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Gary G. Bennett

Gary G. Bennett

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
64
Citations
14006
World Ranking
1120
National Ranking
519

Overview

Gary G. Bennett is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several main fields of study, primarily Medicine and Health Professions. Within these areas, Bennett has contributed significantly to subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Physiology.

Their research focuses on several interconnected topics, particularly Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity and Health Practices, Physical Activity and Health, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies.

Frequent co-authors in Bennett's work include Sandy Askew, Melissa C. Kay, Hailey Miller, Dori Steinberg, and Miriam B. Berger. Their collaborative efforts have been published across various scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in UNC Libraries, JMIR Research Protocols, Obesity, Translational Behavioral Medicine, and Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Recent published papers by Gary G. Bennett illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Self-Monitoring via Digital Health in Weight Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity, published in 2021 in Obesity
  • Feasibility of a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Women With High Blood Pressure: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial, published in 2020 in JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • The Role of Behavioral Medicine in Addressing Climate Change-Related Health Inequities, published in 2022 in Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Polygenic Risk, Rapid Childhood Growth, and the Development of Obesity: Evidence From a 4-Decade Longitudinal Study, published in 2020 in UNC Libraries
  • Self-Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Adherence Among Black Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Study, published in 2022 in Journal of Renal Nutrition

Best Publications

  • The Delivery of Public Health Interventions via the Internet: Actualizing Their Potential

    Gary G. Bennett;Russell E. Glasgow

  • Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association

    Lora E. Burke;Jun Ma;Kristen M.J. Azar;Gary G. Bennett

  • Using Facebook and text messaging to deliver a weight loss program to college students.

    Melissa A. Napolitano;Sharon Hayes;Gary G. Bennett;Allison K. Ives

  • Does perception equal reality? Weight misperception in relation to weight-related attitudes and behaviors among overweight and obese US adults

    Dustin T Duncan;Kathleen Y Wolin;Melissa Scharoun-Lee;Eric L Ding;Eric L Ding

  • Safe To Walk? Neighborhood Safety and Physical Activity Among Public Housing Residents

    Gary G. Bennett;Lorna H McNeill;Kathleen Y Wolin;Dustin T Duncan

  • Roll ‘em!: The effects of picture motion on emotional responses

    Benjamin H. Detenber;Robert F. Simons;Gary G. Bennett

  • Effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure in blacks.

    John P. Forman;Jamil B. Scott;Kimmie Ng;Bettina F. Drake

  • Stress, coping, and health outcomes among African-Americans: a review of the John Henryism hypothesis

    Gary G. Bennett;Marcellus M. Merritt;John J. Sollers;Christopher L. Edwards

  • Perceived racial/ethnic harassment and tobacco use among African American young adults.

    Gary G. Bennett;Kathleen Yaus Wolin;Elwood L. Robinson;Sherrye Fowler

  • Web-based weight loss in primary care: a randomized controlled trial.

    Gary G. Bennett;Sharon J. Herring;Elaine Puleo;Evelyn K. Stein

  • The efficacy of a daily self-weighing weight loss intervention using smart scales and e-mail.

    Dori M. Steinberg;Dori M. Steinberg;Deborah F. Tate;Gary G. Bennett;Susan Ennett

  • Validation of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Among Blacks

    Kathleen Y. Wolin;Daniel P. Heil;Sandy Askew;Charles E. Matthews

  • Obesity Treatment for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients in Primary Care Practice

    Gary G. Bennett;Erica T. Warner;Russell E. Glasgow;Sandy Askew

  • Unfair Treatment, Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Ethnic Identification, and Smoking Among Asian Americans in the National Latino and Asian American Study

    David H. Chae;David T. Takeuchi;Elizabeth M. Barbeau;Gary G. Bennett

  • A brief review of the pathophysiology, associated pain, and psychosocial issues in sickle cell disease

    Christopher L. Edwards;Mischca T. Scales;Charles Loughlin;Gary G. Bennett

  • Perceived racism and cardiovascular reactivity and recovery to personally relevant stress.

    Marcellus M. Merritt;Gary G. Bennett Jr.;Redford B. Williams;Christopher L. Edwards

  • How behavioral science can advance digital health

    Sherry L. Pagoto;Gary G. Bennett

  • Methods for Evaluating the Content, Usability, and Efficacy of Commercial Mobile Health Apps

    Danielle E Jake-Schoffman;Valerie J Silfee;Molly E Waring;Edwin D Boudreaux

  • Alcohol disorders among Asian Americans: associations with unfair treatment, racial/ethnic discrimination, and ethnic identification (the national Latino and Asian Americans study, 2002–2003)

    D H Chae;D T Takeuchi;E M Barbeau;G G Bennett

  • Effectiveness of an App and Provider Counseling for Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

    Gary G. Bennett;Dori Steinberg;Sandy Askew;Erica Levine

  • Erratum: Cell phone intervention for you (CITY): A randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology

    Laura P. Svetkey;Laura P. Svetkey;Bryan C. Batch;Pao-Hwa Lin;Pao-Hwa Lin;Stephen S. Intille

Frequent Co-Authors

Corrine I. Voils
Corrine I. Voils University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nancy Krieger
Nancy Krieger Harvard University
Glorian Sorensen
Glorian Sorensen Harvard University
Elizabeth M. Barbeau
Elizabeth M. Barbeau Harvard University
Dustin T. Duncan
Dustin T. Duncan Columbia University
Redford B. Williams
Redford B. Williams Duke University
Kasisomayajula Viswanath
Kasisomayajula Viswanath Harvard University
S. V. Subramanian
S. V. Subramanian Harvard University
Jarvis T. Chen
Jarvis T. Chen Harvard University
Pamela D. Waterman
Pamela D. Waterman Harvard University

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