Barbara Laraia

13.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
165 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Barbara Laraia is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Laraia has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 69 papers in General Health Professions and 31 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Laraia's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (77 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (57 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (25 papers). Barbara Laraia is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (77 papers), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (57 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (25 papers). Barbara Laraia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Barbara Laraia's co-authors include Hilary K. Seligman, Margot Kushel, Elissa S. Epel, Lynne C. Messer, Anna Maria Siega‐Riz, Cindy W. Leung, Jay S. Kaufman, Nancy E. Adler, Craig Gundersen and Nancy Dole and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Laraia

159 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Chronic Disease among Low-Income NHANES Participants

2009 1.2k citations Barbara Laraia et al. profile →
The Development of a Standardized Neighborhood Deprivation Index

2006 742 citations Lynne C. Messer, Barbara Laraia et al. profile →
From ideas to efficacy: The ORBIT model for developing behavioral treatments for chronic diseases.

2015 710 citations Nancy J. Adler, Barbara Laraia et al. profile →
Food Insecurity Is Inversely Associated with Diet Quality of Lower-Income Adults

2014 397 citations Cindy W. Leung, Elissa S. Epel et al. profile →
Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease

2013 394 citations Barbara Laraia profile →
Household Food Insecurity Is Positively Associated with Depression among Low-Income Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participants and Income-Eligible Nonparticipants

2015 265 citations Cindy W. Leung, Elissa S. Epel et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Laraia

