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Overview

Aviva Must is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and General Health Professions.

Must's research topics cover a range of issues mainly centered on Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Family and Disability Support Research, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, and Obesity and Health Practices.

Their recent publications include:

  • Weight Management in Primary Care for Children With Autism: Expert Recommendations (2020, PEDIATRICS)
  • Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake (2025, Nature Food)
  • Exploring leisure time use and impact on well-being among transition-age autistic youth (2022, Research in autism spectrum disorders)
  • Evolution of a Coalition Network during a Whole-of-Community Intervention to Prevent Early Childhood Obesity (2021, Childhood Obesity)
  • The Adaptive GameSquad Xbox-Based Physical Activity and Health Coaching Intervention for Youth With Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Diagnoses: Pilot Feasibility Study (2021, JMIR Formative Research)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Linda G. Bandini (27 collaborations)
  • Carol Curtin (25 collaborations)
  • Misha Eliasziw (17 collaborations)
  • April Bowling (9 collaborations)
  • Katherine M. Rancaño (7 collaborations)

Must has published multiple articles in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Pediatrics (6 publications)
  • Pediatric Obesity (3 publications)
  • Nature Food (2 publications)
  • Childhood Obesity (2 publications)
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2 publications)

Their book publication includes the title Weight-Related Behaviors and Outcomes in Children and Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (2023), published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • The Disease Burden Associated with Overweight and Obesity

    Aviva Must;Jennifer Spadano;Eugenie H. Coakley;Alison E. Field

  • Evidence based physical activity for school-age youth.

    William B. Strong;Robert M. Malina;Cameron J.R. Blimkie;Stephen R. Daniels

  • Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.

    Aviva Must;Paul F. Jacques;Gerard E. Dallal;Carl J. Bajema

  • Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Aviva Must;James Marc Perrin;Arthur Martin Sobol

  • Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period.

    Alison E. Field;Eugenie H. Coakley;Aviva Must;Jennifer L. Spadano

  • Risks and consequences of childhood and adolescent obesity.

    Must A;Strauss Rs

  • Reference data for obesity: 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index (wt/ht2) and triceps skinfold thickness.

    A Must;G E Dallal;W H Dietz

  • TELEVISION VIEWING AS A CAUSE OF INCREASING OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1986-1990

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Aviva Must;Arthur M. Sobol;Karen Peterson

  • Food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders and typically developing children.

    Linda G. Bandini;Linda G. Bandini;Sarah E. Anderson;Carol Curtin;Sharon Cermak

  • Physical activity and sedentary behavior: a review of longitudinal studies of weight and adiposity in youth.

    A Must;D J Tybor

  • Body mass index in children and adolescents: considerations for population-based applications

    A Must;S E Anderson

  • Relative Weight and Race Influence Average Age at Menarche: Results From Two Nationally Representative Surveys of US Girls Studied 25 Years Apart

    Sarah E Anderson;Gerard E Dallal;Aviva Must

  • A community intervention reduces BMI z-score in children: Shape Up Somerville first year results

    Christina D. Economos;Raymond R. Hyatt;Jeanne P. Goldberg;Aviva Must

  • Recall of Early Menstrual History and Menarcheal Body Size: After 30 Years, How Well Do Women Remember?

    A. Must;S.M. Phillips;E.N. Naumova;M. Blum

  • Energy-dense Snack Food Intake in Adolescence: Longitudinal Relationship to Weight and Fatness

    Sarah M. Phillips;Linda G. Bandini;Linda G. Bandini;Linda G. Bandini;Elena N. Naumova;Helene Cyr

  • The prevalence of obesity in children with autism: a secondary data analysis using nationally representative data from the National Survey of Children's Health

    Carol Curtin;Sarah E. Anderson;Aviva Must;Linda G. Bandini;Linda G. Bandini

  • Adolescent obesity and risk for subsequent major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder: prospective evidence.

    Sarah E. Anderson;Patricia Cohen;Elena N. Naumova;Paul F. Jacques

  • Association of Depression and Anxiety Disorders With Weight Change in a Prospective Community-Based Study of Children Followed Up Into Adulthood

    Sarah E. Anderson;Patricia Cohen;Elena N. Naumova;Aviva Must

  • Remote Recall of Childhood Height, Weight, and Body Build by Elderly Subjects

    Aviva Must;Walter C. Willett;William H. Dietz

  • Reference data for obesity: 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index (wt/ht2)—a correction

    Aviva Must;Gerard E Dallal;William H Dietz

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Dietz
William H. Dietz George Washington University
Gerard E. Dallal
Gerard E. Dallal Tufts University
Paul F. Jacques
Paul F. Jacques Tufts University
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
Susan B. Roberts
Susan B. Roberts Tufts University
Johanna T. Dwyer
Johanna T. Dwyer Tufts University
Karen E. Peterson
Karen E. Peterson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Emily Oken
Emily Oken Harvard University
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice
Garrett M. Fitzmaurice Harvard University
Bess Dawson-Hughes
Bess Dawson-Hughes Tufts University

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