Sherry Pagoto
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4634264 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Sherry Pagoto |
| PRENOMES | Sherry |
| SOBRENOME | Pagoto |
| ASSINATURA | PAGOTO S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2462-8797 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
An Examination of African Immigrants With Overweight or Obesity
African immigrants in the US are highly affected by obesity and obesity-related health conditions, possibly due to the obesogenic food environment and sedentary lifestyle. We aimed to understand the weight, lifestyle behaviors, and body image perceptions of African immigrants. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 70 (67% female) African immigrants with overweight or obesity [mean age 40.69 (SD = 10.26), BMI = 31.41 kg/m2 (SD = 3.95)]. Data we…
Understanding barriers and facilitators of healthy diet and physical activity among African immigrants in the US
African immigrants share similar barriers and facilitators to healthy diet and physical activity as others but also have unique barriers and facilitators that need to be addressed in tailored lifestyle interventions. Incorporating these in future lifestyle interventions may enhance relevance, engagement, and more sustainable behavior change
Prevalence and Predictors of Posting Health-Related Content Among US Facebook Users
Health-related content is prevalent on Facebook, but we know little about how often the typical user posts about health, the nature of such posts, or the characteristics of users who do so. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 2508 adult US Facebook users to assess the frequency and predictors of posting about a health condition, health behavior, and health information on Facebook. The findings revealed that 68.7% of participants posted at le…
A healthy lifestyle is a journey’
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health in general population. An additional aim of the study was to assess if these perceptions were connected with the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. DESIGN: = 50) were asked to answer the question: 'What does it mean to be healthy?'. Data were collected online in Poland. We generated and interpreted the main themes associated with common perce…
Bills to Restrict Access to and Harm From Indoor Tanning Facilities in US State Legislatures, 1992‒2023
Objectives. To describe progression, content, and stringency of state legislation regulating indoor tanning and association with state government political party leadership. Methods. Trained research assistants used legal mapping methods to code legislative bills on indoor tanning introduced in US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. We calculated composite scores on the stringency of age restrictions and of warnings, operator requi…
High Interest in the Use of mHealth Platform for HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nepal
Nonmedical prescription drug use among female adolescents
Increasing understanding of the risk and protective factors for adolescent nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) could inform prevention efforts. Several correlates have been identified, including parental factors, perceptions about use and accessibility, social norms, and age. However, these constructs have rarely been simultaneously examined using paired data from parents and adolescents. We aimed to examine the relative influence of the…
Emergency remote instruction in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education into emergency remote instruction in 2020. Impacts of this modality shift on undergraduates of different identities are important to document, for both current students who need support now and future students who may face other crises. A large survey in the United States asked students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to report the impact of emergency remote instruction on …
Golfers’ Interest in Multilevel Sun-Protection Strategies
Active adults accumulate more ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure and are at greater risk of skin cancer than inactive adults. Golf is a popular sport that increases UV exposure because it is played outdoors in daylight. This study evaluated adult golfers' interest in multilevel sun-protection strategies and characterized differences in interest as a function of golfer characteristics. Adult golfers ( N = 347) completed a web survey to rate their…
Behavioral activation for smoking cessation and mood management following a cardiac event
NCT01964898 . First received by clinicaltrials.gov October 15, 2013
Effect of Legislation on Indoor Tanning Prevalence in Alabama
Objectives. To examine changes in indoor tanning prevalence among Alabama high school students the year before and after its 2014 legal restrictions compared with Florida, which had more lenient legislation. Methods. We analyzed the Alabama and Florida 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 14 389; population = 1 864 241) by gender, age, year (2013, 2015), state (Alabama, Florida), and year-by-state interactions. Results. Prevalence of indoor tanni…
Social Media as a Tool to Increase the Impact of Public Health Research
Sleep Duration and Diet Quality Among Women Within 5 Years of Childbirth in the United States
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
Adaptation of community health worker-delivered behavioral activation for torture survivors in Kurdistan, Iraq
BATD was delivered by CHWs in a resource-poor, conflict-affected area in Kurdistan, Iraq, with some important modifications, including low-literacy adaptations, increased cultural relevancy of clinical materials, and tailored training and supervision for CHWs. Barriers to implementation, lessons learned, and recommendations for future efforts to adapt behavioral therapies for resource-limited, conflict-affected areas are discussed
Fostering multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors for primary prevention of cancer
