ISSN: 2167-0420
Jennifer S Savage
Jennifer S Savage
Center for Childhood Obesity Research,
College of Health and Human Development,
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Jennifer S Savage working as an Assistant Professor; Interim Director, Center for Childhood Obesity Research at The Pennsylvania State University.
Education
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, 2008
Teaching Interests
Community nutrition
Nutrition through the life cycle
Childhood obesity
Maternal and child nutrition
Research Interests
Developing individualized, adaptive prenatal and postnatal interventions to promote health across the lifespan.
Examining the effects of responsive parenting on children’s development of eating behaviors and health outcomes.
Building community partnerships to develop efficient and effective interventions that use electronic-health, multi-media technology to target low-income mothers to reduce children’s intake of “empty calories”.
Physical Health
Mental Health
Obesity
Child health
Community Health