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Cristina R Fernández1, Sandra H Kahwaji1, Pamela A Koch1

  • 1Cristina R. Fernández is with the Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. Sandra H. Kahwaji, Pamela A. Koch, and Randi L. Wolf are with the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education and Policy, Program in Nutrition, Department of Health Studies and Applied Educational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Eurídice Martínez-Steele is with the Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health and Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Jennifer W. Cadenhead was with the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education and Policy, Program in Nutrition, Department of Health Studies and Applied Educational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, for part of the time with this study and is with the Department of Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, City University of New York, New York, NY.

American Journal of Public Health
|June 3, 2026
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