Melissa C. Kay

719 total citations
46 papers, 474 citations indexed

About

Melissa C. Kay is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa C. Kay has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 474 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in General Health Professions and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa C. Kay's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (12 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers). Melissa C. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (27 papers), Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (12 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (10 papers). Melissa C. Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Singapore. Melissa C. Kay's co-authors include Susan A. Carlson, Dianna D. Carroll, Janet E. Fulton, Linda S. Adair, Margaret E. Bentley, Mary Story, Emma Jacquier, Emma Tzioumis, Gary G. Bennett and Dori Steinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The FASEB Journal and Hypertension.

In The Last Decade

Melissa C. Kay

41 papers receiving 456 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa C. Kay United States 11 297 155 137 105 74 46 474
Lana Mitchell Australia 16 256 0.9× 259 1.7× 68 0.5× 233 2.2× 31 0.4× 51 820
Tracy Schumacher Australia 13 249 0.8× 179 1.2× 51 0.4× 84 0.8× 33 0.4× 65 583
Matthew Haemer United States 15 489 1.6× 252 1.6× 46 0.3× 161 1.5× 49 0.7× 44 819
Lauren Fiechtner United States 15 365 1.2× 293 1.9× 76 0.6× 63 0.6× 48 0.6× 61 733
Elaine Fontenot Molaison United States 11 163 0.5× 128 0.8× 75 0.5× 86 0.8× 17 0.2× 36 380
A Lommez France 9 437 1.5× 171 1.1× 56 0.4× 203 1.9× 29 0.4× 10 575
Victoria Rogers United States 10 404 1.4× 202 1.3× 28 0.2× 133 1.3× 36 0.5× 18 680
Tracey J. Milani United States 11 555 1.9× 169 1.1× 88 0.6× 101 1.0× 99 1.3× 12 730
Beate Landsberg Germany 14 510 1.7× 224 1.4× 45 0.3× 126 1.2× 36 0.5× 23 651
Wendy Slusser United States 11 391 1.3× 164 1.1× 64 0.5× 65 0.6× 114 1.5× 16 610

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa C. Kay

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All Works

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Kay, Melissa C., Brianna L. Petrone, Tracy Truong, et al.. (2025). Grocery intervention and DNA‐based assessment to improve diet quality in pediatric obesity: a pilot randomized controlled study. Obesity. 33(2). 331–345. 2 indexed citations
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Miller, Hailey, John A. Gallis, Sandy Askew, et al.. (2024). Weight Gain Prevention Outcomes From a Pragmatic Digital Health Intervention With Community Health Center Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 26. e50330–e50330. 1 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., Margaret E. Bentley, & Heather Wasser. (2024). Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating during post‐partum among non‐Hispanic Black mothers. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 21(1). e13741–e13741.
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Kay, Melissa C., et al.. (2024). Measuring Dietary Quality Among Toddlers in the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, 2016, Using the New Healthy Eating Index-Toddlers-2020. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 125(4). 463–471. 1 indexed citations
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Miller, Hailey, Sandy Askew, Melissa C. Kay, et al.. (2024). Sociodemographic predictors of successful screening and subsequent randomization in a digital health hypertension intervention. Digital Health. 10. 599924928–599924928. 1 indexed citations
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Nezami, Brooke T., et al.. (2023). Concordance in dietary intake among caregivers and infants during the period of complementary feeding: A scoping review. Appetite. 194. 107178–107178. 4 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Charles T. Wood, et al.. (2023). Early Sweet Tooth: Juice Introduction During Early Infancy is Related to Toddler Juice Intake. Academic Pediatrics. 23(7). 1343–1350. 3 indexed citations
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Orr, Colin J., H. Shonna Yin, William J. Heerman, et al.. (2023). Television Time, Especially During Meals, Is Associated With Less Healthy Dietary Practices in Toddlers. Academic Pediatrics. 24(5). 741–747. 2 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., et al.. (2023). Perspectives on healthy eating practices and acceptance of WIC-approved foods among parents of young children enrolled in WIC. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295902–e0295902. 1 indexed citations
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Panayotti, Gabriela M. Maradiaga, et al.. (2022). Implementation of a Novel Tool to Collect Milk Feeding Data on Infants in Primary Care Clinics. Clinical Pediatrics. 61(11). 768–775. 1 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., Hailey Miller, Sandy Askew, et al.. (2022). Patterns of Engagement With an Application-Based Dietary Self-Monitoring Tool Within a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. AJPM Focus. 1(2). 100037–100037. 2 indexed citations
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White, Michelle J., Melissa C. Kay, Tracy Truong, et al.. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Maternal Social Support and Relationship to Mother-Infant Health Behaviors. Academic Pediatrics. 22(8). 1429–1436. 3 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., Lisa Harnack, Andrea Anater, et al.. (2021). Development and Application of a Total Diet Quality Index for Toddlers. Nutrients. 13(6). 1943–1943. 10 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Dori, et al.. (2020). Feasibility of a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Women With High Blood Pressure: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(12). e17536–e17536. 26 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Dori, Sandy Askew, John A. Gallis, et al.. (2019). The Balance protocol: a pragmatic weight gain prevention randomized controlled trial for medically vulnerable patients within primary care. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 596–596. 8 indexed citations
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Kerr, Zachary Y., Erin B. Wasserman, Melissa C. Kay, et al.. (2018). Epidemiology of Injuries Requiring Emergency Transport Among Collegiate and High School Student-Athletes. Journal of Athletic Training. 53(9). 906–914. 15 indexed citations
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Kay, Melissa C., Heather Wasser, Linda S. Adair, et al.. (2017). Consumption of key food groups during the postpartum period in low-income, non-Hispanic black mothers. Appetite. 117. 161–167. 20 indexed citations
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Tzioumis, Emma, Melissa C. Kay, Margaret E. Bentley, & Linda S. Adair. (2016). Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990–2012. Public Health Nutrition. 19(8). 1375–1388. 69 indexed citations

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