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Alison Tovar is an Associate Professor at John Brown University whose research focuses on eating disorders and behaviors, obesity, and physical activity, with a particular emphasis on diverse populations. Her work explores the interplay between diet, food security, and health, as well as breastfeeding practices and influences, and child nutrition. Tovar's research extends to intervention strategies, as evidenced by a study of multi-component interventions in family childcare homes that improve diet quality and reduce sedentary behavior in preschool children. She also applies a social determinants of health framework to guide digital innovations that reduce disparities in chronic disease. Further, Tovar has examined food insecurity and its impact on food parenting practices and child eating behaviors within low-income Hispanic families.

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• h-index: 35
• Publications: 192
• Citations: 3,465