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Aviva Must
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
  • Morton A. Madoff Professor and Chair of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Director, MS/Nutrition & MPH Program
Education:

Ph.D. in Nutrition, Tufts University

Contact Information
Phone: 
(617) 636-0446
Fax: 
(617) 636-4017
Email: 
aviva.must@tufts.edu
Research
General Research: 

Childhood growth antecedents and adult health outcomes, childhood and adolescent obesity, epidemiology of obesity in adults.

Current Research: 

Bidirectional associations of child mental health with obesity, and effects of early obesity on tooth eruption

Select Recent Publications
Minihan PM, Must A, Anderson B, Popper B, Dworetzky B. Children with special health care needs: acknowledging the dilemma of difference in policy responses to obesity. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2011;8:A95. Abstract
Goodman E, Must A. Depressive symptoms in severely obese compared with normal weight adolescents: results from a community-based longitudinal study. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2011;49:64-9. Abstract
Tybor DJ, Lichtenstein AH, Dallal GE, Daniels SR, Must A. Independent effects of age-related changes in waist circumference and BMI z scores in predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors in a prospective cohort of adolescent females. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011;93:392-401. Abstract
Must A, Phillips SM, Naumova EN. Occurance and Timing of Childhood Overweight and Mortality: Findings from the Third Harvard Growth Study. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2011. Abstract
Lee J, Houser RF, Must A, de Fulladolsa PP, Bermudez OI. Socioeconomic disparities and the familial coexistence of child stunting and maternal overweight in guatemala. Economics and Human Biology. 2011. Abstract
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