Jocy-Anna Chevalier (Public Health), Chad Cross (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), Rebecca Scherr (Pediatrics), and Sheniz Moonie (Epidemiology & Biostatistics) published an article on "The Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Obesity in Southern Nevada" in the Journal of Childhood Obesity.

In March 2020, schools in Nevada were issued a lockdown mandate. During the same year, 16% of children ages 10 to 17 years were documented as obese in Nevada. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term impact of the pandemic on weight change among a clinical subset of pediatric youth residing in Southern Nevada.

Chevalier is a graduate student.