
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
M_PEDS-GENERAL PEDIATRICS
Amy Beck MD MPH is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She practices general pediatrics and is the Co-Director of the pediatric obesity clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on obesity prevention in Latinx infants and toddlers and innovative approaches to treat obesity in Latinx children.
Publications
Embedding Pediatric Obesity Treatment in Community-Based Settings: Opportunities and Challenges.
Pediatrics
An update on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health behaviors.
Academic pediatrics
Changes in BMI prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic among children: a retrospective cohort study in San Francisco, CA.
BMC public health
Improving access to first-line treatment for pediatric obesity: Lessons from the dissemination of SmartMoves.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)
Lifestyle Interventions in Pediatric Primary Care.
Pediatric clinics of North America
The 7-day Beverage Intake Questionnaire for Latino Children: Validation of a Culturally Tailored Tool.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
A multi-method evaluation of the Futuros Fuertes intervention to promote healthy feeding, screen time and sleep practices.
Academic pediatrics
Weight Gain during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a High-Risk Cohort of Children in San Francisco, CA.
Childhood obesity (Print)
Equitable approaches to reducing the prevalence of pediatric obesity: school nutrition policies and beyond.
International journal of obesity (2005)
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parents' perception of health behaviors in children with overweight and obesity.
Academic pediatrics
Adjudicating Reasons for Hospitalization Reveals That Severe Illness From COVID-19 in Children Is Rare.
Hospital pediatrics
A Qualitative Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Low-Income Latino Adolescents.
Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children.
Public health nutrition
Embedded Maternal Mental Health Care in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic: A Qualitative Exploration of Mothers' Experiences.
Academic pediatrics
Pilot Analysis of Early Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Infant Colic Prevention.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Beliefs and practices regarding solid food introduction among Latino parents in Northern California.
Appetite
Full fat milk consumption protects against severe childhood obesity in Latinos.
Preventive medicine reports
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Clinic-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Beverage Consumption Among Latino Children.
Clinical pediatrics
Television During Meals in the First 4 Years of Life.
Clinical pediatrics
Latino Parents' Beliefs about Television Viewing by Infants and Toddlers.
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
Understanding how Latino parents choose beverages to serve to infants and toddlers.
Maternal and child health journal
Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage and 100% fruit juice consumption among California children.
Academic pediatrics
Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children.
Public health nutrition
Peptide YY: a gut hormone associated with anorexia during infectious diarrhea in children.
The Journal of pediatrics