Haley Becker

• Washington University in St. Louis

Objectives: An exploratory assessment of physical activity (PA) to identify covariates of PA behaviors in Haitian adolescents. Methods: Students from two urban schools participated in two different data collection methodologies: a self-reported survey (n = 100) assessing school, transportation, and leisure-time PA; an objective accelerometry stu...

Background The last century has born witness to extensive changes in global food and activity environments, resulting in alterations of diet, nutritional status, physical activity behaviors, and related health outcomes, otherwise known as the nutrition transition. Previous efforts to quantify a country's stage in the nutrition transition have maint...

This study aimed to characterize metal contaminant concentrations and assess temporal and spatial variability in the main drinking water sources of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Water sources from five communities were sampled in two seasons, June (2014) and October (2014), and analysed for a suite of metals. A geographic information system was used to exami...

Objective: The primary aim was to examine the association of socio-economic factors and diet with overweight (including obesity) among school-aged children in Haiti. The secondary aim was to describe food availability and the physical activity built environment in participating schools. Design: This cross-sectional study examined baseline data f...

Objective This study examined the link between worksite environmental supports for nutrition behaviours and sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and offers insight into potential intervention points for reducing SSB consumption and combatting overweight and obesity. Methods Perceived worksite supports for healthy nutrition and self‐reported...