The odds of developing cancer are increased by specific lifestyle behaviors (tobacco use, excess energy and alcohol intakes, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, risky sexual behaviors, and inadequate sun protection) that are established risk factors for developing cancer. These behaviors are largely absent in childhood, emerge and tend to cluster over the life span, and show an increased prevalence among those disadvantaged by lo…
The home environment and childhood obesity in low-income households
This study adds to the existing literature by identifying aspects of the home environment that influence childhood weight status via indirect effects on screen time and sleep duration in children from low-income households. Pediatric weight management interventions for low-income households may be improved by targeting aspects of the physical and social home environment associated with sleep
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
Can Attention Control Conditions Have Detrimental Effects on Behavioral Medicine Randomized Trials
OBJECTIVE: Attention control (AC) conditions are used to balance nonspecific attention in randomized trials of behavioral interventions. Very little guidance about which behavioral interventions and outcomes merit AC is available in the literature. The primary aim of the present study is to demonstrate a scenario in which use of AC in a behavioral randomized trial was unnecessary and possibly detrimental. METHODS: Exploratory analyses were perfor…
Relations of Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use to Body Mass Index and Selected Biomarkers for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We investigated whether depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with biomarkers for glucose dysregulation and inflammation, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. Methods. Postmenopausal women were recruited into the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998, and data were collected at regular intervals through 2005. We used multiple linear regression models to examine whether depressive symptoms and antid…
A smartphone-supported weight loss program
NCT01051713
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
Inhibiting Food Reward
Overeating is believed to result when the appetitive motivation to consume palatable food exceeds an individual's capacity for inhibitory control of eating. This hypothesis was supported in recent studies involving predominantly normal weight women, but has not been tested in obese populations. The current study tested the interaction between food reward sensitivity and inhibitory control in predicting palatable food intake among energy‐replete o…
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Social Media as a Tool to Increase the Impact of Public Health Research
Fostering multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors for primary prevention of cancer
The odds of developing cancer are increased by specific lifestyle behaviors (tobacco use, excess energy and alcohol intakes, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, risky sexual behaviors, and inadequate sun protection) that are established risk factors for developing cancer. These behaviors are largely absent in childhood, emerge and tend to cluster over the life span, and show an increased prevalence among those disadvantaged by lo…
Relations of Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use to Body Mass Index and Selected Biomarkers for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We investigated whether depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with biomarkers for glucose dysregulation and inflammation, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. Methods. Postmenopausal women were recruited into the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998, and data were collected at regular intervals through 2005. We used multiple linear regression models to examine whether depressive symptoms and antid…
Understanding barriers and facilitators of healthy diet and physical activity among African immigrants in the US
African immigrants share similar barriers and facilitators to healthy diet and physical activity as others but also have unique barriers and facilitators that need to be addressed in tailored lifestyle interventions. Incorporating these in future lifestyle interventions may enhance relevance, engagement, and more sustainable behavior change
Effect of Legislation on Indoor Tanning Prevalence in Alabama
Objectives. To examine changes in indoor tanning prevalence among Alabama high school students the year before and after its 2014 legal restrictions compared with Florida, which had more lenient legislation. Methods. We analyzed the Alabama and Florida 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 14 389; population = 1 864 241) by gender, age, year (2013, 2015), state (Alabama, Florida), and year-by-state interactions. Results. Prevalence of indoor tanni…
Sun Protection Motivational Stages and Behavior
Given the complexity of risk factors, an examination of clusters, rather than factors in isolation, may more accurately depict sun protection behavior
Design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the Sunless Study
NCT00403377
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating
Inhibiting Food Reward
Overeating is believed to result when the appetitive motivation to consume palatable food exceeds an individual's capacity for inhibitory control of eating. This hypothesis was supported in recent studies involving predominantly normal weight women, but has not been tested in obese populations. The current study tested the interaction between food reward sensitivity and inhibitory control in predicting palatable food intake among energy‐replete o…
A smartphone-supported weight loss program
NCT01051713
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
Can Attention Control Conditions Have Detrimental Effects on Behavioral Medicine Randomized Trials
OBJECTIVE: Attention control (AC) conditions are used to balance nonspecific attention in randomized trials of behavioral interventions. Very little guidance about which behavioral interventions and outcomes merit AC is available in the literature. The primary aim of the present study is to demonstrate a scenario in which use of AC in a behavioral randomized trial was unnecessary and possibly detrimental. METHODS: Exploratory analyses were perfor…
