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Nalini Ranjit is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on public health, nutrition, and related social factors.

Their major subfields of study include:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Physiology
  • Economics and Econometrics

Research topics covered by Nalini Ranjit's work address several public health concerns and emphasize nutrition and health disparities. Key topics are:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Some recent notable publications include:

  • "Social Determinants of Health-Related Needs During COVID-19 Among Low-Income Households With Children," 2020, published in Preventing Chronic Disease
  • "Long-term impact of a school-based nutrition intervention on home nutrition environment and family fruit and vegetable intake: A two-year follow-up study," 2020, published in Preventive Medicine Reports
  • "Impact of a Gardening and Physical Activity Intervention in Title 1 Schools: The TGEG Study," 2020, published in Childhood Obesity
  • "Exploring the Impact of Policies to Improve Geographic and Economic Access to Vegetables among Low-Income, Predominantly Latino Urban Residents: An Agent-Based Model," 2022, published in Nutrients
  • "The Association Between Child Cooking Involvement in Food Preparation and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Hispanic Youth Population," 2020, published in Current Developments in Nutrition

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nalini Ranjit include:

  • Deanna M. Hoelscher
  • Alexandra van den Berg
  • Deborah Salvo
  • Shreela V. Sharma
  • Kathryn M. Janda

Their work often appears in specialized publication venues such as:

  • Nutrients
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Preventing Chronic Disease
  • Current Developments in Nutrition

Best Publications

  • Contraceptive failure rates: new estimates from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth.

    Haishan Fu;Jacqueline E. Darroch;Taylor Haas;Nalini Ranjit

  • Vulnerability to heat-related mortality in Latin America: a case-crossover study in São Paulo, Brazil, Santiago, Chile and Mexico City, Mexico

    Michelle L Bell;Marie S O’Neill;Nalini Ranjit;Victor H Borja-Aburto

  • Psychosocial factors and inflammation in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

    Nalini Ranjit;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Steven Shea;Mary Cushman

  • Incomplete reporting of men’s fertility in the united states and britain: A research note

    Michael S. Rendall;Lynda Clarke;H. Elizabeth Peters;Nalini Ranjit

  • Race/ethnicity and telomere length in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Ana V. Diez Roux;Nalini Ranjit;Nancy Swords Jenny;Steven Shea

  • Associations of Physical Fitness and Academic Performance among Schoolchildren.

    Duncan P. Van Dusen;Steven H. Kelder;Harold W. Kohl;Nalini Ranjit

  • Reductions in Child Obesity Among Disadvantaged School Children With Community Involvement: The Travis County CATCH Trial

    Deanna M. Hoelscher;Andrew E. Springer;Nalini Ranjit;Cheryl L. Perry

  • Association of Optimism and Pessimism With Inflammation and Hemostasis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Brita Roy;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Teresa Seeman;Nalini Ranjit

  • Socioeconomic and race/ethnic differences in daily salivary cortisol profiles: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Anjum Hajat;Ana Diez-Roux;Tracy G. Franklin;Teresa Seeman

  • Socioeconomic Position, Race/Ethnicity, and Inflammation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Nalini Ranjit;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Steven Shea;Mary Cushman

  • Dietary and Activity Correlates of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adolescents

    Nalini Ranjit;Martin H. Evans;Courtney Byrd-Williams;Alexandra E. Evans

  • Contraceptive failure in the first two years of use: differences across socioeconomic subgroups

    Nalini Ranjit;Akinrinola Bankole;Jacqueline E. Darroch;Susheela Singh

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s diet: the role of the home food environment

    Nalini Ranjit;Anna V Wilkinson;Leslie M Lytle;Alexandra E Evans

  • Social Determinants of Health-Related Needs During COVID-19 Among Low-Income Households With Children

    Shreela V. Sharma;Ru Jye Chuang;Melinda Rushing;Brittni Naylor

  • Exposure to multiple components of a garden-based intervention for middle school students increases fruit and vegetable consumption.

    Alexandra Evans;Nalini Ranjit;Ronda Rutledge;Jose L. Medina

  • Implementation of Texas Senate Bill 19 to Increase Physical Activity in Elementary Schools

    Steven H Kelder;Andrew E Springer;Cristina S Barroso;Carolyn L Smith

  • Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of neighborhood characteristics with inflammatory markers: findings from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Aydin Nazmi;Ana Diez Roux;Nalini Ranjit;Teresa E Seeman

  • Material hardship alters the diurnal rhythm of salivary cortisol

    Nalini Ranjit;Elizabeth A Young;George A Kaplan

  • Modeling cortisol rhythms in a population-based study

    Nalini Ranjit;Elizabeth A. Young;Trivellore E. Raghunathan;George A. Kaplan

  • Circadian rhythm of cortisol and neighborhood characteristics in a population-based sample: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

    D. Phuong Do;Ana V. Diez Roux;Anjum Hajat;Amy H. Auchincloss

Frequent Co-Authors

Deanna M. Hoelscher
Deanna M. Hoelscher The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Steven H. Kelder
Steven H. Kelder The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Teresa E. Seeman
Teresa E. Seeman University of California, Los Angeles
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
James S. House
James S. House University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine Markham
Christine Markham The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Nelson Gouveia
Nelson Gouveia Universidade de São Paulo
Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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