John T Cook

Biographic Data

ID	2314918
NAME	John T Cook
GIVEN NAMES	John T
FAMILY NAME	Cook
SIGNATURE	COOK J T
AFFILIATIONS	Boston University School of Medicine, U.S.A.
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	17
TOTAL CITATIONS	118
AUTHOR COUNT	17
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2019
H-INDEX	3

Caregiver feeding practices and child weight outcomes
Open AccessMaureen K Spill, Emily H Callahan et al.ARTICLE2019
Repeated exposure to food and food acceptability in infants and toddlers
Open AccessMaureen K Spill, Kirsten Johns et al.ARTICLE2019
Homelessness During Pregnancy
Open AccessDiana Cutts, Diana B Cutts et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2014
Are Food Insecurity's Health Impacts Underestimated in the U.S. Population? Marginal Food Security Also Predicts Adverse Health Outcomes in Young U.S. Children and Mothers
Open AccessJ Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Nutrition2013
A life course approach yields breakthroughs in understanding food insecurity and obesity among Brazilian females
Open AccessJ Cook, John T CookARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2013References: 8
Household food insecurity, lack of consistent ac-cess to adequate healthy food for all household members to lead active healthy lives, can be both a cause and consequence of poverty. However, food insecurity is not synonymous or congruent with poverty, and the preponderance of evidence supports treating it primarily as a consequence of poverty, and other factors
US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children
Diana Cutts, Diana Becker Cutts et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2011Cited by: 31References: 37
Objectives. We investigated the association between housing insecurity and the health of very young children. Methods. Between 1998 and 2007, we interviewed 22 069 low-income caregivers with children younger than 3 years who were seen in 7 US urban medical centers. We assessed food insecurity, child health status, developmental risk, weight, and housing insecurity for each child's household. Our indicators for housing insecurity were crowding (> …
Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity
Erin R Hager, Anna M Quigg et al.ARTICLEPEDIATRICS2010
OBJECTIVES: To develop a brief screen to identify families at risk for food insecurity (FI) and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and convergent validity of the screen. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Caregivers of children (age: birth through 3 years) from 7 urban medical centers completed the US Department of Agriculture 18-item Household Food Security Survey (HFSS), reports of child health, hospitalizations in their lifetime, and developmental r…
Household Food Insecurity
Ruth Rose-Jacobs, Ruth Rose‐Jacobs et al.ARTICLEPEDIATRICS2008
OBJECTIVES. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between household food security status and developmental risk in young children, after controlling for potential confounding variables. METHODS. The Children's Sentinel Nutritional Assessment Program interviewed (in English, Spanish, or Somali) 2010 caregivers from low-income households with children 4 to 36 months of age, at 5 pediatric clinic/emergency department sites (in Arkansas, Massa…
A Brief Indicator of Household Energy Security
J Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEPEDIATRICS2008
OBJECTIVE. Household energy security has not been measured empirically or related to child health and development but is an emerging concern for clinicians and researchers as energy costs increase. The objectives of this study were to develop a clinical indicator of household energy security and assess associations with food security, health, and developmental risk in children <36 months of age. METHODS. A cross-sectional study that used househol…
Food Security, Poverty, and Human Development in the United States
Open AccessJ Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEAnnals of the New York Academy of…2008
Access to food is essential to optimal development and function in children and adults. Food security, food insecurity, and hunger have been defined and a U.S. Food Security Scale was developed and is administered annually by the Census Bureau in its Current Population Survey. The eight child‐referenced items now make up a Children's Food Security Scale. This review summarizes the data on household and children's food insecurity and its relations…
Child Food Insecurity Increases Risks Posed by Household Food Insecurity to Young Children’s Health
Open AccessJ Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Nutrition2006
Child Food Insecurity and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
Anne Skalicky, Alan Meyers et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2006
Child Food Insecurity and Iron Deficiency Anemia in Low-Income Infants and Toddlers in the United States
Open AccessAnne Skalicky, Alan Meyers et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2005
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers
Open AccessJ Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Nutrition2004
Social capital is associated with decreased risk of hunger
Open AccessKatie S Martins, Katie S Martin et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2004Cited by: 69References: 16
Community food security
Open AccessMolly D Anderson, J Cook et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values1999Cited by: 17References: 3
Children's rights to adequate nutritious foods in the two Americas
Open AccessJ Cook, John T Cook et al.ARTICLEFood Policy1996Cited by: 1References: 1