Faculty & Research

Education:

• Ph.D. at Indiana University, 2005
• M.S. at Indiana University, 2001
• M.S. at Kelaniya University, 1996
• B.S. at University of Jaffna, 1985

Contact Information:

(812) 856-5231

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HPER Building, Room 116 J

Background:

Research:

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Community and international nutrition; nutrition and health problems among college students

Publications:

Fleming-Moran, M., & Thiagarajah, K. (2005). Behavioral interventions and the role of television in the growing epidemic of adolescent obesity: Data from the 2001 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey. Methods of Information in Medicine, 44, 303-309.

Thiagarajah, K., Foland, E. B., Fisher, P., & Fly, A. D. Two-year surveillance of the USDA fruit and vegetable pilot in Indiana. Poster presented at School Nutrition Association Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 18, 2005.

Thiagarajah, K., Shertzer, J. A., Kaman, L., Bai, Y., Leone, A., & Fly, A. D. Body mass index is inversely related to meal frequency and breakfast consumption in middle school students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 37(suppl.1), 55, s67.

Shertzer, J. A., Siegel, A. K., Tanner, D. A., Thiagarajah, K., & Fly, A. D. (2005). Vended milk products contribute to middle school students' calcium intake. The FASEB Journal, 19(4), A434 275.5.

Thiagarajah, K., Foland, E. B., Morris, H., Rose, J., & Fly, A. D. (2004). Evaluation of the impact of the USDA fruit and vegetable pilot program on fruit and vegetable intake and food knowledge of Indiana school children. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 36 (suppl.1), 43,.s60.

Fleming-Moran, M., & Thiagarajah, K. Multiple behavior intervention areas for addressing epidemic adolescent obesity: data from the 2001 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey. The International Conference on Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA, October 26, 2003.

Courses Recently Taught:

HPER N432 Advanced Nutrition II

HPER N231 Human Nutrition

HPER N220 Nutrition for Health