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  • Dude, A. M., Smid, M. C., Branch, D. W., West, J., Meeks, H., Yu, Z., . . . Reddy, D. (2023). Interpregnancy body mass index change and offspring mortality risk following the second pregnancy. The American Journal of Perinatology, 40(4), 387-393. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1727230

  • Curtis, D. S., Fuller‐Rowell, T. E., Carlson, D. L., Wen, M., & Kramer, M. R. (2022). Does a rising median income lift all birth weights? County median income changes and low birth weight rates among births to black and white mothers. Milbank Quarterly, 100(1), 38-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12532
  • Curtis, D. S., Rigolon, A., Schmalz, D. L., & Brown, B. B. (2022). Policy and environmental predictors of park visits during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic: Getting out while staying in. Environment and Behavior, 54(2), 487-515. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165211031199

  • Brown, B. B., Santos, S., & Ocampo-Penuela, N. (2021). Bird-window collisions: Mitigation efficacy and risk factors across two years. PeerJ (San Francisco, CA), 9, e11867-e11867. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11867

  • Buder, I., Waitzman, N., & Zick, C. (2020). The medical costs of low leisure-time physical activity among working-age adults: Gender and minority status matter. Preventive Medicine, 141, 106273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106273
  • Buder, I., Zick, C., & Waitzman, N. (2020). The contribution of physical activity to health-related quality of life: New population estimates from National Survey Data. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-018-9665-5
  • Kim, S., Park, J., Chen, Y., Rowe, K., Snyder, J., Fraser, A., . . . Hashibe, M. (2020). Long-term diabetes risk among endometrial cancer survivors in a population-based cohort study. Gynecologic Oncology, 156(1), 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.10.015
  • Sharareh, N., Hess, R., Wan, N., Zick, C. D., & Wallace, A. S. (2020). Incorporation of information-seeking behavior into food insecurity research. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 58(6), 879-887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.12.019
  • Willis, S. K., Simonsen, S. E., Hemmert, R. B., Baayd, J., Digre, K. B., & Zick, C. D. (2020). Food Insecurity and the risk of obesity, depression, and self-rated health in women. Women’s Health Reports (New Rochelle), 1(1), 38-317. https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2020.0049

  • Curtis, D. S., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Vilches, S., Vonasek, J., & Wells, N. M. (2019). Associations between local government expenditures and low birth weight incidence: Evidence from national birth records. Preventive Medicine Reports, 16, 100985-100985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100985
  • Duensing, I., Anderson, M. B., Meeks, H. D., Curtin, K., & Gililland, J. M. (2019). Patients with Type-1 Diabetes are at greater risk of periprosthetic joint infection: A population-based, retrospective, cohort study. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume, 101(20), 1860-1867. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.19.00080
  • Frodsham, S. G., Yu, Z., Lyons, A. M., Agarwal, A., Pezzolesi, M. H., Dong, L., . . . Pezzolesi, M. G. (2019). The familiality of rapid renal decline in diabetes. Diabetes, 68(2), 420-429. https://doi.org/10.2337/db18-0838
  • Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Homandberg, L. K., Curtis, D. S., Tsenkova, V. K., Williams, D. R., & Ryff, C. D. (2019). Disparities in insulin resistance between black and white adults in the United States: The role of lifespan stress exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.04.020
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Wen, M., & Fan, J. X. (2019). Unpacking the paradox: testing for mechanisms in the food insecurity and BMI association. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 14(5), 683–697. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2018.1464997
  • Zick, C., & Birtulescu, A. (2019). Diet quality of farm and nonfarm households in the first half of the twentieth century: The roles of technological change and women’s work. Social Science History, 43(4), 705-731. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2019.36
  • Zick, C. D., Buder, I., Waitzman, N. J., Simonsen, S., & Digre, K. (2019). The nexus between health and time use among racially and ethnically diverse women. Ethnicity & Health, 24(2), 147-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2017.1315529

  • Buder, I., Zick, C., Waitzman, N., Simonsen, S., Sunada, G., & Digre, K. (2018). It takes a village coach: Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to improve diet and physical activity among minority women. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15(11), 819-826. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2017-0285
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Zick, C., Smith, K. R., Brown, B., Hanson, H., & Fan, J. (2018). Walkable neighborhoods and obesity: Evaluating effects with a propensity score approach. SSM - Population Health, 6, 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.11.005
  • Wen, M., Fan, J. X., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Wan, N. (2018). Rural–urban disparities in obesity prevalence among working age adults in the United States: Exploring the mechanisms. American Journal of Health Promotion, 32(2), 400-408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117116689488

