LH, Joy AB, Murphy SP. Selecting items for a food behavior checklist for a limited-resource audience. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 35: 69-77. PMID 12725713 DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60043-2  0.384
2003 Lamp C, Townsend M, Kaiser L, Fujii M, Martin A. RELATIONSHIP OF OVERWEIGHT TO FOOD INSECURITY IN LATINO MOTHERS AND CHILDREN Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 103: 177-178. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(08)70286-4  0.381
2001 Murphy SP, Kaiser LL, Townsend MS, Allen LH. Evaluation of validity of items for a food behavior checklist Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 101: 751-756. PMID 11478471 DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00189-4  0.426
2001 Townsend MS, Peerson J, Love B, Achterberg C, Murphy SP. Food insecurity is positively related to overweight in women. The Journal of Nutrition. 131: 1738-45. PMID 11385061 DOI: 10.1093/Jn/131.6.1738  0.649
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