Isobel R Contento
Biographic Data
| ID | 5498410 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isobel R Contento |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isobel R |
| FAMILY NAME | Contento |
| SIGNATURE | CONTENTO I R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7941-1122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Food choices and sustainability considerations and their association with food consumption patterns in East Asian students in the USA
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine food choice motivations in terms of sustainability and the safety of the food system and how these are related to food consumption patterns for East Asian international students. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study developed and validated a survey instrument through a pilot study and a review of existing validated instruments. East Asian international students from four New York a…
Social Support, Diet, and Physical Activity among Latina/Hispanic Women Breast Cancer Survivors
Soda Consumption Among Mexican Construction Workers in the Context of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
This study explored the psychosocial determinants of consumption of soda and other taxed sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Mexican construction workers (CWs) and whether consumption changed as a result of the 2014 SSB tax. We conducted a qualitative case study involving in-depth interviews and focus groups (FGs) with 30 Mexican CWs; supplemented with descriptions of the food and beverages consumed during lunch breaks. We used NVivo 10 to classi…
Cognitive Functioning and Health in Hispanic/Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
Cafeteria noise exposure and fruit and vegetable consumption at school lunch
Challenges and Facilitators to Promoting a Healthy Food Environment and Communicating Effectively with Parents to Improve Food Behaviors of School Children
Mediation effect of the psychosocial factors on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in youth
Associations among measures of energy balance related behaviors and psychosocial determinants in urban upper elementary school children
Validation of an early childhood caries risk assessment tool in a low‐income H ispanic population
Objectives There is a recognized need for valid risk assessment tools for use by both dental and nondental personnel to identify young children at risk for, or with, precavitated stages of early childhood caries (i.e., early stage decalcifications or white spot lesions).The aim of this study is to establish concurrent criterion validity of “ M y S mile B uddy” ( MSB ), a novel technology‐assisted ECC risk assessment and behavioral intervention to…
Barriers and Facilitators to Recruitment to a Culturally Based Dietary Intervention Among Urban Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors
Adherence in a 1-year whole foods eating pattern intervention with healthy postmenopausal women
Objective To determine the degree of dietary adherence or change in eating patterns, and demographic, psychosocial and study characteristics associated with adherence, in the Comparing Healthy Options in Cooking and Eating (CHOICE) Study. Design Randomized controlled trial where women were randomized to one of three eating patterns: (i) Whole Foods, plant-based, macrobiotic-style ( n 22); and Moderate Fat with (ii), and without (iii), 10 g of gro…
Parental perceptions, feeding practices, feeding styles, and level of acculturation of Chinese Americans in relation to their school-age child's weight status
Criterion validity and user acceptability of a CD-ROM-mediated food record for measuring fruit and vegetable consumption among black adolescents
Objectives To determine the criterion validity and user acceptability of the Healthy Eating Self-Monitoring Tool (HEST), a CD-ROM-mediated food record for measuring fruit and vegetable consumption among economically disadvantaged black adolescents. Design Item intakes, daily intake measures of fruit, vegetables and juices, and daily and total fruit and vegetable intake assessed with the HEST over a 3 d interval were compared with observed intake …
Understanding the food choice process of adolescents in the context of family and friends
Generational Differences in Psychosocial Predictors of Fat-Related Dietary Behavior in Chinese Americans
The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of variables from psychosocial models of health behavior in explaining fat-related dietary behaviors among a sample of first and second generation Chinese Americans living in New York City. A survey questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of 743 Chinese Americans, ranging in age from 21 to 73. The questionnaire measured demographic factors, degree of acculturation, and psych…
A case-study of a curriculum development process in nutrition education using empowerment as organizational policy
While many nutrition education curricula have been developed, there is a dearth of published description of the process of development and the insights gained that might be useful to others. The purpose of this study was to provide such a description. The study used participant‐observation as a qualitative analytical method; empowerment as an organizational policy, and a UNESCO manual (Contento and Morin, 1988) as a guide to develop a nutrition e…
Adolescent Food Choice Criteria
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of weight status, dieting status and several associated variables to the criteria for everyday food choice used by adolescents. Study participants were 411 students between the ages of 11 and 18, drawn from 15 schools. The adolescents rated 20 food in terms of nine food attributes (how tasty or healthful specific foods were, whether the foods were eaten by friends, and so forth). Within-person…
Validation of mothers' reports of dietary intake by four to seven year-old children
The validity of mothers' recall of four to seven year-old children's diet was assessed among 46 first generation Latino immigrant families from the Dominican Republic by comparing intake recalled by the mother to unobtrusive home observations of children. Correlations were moderate to high for calories and for most nutrients. There were no differences in mean intake of total calories or in intake of most macronutrients and micronutrients assessed…
Validation of mothers' reports of dietary intake by four to seven year-old children
The validity of mothers' recall of four to seven year-old children's diet was assessed among 46 first generation Latino immigrant families from the Dominican Republic by comparing intake recalled by the mother to unobtrusive home observations of children. Correlations were moderate to high for calories and for most nutrients. There were no differences in mean intake of total calories or in intake of most macronutrients and micronutrients assessed…
