Alison Tovar

3.5k total citations
136 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alison Tovar is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Tovar has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 52 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 51 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alison Tovar's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (93 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (52 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (28 papers). Alison Tovar is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (93 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (52 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (28 papers). Alison Tovar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. Alison Tovar's co-authors include Christina D. Economos, Lisa Chasan‐Taber, Dianne S. Ward, Aviva Must, Raymond R. Hyatt, Noereem Z. Mena, Erin Hennessy, Truls Østbye, Patricia Markham Risica and Maya Vadiveloo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Public Health and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alison Tovar

124 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers

Alison Tovar
Maria Bryant United Kingdom
Rajalakshmi Lakshman United Kingdom
Vanessa A. Shrewsbury Australia
Meghan M. Slining United States
Virginia R. Chomitz United States
Leah Li United Kingdom
Raymond R. Hyatt United States
Erika R. Cheng United States
Rebecca J. Namenek Brouwer United States
Kathryn R. Hesketh United Kingdom
Maria Bryant United Kingdom
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alison Tovar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alison Tovar

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All Works

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Cheney, Ann M., et al.. (2025). Adapting an Evidence-Based Infant Feeding and Nutrition Program to Promote Healthy Growth and Development in Latinx Families of Low Income. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 57(7). 572–587.
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Tovar, Alison, et al.. (2025). Population Recruitment Strategies in the Age of Bots: Insights from the What Is on Your Plate Study. Current Developments in Nutrition. 9(5). 107442–107442. 1 indexed citations
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Kracht, Chelsea L., Alison Tovar, Kim M. Gans, et al.. (2025). How to integrate and leverage digital health modalities for health promotion in early childhood education: Opportunities to improve intervention access and engagement. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 15(1). 1 indexed citations
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Dev, Dipti, et al.. (2025). Family Style Meal Service is Associated with Reduced Plate Waste in Nebraska Family Child Care Homes. Childhood Obesity. 21(3). 329–336.
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Sabik, Natalie J., et al.. (2024). Higher morning cortisol is associated with lower intuitive eating in midlife women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 162. 106958–106958. 1 indexed citations
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Gans, Kim M., et al.. (2024). Goals, Barriers, and Facilitators of Caregivers Who Participated in an In-Home Intervention to Improve Food Parenting Practices and Child Diet Quality. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 56(8). 521–531. 1 indexed citations
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Vadiveloo, Maya, et al.. (2023). Control and Chaos: Caregiver's Basic Psychological Need Frustration is Associated With the Socioemotional Climate When Feeding. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55(5). 363–370.
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Tovar, Alison, et al.. (2023). Associations between Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Maternal Diet Quality. Journal of Nutrition. 153(11). 3317–3326. 1 indexed citations
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Vadiveloo, Maya, et al.. (2022). Maternal Stress and Excessive Weight Gain in Infancy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9). 5743–5743. 3 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, M. Elizabeth Miller, Virginia C. Stage, et al.. (2021). BMI Data Collection and Communication Practices in a Multistate Sample of Head Start Programs. Childhood Obesity. 18(5). 309–323. 4 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, Patricia Markham Risica, Kristen Cooksey Stowers, et al.. (2021). Ethnic Differences in Family Childcare Providers’ Nutrition- and Activity-Related Attitudes and Barriers. Journal of Obesity. 2021. 1–12. 6 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, Maya Vadiveloo, Truls Østbye, & Sara E. Benjamin‐Neelon. (2019). Maternal predictors of infant beverage consumption: results from the Nurture cohort study. Public Health Nutrition. 22(14). 2591–2597. 16 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, et al.. (2019). Staple Food Item Availability among Small Retailers in Providence, RI. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(6). 1052–1052. 2 indexed citations
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Melanson, Kathleen J., et al.. (2018). A Pilot Feasibility Study to Improve Food Parenting Practices. American Journal of Health Behavior. 42(2). 61–70. 3 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, Amber Vaughn, Jennifer O. Fisher, et al.. (2018). Modifying the Environment and Policy Assessment and Observation (EPAO) to better capture feeding practices of family childcare home providers. Public Health Nutrition. 22(2). 223–234. 20 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, Sara E. Benjamin‐Neelon, Amber Vaughn, et al.. (2018). Nutritional Quality of Meals and Snacks Served and Consumed in Family Child Care. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 118(12). 2280–2286. 26 indexed citations
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Tovar, Alison, Silvina F. Choumenkovitch, Erin Hennessy, et al.. (2015). Low demanding parental feeding style is associated with low consumption of whole grains among children of recent immigrants. Appetite. 95. 211–218. 23 indexed citations

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