Mary J. Messito

Mary J. Messito, MD

Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Positions

Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Medical Director, Pediatric Healthy Weight Management Program

Graduate Education

MD from Rutgers University

Residency And Fellowship Training

Residency, Boston University, Boston City Hospital

Phone

212-263-6424

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212-562-5518

Academic office

Bellevue Hospital Center, 462 First Avenue

H Bldg, 8th Floor, 8 South 17

New York, NY 10016

Infant Dietary Patterns and Early Childhood Weight Outcomes: A Secondary Analysis from the Starting Early Program Trial

Berube, Lauren T; Kim, Christina N; Deierlein, Andrea L; Woolf, Kathleen; Messito, Mary J; Gross, Rachel S

Childhood obesity. 2026 Jul 01; 21532176261465101

Prenatal Obesity Prevention: Group vs Individual Counseling and Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Redemption

Firestone, Alessandra Marcone; Gross, Rachel S; Messito, Mary Jo; Bancayan, Janneth; Katzow, Michelle W; Kim, Christina N; Nagpal, Nikita; Duh-Leong, Carol

Journal of nutrition education & behavior. 2026 Jul; 58(7):671-679

Stakeholder Perspectives on Remote Delivery of a Group-Based Child Obesity Prevention Program for Latino Families With Low Income

Katzow, Michelle W; Messito, Mary Jo; Escobar, Elsy; Sanchez, Emely; Chaparro, Victoria E; Jan, Sophia; Duh-Leong, Carol; Londoño, Clara; Gross, Rachel S

Journal of nutrition education & behavior. 2026 Jul; 58(7S):S103-S114

Parental Cognitive Stimulation of Young Children Before and After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Martin, Anne; Miller, Elizabeth B; Zhong, Danruo; Gross, Rachel S; Morris-Perez, Pamela A; Shaw, Daniel S; Piccolo, Luciane da Rosa; Hill, Jennifer; Scott, Marc A; Messito, Mary Jo; Canfield, Caitlin F; Roby, Erin; O'Connell, Lauren; Sadler, Richard C; Aviles, Ashleigh I; Krug, Chelsea Weaver; Kim, Christina N; Gutierrez, Juliana; Hunter, Leah; Mendelsohn, Alan L

Journal of developmental & behavioral pediatrics. 2026 Mar-Apr 01; 47(2):e240-e246

How COVID-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes

Martin, Anne; O'Connell, Lauren; Mendelsohn, Alan L; Miller, Elizabeth B; Morris-Perez, Pamela A; Shaw, Daniel S; Guevara, Victoria; Griffin, Margaret; Scott, Marc A; Canfield, Caitlin F; Sadler, Richard C; Aviles, Ashleigh I; Gutierrez, Juliana; Kim, Christina N; Messito, Mary Jo; Gross, Rachel S

Journal of family issues. JFI. 2025 Nov 25;

Parent-focused behavioural interventions for the prevention of early childhood obesity (TOPCHILD): a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

Hunter, Kylie E; Nguyen, David; Libesman, Sol; Williams, Jonathan G; Aberoumand, Mason; Aagerup, Jannik; Johnson, Brittany J; Golley, Rebecca K; Barba, Angie; Sotiropoulos, James X; Shrestha, Nipun; Palacios, Talia; Pryde, Samantha J; Wolfenden, Luke; Taylor, Rachael W; Godolphin, Peter J; Matvienko-Sikar, Karen; Sanders, Lee M; Robledo, Kristy P; Brown, Vicki; Wood, Charles T; Taki, Sarah; Yin, H Shonna; Hayes, Alison J; O'Connor, Denise A; Smith, Wendy; Espinoza, David E; Askie, Lisa; Chadwick, Paul M; Rissel, Chris; Webster, Angela C; Hesketh, Kylie D; Bryant, Maria; Thomson, Jessica L; Lakshman, Rajalakshmi; Fiks, Alexander G; Helle, Christine; Odar Stough, Cathleen; Ong, Ken K; Perrin, Eliana M; Karssen, Levie; Larsen, Junilla K; Linares, Ana M; Messito, Mary Jo; Wen, Li Ming; Oken, Emily; Øverby, Nina Cecilie; Palacios, Cristina; Paul, Ian M; Rasmussen, Finn E; Reifsnider, Elizabeth A; Rothman, Russell L; Byrne, Rebecca A; Rybak, Tiffany M; Salvy, Sarah-Jeanne; Wasser, Heather M; Thompson, Amanda L; Ghaderi, Ata; Taylor, Barry J; Maffeis, Claudio; Xu, Huilan; Savage, Jennifer S; Joshipura, Kaumudi J; de la Haye, Kayla; Røed, Margrethe; Copsey, Bethan; Golova, Natalia; Gross, Rachel S; Anzman-Frasca, Stephanie; Banna, Jinan; Baur, Louise A; Seidler, Anna Lene; ,

Lancet. 2025 Sep 20; 406(10509):1235-1254

Evaluation of a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program in a Prenatal and Pediatric Primary Care-Based Obesity Prevention Program

Duh-Leong, Carol; Messito, Mary Jo; Katzow, Michelle W; Trasande, Leonardo; Warda, Elise R; Kim, Christina N; Bancayan, Janneth V; Gross, Rachel S

Childhood obesity. 2025 Sep; 21(6):555-563

Child Obesity Prevention From Pregnancy: Long-Term Follow-Up of the Starting Early Program Trial

Kim, Christina N; Messito, Mary Jo; Katzow, Michelle; Duh-Leong, Carol; Gross, Rachel S

Pediatrics. 2025 May 01; 155(5):

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