Carol Devine
Professor
2009
HENutrSci

Web Bio Page

Current Activities

Current Professional Activities
Cornell University Graduate Field Membership: Nutrition


Current Research Activities

Work-Family Integration and the Diets of Employed Parents: a study of the ways that employed parents manage food and eating in light of the demands of work and family and spillover between the two, funded by the NCI.

SCALE: Small Changes and Lasting Effects: an intervention study of mindful eating, positive affect, and self affirmation to ascertain what best leads to weight loss and maintenance of weight loss in individual, family and faith-based settings in Harlem and the South Bronx, with colleagues from Weill Cornell Medical College Center for Behavioral Interventions with funding from the NHLBI.

Images of a Healthy Worksite: an envronmental intervention trial aimed at weight gain prevention in a large industrial worksite, with colleagues from the University of Rochester and funding from the NHLBI.

RHEALTH (Recovery, Healthy Eating, and Active Learning in Treatment Houses): an environmental and educational intervention in drug rehabilitation residences to prevent excess weight gain, with doctoral candidate Jennifer Cowan, funded by an NIH training grant.

Dog Walking and Obesity Prevention: development of measures and procedures for assessing the role of dog walking in obesity prevention, with colleagues from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and funding from USDA Hatch funds.



Current Extension Activities

Small Steps are Easier Together, an ecological intervention to increase walking and healthy eating to prevent excess weight gain and reduce breast cancer risk in small rural worksites, with the Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research and Cornell Cooperative Extension and funding from USDA.

Cornell NutritionWorks (CNW) team, a web-based professional development initiative for nutrition professionals, using distributed learning technologies. Collaborator with the CNW team on an on-line course to increase the capacity of nutrition and health professionals to prevent childhood obesity in their communities using an ecological approach, with funding from USDA.



Biography

Biographical Statement
My research is focused on understanding how working women and men, especially those in low income families integrate work, family, and food choices, and the effect of these choices on overweight and obesity. My outreach work is focused on creating food and physical activity environments in workplaces and communities that promote healthy eating and active living to prevent weight gain, obesity, and chronic diseases, particularly breast cancer. I am a member of the team for Cornell NutritionWorks, a continuing professional development initiative for nutrition and health practitioners to enhance the translation of research findings into professional nutrition practice.

Education

Ph.D. 1990 - Cornell University, Major: Human Nutrition
Ed.M. 1971 - Tufts University, Major: Nutrition Education
RD 1970 - Tufts-New England Medical Center, Focus: Community Nutrition
B.S. 1969 - University of New Hampshire, Major: Food and Nutrition



Keywords
Working parents, food choice, weight gain prevention, ecological intervention, nutrition, healthy eating

Courses, Websites, Pubs

Related Websites

Cornell NutritionWorks

Sisters in Health    http://www.nutrition.cornell.edu/dns_sihabout.html



Selected Publications