Parental perceptions, feeding practices, feeding styles, and level of acculturation of Chinese Americans in relation to their school-age child's weight status
Adolescent Food Choice Criteria
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of weight status, dieting status and several associated variables to the criteria for everyday food choice used by adolescents. Study participants were 411 students between the ages of 11 and 18, drawn from 15 schools. The adolescents rated 20 food in terms of nine food attributes (how tasty or healthful specific foods were, whether the foods were eaten by friends, and so forth). Within-person…
Cafeteria noise exposure and fruit and vegetable consumption at school lunch
Barriers and Facilitators to Recruitment to a Culturally Based Dietary Intervention Among Urban Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors
Validation of mothers' reports of dietary intake by four to seven year-old children
The validity of mothers' recall of four to seven year-old children's diet was assessed among 46 first generation Latino immigrant families from the Dominican Republic by comparing intake recalled by the mother to unobtrusive home observations of children. Correlations were moderate to high for calories and for most nutrients. There were no differences in mean intake of total calories or in intake of most macronutrients and micronutrients assessed…
Adolescent Food Choice Criteria
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of weight status, dieting status and several associated variables to the criteria for everyday food choice used by adolescents. Study participants were 411 students between the ages of 11 and 18, drawn from 15 schools. The adolescents rated 20 food in terms of nine food attributes (how tasty or healthful specific foods were, whether the foods were eaten by friends, and so forth). Within-person…
A case-study of a curriculum development process in nutrition education using empowerment as organizational policy
While many nutrition education curricula have been developed, there is a dearth of published description of the process of development and the insights gained that might be useful to others. The purpose of this study was to provide such a description. The study used participant‐observation as a qualitative analytical method; empowerment as an organizational policy, and a UNESCO manual (Contento and Morin, 1988) as a guide to develop a nutrition e…
Understanding the food choice process of adolescents in the context of family and friends
Generational Differences in Psychosocial Predictors of Fat-Related Dietary Behavior in Chinese Americans
The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of variables from psychosocial models of health behavior in explaining fat-related dietary behaviors among a sample of first and second generation Chinese Americans living in New York City. A survey questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of 743 Chinese Americans, ranging in age from 21 to 73. The questionnaire measured demographic factors, degree of acculturation, and psych…
Criterion validity and user acceptability of a CD-ROM-mediated food record for measuring fruit and vegetable consumption among black adolescents
Objectives To determine the criterion validity and user acceptability of the Healthy Eating Self-Monitoring Tool (HEST), a CD-ROM-mediated food record for measuring fruit and vegetable consumption among economically disadvantaged black adolescents. Design Item intakes, daily intake measures of fruit, vegetables and juices, and daily and total fruit and vegetable intake assessed with the HEST over a 3 d interval were compared with observed intake …
Adherence in a 1-year whole foods eating pattern intervention with healthy postmenopausal women
Objective To determine the degree of dietary adherence or change in eating patterns, and demographic, psychosocial and study characteristics associated with adherence, in the Comparing Healthy Options in Cooking and Eating (CHOICE) Study. Design Randomized controlled trial where women were randomized to one of three eating patterns: (i) Whole Foods, plant-based, macrobiotic-style ( n 22); and Moderate Fat with (ii), and without (iii), 10 g of gro…
Parental perceptions, feeding practices, feeding styles, and level of acculturation of Chinese Americans in relation to their school-age child's weight status
Validation of an early childhood caries risk assessment tool in a low‐income H ispanic population
Objectives There is a recognized need for valid risk assessment tools for use by both dental and nondental personnel to identify young children at risk for, or with, precavitated stages of early childhood caries (i.e., early stage decalcifications or white spot lesions).The aim of this study is to establish concurrent criterion validity of “ M y S mile B uddy” ( MSB ), a novel technology‐assisted ECC risk assessment and behavioral intervention to…
Barriers and Facilitators to Recruitment to a Culturally Based Dietary Intervention Among Urban Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors
Mediation effect of the psychosocial factors on sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in youth
Associations among measures of energy balance related behaviors and psychosocial determinants in urban upper elementary school children
Challenges and Facilitators to Promoting a Healthy Food Environment and Communicating Effectively with Parents to Improve Food Behaviors of School Children
Cafeteria noise exposure and fruit and vegetable consumption at school lunch
Cognitive Functioning and Health in Hispanic/Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
Soda Consumption Among Mexican Construction Workers in the Context of the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
This study explored the psychosocial determinants of consumption of soda and other taxed sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Mexican construction workers (CWs) and whether consumption changed as a result of the 2014 SSB tax. We conducted a qualitative case study involving in-depth interviews and focus groups (FGs) with 30 Mexican CWs; supplemented with descriptions of the food and beverages consumed during lunch breaks. We used NVivo 10 to classi…
Social Support, Diet, and Physical Activity among Latina/Hispanic Women Breast Cancer Survivors
Food choices and sustainability considerations and their association with food consumption patterns in East Asian students in the USA
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine food choice motivations in terms of sustainability and the safety of the food system and how these are related to food consumption patterns for East Asian international students. Design/methodology/approach This cross-sectional study developed and validated a survey instrument through a pilot study and a review of existing validated instruments. East Asian international students from four New York a…
Medicine (16 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Psychosocial (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Biology (4 works)