  • Brown, B. B., Tharp, D., Smith, K. R., & Jensen, W. A. (2017). Objectively measured active travel and uses of activity-friendly neighborhood resources: Does change in use relate to change in physical activity and BMI? Preventive Medicine Reports, 8, 60-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.08.004
  • Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Curtis, D. S., Klebanov, P. K., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Evans, G. W. (2017). Racial disparities in blood pressure trajectories of preterm children: The Role of family and neighborhood socioeconomic status. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185(10), 888-897. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww198
  • Jensen, W. A., Stump, T. K., Brown, B. B., Werner, C. M., & Smith, K. R. (2017). Walkability, complete streets, and gender: Who benefits most? Health Place, 48, 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.007
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Fan, J. X., Wen, M., & Hanson, H. (2017). Neighborhood context and youth physical activity: Differential associations by gender and age. American Journal of Health Promotion, 31(5), 426-434. https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117116667353
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Brown, B. B., Fan, J. X., Hanson, H. A., Smith, K. R., & Zick, C. D. (2017). The joint effects of family risk of obesity and neighborhood environment on obesity among women. Social Science Medicine, 195, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.10.018
  • Nguyen, Q. C., Brunisholz, K. D., Yu, W., McCullough, M., Hanson, H. A., Litchman, M. L., . . . Smith, K. R. (2017). Twitter-derived neighborhood characteristics associated with obesity and diabetes. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16425-16410. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16573-1

  • Brown, B. B., Smith, K. R., Tharp, D., Werner, C. M., Tribby, C. P., Miller, H. J., & Jensen, W. (2016). A complete street intervention for walking to transit, nontransit walking, and bicycling: A quasi-experimental demonstration of increased use. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13(11), 1210-1219. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2016-0066
  • Buder, I., Zick, C., & Waitzman, N. (2016). Health-related quality of life associated with physical activity: New estimates by gender and race and ethnicity: Health-related quality of life. World Medical &Health Policy, 8(4), 409-420. https://doi.org/10.1002/wmh3.208
  • Fan, J. X., Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2016). Tract- and county-level income inequality and individual risk of obesity in the United States. Social Science Research, 55, 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.09.008
  • Nguyen, Q. C., Kath, S., Meng, H.-W., Li, D., Smith, K. R., VanDerslice, J. A., . . . Li, F. (2016). Leveraging geotagged Twitter data to examine neighborhood happiness, diet, and physical activity. Applied Geography, 73, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.06.003
  • Smith, K. R., Hanson, H. A., Brown, B. B., Zick, C. D., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Fan, J. X. (2016). Movers and stayers: How residential selection contributes to the association between female body mass index and neighborhood characteristics. International Journal of Obesity (London), 40(9), 1384-1391. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2016.78

  • Brown, B. B., Werner, C. M., Tribby, C. P., Miller, H. J., & Smith, K. R. (2015). Transit use, physical activity, and body mass index changes: Objective measures associated with complete street light-rail construction. American Journal of Public Health, 105(7), 1468-1474. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302561
  • Fan, J. X., Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2015). Sociodemographic and environmental correlates of active commuting in rural America. The Journal of Rural Health, 31(2), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12084
  • Miller, H. J., Tribby, C. P., Brown, B. B., Smith, K. R., Werner, C. M., Wolf, J., . . . Oliveira, M. G. S. (2015). Public transit generates new physical activity: Evidence from individual GPS and accelerometer data before and after light rail construction in a neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Health Place, 36, 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.08.005

  • Fan, J. X., Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2014). An ecological analysis of environmental correlates of active commuting in urban U.S. Health Place, 30, 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.09.014
  • Fan, J. X., Hanson, H. A., Zick, C. D., Brown, B. B., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Smith, K. R. (2014). Geographic scale matters in detecting the relationship between neighbourhood food environments and obesity risk: An analysis of driver license records in Salt Lake County, Utah. BMJ Open, 4(8), e005458-e005458. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005458
  • Fan, J. X., Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2014). Rural-urban differences in objective and subjective measures of physical activity: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2006. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11, E141-E141. https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd11.140189
  • Zick, C. D. (2014). Does Daylight Savings Time encourage physical activity? Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(5), 1057-1060. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2012-0300

