Affiliation: DGHI Faculty

Sara E Benjamin Neelon
Contact Info:
Office Location:  228 Trent Hall
Email Address: send me a message

School(s):

School of Medicine
Department(s):

Community and Family Medicine
Topical Interests:

Community and Family Medicine
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. SE Benjamin Neelon, E Oken, EM Taveras, SL Rifas-Shiman, MW Gillman, Age of achievement of gross motor milestones in infancy and adiposity at age 3 years., Maternal and child health journal, vol. 16 no. 5 (July, 2012), pp. 1015-20, ISSN 1573-6628 [doi]  [abs]
  2. SE Benjamin Neelon, A Vaughn, SC Ball, C McWilliams, DS Ward, Nutrition practices and mealtime environments of North Carolina child care centers., Childhood obesity (Print), vol. 8 no. 3 (June, 2012), pp. 216-23, ISSN 2153-2176 [doi]  [abs]
  3. Kim J, Kaste, L.M., Fadavi, S, Benjamin Neelon, S.E., Are state child care regulations meeting national oral health and nutritional standards? Pediatric Dentistry Jul-Aug 2012;34(4):317-324.
  4. Kim, J., Kaste, L.M., Fadavi,S., Benjamin Neelon, S.E., Are state child care regulations meeting the national oral health and nutrition standards? Pediatric Dentistry. 2012;34(4):317-324.
  5. Martinie A, Brouwer RJ, Benjamin Neelon SE., Mebane on the Move:  A community-based initiative to reduce childhood obesity. North Carolina Medical Journal. 2012;73(5):382.
  6. SE Benjamin Neelon, ME Briley, American Dietetic Association, Position of the American Dietetic Association: benchmarks for nutrition in child care., Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 111 no. 4 (April, 2011), pp. 607-15, ISSN 1878-3570 [doi]  [abs]
  7. Larson N, Ward DS, Neelon SB, Story M., What role can child-care settings play in obesity prevention? A review of the evidence and call for research efforts. Journal of the American Dietetic Association Sep;111(9):1343-62.
  8. Larson, N.I., Ward, D.S., Neelon, S.B., Story, M., What Role Can Child-care Settings Play in Obesity Prevention? A Review of the Evidence and Call for Research Efforts. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2011 Sep;111(9):1343-62.
  9. SE Benjamin Neelon, KA Copeland, SC Ball, L Bradley, DS Ward, Comparison of menus to actual foods and beverages served in North Carolina child-care centers., Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 110 no. 12 (December, 2010), pp. 1890-5, ISSN 1878-3570 [doi]  [abs]
  10. AL Cradock, EM O'Donnell, SE Benjamin, E Walker, M Slining, A review of state regulations to promote physical activity and safety on playgrounds in child care centers and family child care homes., Journal of physical activity & health, vol. 7 Suppl 1 (March, 2010), pp. S108-19, ISSN 1543-3080  [abs]
  11. C McWilliams, SC Ball, SE Benjamin, D Hales, A Vaughn, DS Ward, Best-practice guidelines for physical activity at child care., Pediatrics, vol. 124 no. 6 (December, 2009), pp. 1650-9, ISSN 1098-4275 [doi]  [abs]
  12. SE Benjamin, SL Rifas-Shiman, EM Taveras, J Haines, J Finkelstein, K Kleinman, MW Gillman, Early child care and adiposity at ages 1 and 3 years., Pediatrics, vol. 124 no. 2 (August, 2009), pp. 555-62, ISSN 1098-4275 [doi]  [abs]
  13. SE Benjamin, EM Taveras, AL Cradock, EM Walker, MM Slining, MW Gillman, State and regional variation in regulations related to feeding infants in child care., Pediatrics, vol. 124 no. 1 (July, 2009), pp. e104-11, ISSN 1098-4275 [doi]  [abs]
  14. SE Benjamin, KA Copeland, A Cradock, B Neelon, E Walker, MM Slining, MW Gillman, Menus in child care: a comparison of state regulations with national standards., Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 109 no. 1 (January, 2009), pp. 109-15, ISSN 0002-8223 [doi]  [abs]
