Christine Marie Olson
Professor and Director of Grad
Graduate Fields
Research Focus
An impact evaluation of a community-based intervention (the Healthy Start Partnership) that has as its goal the promotion of healthy body weights in mothers and their infants;An assessment of the rural food and physical activity environments and their relation to body weight in women and children; and
A longitudinal study of the interrelationshps between food insecurity status and health in low-income rural families in the United States.
Research Grants
- PROMOTING HEALTHY WEIGHTS IN CHILDBEARING WOMEN AND THEIR INFANTS
- PREPARING DOCTORAL STUDENTS TO ADDRESS THE ECOLOGY OF OBESITY (ECOB)
- ROLE OF DIET IN WEIGHT GAIN IN CHILDBEARING WOMEN
Selected Publications
PubMed ListingsOlson CM. A call for intervention in pregnancy to prevent maternal
and child obesity. Letter to the editor. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 33(5):435-426, 2007.
Olson CM, Bove CF, Miller EO. Growing up poor: The long-term implications for eating patterns and body weight. Appetite 49:198-207, 2007.
Wells NM, Olson CM. The ecology of obesity: Perspectives from life course, design and economics. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 1(3):99-129, 2006.
Bove CF, Olson CM. Obesity in low-income rural women: Qualitative insights about physical activity and eating patterns. Women & Health 44(1):57-78, 2006.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA Jr, Olson CM. Conceptualizing and assessing nutrition needs: Perspectives of local program providers. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 25 (1):61-82, 2005.
Lee S-K, Sobal J, Frongillo EA, Olson CM, Wolfe WS. Parity and body weight in the United States: Differences by race and size of place of residence. Obesity Research 13 (7):1263-1269, 2005.
Olson CM. Food insecurity in women: A recipe for unhealthy trade-offs. Topics in Clinical Nutrition 20(4):321-328, 2005.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA, Olson CM. Meanings of targeting from program workers. Journal of Nutrition 135:882-885, 2005.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA, Olson CM. Understanding targeting from the perspective of program providers in the Elderly Nutrition Program. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 24(3):25-45, 2005.
Olson CM. Tracking of food choices across the transition to motherhood. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 37:129-136, 2005.
Olson CM, Anderson K,Kiss E, Lawrence F, Seiling S. Factors protecting against and contributing to food insecurity among rural families. Family Economics and Nutrition Review 16:12-20, 2004
Olson CM, Strawderman MS, Reed RG. Efficacy of an intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191(2):530-6, 2004.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS. Modifiable behavioral factors in a biopsychosocial model predict inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 103:48-54, 2003.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS, Hinton PS, Pearson TA. Gestational weight gain and postpartum behaviors associated with weight change from early pregnancy to 1 y postpartum. International Journal of Obesity 27:117-127, 2003.
Dollahite JS, Olson CM, Scott-Pierce M. The impact of nutrition education on food insecurity among low-income participants in EFNEP. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 32(2):127-139, 2003.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS. Modifiable behavioral factors in a biopsychosocial model predict inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 103:48-54, 2003.
Edlefsen M, Olson CM. Perspectives of volunteers in emergency feeding programs on hunger, its causes, and solutions. Journal of Nutrition Education 34:93-99, 2002.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Family food insufficiency, but not low family income, is positively associated with dysthymia and suicide symptoms in adolescents. Journal of Nutrition 132:719-725, 2002.
Olson CM and Holben DH. Position of the American Dietetic Association: Domestic food and nutrition security. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102:1840-1847, 2002.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr. Food insufficiency and American school-aged children's cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development. Pediatrics 108:44-53, 2001.
Arnold CG, Ladipo P, Nguyen CH, Nkinda-Chaiban P, Olson CM. New concepts for nutrition education in an era of welfare reform. Journal of Nutrition Education 33:341-346, 2001.
Pelletier DL, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Food insecurity, hunger, and undernutrition. In: Bowman BA and Russell RM (eds.), Present Knowledge in Nutrition, 8th edition. Washington, DC, 2001, pps. 701-713.
Keenan DR, Olson CM, Hersey JC, Parmer SM. Measures of food insecurity/security. Journal of Nutrition Education 33:S49-S58, 2001.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Low family income and food insufficiency in relation to overweight in US children. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 155:1161-1167, 2001.
