| Judith L Weber, PhD, RD |
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| Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/College of Medicine/Department of Pediatrics |
| Phone: (501) 364-3300 |
Research Overview
Dr. Weber is a pediatric obesity researcher with interests in obesity prevention and treatment, energy balance, and dietary and physical activity assessment. Dr. Weber is an NIH- and USDA-funded investigator with studies addressing environmental risk factors for obesity and related chronic diseases, school-, worksite-, and community-based obesity prevention interventions, and methodological issues in dietary and physical activity assessment. These studies target primarily high-risk populations, including rural, low income, low education, high minority groups. Dr. Weber developed a training program for certifying individuals in anthropometric techniques for the measurement of body composition, and a model for training children in how to quantify portion sizes of foods. In December 2005, Dr. Weber was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to pilot test an innovative new school-based obesity prevention intervention program targeting school staff as well as the students to increase their access to healthy foods, increase physical activity with a web-based walking program, and decrease sedentary activity. Dr. Weber is also the Principal Investigator of the Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative, which is designed to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions to address nutritionally-responsive diseases in the Lower Mississippi Delta region of the state through the community participatory research process. Dr. Weber is also a registered dietitian.
Key Publications*
Weber JL, Cunningham-Sabo L, Skipper B, Lytle L, Stevens J, Gittelsohn J, Anliker J. Portion size estimation training in second-and third-grade American Indian children. Am J Clin Nutr 69(4S);782S-787S, 1999.
Lohman, TG, Caballero B, Himes JH, Davis CE, Stewart D, Houtkooper LB, Going SB, Hunsberger S, Weber JL, Reid R, Stephenson L. Estimation of body fat from anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance in Native American children. Int J Obesity 24;982-988, 2000.
Weber JL, Houtkooper LB, Howell WH, DeLany JP, Reid P, Stanford V. Validity of self-reported dietary intake in lean and obese young women, using two nutrient databases, compared with total energy expenditure measured by doubly labeled water. Euro J Clin Nutr, 55;940-950, 2001.
Weber JL, Lytle L, Gittelsohn J, Cunningham-Sato L, Heller K, Anliker JA, Stevens J, Hurley J, Ring K. Validity of self-reported dietary intake at school meals by American Indian children: the Pathways study. J AmDiet Assoc. 104; 746-752, 2004.
Tucker K, Zaghloul S, Champagne CM, Carithers T, Goolsby S, Connell, C, Bogle M, Weber JL. A regional food frequency questionnaire for the US Mississippi Delta. Pub Health Nutr 8(1);87-96, 2005.
*To find additional publications by this author, please visit Pubmed Central, a National Institutes of Health-operated site for electronic distribution of life sciences research reports.
Research Support
Principal Investigator: USDA: Lower Mississippi Delta NIRI (Phase III)
Principal Investigator: Dean's Research Development Fund: Rural worksite and community walking programs to increase physical activity feasibility study
Principal Investigator: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: School Partnership for Obesity Research and Prevention (SPORT)
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