Kate Killion, MPH, RD (she/her/hers)

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Connecticut
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Kate Killion is a doctoral student and Registered Dietitian studying Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Connecticut. Kate's research focuses on socioecological determinants of nutritional status among young children. Her recent work assesses how caregiver definitions of child snacks, responsive feeding, and the food environment may influence food liking and diet quality among children under 6. As part of this research, Kate manages an Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation funded project which aims to refine a digital health intervention for caregivers of young children.

Presentation(s):

• (OR07-06-23) Feasibility of Instagram to Engage Low-Income Individuals With Evidence-Based Nutrition Education

  Sunday, July 23, 2023
  11:00 AM – 11:12 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Predictors of Diet Quality Across the Lifespan (Oral 17)

  Monday, July 24, 2023
  10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (OR17-03-23) Responsive Feeding and Diet Quality Among Low-Income Families With Toddlers: A Mixed Method Study

  Monday, July 24, 2023
  10:24 AM – 10:36 AM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• (PTFS09-04-23) Food Resource Management and Healthy Eating Focus Associate With Diet Quality and Less Impact of COVID-19 on Body Weight in Adults From a Low-Income, Northeastern CT Community

  Monday, July 24, 2023
  2:17 PM – 2:21 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.