Amy Beck, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

I am a general pediatrician and health services researcher focused on improving the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity in safety-net clinical settings. In my research, I use both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to develop and test clinical interventions and to better understand the factors that contribute to disparities in children's cardiometabolic health.

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
• General Academic Pediatrics Fellowship School of Medicine University of California 2014
• Chief Resident School of Medicine University of California San Francisco 2011
• Residency School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2010
• MPH Graduate School University of Connecticut 2007
• M.D. School of Medicine University of Connecticut 2007

Interests

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• pediatric primary care
• diabetes prevention
• health disparities
• Latino health
• obesity prevention

Grants and Projects

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• Enhanced Primary Care Nutrition and Screen time Education to Prevent Obesity in Latino Infants, NIH, 2016-2021

Publications (20)

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ParentsPeptide YYPediatric ObesityFruitMental Health ServicesBeveragesMothersHealth EducationPsychiatryFood PreferencesNutritive SweetenersDepression, PostpartumFeeding BehaviorTelevisionNutrition Surveys

• Latino Parents' Beliefs about Television Viewing by Infants and Toddlers.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2015 Beck AL, Takayama J, Badiner N, Halpern-Felsher B
• Understanding how Latino parents choose beverages to serve to infants and toddlers.
  Maternal and child health journal 2014 Beck AL, Takayama JI, Halpern-Felsher B, Badiner N, Barker JC
• Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage and 100% fruit juice consumption among California children.
  Academic pediatrics 2013 Beck AL, Patel A, Madsen K
• Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children.
  Public health nutrition 2013 Beck AL, Tschann J, Butte NF, Penilla C, Greenspan LC
• The 7-day Beverage Intake Questionnaire for Latino Children: Validation of a Culturally Tailored Tool.
  Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2023 Beck AL, Fernandez A, Martinez SM

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• A Multimethod Evaluation of the Futuros Fuertes Intervention to Promote Healthy Feeding, Screen Time, and Sleep Practices.
  Academic pediatrics 2023 Beck AL, Mora R, Joseph G, Perrin E, Cabana M, Schickedanz A, Fernandez A
• Weight Gain during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a High-Risk Cohort of Children in San Francisco, CA.
  Childhood obesity (Print) 2021 Beck AL, Huang JC, Lendzion L, Fernandez A, Martinez S
• Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Parents' Perception of Health Behaviors in Children With Overweight and Obesity.
  Academic pediatrics 2021 Beck AL, Huang JC, Lendzion L, Fernandez A, Martinez S
• Adjudicating Reasons for Hospitalization Reveals That Severe Illness From COVID-19 in Children Is Rare.
  Hospital pediatrics 2021 Beck A, Gandhi M
• Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children - CORRIGENDUM.
  Public health nutrition 2020 Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A
• 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 2020 Vasquez T, Fernandez A, Haya-Fisher J, Kim S, Beck AL
• Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children.
  Public health nutrition 2020 Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A
• Embedded Maternal Mental Health Care in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic: A Qualitative Exploration of Mothers' Experiences.
  Academic pediatrics 2019 Young CA, Burnett H, Ballinger A, Castro G, Steinberg S, Nau M, Bakken EH, Thomas M, Beck AL
• Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating among low-income Latino adolescents.
  Appetite 2019 Beck AL, Iturralde E, Haya-Fisher J, Kim S, Keeton V, Fernandez A
• Pilot Analysis of Early Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for Infant Colic Prevention.
  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition 2019 Cabana MD, McKean M, Beck AL, Flaherman V
• Beliefs and practices regarding solid food introduction among Latino parents in Northern California.
  Appetite 2017 Beck AL, Hoeft KS, Takayama JI, Barker JC
• Full fat milk consumption protects against severe childhood obesity in Latinos.
  Preventive medicine reports 2017 Beck AL, Heyman M, Chao C, Wojcicki J
• Randomized Controlled Trial of a Clinic-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Beverage Consumption Among Latino Children.
  Clinical pediatrics 2017 Beck AL, Fernandez A, Rojina J, Cabana M
• Television During Meals in the First 4 Years of Life.
  Clinical pediatrics 2016 Thimmig LM, Cabana MD, Bentz MG, Potocka K, Beck A, Fong L, Chao C, Caughey AB, Wong A, McKean M
• Peptide YY: a gut hormone associated with anorexia during infectious diarrhea in children.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2008 Beck AL, Cabrera L, Pan WK, Cama V, Friedland JS, Ghatei MA, Bloom SR, Lewis J, Gilman RH