Alison K. Ventura

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Alison K. Ventura is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison K. Ventura has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 33 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Alison K. Ventura's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (43 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (33 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (20 papers). Alison K. Ventura is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (43 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (33 papers) and Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (20 papers). Alison K. Ventura collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sri Lanka. Alison K. Ventura's co-authors include Leann L. Birch, Julie A. Mennella, John Worobey, Jennifer S. Savage, Cynthia Bartok, Eric Loken, Gary K. Beauchamp, Lori A. Francis, Stephanie Anzman‐Frasca and Diane C. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Alison K. Ventura

69 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Does parenting affect children's eating and weight status?

2008 793 citations Alison K. Ventura, Leann L. Birch profile →
Early Influences on the Development of Food Preferences

2013 418 citations Alison K. Ventura et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison K. Ventura United States	28	2.6k	1.2k	964	845	651	72	3.9k
Jennifer S. Savage United States	34	3.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.6×	706 0.8×	506 0.8×	163	4.8k
Sophie Nicklaus France	41	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	935 1.0×	1.9k 2.2×	680 1.0×	164	5.5k
Rebecca K. Golley Australia	35	3.1k 1.2×	619 0.5×	564 0.6×	714 0.8×	302 0.5×	144	4.0k
Shannon E. Whaley United States	29	1.7k 0.7×	667 0.6×	678 0.7×	692 0.8×	629 1.0×	137	3.6k
Clare Llewellyn United Kingdom	42	3.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	2.3k 2.4×	507 0.6×	313 0.5×	139	4.8k
Susan L. Johnson United States	47	3.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	2.0k 2.1×	1.4k 1.7×	495 0.8×	185	7.0k
Lucy Cooke United Kingdom	38	4.6k 1.7×	1.9k 1.6×	2.4k 2.5×	1.2k 1.5×	413 0.6×	69	6.3k
Jacqueline Blissett United Kingdom	40	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 2.0×	2.8k 2.9×	550 0.7×	465 0.7×	138	5.0k
Pauline W. Jansen Netherlands	37	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 2.1×	297 0.4×	273 0.4×	159	4.2k
Jean D. Skinner United States	28	2.3k 0.9×	988 0.8×	654 0.7×	844 1.0×	454 0.7×	66	3.3k

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Ventura, Alison K., et al.. (2024). Development of the Baby Behaviors when Satiated (BABES) behavioral coding scheme. Appetite. 203. 107704–107704. 1 indexed citations

Mason, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Technoference in infant feeding: the impact of maternal digital media use during breastfeeding on maternal attention and mother-infant interactions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1 indexed citations

Ventura, Alison K., et al.. (2024). Does paced bottle-feeding improve the quality and outcome of bottle-feeding interactions?. Early Human Development. 201. 106181–106181.

Ventura, Alison K., et al.. (2024). A Pilot Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial of Effects of Opaque Bottles on Maternal Sensitivity, Infant Intake, and Infant Weight Status. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 124(9). 1149–1161.e1.

Hart, Chantelle N., et al.. (2024). Maternal depressive symptom trajectories and associations with child feeding. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 1636–1636.

Ventura, Alison K. & Shannon E. Whaley. (2022). Strategies to promote responsive bottle‐feeding in WIC predict less frequent use of food to soothe and healthier weight status for infants with negative temperaments. Pediatric Obesity. 17(8). e12908–e12908. 3 indexed citations

Hart, Chantelle N., Suzanne Phelan, Donna L. Coffman, et al.. (2022). Maternal responsiveness and toddler body mass index z-score: Prospective analysis of maternal and child mealtime interactions. Appetite. 180. 106348–106348. 1 indexed citations

Phelan, Suzanne, Chantelle N. Hart, Elissa Jelalian, et al.. (2021). Effect of prenatal lifestyle intervention on maternal postpartum weight retention and child body mass index z-score at 36 months. International Journal of Obesity. 45(5). 1133–1142. 10 indexed citations

Ventura, Alison K., et al.. (2021). WIC Participants’ Perceptions of COVID-19-Related Changes to WIC Recertification and Service Delivery. Journal of Community Health. 47(2). 184–192. 23 indexed citations

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Ventura, Alison K., Ruowei Li, & Xinling Xu. (2020). Associations between Bottle-Feeding during Infancy and Obesity at Age 6 Years Are Mediated by Greater Infancy Weight Gain. Childhood Obesity. 16(5). 316–326. 8 indexed citations

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Balantekin, Katherine N., Stephanie Anzman‐Frasca, Lori A. Francis, et al.. (2020). Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence. Pediatric Obesity. 15(10). e12722–e12722. 91 indexed citations

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Anzman‐Frasca, Stephanie, Kirsten K. Davison, Jennifer O. Fisher, et al.. (2020). Biography of Leann L Birch, PhD, 25 June 1946 – 26 May 2019. Journal of Nutrition. 150(6). 1343–1347. 2 indexed citations

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Slade, Emily, et al.. (2019). Maternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years. Public Health Nutrition. 23(2). 286–294. 23 indexed citations

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Ventura, Alison K. & Julie A. Mennella. (2016). An Experimental Approach to Study Individual Differences in Infants' Intake and Satiation Behaviors during Bottle-Feeding. Childhood Obesity. 13(1). 44–52. 24 indexed citations

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Ventura, Alison K., Gary K. Beauchamp, & Julie A. Mennella. (2012). Infant regulation of intake: the effect of free glutamate content in infant formulas. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 95(4). 875–881. 65 indexed citations

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Ventura, Alison K. & Julie A. Mennella. (2011). Innate and learned preferences for sweet taste during childhood. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 14(4). 379–384. 211 indexed citations

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Wray, Linda A., Jenny H. Ledikwe, Diane C. Mitchell, et al.. (2010). Accuracy of Self‐Reported Energy Intakes in Low‐Income Urban 4th Grade Minority Children. Obesity. 18(11). 2220–2226. 9 indexed citations

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Birch, Leann L. & Alison K. Ventura. (2009). Preventing childhood obesity: what works?. International Journal of Obesity. 33(S1). S74–S81. 379 indexed citations

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Coffman, Donna L., Megan E. Patrick, Lori‐Ann Palen, Brittany L. Rhoades, & Alison K. Ventura. (2007). Why Do High School Seniors Drink? Implications for a Targeted Approach to Intervention. Prevention Science. 8(4). 241–248. 59 indexed citations

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Fiorito, Laura M., Alison K. Ventura, Diane C. Mitchell, Helen Smiciklas‐Wright, & Leann L. Birch. (2006). Girls’ Dairy Intake, Energy Intake, and Weight Status. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 106(11). 1851–1855. 34 indexed citations

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