College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Degrees:

PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1992
MS, West Virginia University, 1987

Research Interests:

Role of dietary, lifestyle and ecological factors in the risk, prevention and management of diet-related health disparities and chronic diseases. Special Interest in Type 2 diabetes, maternal and child nutrition, and nutrition in HIV/AIDS.

Instructional Activities:

Serves as Director of Didactic Program in Dietetics . Instructional activities in food, nutrition and human development.

HNF 453 – Nutrition & Human Development
HNF 406 – Sociocultural Aspects of Food & Eating

Recent Publications:

Shipp, G. M., Weatherspoon, L. J., Comstock, S. S., Norman, G. S., Alexander, G. L., Gardiner, J. C., & Kerver, J. M. (2022). Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy as a Predictor of Breastfeeding Intensity Among African American Women in the Mama Bear Feasibility Trial. Breastfeeding Medicine.

Shipp, G. M., Weatherspoon, L. J., Norman, G. S., Alexander, G. L., Kelleher, D., & Kerver, J. M. (2021). Understanding Factors Influencing Breastfeeding Outcomes in a Sample of African American Women. Maternal and child health journal, 1-10.

Weatherspoon, D. D., Miller, S. R., Niyitanga, F., Weatherspoon, L. J., & Oehmke, J. F. (2021). Rwanda’s Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture: Implications for Rural Food Production and Household Food Choices. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 19(1), 51-62.

Earnesty, D. S., Hourani, M., Kerver, J. M., & Weatherspoon, L. J. (2019). Dietary guidelines are not met by in-home child care providers in low-income areas. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(10), 1150-1158.

Weatherspoon, D. D., Miller, S., Ngabitsinze, J. C., Weatherspoon, L. J., & Oehmke, J. F. (2019). Stunting, food security, markets and food policy in Rwanda. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-13.

Al-Farhan, A. K., Weatherspoon, L. J., Pfeiffer, K. A., Li, W., Bumaryoum, N. F., & Carlson, J. J. (2019). P150 A Comparison of Adherence to Pediatric Nutrition Requirements Among Kuwaiti Boys and Girls. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(7), S100.

Venkatesh, S., & Weatherspoon, L. J. (2018). Food Behaviors and dietary acculturation of Asian Indians in the US. Journal of nutrition education and behavior, 50(6), 529-535.

Venkatesh, S., & Weatherspoon, L. J. (2018). Reliability and validity of an Asian Indian dietary acculturation measure (AIDAM). Health Education & Behavior, 45(6), 908-917.

Venkatesh, S., Conner, T., Song, W. O., Olson, B. H., & Weatherspoon, L. J. (2017). The relationship between dietary acculturation and type 2 diabetes risk among Asian Indians in the US. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 19(2), 294-301.