Children’s Nutrition Research Center Staff Publications
The Children’s Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is a unique cooperative venture between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS). The center has 50 faculty members conducting nutrition-related research and a total staff of more than 200.
Texas Children's is creating a healthier future for children and women across our global community through our leadership in patient care, education and research. We’re proud of the daily efforts that build into cumulative medical results and discoveries accomplished by each of our institutions.
The Children’s Nutrition Research Center is the first federal nutrition research center to investigate the nutritional needs of children from conception through adolescence, and that of pregnant women and nursing mothers. It is 1 of 6 U.S. Department of Agriculture human nutrition research centers conducting scientific investigations designed to provide Americans with a clear understanding of the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy, active life.
Submissions from 2022
Fruit and Vegetable Shopping Behavior and intake among Low-income Minority Households With Elementary-Aged Children, Brittni N Metoyer, Ru-Jye Chuang, MinJae Lee, et al.
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Receptor δ Serves As the Orexigenic Asprosin Receptor, Ila Mishra, Wei Rose Xie, Juan C Bournat, et al.
Cardiac Crises: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Cardiomyopathy During TANGO2 Deficiency Related Metabolic Crises, Christina Y Miyake, Erica J Lay, Cheyenne M Beach, et al.
β-Carotene Oxygenase 2 Genotype Modulates the Impact of Dietary Lycopene on Gene Expression during Early TRAMP Prostate Carcinogenesis, Nancy E Moran, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Joshua W Smith, et al.
Tomatoes, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer: What Have We Learned from Experimental Models?, Nancy E Moran, Jennifer M Thomas-Ahner, Lei Wan, et al.
Evaluation of a Circadian Rhythm and Sleep-Focused Mobile Health Intervention for the Prevention of Accelerated Summer Weight Gain Among Elementary School-Age Children: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study, Jennette P Moreno, Hafza Dadabhoy, Salma Musaad, et al.
Estimating Circadian Phase in Elementary School Children: Leveraging Advances in Physiologically Informed Models of Circadian Entrainment and Wearable Devices, Jennette P Moreno, Kevin M Hannay, Olivia Walch, et al.
Seasonality of Children's Height and Weight and Their Contribution to Accelerated Summer Weight Gain, Jennette P Moreno, Salma Musaad, Hafza Dadabhoy, et al.
Anthropometric Measures Correspond with Functional Motor Outcomes in Females with Rett Syndrome, Kathleen J Motil, Suzanne Geerts, Fran Annese, et al.
Pufa ω-3 and ω-6 Biomarkers and Sleep: A Pooled Analysis of Cohort Studies on Behalf of the Fatty Acids and Outcomes Research Consortium (Force), Rachel A Murphy, Nathan Tintle, William S Harris, et al.
Children with Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders Successfully Decrease FODMAP Food Intake on a Low FODMAP Diet with Modest Improvements in Nutritional Intake and Diet Quality, Vishnu Narayana, Ann R McMeans, Rona L Levy, et al.
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association of Low-Carbohydrate Diet With Mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Seung-Won Oh, Alexis C Wood, Seung-Sik Hwang, et al.
Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Individuals with Excess Weight: Weight Trajectory Effects, Arthur H Owora, David B Allison, Xuan Zhang, et al.
Whole-Exome Sequencing of 14 389 Individuals From the Esp and Charge Consortia Identifies Novel Rare Variation Associated With Hemostatic Factors, Nathan Pankratz, Peng Wei, Jennifer A Brody, et al.
Maternal Feeding Styles and Child Appetitive Traits: Direction of Effects in Hispanic Families With Low Incomes, Maria A Papaioannou, Nilda Micheli, Thomas G Power, et al.
Postprandial Symptoms in Patients with Symptoms of Gastroparesis: Roles of Gastric Emptying and Accommodation, Henry P Parkman, Mark L Van Natta, Alan H Maurer, et al.
Progress in Gastroparesis - A Narrative Review of the Work of the Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium, Pankaj J Pasricha, Madhusudan Grover, Katherine P Yates, et al.
The Associations Between Relative and Absolute Body Mass Index With Mortality Rate Based on Predictions From Stigma Theory, Gregory Pavela, Nengjun Yi, Luis Mestre, et al.
Gabra5 Plays a Sexually Dimorphic Role in POMC Neuron Activity and Glucose Balance, Zhou Pei, Yang He, Jonathan C Bean, et al.
Oxytocin Signaling Is Necessary for Synaptic Maturation of Adult-Born Neurons, Brandon T Pekarek, Mikhail Kochukov, Brittney Lozzi, et al.
Style of Meal Service and Feeding Practices Among Mexican American Fathers and Mothers: An Analysis of Video-Recorded Children’s Evening Mealtime at Home, Carlos Penilla, Jeanne M Tschann, Lauri A Pasch, et al.
Food Parenting Practices and Feeding Styles and Their Relations with Weight Status in Children in Latin America and the Caribbean, Luisa Pérez, Marcela Vizcarra, Sheryl O Hughes, et al.
The Family Level Assessment of Screen Use-Mobile Approach: Development of an Approach to Measure Children's Mobile Device Use, Oriana Perez, Anil Kumar Vadathya, Alicia Beltran, et al.
Organ Fat in Latino Youth at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Janiel L Pimentel, Kiley B Vander Wyst, Erica G Soltero, et al.
Validation of the Family Health Behavior Scale for the Brazilian Population, Luiza Tweedie Preto, Camila H Scarpatto, Laura Lessa Gaudie Ley, et al.