  •  Zick, C. D., Smith, K. R., Kowaleski-Jones, L., Uno, C., & Merrill, B. J. (2013). Harvesting more than vegetables: The potential weight control benefits of community gardening. American Journal of Public Health, 103(6), 1110-1115. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2012.301009
  • Brown, B. B., Smith, K. R., Hanson, H., Fan, J. X., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Zick, C. D. (2013). Neighborhood design for walking and biking: Physical activity and body mass index. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 44(3), 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2012.10.024
  • Fan, J. X., Brown, B. B., Hanson, H., Kowaleski-Jones, L., Smith, K. R., & Zick, C. D. (2013). Moderate to vigorous physical activity and weight outcomes: Does every minute count? American Journal of Health Promotion, 28(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.4278/ajhp.120606-QUAL-286
  • Fan, J. X., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Wen, M. (2013). Walking or dancing: Patterns of physical activity by cross-sectional age among U.S. women. Journal of Aging and Health, 25(7), 1182-1203. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264313495561
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Wen, M. (2013). Community and child energy balance: Differential associations between neighborhood environment and overweight risk by gender. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 23(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2012.755153
  • Wen, M., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Fan, J. X. (2013). Ethnic-immigrant disparities in total and abdominal obesity in the US. American Journalof Health Behavior, 37(6), 807-818. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.6.10

  • Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2012). Sex and ethnic differences in validity of self-reported adult height, weight and body mass index. Ethnicity and Disease, 22(1), 72-78.
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Dunifon, R. (2012). Community influences on parenting and child behavior: Exploring race differences. Youth and Society.
  • Wen, M., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2012). The built environment and risk of obesity in the United States: Racial–ethnic disparities. Health Place, 18(6), 1314-1322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.09.002
  • Yamada, I., Brown, B. B., Smith, K. R., Zick, C. D., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Fan, J. X. (2012). Mixed land use and obesity: An empirical comparison of alternative land use measures and geographic scales. Professional Geographer, 64(2), 157-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2011.583592

  • Smith, K. R., Zick, C. D., Kowaleski-Jones, L., Brown, B. B., Fan, J. X., & Yamada, I. (2011). Effects of neighborhood walkability on healthy weight: Assessing selection and causal influences. Social Science Research, 40(5), 1445–1455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.04.009
  • Zick, C. D. (2011). Youth & society: The shifting balance of adolescent time use. Youth Studies Australia, 30(1), 59.
  • Zick, C. D., & Stevens, R. B. (2011). Time spent eating and its implications for Americans' energy balance. Social IndicatorsResearch, 101(2), 267-273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9646-z
  • Zick, C. D., Stevens, R. B., & Bryant, W. K. (2011). Time use choices and healthy body weight: A multivariate analysis of data from the American Time Use Survey. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8(1), 84-84. https://doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-8-84

  • Zick, C. D., & Stevens, R. B. (2010). Trends in Americans’ food-related time use: 1975–2006. Public Health Nutrition, 13(7), 1064-1072. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009992138
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Brown, B. B., Fan, J. X., Smith, K. R., & Zick, C. D. (2010). Are you what your mother weighs? Evaluating the impact of maternal weight trajectories on youth overweight. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 14(5), 680-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-009-0493-y
  • Brown, B. B., Yamada, I., Smith, K. R., Zick, C. D., Kowaleski-Jones, L., & Fan, J. X. (2009). Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity. Health & Place, 15(4), 1130-1141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.06.008
  • Zick, C. D., Smith, K. R., Fan, J. X., Brown, B. B., Yamada, I., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2009). Running to the store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity. Social Science & Medicine, 69(10), 1493-1500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.032
  • Kowaleski-Jones, L., Fan, J. X., Yamada, I., Zick, C. D., Smith, K. R., & Brown, B. B. (2009). Alternative measures of food deserts: Fruitful options or empty cupboards. Ann Arbor: National Poverty Centre.
  • Fan, J. X., Brown, B. B., Kowaleski-Jones, L., Smith, K. R., & Zick, C. D. (2007). Household food expenditure patterns: A cluster analysis. Monthly Labor Review, 130(4), 38-51.
  • Zick, C. D., Smith, K. R., Brown, B. B., Fan, J. X., & Kowaleski-Jones, L. (2007). Physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 4(2), 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.4.2.125
  • Waitzman, N. J., Smith, K. R., & Stroup, A. (1999). The direct and indirect effects of metropolitan area inequality on mortality: A hierarchical analysis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 896(1), 347-349. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08137.x
  • Waitzman, N. J., & Smith, K. R. (1998). Phantom of the area: Poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 88(6), 973-976. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.6.973
  • Waitzman, N. J., & Smith, K. R. (1998). Separate but lethal: The effects of economic segregation on mortality in metropolitan America. Milbank Quarterly, 76(3), 341-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.00095
  • Smith, K. R., & Waitzman, N. J. (1997). Effects of marital status on the risk of mortality in poor and non-poor neighborhoods. Annals of Epidemiology, 7(5), 343-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00031-8
  • Schumacher, M. C., & Smith, K. R. (1988). Diabetes in Utah among adults: Interaction between diabetes and other risk factors for microvascular and macrovascular complications. American Journal of Public Health, 78(9), 1195-1201. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.78.9.1195

 

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