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Sara E Benjamin Neelon

Assistant Professor, Community and Family Medicine and Duke Global Health Institute
CCFP Faculty Fellow

Education:

• Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2006

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. SE Benjamin, SL Rifas-Shiman, EM Taveras, J Haines, J Finkelstein, K Kleinman, MW Gillman (2009). Early child care and adiposity at ages 1 and 3 years.. Pediatrics, United States, 124(2), 555-62.  [abs]


2. SE Benjamin, EM Taveras, AL Cradock, EM Walker, MM Slining, MW Gillman (2009). State and regional variation in regulations related to feeding infants in child care.. Pediatrics, United States, 124(1), e104-11.  [abs]


3. SE Benjamin, KA Copeland, A Cradock, B Neelon, E Walker, MM Slining, MW Gillman (2009). Menus in child care: a comparison of state regulations with national standards.. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, United States, 109(1), 109-15.  [abs]


4. SE Benjamin, J Haines, SC Ball, DS Ward (2008). Improving nutrition and physical activity in child care: what parents recommend.. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, United States, 108(11), 1907-11.  [abs]


5. DS Ward, SE Benjamin, AS Ammerman, SC Ball, BH Neelon, SI Bangdiwala (2008). Nutrition and physical activity in child care: results from an environmental intervention.. American journal of preventive medicine, Netherlands, 35(4), 352-6.  [abs]


6. SE Benjamin, DF Tate, SI Bangdiwala, BH Neelon, AS Ammerman, JM Dodds, DS Ward (2008). Preparing Child Care Health Consultants to address childhood overweight: a randomized controlled trial comparing web to in-person training.. Maternal and child health journal, United States, 12(5), 662-9.  [abs]


7. SC Ball, SE Benjamin, DS Ward (2008). Dietary intakes in North Carolina child-care centers: are children meeting current recommendations?. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, United States, 108(4), 718-21.  [abs]


8. JK Bower, DP Hales, DF Tate, DA Rubin, SE Benjamin, DS Ward (2008). The childcare environment and children's physical activity.. American journal of preventive medicine, Netherlands, 34(1), 23-9.  [abs]


9. SE Benjamin, A Cradock, EM Walker, M Slining, MW Gillman (2008). Obesity prevention in child care: a review of U.S. state regulations.. BMC public health, England, 8, 188.  [abs]


10. AS Ammerman, DS Ward, SE Benjamin, SC Ball, JK Sommers, M Molloy, JM Dodds (2007). An intervention to promote healthy weight: Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) theory and design.. Preventing chronic disease, United States, 4(3), A67.  [abs]


11. SC Ball, SE Benjamin, DS Ward (2007). Development and reliability of an observation method to assess food intake of young children in child care.. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, United States, 107(4), 656-61.  [abs]


12. SE Benjamin, B Neelon, SC Ball, SI Bangdiwala, AS Ammerman, DS Ward (2007). Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care.. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, England, 4, 29.  [abs]


13. 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, United States, 32(4), 380-6.  [abs]


14. 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, Canada, 40(1), 34-8.  [abs]


15. 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, Canada, 39(3), 142-9.  [abs]