Alyssa Button

Assistant Professor passionate about pediatric health behavior. GO BILLS!

[Pennington Biomedical Research Center @PBRCNews]

"Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment," authored by Pennington Biomedical’s Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory’s Dr. Amanda Staiano and Dr. Alyssa Button, was the most downloaded paper in 2024 from Childhood Obesity, a leading peer-reviewed journal dedicated to strategies for obesity prevention and weight management in children and adolescents. To view the full article, visit https://t.co/ovWKiG3e7l

[Alyssa Button @AButtonPhD]

@DiondraStraiton This is the thread of my psychologist dreams. Thank you!

[npj Digital Medicine @npjDigitalMed]

A meta-meta-analysis shows e- & m-Health interventions improve #physicalactivity, sedentary behavior, #diet, bodyweight & #sleep. These scalable interventions offer significant benefits across diverse populations, enhancing public health.

https://t.co/MRY8nqkTPn

[Alyssa Button @AButtonPhD]

My 103 y.o. Great grandmother and her sister were interviewed by the news 💗💗 wonderful, wonderful women!

https://t.co/pxsozhWsYu

[SBM @BehavioralMed]

Say goodbye to harmful messages about body weight and shape! Let's focus on overall well-being for our children's health.

Check out our new #HealthyLiving article for tips on challenging weight stigma and promoting healthy habits. https://t.co/XyTHuOOSHm #EndWeightStigma

[SBM Theory @SBMTheory]

Happy #TTBCIFeature day! Today's feature found that adolescents with lower adherence to U.S. dietary guidelines and greater cardiometabolic risk and anthropometry measurements at baseline continued this trajectory across 2 years: https://t.co/3sZhOlheW3
@AButtonPhD @AmandaStaiano

[Alyssa Button @AButtonPhD]

Making Healthy Snacks for Teens and Kids | SBM - Society of Behavioral Medicine https://t.co/aBmNRLMLsD via @BehavioralMed

[SBMEvidence @SBMEvidence]

The @BehavioralMed Annual Meeting is next week! Come mingle w/ EBBM at the annual networking event!

☕️Light refreshments will be served!
🏆Award winners announced 📢
🔍Learn about the Scavenger Hunt!
🤝Meet the incoming chair!
🎟️Enter a raffle & maybe win a prize!
#SBM2024

[Endocrine Today @EndocrineToday]

🖥️ Remote monitoring of BMI using measurements provided by a child’s parent during a telemedicine visit may be a viable strategy for treating children with #obesity.

Learn more 👇

@AmandaStaiano @AButtonPhD @DrSteveCook @PBRCNews

https://t.co/Z8W0HNNXTr

[SBM Theory @SBMTheory]

Happy #TTBCIFeature Tuesday! ❄️ This week's feature found that parents, but not their children, demonstrate greater delay discounting with resource scarcity. Check it out here: https://t.co/gcZFu39jNx
@AButtonPhD

[Pennington Biomedical Research Center @PBRCNews]

Poor Diet Quality During Adolescence is Linked to Serious Health Risks: Research published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior closely measured cardiometabolic risk factors over two years https://t.co/PRJGFmhaZH #ScholarshipFirst #LSUResearch #PBRC

[Childhood Obesity @ChildObesity_jn]

Closing the Gap Between Evidence and Practice for Childhood Obesity Treatment, published in @ChildObesity_jn

Link to pub: https://t.co/bzyQCrv4xN

[Pennington Biomedical Research Center @PBRCNews]

#LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center has received a $13.8 million grant to help fight childhood obesity among minorities and those in rural communities. Associate Professor Amanda Staiano said the grant will allow them to find the best approach to deliver their 26-hour evidence-based obesity program, via @LaRadioNetwork. https://t.co/leNIJJwlCD

[Leanne M. Redman, PhD @DrLeanneRedman]

**NEW POSTDOC OPENING**👇
Come for a 2-4y postdoc in maternal health!
https://t.co/Gf7439GZJE

[SBMEvidence @SBMEvidence]

Meet @DrDaniArigo one of the presenters for our upcoming webinar: Operationalizing and Evaluating Behavioral Theories, Nov 30 at 1pm ET

[Pennington Biomedical Research Center @PBRCNews]

ObesityWeek 2023 #OW2023

[Alyssa Button @AButtonPhD]

Thanks to @amandastaiano, @PBRCNews & the POHB lab for making me feel supported and appreciated during #PostdocAppreciationWeek and every week!

[Mike VII @MikeTheTiger]

Hello, Sunshine

[NOPREN @NOPRENnetwork]

Join NOPREN on 9/27 @ 12pm ET for the Pediatric Obesity Health Services Research Work Group meeting!

Jonathan Meisel, Maia Routly, Traci Williams & Stephanie Walsh will discuss Strong4Life Clinic: treating children & adolescents with obesity.

Learn more: https://t.co/j4ab1VK8Jx

[SBM Theory @SBMTheory]

Check out this week's #TTBCIFeature, which validated remote measurements of weight and motor skills in children ages 3-4 compared to in-person measurements. This work could potentially offer a solution to barriers in research and access to care: https://t.co/m5eiCACta8