Mark C. Pachucki

Associate Professor of Sociology

Are school meals a viable and sustainable tool to improve healthy diet among children?

A cross-national comparative perspective

Abstract: There is little agreement among governments, institutions, scientists and food activists as to how to best tackle the challenging issues of health and sustainability in …

Posted by Mark C. Pachucki on Sun, May 1, 2016

Incident Type 2 Diabetes Risk is Influenced by Obesity and Diabetes in Social Contacts

A Social Network Analysis

Abstract: BACKGROUND. Obesity and diabetes family history are the two strongest risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prior work shows that an individual’s obesity risk is …

Posted by Mark C. Pachucki on Sun, May 1, 2016

Mental health and social networks in early adolescence

A dynamic study of objectively-measured social interaction behaviors

Abstract: How are social interaction dynamics associated with mental health during early stages of adolescence? The goal of this study is to objectively measure social interactions …

Posted by Mark C. Pachucki on Fri, May 1, 2015