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77
Citations
25029
World Ranking
459
National Ranking
215

Overview

Jeffery Sobal was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spanned several interconnected fields within medicine and related social sciences. The principal domains of their work included Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, and Physical Activity and Health.

The scientist contributed to multiple subfields of study such as Ecology, Small Animals, Food Science, Gender Studies, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. These diverse areas underscore a multidisciplinary approach to examining human health, behavior, and environmental interactions, particularly as they relate to food and lifestyle.

Among their recent research contributions were three papers published between 2021 and 2023. These included:

  • "Hunting and raising livestock are associated with meat-related attitudes, norms and frequent consumption: implications for dietary guidance to rural residents," 2021, published in British Food Journal
  • "Ethics of Care: Supporting and Constraining Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Early Marriage," 2023, published in Leisure Sciences
  • "Religion, social support, fat intake and physical activity," 2021, published in UNC Libraries

Their work involved collaboration with several frequent co-authors:

  • Twila Linville
  • Karla L. Hanson
  • Caron F. Bove
  • Karen Hye Cheon Kim

These partnerships align closely with the research topics explored across their publications. In terms of dissemination, the scientist's research appeared notably in venues including British Food Journal, Leisure Sciences, and UNC Libraries, each hosting one of their key papers.

The scientist's research often examined the intersections of dietary behavior, social norms, and physical activity, with an emphasis on understanding how cultural, gender, and environmental factors influence health outcomes. Topics such as the ethics of care in physical activity contexts, meat consumption patterns in rural populations, and the role of religion and social support in fat intake were part of their investigative focus.

Throughout their career, Jeffery Sobal contributed to knowledge across disciplines uniting medicine, social science, and environmental considerations, reflected through their varied main and subfields of study and the broad thematic scope of their published research.

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic Status and Obesity: A Review of the Literature

    Jeffery Sobal;Albert J. Stunkard

  • Food choice: a conceptual model of the process.

    Tanis Furst;Margaret Connors;Carole A. Bisogni;Jeffery Sobal

  • Mindless eating: The 200 daily food decisions we overlook.

    Brian Wansink;Jeffery Sobal

  • The relationship between body weight and mortality : a quantitative analysis of combined information from existing studies

    Troiano Rp;Frongillo Ea;Sobal J;Levitsky Da

  • Constructing food choice decisions.

    Jeffery Sobal;Carole A. Bisogni

  • Managing values in personal food systems.

    Margaret Connors;C. A. Bisogni;J. Sobal;C. M. Devine

  • MEN, MEAT, AND MARRIAGE: MODELS OF MASCULINITY

    Jeffery Sobal

  • Who we are and how we eat: a qualitative study of identities in food choice.

    Carole A. Bisogni;Margaret Connors;Carol M. Devine;Jeffery Sobal

  • Behavioral and Social Influences on Food Choice

    Mph Marion Nestle PhD;Rena Wing;Leann Birch;Lorelei DiSogra

  • Prevalence and magnitude of body weight and shape dissatisfaction among university students

    Lori A. Neighbors;Jeffery Sobal

  • Commensal eating patterns: a community study.

    Jeffery Sobal;Mary K Nelson

  • Obesity and socioeconomic status: a framework for examining relationships between physical and social variables.

    Jeffery Sobal

  • A conceptual model of the food and nutrition system.

    Jeffery Sobal;Laura Kettel Khan;Carole Bisogni

  • An analysis of a community food waste stream

    Mary Griffin;Jeffery Sobal;Thomas A. Lyson

  • A conceptual model of the food choice process over the life course.

    J. Sobal;C. A. Bisogni;C. M. Devine;M. Jastran

  • Sandwiching it in: spillover of work onto food choices and family roles in low- and moderate-income urban households.

    Carol M Devine;Margaret M Connors;Jeffery Sobal;Carole A Bisogni

  • Food choices among newly married couples: convergence, conflict, individualism, and projects

    Caron F Bove;Jeffery Sobal;Barbara S Rauschenbach

  • Food Choice Processes of Older Adults: A Qualitative Investigation

    Laura Winter Falk;Carole A. Bisogni;Jeffery Sobal

  • Marital status changes and body weight changes: a US longitudinal analysis.

    Jeffery Sobal;Barbara Rauschenbach;Edward A Frongillo

  • Life-Course Influences on Fruit and Vegetable Trajectories: Qualitative Analysis of Food Choices

    Carol M. Devine;Margaret Connors;Carole A. Bisogni;Jeffery Sobal

Frequent Co-Authors

Carole A. Bisogni
Carole A. Bisogni Cornell University
Carol M. Devine
Carol M. Devine Cornell University
Elaine Wethington
Elaine Wethington Cornell University
John Cawley
John Cawley Cornell University
Rena R. Wing
Rena R. Wing Brown University
Leann L. Birch
Leann L. Birch University of Georgia
Richard Shepherd
Richard Shepherd University of Surrey
Monique Raats
Monique Raats University of Surrey

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