Relations of Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use to Body Mass Index and Selected Biomarkers for Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Objectives. We investigated whether depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with biomarkers for glucose dysregulation and inflammation, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. Methods. Postmenopausal women were recruited into the Women’s Health Initiative from 1993 to 1998, and data were collected at regular intervals through 2005. We used multiple linear regression models to examine whether depressive symptoms and antid…
The home environment and childhood obesity in low-income households
This study adds to the existing literature by identifying aspects of the home environment that influence childhood weight status via indirect effects on screen time and sleep duration in children from low-income households. Pediatric weight management interventions for low-income households may be improved by targeting aspects of the physical and social home environment associated with sleep
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
Adaptation of community health worker-delivered behavioral activation for torture survivors in Kurdistan, Iraq
BATD was delivered by CHWs in a resource-poor, conflict-affected area in Kurdistan, Iraq, with some important modifications, including low-literacy adaptations, increased cultural relevancy of clinical materials, and tailored training and supervision for CHWs. Barriers to implementation, lessons learned, and recommendations for future efforts to adapt behavioral therapies for resource-limited, conflict-affected areas are discussed
Fostering multiple healthy lifestyle behaviors for primary prevention of cancer
The odds of developing cancer are increased by specific lifestyle behaviors (tobacco use, excess energy and alcohol intakes, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity, risky sexual behaviors, and inadequate sun protection) that are established risk factors for developing cancer. These behaviors are largely absent in childhood, emerge and tend to cluster over the life span, and show an increased prevalence among those disadvantaged by lo…
Sleep Duration and Diet Quality Among Women Within 5 Years of Childbirth in the United States
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
Behavioral activation for smoking cessation and mood management following a cardiac event
NCT01964898 . First received by clinicaltrials.gov October 15, 2013
Effect of Legislation on Indoor Tanning Prevalence in Alabama
Objectives. To examine changes in indoor tanning prevalence among Alabama high school students the year before and after its 2014 legal restrictions compared with Florida, which had more lenient legislation. Methods. We analyzed the Alabama and Florida 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (n = 14 389; population = 1 864 241) by gender, age, year (2013, 2015), state (Alabama, Florida), and year-by-state interactions. Results. Prevalence of indoor tanni…
Social Media as a Tool to Increase the Impact of Public Health Research
Golfers’ Interest in Multilevel Sun-Protection Strategies
Active adults accumulate more ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure and are at greater risk of skin cancer than inactive adults. Golf is a popular sport that increases UV exposure because it is played outdoors in daylight. This study evaluated adult golfers' interest in multilevel sun-protection strategies and characterized differences in interest as a function of golfer characteristics. Adult golfers ( N = 347) completed a web survey to rate their…
Emergency remote instruction in 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education into emergency remote instruction in 2020. Impacts of this modality shift on undergraduates of different identities are important to document, for both current students who need support now and future students who may face other crises. A large survey in the United States asked students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to report the impact of emergency remote instruction on …
Nonmedical prescription drug use among female adolescents
Increasing understanding of the risk and protective factors for adolescent nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) could inform prevention efforts. Several correlates have been identified, including parental factors, perceptions about use and accessibility, social norms, and age. However, these constructs have rarely been simultaneously examined using paired data from parents and adolescents. We aimed to examine the relative influence of the…
High Interest in the Use of mHealth Platform for HIV Prevention among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nepal
Prevalence and Predictors of Posting Health-Related Content Among US Facebook Users
Health-related content is prevalent on Facebook, but we know little about how often the typical user posts about health, the nature of such posts, or the characteristics of users who do so. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 2508 adult US Facebook users to assess the frequency and predictors of posting about a health condition, health behavior, and health information on Facebook. The findings revealed that 68.7% of participants posted at le…
A healthy lifestyle is a journey’
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore health perceptions and self-defined facilitators to health in general population. An additional aim of the study was to assess if these perceptions were connected with the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. DESIGN: = 50) were asked to answer the question: 'What does it mean to be healthy?'. Data were collected online in Poland. We generated and interpreted the main themes associated with common perce…
Medicine (24 obras) · Psychology (16 obras) · Environmental health (12 obras) · Obesity (10 obras) · Psychological intervention (10 obras) · Gerontology (9 obras) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (8 obras) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 obras) · Internal Medicine (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras)