Jennifer Martin‐Biggers
Biographic Data
| ID | 7744110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Martin‐Biggers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer |
| FAMILY NAME | Martin‐Biggers |
| SIGNATURE | BIGGERS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8857-6386 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Maternal Sleep Quality is Associated with Personal and Parenting Weight-Related Behaviors
Mothers of young children tend to report poor-quality sleep, yet little is known about links between maternal sleep quality and weight-related behaviors and parenting practices. Thus, mothers of preschoolers completed an online cross-sectional survey assessing their sleep, physical activity, dietary behaviors, eating styles, child feeding practices, family meal behaviors, and health parameters. Comparisons by sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sl…
Relationships of family conflict, cohesion, and chaos in the home environment on maternal and child food‐related behaviours
This study examined how food-related behaviours differed in mothers and their preschool children by levels of family functioning (cohesion and conflict) and household disorganization (chaos). A nationally representative sample of mothers of preschoolers completed an online survey assessing food-related behaviours of themselves and their children. Maternal and child diet, eating behaviours, and health status; household availability of fruits/veget…
Applying Common Latino Magazine Cover Line Themes to Health Communications
This study aimed to describe strategies used in magazine cover lines to capture the attention of Latino consumers. A content analysis of cover lines ( n = 581) from six top-selling Latino women’s and parenting magazines ( n = 217 issues) sold in the United States identified 12 common themes: great/inspiring, beauty/health, bad/negative, love/passion, family/protective, strength/power, daring, informative/how-to, newness/uniqueness, improve/organi…
Translating it into real life
Future education programs with preschool parents should emphasize supports and encourage parents to share helpful strategies with each other
Fruit-related terms and images on food packages and advertisements affect children’s perceptions of foods’ fruit content
Objective To determine whether food label information and advertisements for foods containing no fruit cause children to have a false impression of the foods’ fruit content. Design In the food label condition, a trained researcher showed each child sixteen different food label photographs depicting front-of-food label packages that varied with regard to fruit content (i.e. real fruit v . sham fruit) and label elements. In the food advertisement c…
Food Safety in Home Kitchens
Although foodborne illness is preventable, more than 56,000 people per year become ill in the U.S., creating high economic costs, loss of productivity and reduced quality of life for many. Experts agree that the home is the primary location where foodborne outbreaks occur; however, many consumers do not believe the home to be a risky place. Health care professionals need to be aware of consumers' food safety attitudes and behaviors in the home an…
Accuracy and consistency of weights provided by home bathroom scales
Digital home bathroom scales provide sufficiently accurate and consistent weights for public health research. Reminders to zero scales before each use may further improve accuracy of self-reported weight
What foods are US supermarkets promoting? A content analysis of supermarket sales circulars
Food Safety in Home Kitchens
Although foodborne illness is preventable, more than 56,000 people per year become ill in the U.S., creating high economic costs, loss of productivity and reduced quality of life for many. Experts agree that the home is the primary location where foodborne outbreaks occur; however, many consumers do not believe the home to be a risky place. Health care professionals need to be aware of consumers' food safety attitudes and behaviors in the home an…
Accuracy and consistency of weights provided by home bathroom scales
Digital home bathroom scales provide sufficiently accurate and consistent weights for public health research. Reminders to zero scales before each use may further improve accuracy of self-reported weight
What foods are US supermarkets promoting? A content analysis of supermarket sales circulars
Translating it into real life
Future education programs with preschool parents should emphasize supports and encourage parents to share helpful strategies with each other
Fruit-related terms and images on food packages and advertisements affect children’s perceptions of foods’ fruit content
Objective To determine whether food label information and advertisements for foods containing no fruit cause children to have a false impression of the foods’ fruit content. Design In the food label condition, a trained researcher showed each child sixteen different food label photographs depicting front-of-food label packages that varied with regard to fruit content (i.e. real fruit v . sham fruit) and label elements. In the food advertisement c…
Applying Common Latino Magazine Cover Line Themes to Health Communications
This study aimed to describe strategies used in magazine cover lines to capture the attention of Latino consumers. A content analysis of cover lines ( n = 581) from six top-selling Latino women’s and parenting magazines ( n = 217 issues) sold in the United States identified 12 common themes: great/inspiring, beauty/health, bad/negative, love/passion, family/protective, strength/power, daring, informative/how-to, newness/uniqueness, improve/organi…
Relationships of family conflict, cohesion, and chaos in the home environment on maternal and child food‐related behaviours
This study examined how food-related behaviours differed in mothers and their preschool children by levels of family functioning (cohesion and conflict) and household disorganization (chaos). A nationally representative sample of mothers of preschoolers completed an online survey assessing food-related behaviours of themselves and their children. Maternal and child diet, eating behaviours, and health status; household availability of fruits/veget…
Maternal Sleep Quality is Associated with Personal and Parenting Weight-Related Behaviors
Mothers of young children tend to report poor-quality sleep, yet little is known about links between maternal sleep quality and weight-related behaviors and parenting practices. Thus, mothers of preschoolers completed an online cross-sectional survey assessing their sleep, physical activity, dietary behaviors, eating styles, child feeding practices, family meal behaviors, and health parameters. Comparisons by sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sl…
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Advertising (2 works)