Introduction & Projects
Lori Francis studies the sociocultural factors influencing the development of obesity in low-income and minority children, including family environment, neighborhood characteristics and socioeconomic status; family-based interventions to reduce and prevent obesity and related morbidities in children; understanding biobehavioral, family environmental and cultural factors that influence self-regulation of energy intake and body weight in young children.
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Prevention-related Projects
Recent Publications
Measuring adolescents’ eating in the absence of hunger in the home environment: Validation of subjective vs. objective measures (forthcoming)
Francis, L. A., Rollins, B. Y., & Lozinski, R. H.
Executive function and BMI trajectories Among rural, poor youth at high risk for obesity
Rollins, B. Y., Riggs, N. R., Francis, L. A., & Blair, C. B. (2021). Obesity, 29(2), 379-387.
Improving toddler's healthy eating habits and self-regulation: A randomized controlled trial
Nix, R.L., Francis, L.A., Feinberg, M.E., Gill, S., Jones, D.E., Hostetler, M.L., & Stifter, C.A. (2021). Improving toddler's healthy eating habits and self-regulation: A randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics. 147(1). Article e20193326. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2019-3326
Off the charts: Identifying and visualizing body mass index trajectories of rural, poor youth
Rollins, B. Y., & Francis, L. A. (2021). The Journal of Pediatrics, 228, 147-154.e2.
Predictors of developmental patterns of obesity in young children
O’Connor, T., Williams, J., Blair, C., Kopp, L., Francis, L., & Willoughby, M. (2020). Predictors of developmental patterns of obesity in young children. Frontiers Pediatrics, 8(109). https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00109
