Lori Francis

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Lori Francis

Research Summary

Early childhood exposure to adversity and cardiometabolic risk/resilience; community engaged research; plant-human health interactions; human stress response and resilience; living classrooms and nature learning; forest therapy and impacts on children who experience(d) adversity

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Most Recent Publications

What makes home visits effective? An examination of therapeutic mechanisms in the Recipe 4 Success preventive intervention

Sarah M. Braaten, Robert Nix, Sukhdeep Gill, Michelle M. Hostetler, Cheryl B. McNeil, Lori A. Francis, Mark E. Feinberg, Cynthia Stifter, 2025, Early Childhood Research Quarterly on p. 112-121

Racial Trauma and Black Mothers’ Mental Health: Does Cognitive Flexibility Buffer the Effects of Racialized Stress?

G Revi, Lori Francis, 2025, Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities

Stress-induced eating in rural adolescents: Unique variability among boys and adolescents with obesity

Lori A Francis, B Rollins, R Lozinski, E Epel, Regina H Lozinski, Elissa Epel, 2024, Appetite on p. 107705

Understanding risk and causal mechanisms for developing obesity in infants and young children: A National Institutes of Health workshop

Susan Carnell, Kjersti M. Aagaard, Shari L. Barkin, Lori Francis, Voula Osganian, Charles F. Burant, Susan Carnell, Charles Burant, Barkin, Ellen Demerath, Sharon M. Donovan, Ihuoma Eneli, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Marie France Hivert, Monique K. LeBourgeois, Ruth J.F. Loos, Julie C. Lumeng, Alison L. Miller, Anthony D. Okely, Stavroula K. Osganian, Amelie G. Ramirez, Leonardo Trasande, Linda V. Van Horn, Melissa Wake, Rosalind J. Wright, Susan Z. Yanovski, 2024, Obesity Reviews

A preventive intervention promoting toddlers' self-regulation improves parental resilience in the future

Ye Rang Park, Robert Nix, Lori A. Francis, Sukhdeep Gill, Mark E. Feinberg, Michelle L. Hostetler, Cynthia A. Stifter, 2024, Family Relations on p. 270-287

Designing a childhood obesity preventive intervention using the multiphase optimization strategy: The Healthy Bodies Project

Lori Francis, R Nix, R Belue, Kathleen Keller, K Kugler, B Rollins, J Savage, Jennifer Williams, 2023, Clinical Trials on p. 434-446

Measuring adolescents’ eating in the absence of hunger in the home environment using subjective and objective measures

Lori A. Francis, Brandi Y. Rollins, Regina H. Lozinski, 2023, Appetite on p. 106354

Promoting toddlers' self-regulation and healthy eating habits among families living in poverty: A randomized controlled trial of Recipe 4 Success

R Nix, Sukhdeep Gill, Michelle L. Hostetler, Mark Feinberg, Lori Francis, C Stifter, Cheryl McNeil, Sarah Kidder, Damon Evan Jones, Ye Park, C Kim, others, Ashleigh Engbreston, A Engbretson, S Braaten, V Tamkin, 2023, Child Development on p. 354--367

Unmet health care needs in children of parents with poor self-rated mental health: justification for a “think-family” approach

Jane T. Hatzell, Sarah A. Gioia, Lori A. Francis, 2022, Children's Health Care

Applying developmental science concepts to improve the applicability of children’s food preference learning research

Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Kameron J. Moding, Catherine A. Forestell, Lori A. Francis, 2022, Child Development Perspectives on p. 180-187

Most-Cited Papers

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Mental Health Conditions Among Adolescents

Rachel Bomysoad, Lori A. Francis, 2020, Journal of Adolescent Health on p. 868-870

Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence

Katherine N. Balantekin, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Lori A. Francis, Alison K. Ventura, Jennifer O. Fisher, Susan L. Johnson, 2020, Pediatric obesity

Association of Caloric Intake from Sugar-Sweetened Beverages with Water Intake among US Children and Young Adults in the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Asher Y. Rosinger, Hilary Bethancourt, Lori A. Francis, 2019, A.M.A. American journal of diseases of children on p. 602-604

Improving toddlers' healthy eating habits and self-regulation: A randomized controlled trial

R Nix, Lori A. Francis, Mark E. Feinberg, Sukhdeep Gill, Damon E. Jones, Michelle L. Hostetler, C Stifter, 2021, Pediatrics

Youth involvement in food preparation practices at home: A multi-method exploration of Latinx youth experiences and perspectives

Michelle Y. Martin Romero, Lori A. Francis, 2020, Appetite

Physical activity perceptions, context, barriers, and facilitators from a Hispanic child's perspective

Sharon Ross, Lori Francis, 2016, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being on p. 31949

Executive function and self-regulatory influences on children’s eating

Lori A. Francis, Nathaniel R. Riggs, 2018, on p. 183-206

Diabetes Knowledge, Management, and Prevention Among Haitian Immigrants in Philadelphia

Rhoda Moise, Donaldson Conserve, Bilikisu Elewonibi, Lori Francis, Rhonda BeLue, 2017, Diabetes Educator on p. 341-347

Predictors of Developmental Patterns of Obesity in Young Children

Thomas G. O'Connor, Jason Williams, Clancy Blair, Lisa M. Gatzke-Kopp, Lori Francis, Michael T. Willoughby, 2020, Frontiers in Pediatrics

Executive Function and BMI Trajectories Among Rural, Poor Youth at High Risk for Obesity

Brandi Y. Rollins, Nathaniel R. Riggs, Lori A. Francis, Clancy B. Blair, 2021, Obesity on p. 379-387