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Kirsten K. Davison

Kirsten K. Davison

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
60
Citations
19954
World Ranking
1425
National Ranking
676

Overview

Kirsten K. Davison is affiliated with Boston College in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of medicine. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, general health professions, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and education.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of themes with a particular emphasis on obesity, physical activity, and diet. Additional topics include sleep and related disorders, child nutrition and feeding issues, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, community health and development, child nutrition and water access, as well as neuroscience related to respiration and sleep.

Davison has contributed to multiple papers, with some recent publications listed below:

  • "Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019" (2020) published in Pediatric Obesity
  • "It's all outward appearance-based attractions": A qualitative study of body image among a sample of young gay and bisexual men (2020) published in Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health
  • A Chicken Production Intervention and Additional Nutrition Behavior Change Component Increased Child Growth in Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial (2020) published in Journal of Nutrition
  • Emergence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in objectively measured sleep-wake patterns in early infancy: results of the Rise & SHINE study (2020) published in SLEEP
  • Associations between parent-reported and objectively measured sleep duration and timing in infants at age 6 months (2020) published in SLEEP

The researcher frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Sebastien Haneuse
  • Elsie M. Taveras
  • Susan Redline
  • Brian K. Lo
  • Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio

Davison's work is often published in well-known venues such as SLEEP, UNC Libraries, Journal of Nutrition, Nutrients, and Appetite, reflecting a consistent engagement with journals that focus on health, nutrition, and sleep sciences.

Best Publications

  • Childhood overweight: a contextual model and recommendations for future research

    K. K. Davison;L. L. Birch

  • Do attributes in the physical environment influence children's physical activity? A review of the literature

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Catherine T Lawson

  • FAMILY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPING BEHAVIORAL CONTROLS OF FOOD INTAKE AND CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT

    Leann Lipps Birch;Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison

  • Learning to overeat: maternal use of restrictive feeding practices promotes girls’ eating in the absence of hunger

    Leann L Birch;Jennifer Orlet Fisher;Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison

  • Parents’ Activity-Related Parenting Practices Predict Girls’ Physical Activity

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Tanja M. Cutting;Leann L. Birch

  • Peer Reviewed: Children’s Active Commuting to School: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

    Kirsten K Davison;Jessica L. Werder;Catherine T Lawson

  • Weight status, parent reaction, and self-concept in five-year-old girls.

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Leann Lipps Birch

  • Children's active commuting to school: current knowledge and future directions.

    Kirsten K Davison;Jennifer L Werder;Catherine T Lawson

  • Percentage of Body Fat and Body Mass Index Are Associated with Mobility Limitations in People Aged 70 and Older from NHANES III

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Earl S. Ford;Mary E. Cogswell;William H. Dietz

  • A Longitudinal Examination of Patterns in Girls' Weight Concerns and Body Dissatisfaction from Ages 5 to 9 Years

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Charlotte N. Markey;Leann L. Birch

  • Percent Body Fat at Age 5 Predicts Earlier Pubertal Development Among Girls at Age 9

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Elizabeth J. Susman;Leann Lipps Birch

  • Etiology of body dissatisfaction and weight concerns among 5-year-old girls

    K.K. Davison;C.N. Markey;L.L. Birch

  • Sleep Duration, Restfulness, and Screens in the Sleep Environment

    Jennifer Falbe;Kirsten K. Davison;Rebecca L. Franckle;Claudia Ganter

  • Fathers' child feeding practices: a review of the evidence.

    Neha Khandpur;Rachel E. Blaine;Jennifer Orlet Fisher;Kirsten K. Davison

  • Family-based childhood obesity prevention interventions: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis

    Tayla Ash;Alen Agaronov;Ta’Loria Young;Alyssa Aftosmes-Tobio

  • A childhood obesity intervention developed by families for families: results from a pilot study.

    Kirsten K Davison;Janine M Jurkowski;Kaigang Li;Sibylle Kranz

  • Parenting Styles, Parenting Practices, and Physical Activity in 10- To 11-year Olds

    Russell Jago;Kirsten K. Davison;Rowan Brockman;Angie S. Page

  • Accelerated Weight Gain Among Children During Summer Versus School Year and Related Racial/Ethnic Disparities: A Systematic Review

    Rebecca Franckle;Rachel Adler;Kirsten K. Davison

  • Obesigenic families: parents' physical activity and dietary intake patterns predict girls' risk of overweight

    K Krahnstoever Davison;L Lipps Birch

  • Change in parent and peer support across ages 9 to 15 yr and adolescent girls' physical activity.

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Russell Jago

  • Predictors of fat stereotypes among 9-year-old girls and their parents.

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Leann Lipps Birch

Frequent Co-Authors

Leann L. Birch
Leann L. Birch University of Georgia
Jennifer O. Fisher
Jennifer O. Fisher Temple University
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
S. Bryn Austin
S. Bryn Austin Harvard University
Jess Haines
Jess Haines University of Guelph
Hal A. Lawson
Hal A. Lawson University at Albany, State University of New York
William R. Beardslee
William R. Beardslee Boston Children's Hospital
Russell Jago
Russell Jago University of Bristol
Brent A. McBride
Brent A. McBride University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alison L. Miller
Alison L. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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