Research Interests
Social, environmental and economic causes and correlates of obesity risk; distal drivers of nutrition-related health inequities; community and individual economic resources as causal factors in obesity-related health status; obesity-related impacts of health and non-health related policies; disparities in nutrition-related diseases based on socioeconomic factors and race/ethnicity; public health nutrition; obesity epidemic; obesity epidemiology
Education
PhD Nutritional Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2010
MPH Public Health Nutrition, University of California (Berkeley), 2007
BS Food and Nutrition Science, Loyola University (Chicago), 1999
Academic Programs and Affiliations
Recent Publications (PubMed)
Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration
Edmonds AT, Rhew IC, Jones-Smith J, Chan KCG, Nelson K, Williams EC. Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul;138:108709. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108709. Epub 2022 Feb 2. PMID: 35277305.
Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration.
Edmonds AT, Rhew IC, Jones-Smith J, Chan KCG, Nelson K, Williams EC. Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul;138:108709. doi: 10.1016/j.
Evaluation of Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax on tax support and perceived economic and health impacts.
Oddo VM, Knox MA, Pinero Walkinshaw L, Saelens BE, Chan N, Jones-Smith JC. Evaluation of Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax on tax support and perceived economic and health impacts. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Apr 30;27:101809. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101809. eCol
Association between health care access and food insecurity among lower-income older adults with multiple chronic conditions in Washington State, USA.
Hill CM, Tseng AS, Holzhauer K, Littman AJ, Jones-Smith JC. Association between health care access and food insecurity among lower-income older adults with multiple chronic conditions in Washington State, United States. Public Health Nutr. 2022 May 23:1-2
Impacts of the Seattle Sweetened Beverage Tax on the Perceived Healthfulness of Sweetened Beverages.
Sawyer L, Oddo VM, Fretts A, Knox MA, Chan N, Saelens BE, Jones-Smith JC. Impacts of the Seattle Sweetened Beverage Tax on the Perceived Healthfulness of Sweetened Beverages. Nutrients. 2022 Feb 26;14(5). pii: 993. doi: 10.3390/nu14050993.
Menu Labeling Utilization and Socioeconomic Status in West Virginia and Mississippi.
Neff Warner LR, Ruderman SA, Zinsli KA, Jones-Smith JC, Littman AJ. Menu Labeling Utilization and Socioeconomic Status in West Virginia and Mississippi. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 Feb;54(2):172-180. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.005.
A Qualitative Study of Living in a Healthy Food Priority Area in One Seattle, WA, Neighborhood.
Wool JL, Walkinshaw LP, Spigner C, Thayer EK, Jones-Smith JC. A Qualitative Study of Living in a Healthy Food Priority Area in One Seattle, WA, Neighborhood. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 22;18(22). pii: 12251. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212251.
Qualitative Study on Participant Perceptions of a Supermarket Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program.
Riemer S, Walkinshaw LP, Auvinen A, Marcinkevage J, Daniel M, Jones-Smith JC. Qualitative Study on Participant Perceptions of a Supermarket Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021 Aug;121(8):1497-1506. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.10.010
Association Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and 100% Fruit Juice With Poor Mental Health Among US Adults in 11 US States and the District of Columbia.
Freije SL, Senter CC, Avery AD, Hawes SE, Jones-Smith JC. Association Between Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and 100% Fruit Juice With Poor Mental Health Among US Adults in 11 US States and the District of Columbia. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 May 20
Household socioeconomic status modifies the association between neighborhood SES and obesity in a nationally representative sample of first grade children in the United States.
Miller M, Saldarriaga EM, Jones-Smith JC. Household socioeconomic status modifies the association between neighborhood SES and obesity in a nationally representative sample of first grade children in the United States. Prev Med Rep. 2020 Sep 14;20:101207.
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Analysis: Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools
The Conversation, 03/18/2024
Seattle’s soda tax has led to increases in beer and candy sales
KUOW, 02/03/2022
New Evidence Suggests That Seattle’s Soda Tax Is Working — and It’s Working Well
The Patch, 01/11/2022
More Seattleites are using food banks, but funding isn’t keeping up
KUOW, 03/01/2019
Lopsided I-1634 campaign, with millions from soda industry, blankets airwaves
The Seattle Times, 10/13/2018
Report: Seattle residents support soda tax
ASPPH, 08/16/2018
Seattle soda tax brings in more than $10M in first six months
The Seattle Times, 08/08/2018
Another fallout from the Great Recession: Fewer people took their blood pressure and diabetes medications
STAT, 03/13/2018
Soda tax goes into effect Jan. 1
Q13 TV, 01/03/2018
Seattle’s soda tax: financial incentive for your New Year’s resolution
KUOW, 01/03/2018
