Mary Kathryn Poole

Biography

Education and Training

• BS, Psychology
  Davidson College
• MPH, Community Health Sciences
  Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
• PhD, Population Health Sciences
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Publications

• School-based nutrition education programs alone are not cost effective for preventing childhood obesity: a microsimulation study.

  Kenney EL, Poole MK, McCulloch SM, Barrett JL, Tucker K, Ward ZJ, Gortmaker SL. Am J Clin Nutr 2024 Nov 12

• Exploring the Cross-Sectional Relationship Between Implementation Supports for Adopting Nutrition Standards and the Nutritional Quality of School Lunches Served.

  Poole MK, Emmons KM, Gortmaker SL, Rimm EB, Kenney EL. J Acad Nutr Diet 2024 Sep 13

• Prevalence and Implementation Characteristics of Weekend Food Assistance Programs in U.S. Schools.

  Poole MK, Tucker K, Adams K, Rimm EB, Emmons KM, Gortmaker SL, Norris J, Kenney EL. Am J Prev Med 2024

• How policy implementation shapes the impact of U.S. food assistance policies: the case study of the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

  Kenney EL, Poole MK, Frost N, Kinderknecht K, Mozaffarian RS, Andreyeva T. Front Health Serv 2025

• The societal costs and health impacts on obesity of BMI report cards in US schools.

  Poole MK, Gortmaker SL, Barrett JL, McCulloch SM, Rimm EB, Emmons KM, Ward ZJ, Kenney EL. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2023 08