selected publications academicarticle Fandetti, S. M., Dahl, A. A., Webster, C., Bably, M. B., Coffman, M. J., & Racine, E. F. (2023). Healthy Food Policies Documented in University Food Service Contracts. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(16), 6617-6617. Racine, E., Hatami, F., Murphy, K., Paul, R., & Fandetti, S. (2023). P05-013-23 The Impact of Food Environment Modifications on University Students Purchasing Behavior. Current Developments in Nutrition. 7, 100828-100828. Gao, J., Keenan, O. E., Johnson, A. S., Wilhelm, C. A., Paul, R., & Racine, E. F. (2023). The COVID-19 Pandemic, Rising Inflation, and Their Influence on Dining Out Frequency and Spending. Nutrients. 15(6), 1373-1373. Bably, M. B., Laditka, S. B., Mehta, A., Ghosh-Jerath, S., & Racine, E. F. (2023). Timing and factors associated with complementary feeding in India. Health Care For Women International. 44(3), 220-233. Dahl, A. A., Mayfield, M., Fernandez-Borunda, A., Butts, S. J., Grafals, M., & Racine, E. F. (2023). Dinner planning and preparation considerations of parents with children attending childcare. Appetite. 180, 106332-106332. Alfaro-Hudak, K. M., Schulkind, L., Racine, E. F., & Zillante, A. (2022). SNAP and Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth. Nutrients. 14(13), 2756-2756. Bably, M. B., Laditka, S. B., Paul, R., & Racine, E. F. (2022). Age of Bottle Cessation and BMI-for-Age Percentile among Children Aged Thirty-Six Months Participating in WIC. Childhood Obesity. 18(3), 197-205. Bertmann, F., Dunn, C. G., Racine, E. F., & Fleischhacker, S. (2022). The Risk of Homemade Infant Formulas: Historical and Contemporary Considerations. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 122(4), 697-708. Racine, E. F., Schorno, R., Gholizadeh, S., Bably, M. B., Hatami, F., Stephens, C., ... Paul, R. (2022). A College Fast-Food Environment and Student Food and Beverage Choices: Developing an Integrated Database to Examine Food and Beverage Purchasing Choices among College Students. Nutrients. 14(4), 900-900. Solomon, C. A., Laditka, S. B., Forthofer, M., & Racine, E. F. (2021). Black-white disparities in alcohol consumption trends among women in the United States, 1990-2015. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. 20(4), 625-646. Bably, M. B., Paul, R., Laditka, S. B., & Racine, E. F. (2021). Factors Associated with the Initiation of Added Sugar among Low-Income Young Children Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in the US. Nutrients. 13(11), 3888-3888. Wallace, L. A., Paul, R., Gholizadeh, S., Zadrozny, W., Webster, C., Mayfield, M., & Racine, E. F. (2021). Neighborhood disadvantage and the sales of unhealthy products: alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy snack food. BMC Public Health. 21(1), 1361. Hudak, K. M., & Racine, E. F. (2021). Do additional SNAP benefits matter for child weight?: Evidence from the 2009 benefit increase. 41, 100966-100966. Hudak, K. M., Racine, E. F., & Schulkind, L. (2021). An Increase in SNAP Benefits Did Not Impact Food Security or Diet Quality in Youth. 121(3), 507-519.e12. Solomon, C. A., Laditka, S. B., Forthofer, M., & Racine, E. F. (2021). Alcohol consumption among older women in the United States. Journal of Women and Aging. 33(1), 100-117. Winkler, M. R., Zenk, S. N., Baquero, B., Steeves, E. A., Fleischhacker, S. E., Gittelsohn, J., Leone, L. A., & Racine, E. F. (2020). A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(20), 7591-7591. Leone, L. A., Fleischhacker, S., Anderson-Steeves, B., Harper, K., Winkler, M., Racine, E., Baquero, B., & Gittelsohn, J. (2020). Healthy Food Retail during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(20), 7397-7397. Wallace, L. A., Morris, V. G., Hudak, K. M., & Racine, E. F. (2020). Increasing Access to WIC through Discount Variety Stores: Findings from Qualitative Research. 120(10), 1654-1661.e1. Wallace, L., Racine, E., Paul, R., Gholizadeh, S., & Webster, C. (2020). How Are Community Socio-Economic Factors Associated with the Sales of Unhealthy Products: Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Snack Food in Low Income Communities. Current Developments in Nutrition. 4(Suppl 2), nzaa043_145-nzaa043_145. Hudak, K. M., Paul, R., Gholizadeh, S., Zadrozny, W., & Racine, E. F. (2020). Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) authorization of discount variety stores: leveraging the private sector to modestly increase availability of healthy foods. 111(6), 1278-1285. Galica, V., Wallace, L., Hudak, K., Webster, C., & Racine, E. (2019). P138 Increasing Access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children Through Discount Variety Stores. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 51(7), s94-s95. Wallace, L., Racine, E., Galica, V., Hudak, K., & Webster, C. (2019). Increasing Access to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Program Through Discount Variety Stores (P04-164-19). Current Developments in Nutrition. 3(Suppl 1), nzz051.p04-164-19. Hudak, K. M., & Racine, E. F. (2019). The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Child Weight Status: A Review. 56(6), 882-893. Hudak, K., Paul, R., Gholizadeh, S., Zadrozny, W., & Racine, E. (2019). WIC in Discount Variety Stores (P04-165-19). 3(Suppl 1), 3131813. Taylor, Y. J., Laditka, J. N., Laditka, S. B., Brunner Huber, L. R., & Racine, E. F. (2019). Is having any prenatal care associated with lower infant mortality in West Africa? Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Health Care For Women International. 40(2), 196-212. Racine, E. F. (2019). WIC Data: We Want More! A Commentary on Berkowitz's Another Look at WIC's Breastfeeding Data. Journal of Human Lactation. 35(1), 42-43. Solomon, C. A., Batada, A., Zillante, A., Kennedy, A., Hudak, K. M., & Racine, E. F. (2018). Food cost is the least of my worries: a qualitative study exploring food and beverage purchasing decisions among parents enrolled in the WIC program. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 13(4), 497-506. Racine, E. F., Delmelle, E., Major, E., & Solomon, C. A. (2018). Accessibility Landscapes of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Authorized Stores. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 118(5), 836-848. Lieberman, J. A., McClelland, J. W., Goff, D. C., Racine, E., Dulin, M. F., Bauman, W. A., ... Moore, C. G. (2017). Nutrition education for cardiovascular disease prevention in individuals with spinal cord injuries: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 18(1), 584. Broel, E., Huber, L. B., Warren-Findlow, J., & Racine, E. (2017). The association between client type and condom use with steady and unsteady partners among persons seeking HIV testing and counseling services in Kenya. African Health Sciences. 17(4), 979-990. Ghosh-Jerath, S., Singh, A., Jerath, N., Gupta, S., & Racine, E. F. (2017). Undernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children. 359, j4877-j4877. Racine, E. F., Kennedy, A., Batada, A., & Story, M. (2017). Foods and Beverages Available at SNAP-Authorized Drugstores in SectionsofNorthCarolina. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 49(8), 674-683.e1. Arif, A. A., & Racine, E. F. (2017). Does longer duration of breastfeeding prevent childhood asthma in low-income families?. 54(6), 600-605. Taylor, Y. J., Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Brunner Huber, L. R., & Racine, E. F. (2017). Associations of government health expenditures, the supply of health care professionals, and country literacy with prenatal care use in ten West African countries. Health Care For Women International. 38(3), 207-221. Mehta, A. R., Panneer, S., Ghosh-Jerath, S., & Racine, E. F. (2017). Factors Associated With Extended Breastfeeding in India. Journal of Human Lactation. 33(1), 140-148. Warren-Findlow, J., Reeve, C. L., & Racine, E. F. (2017). Psychometric Validation of a Brief Self-report Measure of Diet Quality: The DASH-Q. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 49(2), 92-99.e1. Nnebe-Agumadu, U. H., Racine, E. F., Laditka, S. B., & Coffman, M. J. (2016). Associations between perceived value of exclusive breastfeeding among pregnant women in the United States and exclusive breastfeeding to three and six months postpartum: a prospective study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 11(1), 8. Taylor, Y. J., Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Huber, L., & Racine, E. F. (2016). Associations of Household Wealth and Individual Literacy with Prenatal Care in Ten West African Countries. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 20(11), 2402-2410. Racine, E. F., Batada, A., Solomon, C. A., & Story, M. (2016). Availability of Foods and Beverages in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Authorized Dollar Stores in a Region of North Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 116(10), 1613-1620. Stanley, W. A., Brunner Huber, L. R., Laditka, S. B., & Racine, E. F. (2016). Association of type of birth attendant and place of delivery on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. African Health Sciences. 16(1), 1-9. Khan, S., Arif, A. A., Laditka, J. N., & Racine, E. F. (2015). Prenatal exposure to secondhand smoke may increase the risk of postpartum depressive symptoms. Journal of Public Health. 