Acosta, MPH graduate 2018 and Research Associate within Dr. Sanchez-Vaznaugh gets study accepted for publication

Maria Elena Acosta, MPH graduate 2018 and Research Associate within Dr. Sanchez-Vaznaugh’s research lab in the Department of Public Health, recently got a study accepted for publication in the journal Preventive Chronic Disease. The study, titled “Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Children in California: Are there Temporal Patterns?” was led by Maria Acosta, and investigated temporal patterns in fruit and vegetable intake among California school age children overall and by race and ethnicity. The authors found favorable temporal changes in fruit and vegetable consumption among children, but not among adolescents, with similar patterns by race/ethnicity. Professor Sanchez-Vaznaugh served as senior author.