  15. SE Benjamin, J Haines, SC Ball, DS Ward, Improving nutrition and physical activity in child care: what parents recommend., Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 108 no. 11 (November, 2008), pp. 1907-11, ISSN 0002-8223 [doi]  [abs]
  16. DS Ward, SE Benjamin, AS Ammerman, SC Ball, BH Neelon, SI Bangdiwala, Nutrition and physical activity in child care: results from an environmental intervention., American journal of preventive medicine, vol. 35 no. 4 (October, 2008), pp. 352-6, ISSN 0749-3797 [doi]  [abs]
  17. SE Benjamin, DF Tate, SI Bangdiwala, BH Neelon, AS Ammerman, JM Dodds, DS Ward, Preparing Child Care Health Consultants to address childhood overweight: a randomized controlled trial comparing web to in-person training., Maternal and child health journal, vol. 12 no. 5 (September, 2008), pp. 662-9, ISSN 1092-7875 [doi]  [abs]
  18. SC Ball, SE Benjamin, DS Ward, Dietary intakes in North Carolina child-care centers: are children meeting current recommendations?, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 108 no. 4 (April, 2008), pp. 718-21, ISSN 0002-8223 [doi]  [abs]
  19. JK Bower, DP Hales, DF Tate, DA Rubin, SE Benjamin, DS Ward, The childcare environment and children's physical activity., American journal of preventive medicine, vol. 34 no. 1 (January, 2008), pp. 23-9, ISSN 0749-3797 [doi]  [abs]
  20. SE Benjamin, A Cradock, EM Walker, M Slining, MW Gillman, Obesity prevention in child care: a review of U.S. state regulations., BMC public health, vol. 8 (2008), pp. 188, ISSN 1471-2458 [doi]  [abs]
  21. BA Laraia, JM Dodds, S Benjamin, SJ Jones, ET Carbone, Can distance education prepare future public health nutritionists? A case study., Journal of nutrition education and behavior, vol. 40 no. 1 (March, 2008), pp. 34-8, ISSN 1499-4046 [doi]  [abs]
  22. D Ward, D Hales, K Haverly, J Marks, S Benjamin, S Ball, S Trost, An instrument to assess the obesogenic environment of child care centers., American journal of health behavior, vol. 32 no. 4 (September, 2008), pp. 380-6, ISSN 1087-3244 [doi]  [abs]
  23. AS Ammerman, DS Ward, SE Benjamin, SC Ball, JK Sommers, M Molloy, JM Dodds, An intervention to promote healthy weight: Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) theory and design., Preventing chronic disease, vol. 4 no. 3 (July, 2007), pp. A67, ISSN 1545-1151  [abs]
  24. SC Ball, SE Benjamin, DS Ward, Development and reliability of an observation method to assess food intake of young children in child care., Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 107 no. 4 (April, 2007), pp. 656-61, ISSN 0002-8223 [doi]  [abs]
  25. SE Benjamin, A Ammerman, J Sommers, J Dodds, B Neelon, DS Ward, Nutrition and physical activity self-assessment for child care (NAP SACC): results from a pilot intervention., Journal of nutrition education and behavior, vol. 39 no. 3 (July, 2007), pp. 142-9, ISSN 1499-4046 [doi]  [abs]
  26. SE Benjamin, B Neelon, SC Ball, SI Bangdiwala, AS Ammerman, DS Ward, Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care., The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, vol. 4 (2007), pp. 29, ISSN 1479-5868 [doi]  [abs]
  27. SS Girdler, CA Pedersen, PA Straneva, J Leserman, CL Stanwyck, S Benjamin, KC Light, Dysregulation of cardiovascular and neuroendocrine responses to stress in premenstrual dysphoric disorder., Psychiatry research, vol. 81 no. 2 (November, 1998), pp. 163-78, ISSN 0165-1781  [abs]


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