M Serdula

Biographic Data

ID5466700
NAMEM Serdula
GIVEN NAMESM
FAMILY NAMESerdula
SIGNATURESERDULA M
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS27
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
H-INDEX3

  • Trends in body weight among American Indians

    Julie C Will, Clark H Denny et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1999References: 7

    OBJECTIVES: This study compared trends in body mass index for American Indian men and women across selected regions of the United States. METHODS: Self-reported data were collected from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. RESULTS: Among women in the Dakotas, New Mexico and Arizona, and Washington and Oregon, average adjusted body mass index increased significantly by 0.1 to 0.2 units per year. Among men in Alaska and the Dakotas, aver…

  • Comparison of 4 questionnaires for assessment of fruit and vegetable intake

    Adrian Field, A E Field et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1998Cited by: 11References: 12

    OBJECTIVE: This study compared fruit and vegetable assessments derived from 4 self-administered questionnaires. METHODS: Among 102 adolescents, servings of fruits and vegetables assessed by 4 questionnaires were compared with estimates from 24-hour recalls. RESULTS: The prevalence of consuming 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day was underestimated by the questionnaires. Questionnaires asking subjects to recall their diet over the pr…

  • Trends in overweight among US adults from 1987 to 1993

    Deborah A Galuska, Mary K Serdula et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1996Cited by: 13References: 14

    OBJECTIVES: Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, this study describes trends in the prevalence of overweight between 1987 and 1993. METHODS: Data were examined from 33 states participating in an ongoing telephone survey of health behaviors of adults (n = 387,704). Self-reported weights and heights were used to calculate sex-specific prevalence estimates of overweight for each year from 1987 to 1993. Time trends were eva…

  • Determining the Nutritional Status of the Elderly in post-cold war Russia

    M J Toole, M SerdulaARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1996Cited by: 3References: 11

  • Subclinical health effects in a population exposed to excess vitamin D in milk

    Kelley S Scanlon, Susan Blank et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1995References: 12

    To evaluate subclinical health effects of excess vitamin D, a cross-sectional study was conducted of persons consuming milk from a dairy that had overfortified milk for at least 4 years. Milk consumption, sunlight exposure, medical symptoms, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), serum and urinary calcium, and indicators of renal function were measured. Increased milk consumption was associated with increased serum 25(OH)D and urinary calcium. Howe…

  • Child fostering, health and nutritional status

    Philippe Sudre, Mary K Serdula et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1990

    In developing countries, as women increasingly engage in economic activity away from home, foster care of children appears to have become more common. Because fostered children may receive less attention, it has been hypothesized that fostering may adversely affect nutritional status and health. A nutrition survey conducted in 1983 in rural Swaziland on 4683 children < 6 years of age allowed an examination of fostering practices and their associa…

  • Bulimic eating behaviors

    R E Frank, Robin Frank et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1987References: 9

    Bulimic eating behaviors: association with alcohol and tobacco. R E Frank, M Serdula, and G G AbelCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.3.369-b Published Online: November 15, 2011