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Psychosocial Disadvantage During Childhood and Midlife Health 2024 ·JAMA Network Open ·Ryan L. Brown, (unknown), Elissa J. Hamlat, A. Janet Tomiyama, Barbara Laraia, Eileen M. Crimmins, Terrie E. Moffitt, Elissa Epel	5
2	Hypothetical Interventions on Diet Quality and Lifestyle Factors to Improve Breast Cancer Survival: The Pathways Study 2023 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Isaac J. Ergas, Patrick T. Bradshaw, Elizabeth M. Cespedes Feliciano, Janise M. Roh, Marilyn L. Kwan, Barbara Laraia, Kristine A. Madsen, Song Yao, Catherine Thomsen, Lawrence H. Kushi	4
3	Adverse Childhood Experiences and BMI: Lifecourse Associations in a Black–White U.S. Women Cohort 2023 ·American Journal of Preventive Medicine ·Dorothy T. Chiu, Erika Brown, A. Janet Tomiyama, (unknown), Barbara Abrams, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Elissa S. Epel, Barbara Laraia	2
4	Effects of Early Life Adversity on Pubertal Timing and Tempo in Black and White Girls: The National Growth and Health Study 2022 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Elissa J. Hamlat, Barbara Laraia, Maria E. Bleil, Julianna Deardorff, A. Janet Tomiyama, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Grant S. Shields, (unknown), George M. Slavich, Elissa S. Epel	19
5	The Effects of a Prenatal Mindfulness Intervention on Infant Autonomic and Behavioral Reactivity and Regulation 2022 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·(unknown), Michael Coccia, Elissa S. Epel, Cassandra Vieten, Nancy E. Adler, Barbara Laraia, Karen Jones‐Mason, Abbey Alkon, Nicole R. Bush	11
6	Effects of early life adversity on pubertal timing and tempo in Black and White girls: The National Growth and Health Study 2022 ·PubMed Central ·Elissa J. Hamlat, Barbara Laraia, Maria E. Bleil, Julianna Deardorff, A. Janet Tomiyama, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Grant S. Shields, (unknown), George M. Slavich, Elissa S. Epel	12
7	Household Food Insecurity and Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in the United States: The Healthy Communities Study 2021 ·Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) ·(unknown), (unknown), Lorrene D. Ritchie, Edward A. Frongillo, Barbara Laraia, Russell R. Pate, Lauren E. Au	5
8	Early Life Exposure to Food Insecurity is Associated with Changes in BMI During Childhood Among Latinos from CHAMACOS 2021 ·Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health ·Ryan Gamba, Brenda Eskenazi, Kristine A. Madsen, Alan Hubbard, Kim G. Harley, Barbara Laraia	2
9	Association between persistent endocrine-disrupting chemicals (PBDEs, OH-PBDEs, PCBs, and PFASs) and biomarkers of inflammation and cellular aging during pregnancy and postpartum 2018 ·Environment International ·Ami R. Zota, Ruth J. Geller, (unknown), Kimberly Coleman‐Phox, Nancy E. Adler, Emily Parry, Miaomiao Wang, June-Soo Park, Angelo Elmi, Barbara Laraia, Elissa S. Epel	99
10	Eating with others and meal location are differentially associated with nutrient intake by sex: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE) 2018 ·Appetite ·Mark C. Pachucki, Andrew J. Karter, Nancy E. Adler, Howard H. Moffet, E. Margaret Warton, Dean Schillinger, (unknown), Barbara Laraia	13
11	Food insecurity is associated with HIV, sexually transmitted infections and drug use among men in the United States 2016 ·AIDS ·Kartika Palar, Barbara Laraia, Alexander C. Tsai, Mallory O. Johnson, Sheri D. Weiser	38
12	Short and sweet: Associations between self-reported sleep duration and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among adults in the United States 2016 ·Sleep Health ·Aric A. Prather, Cindy W. Leung, Nancy E. Adler, Lorrene D. Ritchie, Barbara Laraia, Elissa S. Epel	45
13	Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial 2016 ·Appetite ·Ashley E. Mason, Elissa Epel, Kirstin Aschbacher, Robert H. Lustig, Michael Acree, Jean L. Kristeller, Michael Cohn, Mary F. Dallman, Patricia J. Moran, Peter Bacchetti, Barbara Laraia, Frederick Hecht, Jennifer Daubenmier	91
14	Increases in Mindful Eating Predict Reductions in Consumption of Sweets and Desserts: Data from the Supporting Health by Integrating Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) Clinical Trial 2014 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Ashley E. Mason, Jennifer Daubenmier, Patricia J. Moran, Jean L. Kristeller, Mary F. Dallman, Robert H. Lustig, Michael Acree, Peter Bacchetti, Barbara Laraia, Elissa Epel, Frederick Hecht	1
15	A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Metabolic Health in Obese Adults 2014 ·The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine ·Jennifer Daubenmier, Elissa Epel, Patricia J. Moran, Jean L. Kristeller, Michael Acree, Peter Bacchetti, Margaret E. Kemeny, Mary F. Dallman, Robert H. Lustig, Carl Grünfeld, Douglas F. Nixon, (unknown), Veronica Goldman, Michaela Kiernan, Susan M. Noworolski, Barbara Laraia, Frederick Hecht	1
16	What is eating you? Stress and the drive to eat 2011 ·Appetite ·Lisa M. Groesz, Shannon K. McCoy, Jenna R. Carl, Laura R. Saslow, Judith Stewart, Nancy J. Adler, Barbara Laraia, Elissa S. Epel	300
17	Reliability of variables on the North Carolina birth certificate: a comparison with directly queried values from a cohort study 2009 ·Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology ·Lisa C. Vinikoor, Lynne C. Messer, Barbara Laraia, Jay S. Kaufman	93
18	Peer Reviewed: Association Between Physical Activity and Proximity to Physical Activity Resources Among Low-Income, Midlife Women 2007 ·Preventing Chronic Disease ·Stephanie B. Jilcott, Kelly R. Evenson, Barbara Laraia, Alice S. Ammerman	0
19	Neighborhood Crime, Deprivation, and Preterm Birth 2005 ·Annals of Epidemiology ·Lynne C. Messer, Jay S. Kaufman, Nancy Dole, David A. Savitz, Barbara Laraia	188
20	Self-reported concern about food security-eight states, 1996-1998. 2000 ·MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ·Caroline Hunt, Benjamin R. Bates, A. Weinstein, J Jackson-Thompson, (unknown), LoRetta Mann, (unknown), (unknown), Kelly R. Evenson, (unknown), Barbara Laraia	7

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