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 2021
Pegylated Arginine Deiminase Depletes Plasma Arginine but Maintains Tissue Arginine Availability in Young Pigs, Mahmoud A Mohammad, Inka C Didelija, Barbara Stoll, et al.
Rationale and Design of the Baylor Infant Twin Study-A Study Assessing Obesity-Related Risk Factors From Infancy, Shabnam R Momin, Mackenzie K Senn, Scott Buckley, et al.
Later Sleep Timing Predicts Accelerated Summer Weight Gain Among Elementary School Children: A Prospective Observational Study, Jennette P Moreno, Javad Razjouyan, Houston Lester, et al.
Restoration of the Molecular Clock Is Tumor Suppressive in Neuroblastoma, Myrthala Moreno-Smith, Giorgio Milazzo, Ling Tao, et al.
SIRT3 Is Required for Liver Regeneration but Not for the Beneficial Effect of Nicotinamide Riboside, Sarmistha Mukherjee, James Mo, Lauren M Paolella, et al.
Overview of Breath Testing in Clinical Practice in North America, Buford L Nichols, Robert D Baker, and Susan S Baker
Associations Between Independent Assessments of Child Appetite Self-Regulation: A Narrative Review, Maria A Papaioannou, Nilda Micheli, Thomas G Power, et al.
Daily Energy Expenditure Through the Human Life Course, Herman Pontzer, Yosuke Yamada, Hiroyuki Sagayama, et al.
n-3 Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: An Individual Participant-Level Pooling Project of 20 Prospective Cohort Studies, Frank Qian, Andres V Ardisson Korat, Fumiaki Imamura, et al.
Recommendations for the Use of the Veggie Meter® for Spectroscopy-Based Skin Carotenoid Measurements in the Research Setting, Marcela D Radtke, Mykaela Poe, Jodi Stookey, et al.
TCF7L2 Genetic Variants Do Not Influence Insulin Sensitivity or Secretion Indices in Autoantibody-Positive Individuals at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes, Maria J Redondo, Megan V Warnock, Ingrid M Libman, et al.
Using the Behaviour Change Wheel Program Planning Model to Design Games for Health: Development Study, Michael C Robertson, Tom Baranowski, Debbe Thompson, et al.
Perfluorooctanoic Acid (Pfoa) or Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (Pfos) and DNA Methylation in Newborn Dried Blood Spots in the Upstate Kids Cohort, Sonia L Robinson, Xuehuo Zeng, Weihua Guan, et al.
Intermittent Bolus Feeding Does Not Enhance Protein Synthesis, Myonuclear Accretion, or Lean Growth More Than Continuous Feeding in a Premature Piglet Model, Marko Rudar, Jane K Naberhuis, Agus Suryawan, et al.
Prematurity Blunts the Insulin- and Amino Acid-Induced Stimulation of Translation Initiation and Protein Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle of Neonatal Pigs, Marko Rudar, Jane K Naberhuis, Agus Suryawan, et al.
Potential Benefits of Bovine Colostrum in Pediatric Nutrition and Health, Per Torp Sangild, Caitlin Vonderohe, Valeria Melendez Hebib, et al.
The Concurrence of DNA Methylation and Demethylation Is Associated With Transcription Regulation, Jiejun Shi, Jianfeng Xu, Yiling Elaine Chen, et al.
Gut Microbiota Profiles of Young South Indian Children: Child Sex-Specific Relations With Growth, Nirupama Shivakumar, Ambily Sivadas, Sarita Devi, et al.
Gene Expression Analysis of Environmental Temperature and High-Fat Diet-Induced Changes in Mouse Supraclavicular Brown Adipose Tissue, Yufeng Shi, Honglei Zhai, Sharon John, et al.
Activation of the Innate Immune System in Children With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Evidenced by Increased Fecal Human β-Defensin-2, Robert J Shulman, Sridevi Devaraj, and Margaret Heitkemper
Theoretical Mediators of Diabetes Risk and Quality of Life Following a Diabetes Prevention Program for Latino Youth With Obesity, Erica G Soltero, Stephanie L Ayers, Marvyn A Avalos, et al.
Associations between Screen-Based Activities, Physical Activity, and Dietary Habits in Mexican Schoolchildren, Erica G Soltero, Alejandra Jáuregui, Edith Hernandez, et al.
Perceptions of Family-Level Social Factors That Influence Health Behaviors in Latinx Adolescents and Young Adults at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes, Erica G Soltero, Neeku Navabi, Felipe G Castro, et al.
Opportunities to Address Obesity Disparities Among High-Risk Latino Children and Adolescents, Erica G Soltero, Teresia M O'Connor, Deborah Thompson, et al.
Family-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions among Hispanic Children and Families: A Scoping Review, Erica G Soltero, Armando Peña, Veronica Gonzalez, et al.