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Allison Wu | Education

Undergraduate School

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Graduate School

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Boston, MA

Medical School

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Residency

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Fellowship

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA

Allison Wu | Certifications

  • American Board of Obesity Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
  • American Board of Pediatrics (General)

Allison Wu | Professional History

Dr. Wu is a general pediatric gastroenterologist with a focus in nutrition and nutrition-related health disorders. Her research interests include pediatric obesity and nutrition epidemiology and health services research. In Boston, she attends on the inpatient nutrition and procedure services. Her outpatient general gastroenterology clinic at Martha Eliot Health Center in Jamaica Plain.

Allison Wu | Publications

  1. Caregiver and Pediatrician Perspectives on a Meal Kit Delivery Program for Children With Food Insecurity and Obesity: A Qualitative Analysis. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2025 Apr 04. View Caregiver and Pediatrician Perspectives on a Meal Kit Delivery Program for Children With Food Insecurity and Obesity: A Qualitative Analysis. Abstract

  2. Neighborhood Food Access in Early Life and Trajectories of Child Body Mass Index and Obesity. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 01; 178(11):1172-1182. View Neighborhood Food Access in Early Life and Trajectories of Child Body Mass Index and Obesity. Abstract

  3. Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesity study. Pediatr Obes. 2024 May; 19(5):e13111. View Satisfaction with a meal kit delivery program and feasibility of a phase I trial in the intervening in food insecurity to reduce and mitigate (InFoRM) childhood obesity study. Abstract

  4. Birth outcomes in relation to neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 05; 119(5):1216-1226. View Birth outcomes in relation to neighborhood food access and individual food insecurity during pregnancy in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide cohort study. Abstract

  5. Childhood Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: an Agent-Based Model of Context-Specific Reduction Efforts. Am J Prev Med. 2023 12; 65(6):1003-1014. View Childhood Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption: an Agent-Based Model of Context-Specific Reduction Efforts. Abstract

  6. Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Jun 22; 20:E52. View Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Abstract

  7. Developmental Contributions to Obesity: Nutritional Exposures in the First Thousand Days. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2023 06; 52(2):333-345. View Developmental Contributions to Obesity: Nutritional Exposures in the First Thousand Days. Abstract

  8. Sociodemographic Differences of Hospitalization and Associations of Resource Utilization for Failure to Thrive. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2023 03 01; 76(3):385-389. View Sociodemographic Differences of Hospitalization and Associations of Resource Utilization for Failure to Thrive. Abstract

  9. An agent-based model of child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: implications for policies and practices. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 10 06; 116(4):1019-1029. View An agent-based model of child sugar-sweetened beverage consumption: implications for policies and practices. Abstract

  10. Associations of Healthy Infant Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Adiposity in the Rise & SHINE Cohort. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2022 08 01; 75(2):e15-e19. View Associations of Healthy Infant Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Adiposity in the Rise & SHINE Cohort. Abstract

  11. Association of Changes in Obesity Prevalence With the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Massachusetts. JAMA Pediatr. 2022 02 01; 176(2):198-201. View Association of Changes in Obesity Prevalence With the COVID-19 Pandemic in Youth in Massachusetts. Abstract

  12. Association of Mode of Obstetric Delivery With Child and Adolescent Body Composition. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 10 01; 4(10):e2125161. View Association of Mode of Obstetric Delivery With Child and Adolescent Body Composition. Abstract

  13. Associations of midchildhood to early adolescence central adiposity gain with cardiometabolic health in early adolescence. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 11; 29(11):1882-1891. View Associations of midchildhood to early adolescence central adiposity gain with cardiometabolic health in early adolescence. Abstract

  14. Longitudinal associations of fruit juice intake in infancy with DXA-measured abdominal adiposity in mid-childhood and early adolescence. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 07 01; 114(1):117-123. View Longitudinal associations of fruit juice intake in infancy with DXA-measured abdominal adiposity in mid-childhood and early adolescence. Abstract

  15. Associations of DXA-measured abdominal adiposity with cardio-metabolic risk and related markers in early adolescence in Project Viva. Pediatr Obes. 2021 02; 16(2):e12704. View Associations of DXA-measured abdominal adiposity with cardio-metabolic risk and related markers in early adolescence in Project Viva. Abstract

  16. Impact of Clinical Factors on the Intestinal Microbiome in Infants With Gastroschisis. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021 05; 45(4):818-825. View Impact of Clinical Factors on the Intestinal Microbiome in Infants With Gastroschisis. Abstract

  17. Anorectal Malformation with Colonic Duplication and Dual Rectovaginal Fistulae. International Journal of Surgery and Research. 2016; 2(S1):6-9. View Anorectal Malformation with Colonic Duplication and Dual Rectovaginal Fistulae Abstract

  18. Expansion of prominin-1-expressing cells in association with fibrosis of biliary atresia. Hepatology. 2014 Sep; 60(3):941-53. View Expansion of prominin-1-expressing cells in association with fibrosis of biliary atresia. Abstract

I believe nutrition plays an integral role in the comprehensive care of patients, which is what drew me to Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. I am passionate about clinical care, pediatric obesity and nutrition health services research, and health equity.

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