Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Chris Taylor

The Ohio State School of Medical Dietetics, USA

Biography

Dr. Chris Taylor has spent 16 years exploring “how does lifestyle factors impact obesity and chronic diseases.” Specifically, what do we do, what do we eat and how does that impact our health status. He also studies personal cultural factors that will impact disease. His two major focus areas include food patterning and the influence of personal factors on lifestyle behavior choice. Food pattern is not just about what nutrients we eat, but our food selection patterns. His second area is factors that influence behavior change.

Publications

Family Meals and Neighborhood Food Resources Influence on Intake of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Added Sugars among Parents and Adolescents in Rural Counties

Purpose: Determine the influence that family meals; neighborhood food resources; and store selection within a weekly travel pattern has on dietary outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional survey with real time assessment of weekly travel patterns Setting: Four counties in Kentucky and Ohio, United States in fall 2013 Subjects: Adolescents, ages 13-18, a... Read More»

Alison A Gustafson, Nicolle Putnam, Ingrid Adams, Qishan Wu, W Jay Christian, Colleen Spees and Chris Taylor

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 4: 300

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000300

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