Mary Jo Messito

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Mary Jo Messito is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary Jo Messito has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 21 papers in General Health Professions and 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Mary Jo Messito's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (21 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (14 papers). Mary Jo Messito is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (33 papers), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (21 papers) and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (14 papers). Mary Jo Messito collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Mary Jo Messito's co-authors include Rachel S. Gross, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Arthur H. Fierman, Michelle Katzow, Roberta Scheinmann, Melanie Jay, Leonardo Trasande, H. Shonna Yin, Sheela Sathyanarayana and Adina Kalet and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Neurology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Mary Jo Messito

56 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Screening for Social Determinants of Health Among Children and Families Living in Poverty: A Guide for Clinicians

2016 218 citations Rachel S. Gross, Mary Jo Messito et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program 2025 ·Childhood Obesity ·(unknown), Mary Jo Messito, Michelle Katzow, Leonardo Trasande, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rachel S. Gross	0
2	Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Child Obesity Prevention: Effects of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Intervention Attendance and Impact 2024 ·Childhood Obesity ·(unknown), Mary Jo Messito, Michelle Katzow, (unknown), Alan L. Mendelsohn, Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	2
3	Prolonged Early Food Insecurity and Child Feeding Practices among a Low-Income Hispanic Population: Role of Parenting Stress 2024 ·Academic Pediatrics ·(unknown), Mary Jo Messito, (unknown), (unknown), Michelle Katzow, Rachel S. Gross	0
4	Feasibility of an Obesity Prevention Program for Latino Families from First Trimester of Pregnancy to Child Age 18 Months and Predictors of Program Attendance 2024 ·Childhood Obesity ·Michelle Katzow, Mary Jo Messito, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alessandra Marcone, (unknown), Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	1
5	Household Food Insecurity and Maternal-Toddler Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Concordance 2023 ·Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior ·(unknown), Robin Ortiz, Mary Jo Messito, Michelle Katzow, (unknown), (unknown), Rachel S. Gross	1
6	Prenatal Dietary Patterns and Associations With Weight-Related Pregnancy Outcomes in Hispanic Women With Low Incomes 2023 ·Childhood Obesity ·(unknown), Andrea Deierlein, Kathleen Woolf, Mary Jo Messito, Rachel S. Gross	1
7	Do Appetite Traits Mediate the Link Between Birth Weight and Later Child Weight in Low-Income Hispanic Families? 2022 ·Childhood Obesity ·Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, Mary Jo Messito, Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	1
8	Protective Effect of Prenatal Social Support on the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity in Low-Income Hispanic Families 2022 ·Childhood Obesity ·Michelle Katzow, Mary Jo Messito, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	4
9	Grandparent Coresidence and Risk of Early Child Overweight and Obesity in Low-Income, Hispanic Families in New York City 2021 ·Academic Pediatrics ·Michelle Katzow, Mary Jo Messito, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	5
10	Maternal Stress and Infant Feeding in Hispanic Families Experiencing Poverty 2021 ·Academic Pediatrics ·Rachel S. Gross, Nicole M. Brown, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Michelle Katzow, (unknown), Mary Jo Messito	3
11	Infant and Early Child Appetite Traits and Child Weight and Obesity Risk in Low-Income Hispanic Families 2021 ·Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ·Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, Rachel S. Gross, Michelle Katzow, Marc Scott, Mary Jo Messito	14
12	Starting Early Program Impacts on Feeding at Infant 10 Months Age: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2020 ·Childhood Obesity ·Mary Jo Messito, Michelle Katzow, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Rachel S. Gross	18
13	Material Hardships and Infant and Toddler Sleep Duration in Low-Income Hispanic Families 2020 ·Academic Pediatrics ·(unknown), Mary Jo Messito, Michelle Katzow, Suzy Tomopoulos, (unknown), Arthur H. Fierman, Rachel S. Gross	12
14	Correlates of Prenatal Diet Quality in Low-Income Hispanic Women 2019 ·Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ·(unknown), Mary Jo Messito, Kathleen Woolf, Andrea Deierlein, Rachel S. Gross	18
15	The Protective Effect of Prenatal Social Support on Infant Adiposity in the First 18 Months of Life 2019 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·Michelle Katzow, Mary Jo Messito, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Marc Scott, Rachel S. Gross	15
16	Melamine and cyanuric acid exposure and kidney injury in US children 2018 ·Environmental Research ·Sheela Sathyanarayana, Joseph T. Flynn, Mary Jo Messito, Rachel S. Gross, Kathryn B. Whitlock, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Rajendiran Karthikraj, D. Morrison, Maryann L. Huie, Dimitri Christakis, Leonardo Trasande	67
17	Prenatal Material Hardships and Infant Regulatory Capacity at 10 Months Old in Low-Income Hispanic Mother-Infant Pairs 2018 ·Academic Pediatrics ·Anne Fuller, Mary Jo Messito, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Suzette O. Oyeku, Rachel S. Gross	9
18	Perception of Child Weight and Feeding Styles in Parents of Chinese-American Preschoolers 2017 ·Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health ·L. Chang, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Arthur H. Fierman, (unknown), Mary Jo Messito	17
19	Maternal Infant Feeding Behaviors and Disparities in Early Child Obesity 2014 ·Childhood Obesity ·Rachel S. Gross, Alan L. Mendelsohn, Arthur H. Fierman, (unknown), Mary Jo Messito	51
20	Physicians' attitudes about obesity and their associations with competency and specialty: A cross-sectional study 2009 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Melanie Jay, Adina Kalet, Tavinder K. Ark, Michelle McMacken, Mary Jo Messito, (unknown), Sheira Schlair, Scott E. Sherman, Sondra Zabar, Colleen Gillespie	111

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