Faculty & Staff Directory

Academic Responsibilities:

• NFSC 100: Introduction to Nutrition
• NFSC 315: Nutrition During the Life Cycle
• NFSC 425: International Nutrition-Undergraduate Level
• NFSC 625: International Nutrition-Graduate Level
• NFSC 675: Nutritional Epidemiology
• NFSC 678: Nutritional Anthropology

Research Activities:

Related to nutritional anemia, program evaluation, micronutrient malnutrition, chronic disease epidemiology, and nutritional epidemiology.

Representative Publications:

• Seck BC, Jackson RT. Providing iron/folic acid tablets free of charge improves compliance in pregnant women in Senegal. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103:485-492; 2009.

• Jackson, RT, Rashed M, Al-Hamad N, Hwalla N, Al-Somaie M. A Comparison of BMI-for-Age References and Energy Intakes among Adolescents in three Middle Eastern Countries. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Mar-Apr;13(2):430-40, 2007.

• Pan Y, Jackson RT. Ethnic difference in the relationship between acute inflammation and serum ferritin. Epidemiology and Infection, Mar 22;:1-11, 2007.

• Seck BC, Jackson RT. Determinants of Compliance with Iron Supplementation among Pregnant Women in Senegal. Public Health Nutr. Sep 3;:1-10, 2008.

• Pan Y, Jackson RT. Insights into the ethnic differences in serum ferritin between black and white US adult men. Amer Jour Hum Biol, In Press 2008.

• Jackson RT, Pellett PL. 2004. Introductory Observations: The Region, Nutrition, and Health; Ecol Food Nutr. 43:3-16.

• Rashed M, Jackson RT. 2004. Overweight adolescent girls and family history of chronic non-communicable diseases. Ecol Food Nutr. 43:17-27.

• Jackson RT, Nawal Al Hamad, Mona Al-Somaie, Prasanna Prakash. 2004. Gender and Age Differences in Anemia Prevalence during the Life Cycle in Kuwait. Ecol Food and Nutr. 43: 61-75.

• Hwalla N, Jackson RT, Nada N. 2004. Determinants of anemia and iron deficiency in reproductive age women in Lebanon. Ecology of Food and Nutr. 43: 77-92.34.

• Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z, Al-Raqua M, and Prakash P. 2003. Effect of short-term weekly supplementation on anemia and symptoms in adolescent Kuwaiti girls. Kuw Med J. 35(4): 275-280.

• Jackson, RT. 2003. Some factors influencing variation in nutritional needs and requirements of children. J Children’s Health. 1(2):173-180.

• Al Mousa Z, Prakash P, Jackson RT, Al Raqua M. 2003. A comparison of selected nutrient intakes in anemic and nonanemic adolescent girls in Kuwait Nutr Res. 23(4): 425-433.

• Rashed M, Jackson RT. Age of Menarche as a Predictor of Adult Obesity. 2003. Alexandria J Pediatr. 17(1): 85-88.

• Rashed M, Jackson RT, Younis R, Anwar M, Awad H, Zeedan N. 2003. Food Frequency in Overweight and Obese Adolescent Girls and its Relationship to Socio-Economic Conditions. Egyptian J Nutrition. 18(1): 63-76.

• Jackson RT, Rashed M, Saad-Eldin R. 2003. Rural-urban differences in weight, body image, and dieting behavior among adolescent Egyptian school girls. Intl J Food Sci Nutr. 54(1): 1-11.

• Chung CS, Nagey DA, Veillon C, Patterson KY, Jackson RT, Moser-Veillon PB. 2002. A single 60 mg iron dose decreases zinc absorption during early lactation. J Nutr 132(7):1903-5

• Jackson RT, Rashed M, Saad-Eldin R. (In Press, 2002). Rural-urban differences in weight, body image, and dieting behavior among adolescent Egyptian school girls. Intl J Food Sci Nutr.

• Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z, Al-Raqua M, Prakash P. 2002. Multiple coronary risk factors in healthy older Kuwaiti males. Eur J Clin Nutr 56:1-6.

• Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z, Al-Raqua M, Prakash P, Muthanna A. 2001. Prevalence of coronary risk factors in healthy adult Kuwaitis. Intl J Nutr Food Sci 52:301-311.

• Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z. 2000. Iron deficiency is a more important cause of anemia than hemoglobinopathies in Kuwaiti adolescent girls. J Nutr 130(5):1212-6.

• Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z, Adekile AD, Mughal HA, Nkansa-Dwamena DK. 1999. The Prevalence and Etiology of Anemia in Kuwaiti Preschoolers and Adolescents, Kuw Med J 31(1):33-39

• Roberts CA, Jackson RT. 1997. Accuracy of self-measurement of waist and hip circumference in a sample of health fair participants and relationship to serum lipids. J Am Diet Assoc 97(5):534- 536.

• Vega F, Jackson RT. 1996. Dietary habits of bodybuilders and other regular exercisers. Nutr Res 16(1):3-10.

• Yu SM, Jackson RT. 1995. Need for Nutrition Advice in Prenatal Care. J Am Diet Assoc 95(9):1027-1029.

• Jackson RT, Dorah JN, Simmons WK, Thomas M. 1995. A comparative study of transferrin receptor, plasma ferritin, and other indices in assessing iron stores in a sample of postpartum women in Jamaica, West Indies. Ecol Food Nutr 34:105-115.

• James DC, Jackson RT, Probart C. 1994. Factors associated with breastfeeding prevalence and duration among international students J Am Diet Assoc 94(2):194-196.

• Jackson RT, Jackson FLC, Yu SM. 1993. The relationship between third trimester maternal weight gain, hematological status, and infant birthweight in Liberian mothers. Ecol Food Nutr 30:309-319.

Service and Consulting:

• Co-Editor, Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1999 to present.
• Consultant to United States Agency for International Development
• Consultant to World Health Organization

International Activities/Interests:

• Kuwait – Research on etiology and prevalence of anemia in children and Adolescents; designed and implemented applied nutrition programs
• Lebanon - Hosted scholars
• Egypt – Designed a nutrition intervention for 10 million adolescent girls; completed a study on obesity and body image in adolescents girls
• Mexico – Designed a study abroad project to foster interaction between UMCP students and Maya of Yucatan.
• Tanzania – Conducted research among the Masai to examine etiology of lactose malabsortption. Established public health nutrition programs, contributed to development plans

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