37(3), 406-411. Mueffelmann, R. E., Racine, E. F., Warren-Findlow, J., & Coffman, M. J. (2015). Perceived Infant Feeding Preferences of Significant Family Members and Mothers' Intentions to Exclusively Breastfeed. Journal of Human Lactation. 31(3), 479-489. Khan, S., Arif, A. A., Laditka, J. N., & Racine, E. F. (2014). Association Between Prenatal Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and Risk of Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Examination of Data from the North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System (2004-2008). ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 24(9), 695-695. Fink, S. K., Racine, E. F., Mueffelmann, R. E., Dean, M. N., & Herman-Smith, R. (2014). Family meals and diet quality among children and adolescents in North Carolina. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 46(5), 418-422. Lyerly, J. E., Huber, L. R., Warren-Findlow, J., Racine, E. F., & Dmochowski, J. (2014). Is breakfast skipping associated with physical activity among U.S. adolescents? A cross-sectional study of adolescents aged 12-19 years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Public Health Nutrition. 17(4), 896-905. Raja, J., Arif, A. A., WarrenFindlow, J., & Racine, E. F. (2013). Analysis of the Efficacy of the U.S. Charity Care System. World Medical and Health Policy. 5(3), 233-244. Tait, E. M., Laditka, J. N., Laditka, S. B., Nies, M. A., Racine, E. F., & Tsulukidze, M. M. (2013). Reasons Why Older Americans Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Costly or Ineffective Conventional Medicine and Recommendations from Health Care Providers, Family, and Friends. Educational Gerontology: an international journal. 39(9), 684-700. Racine, E. F., Wang, Q., Laditka, S. B., Johnson, C. R., & Mignery, A. (2013). The Characteristics and Concentration of SNAP-Approved Stores and Community Health. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 8(3), 350-361. Willits, K. A., Platonova, E. A., Nies, M. A., Racine, E. F., Troutman, M. L., & Harris, H. L. (2013). Medical home and pediatric primary care utilization among children with special health care needs. Journal of Pediatric Health Care. 27(3), 202-208. Racine, E. F., & Mueffelmann, R. (2013). ADOLESCENTS PURCHASING FOOD AWAY FROM HOME. The FASEB Journal. 27(S1), 354.6-354.6. Racine, E. F., Coffman, M. J., Chrimes, D. A., & Laditka, S. B. (2013). Evaluation of the Latino food and Fun curriculum for low-income Latina mothers and their children: a pilot study. Hispanic Health Care International. 11(1), 31-37. Willits, K. A., Troutman-Jordan, M. L., Nies, M. A., Racine, E. F., Platonova, E., & Harris, H. L. (2013). Presence of medical home and school attendance: an analysis of the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children With Special Healthcare Needs. Journal of School Health. 83(2), 93-98. Racine, E. F., Mumford, E. A., Laditka, S. B., & Lowe, A. E. (2013). Understanding characteristics of families who buy local produce. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 45(1), 30-38. Racine, E. F., Lyerly, J., Troyer, J. L., Warren-Findlow, J., & McAuley, W. J. (2012). The influence of home-delivered dietary approaches to stop hypertension meals on body mass index, energy intake, and percent of energy needs consumed among older adults with hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 112(11), 1755-1762. Radcliff, E., Racine, E. F., Brunner Huber, L. R., & Whitaker, B. E. (2012). Association between family composition and the well-being of vulnerable children in Nairobi, Kenya. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 16(6), 1232-1240. Willits, K. A., Nies, M. A., Racine, E. F., Troutman-Jordan, M. L., Platonova, E., & Harris, H. L. (2012). Medical home and emergency department utilization among children with special health care needs: an analysis of the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 35(3), 238-246. Racine, E. F., Wang, Q., Laditka, S. B., Wilson, C., & Mignery, A. (2012). Associations between Food Types, the Concentration of SNAP Approved Stores and Community Health. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1), 629.10-629.10. Racine, E. F., Lyerly, J., Warren-Findlow, J., Jennifer, T., & McAuley, W. (2012). The Influence of homedelivered Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) meals on body mass index and percent of energy needs consumed among older adults with cardiovascular disease. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1), 245.5-245.5. Racine, E. F., Mumford, E. A., & Laditka, S. B. (2012). Understanding Characteristics of Families Who Buy Local Produce. The FASEB Journal. 26(S1), 32.3-32.3. Racine, E. F., Laditka, S. B., Dmochowski, J., Alavanja, M., Lee, D., & Hoppin, J. A. (2012). Farming activities and carrying and lifting: the Agricultural Health Study. Journal of physical activity & health. 9(1), 39-47. Tait, E. M., Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Nies, M. A., & Racine, E. F. (2012). Use of complementary and alternative medicine for physical performance, energy, immune function, and general health among older women and men in the United States. Journal of Women and Aging. 24(1), 23-43. Racine, E., Troyer, J. L., Warren-Findlow, J., & McAuley, W. J. (2011). The effect of medical nutrition therapy on changes in dietary knowledge and DASH diet adherence in older adults with cardiovascular disease. Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 15(10), 868-876. Racine, E. F., DeBate, R. D., Gabriel, K. P., & High, R. R. (2011). The relationship between media use and psychological and physical assets among third- to fifth-grade girls. Journal of School Health. 81(12), 749-755. Tait, E. M., Laditka, S. B., Laditka, J. N., Nies, M. A., & Racine, E. F. (2011). Praying for Health by Older Adults in the United States: Differences by Ethnicity, Gender, and Income. Journal of Religion Spirituality & Aging. 23(4), 338-362. Gabriel, K., DeBate, R. D., High, R. R., & Racine, E. F. (2011). Girls on the Run: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Developmentally Focused Youth Sport Program. Journal of physical activity & health. 8(s2), S285-S294. Martin, C. L., Huber, L., Thompson, M. E., & Racine, E. F. (2011). Serum micronutrient concentrations and risk of uterine fibroids. Journal of Women's Health. 20(6), 915-922. Racine, E., Wang, Q., & Laditka, S. (2011). The Relationship between the Food Store Environment and Race, Ethnicity, Income and Health. The FASEB Journal. 25(S1), 98.2-98.2. Troyer, J. L., Racine, E. F., Ngugi, G. W., & McAuley, W. J. (2010). The effect of home-delivered Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) meals on the diets of older adults with cardiovascular disease. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 91(5), 1204-1212. Racine, E., & Laditka, S. B. (2010). Farmers Market Use among Families in North Carolina. The FASEB Journal. 24(S1), lb351-lb351. Racine, E., Troyer, J., Grace, N., & McAuley, W. (2010). The effect of home delivered DASH meals on the diets of older adults with cardiovascular disease. The FASEB Journal. 24(S1), lb289-lb289. Racine, E. F., Smith Vaughn, A., & Laditka, S. B. (2010). Farmers' market use among African-American women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 110(3), 441-446. Racine, E. F., Frick, K., & Milligan, R. (2010). Response to Stockdale and Colleagues. Journal of Human Lactation. 26(1), 18-18. Pogodina, C., Brunner Huber, L. R., Racine, E. F., & Platonova, E. (2009). Smoke-free homes for smoke-free babies: the role of residential environmental tobacco smoke on low birth weight. Journal of Community Health. 34(5), 376-382. Racine, E. F., Jemison, K., Huber, L. R., & Arif, A. A. (2009). The well-being of children in food-insecure households: results from The Eastern Caribbean Child Vulnerability Study 2005. Public Health Nutrition. 12(9), 1443-1450. Racine, E. F., Frick, K. D., Strobino, D., Carpenter, L. M., Milligan, R., & Pugh, L. C. (2009). How motivation influences breastfeeding duration among low-income women. Journal of Human Lactation. 25(2), 173-181. Racine, E. F., & Vaughn, A. (2009). A Pilot Study to Examine the Impact of the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. The FASEB Journal. 23(S1), 736.3-736.3. Racine, E. F., Coffman, M., & Chrimes, D. (2009). Food and Fun Curriculum for Latina Mothers and Children. The FASEB Journal. 23(S1), 552.9-552.9. Racine, E. F., Frick, K., Guthrie, J. F., & Strobino, D. (2009). Individual net-benefit maximization: a model for understanding breastfeeding cessation among low-income women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 13(2), 241-249. Verma, N., Huber, L., Thompson, M. E., & Racine, E. (2007). Prevalence of HIV Testing During Preconception and Prenatal Care among Non-Hispanic Black and White Women. ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 17(9), 750-751. Racine, E. F., Ademu, L. O., Dahl, A. A., Fandetti, S. M., & Schulkind, L. The impact of fast-food energy posting on college students' food purchases. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. S0002-9165(24)00738-X.