Amanda Staiano
Dr. Staiano is Assistant Professor and Director of the Pediatric Obesity & Health Behavior Laboratory. She is a developmental psychologist in pediatric obesity with an interest in health behaviors that contribute to obesity and its comorbidities. With over 800 citations and an H-index of 16, Dr. Staiano is supported, in part, by the NIH-funded Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center (LA CaTS) to examine the influence of sedentary behavior (specifically screen-time) and physical activity on fat gain and cardiometabolic health in the first three decades of life.
Dr. Staiano also has an interest in technology-mediated physical activity interventions to target children who are most at-risk for obesity and chronic disease. Her research has examined how technological devices like exergames (activity-promoting video games) affect youths’ adiposity and physical activity levels. She has led multiple scientific investigations of adolescents’ use of exergames, including the “Wii Active” study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which was a 20-week school-based exergame intervention for overweight and obese African American adolescents, and the “Klub Kinect” study to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of conducting a 12-week exergaming physical activity intervention for weight loss among overweight and obese adolescent girls. A new American Heart Association funded "GameSquad" study for 10-12 year old children began in fall 2015.
Drawing from her public policy training, Dr. Staiano participates in scientific advocacy at the national, state, and local level.
Dr. Staiano also has an interest in technology-mediated physical activity interventions to target children who are most at-risk for obesity and chronic disease. Her research has examined how technological devices like exergames (activity-promoting video games) affect youths’ adiposity and physical activity levels. She has led multiple scientific investigations of adolescents’ use of exergames, including the “Wii Active” study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which was a 20-week school-based exergame intervention for overweight and obese African American adolescents, and the “Klub Kinect” study to demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of conducting a 12-week exergaming physical activity intervention for weight loss among overweight and obese adolescent girls. A new American Heart Association funded "GameSquad" study for 10-12 year old children began in fall 2015.
Drawing from her public policy training, Dr. Staiano participates in scientific advocacy at the national, state, and local level.
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