Hinton PS, Olson CM. Predictors of pregnancy-associated change in physical activity in a rural white population. Maternal and Child Health Journal 5(1):17-14, 2001.
Kendall A, Olson CM, and Frongillo EA. Evaluation of psychosocial measures for understanding weight-related behaviors in pregnant women. Annal
Olson CM, Bove CF, Miller EO. Growing up poor: The long-term implications for eating patterns and body weight. Appetite 49:198-207, 2007.
Wells NM, Olson CM. The ecology of obesity: Perspectives from life course, design and economics. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 1(3):99-129, 2006.
Bove CF, Olson CM. Obesity in low-income rural women: Qualitative insights about physical activity and eating patterns. Women & Health 44(1):57-78, 2006.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA Jr, Olson CM. Conceptualizing and assessing nutrition needs: Perspectives of local program providers. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 25 (1):61-82, 2005.
Lee S-K, Sobal J, Frongillo EA, Olson CM, Wolfe WS. Parity and body weight in the United States: Differences by race and size of place of residence. Obesity Research 13 (7):1263-1269, 2005.
Olson CM. Food insecurity in women: A recipe for unhealthy trade-offs. Topics in Clinical Nutrition 20(4):321-328, 2005.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA, Olson CM. Meanings of targeting from program workers. Journal of Nutrition 135:882-885, 2005.
Lee JS, Frongillo EA, Olson CM. Understanding targeting from the perspective of program providers in the Elderly Nutrition Program. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly 24(3):25-45, 2005.
Olson CM. Tracking of food choices across the transition to motherhood. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 37:129-136, 2005.
Olson CM, Anderson K,Kiss E, Lawrence F, Seiling S. Factors protecting against and contributing to food insecurity among rural families. Family Economics and Nutrition Review 16:12-20, 2004
Olson CM, Strawderman MS, Reed RG. Efficacy of an intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 191(2):530-6, 2004.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS. Modifiable behavioral factors in a biopsychosocial model predict inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 103:48-54, 2003.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS, Hinton PS, Pearson TA. Gestational weight gain and postpartum behaviors associated with weight change from early pregnancy to 1 y postpartum. International Journal of Obesity 27:117-127, 2003.
Dollahite JS, Olson CM, Scott-Pierce M. The impact of nutrition education on food insecurity among low-income participants in EFNEP. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 32(2):127-139, 2003.
Olson CM, Strawderman MS. Modifiable behavioral factors in a biopsychosocial model predict inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 103:48-54, 2003.
Edlefsen M, Olson CM. Perspectives of volunteers in emergency feeding programs on hunger, its causes, and solutions. Journal of Nutrition Education 34:93-99, 2002.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Family food insufficiency, but not low family income, is positively associated with dysthymia and suicide symptoms in adolescents. Journal of Nutrition 132:719-725, 2002.
Olson CM and Holben DH. Position of the American Dietetic Association: Domestic food and nutrition security. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102:1840-1847, 2002.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA, Jr. Food insufficiency and American school-aged children's cognitive, academic, and psychosocial development. Pediatrics 108:44-53, 2001.
Arnold CG, Ladipo P, Nguyen CH, Nkinda-Chaiban P, Olson CM. New concepts for nutrition education in an era of welfare reform. Journal of Nutrition Education 33:341-346, 2001.
Pelletier DL, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Food insecurity, hunger, and undernutrition. In: Bowman BA and Russell RM (eds.), Present Knowledge in Nutrition, 8th edition. Washington, DC, 2001, pps. 701-713.
Keenan DR, Olson CM, Hersey JC, Parmer SM. Measures of food insecurity/security. Journal of Nutrition Education 33:S49-S58, 2001.
Alaimo K, Olson CM, Frongillo EA. Low family income and food insufficiency in relation to overweight in US children. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 155:1161-1167, 2001.
Hinton PS, Olson CM. Predictors of pregnancy-associated change in physical activity in a rural white population. Maternal and Child Health Journal 5(1):17-14, 2001.
Kendall A, Olson CM, and Frongillo EA. Evaluation of psychosocial measures for understanding weight-related behaviors in pregnant women. Annal