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Tom Baranowski is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and focuses primarily on research in the field of Medicine. Their scholarly output encompasses various subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education, General Health Professions, Physiology, and Clinical Psychology.

Their work covers a range of topics related to health and development, with a strong emphasis on:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Publications by Tom Baranowski have appeared frequently in several peer-reviewed venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Nutrients
  • Frontiers in Nutrition

Some of their notable recent papers include:

  • The Healthy Cooking Index: Nutrition Optimizing Home Food Preparation Practices across Multiple Data Collection Methods (2020), published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • The physical activity parenting practices (PAPP) item Bank: a psychometrically validated tool for improving the measurement of physical activity parenting practices of parents of 5-12-year-old children (2020), published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Later sleep timing predicts accelerated summer weight gain among elementary school children: a prospective observational study (2021), published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Cultural adaptation of 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' for Hispanic families: applying the ecological validity model (2020), published in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Validated assessment tools for screen media use: A systematic review (2023), published in PLoS ONE

Throughout their career, Tom Baranowski has collaborated extensively with several scholars, including:

  • Debbe Thompson
  • Mingui Sun
  • Wenyan Jia
  • Megan A. McCrory
  • Benny Lo

Best Publications

  • How individuals, environments, and health behaviors interact: Social cognitive theory.

    Cheryl L. Perry;Tom Baranowski;Guy S. Parcel

  • Playing for Real: Video Games and Stories for Health-Related Behavior Change

    Tom Baranowski;Richard Buday;Debbe I. Thompson;Janice Baranowski

  • Cultural sensitivity in public health: defined and demystified.

    Ken Resnicow;Tom Baranowski;Jasjit S. Ahluwalia;Ronald L. Braithwaite

  • Mediating variable framework in physical activity interventions. How are we doing? How might we do better?

    Tom Baranowski;Cheryl Anderson;Cindy Carmack

  • Are Current Health Behavioral Change Models Helpful in Guiding Prevention of Weight Gain Efforts

    Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Theresa Nicklas;Deborah Thompson

  • The Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Recall (ASA24): A Resource for Researchers, Clinicians, and Educators from the National Cancer Institute

    Amy F. Subar;Sharon I. Kirkpatrick;Beth Mittl;Thea Palmer Zimmerman

  • Eating patterns, dietary quality and obesity.

    Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Karen W. Cullen;Gerald Berenson

  • Availability, Accessibility, and Preferences for Fruit, 100% Fruit Juice, and Vegetables Influence Children's Dietary Behavior

    Karen Weber Cullen;Tom Baranowski;Emiel Owens;Tara Marsh

  • Eating Patterns and Obesity in Children The Bogalusa Heart Study

    Theresa A Nicklas;Su-Jau Yang;Tom Baranowski;Issa Zakeri

  • A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake Through Black Churches: Results of the Eat for Life Trial

    Ken Resnicow;Alice Jackson;Terry Wang;Anindya K. De

  • PSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF DIETARY INTAKE: Advancing Dietary Intervention

    Tom Baranowski;Karen Weber Cullen;Janice Baranowski

  • BMI from 3–6 y of age is predicted by TV viewing and physical activity, not diet

    RP Jago;T Baranowski;JC Baranowski;D Thompson

  • Relationship of fruit and vegetable intake with adiposity: a systematic review.

    T. A. Ledoux;M. D. Hingle;T. Baranowski

  • Observations on physical activity in physical locations: age, gender, ethnicity, and month effects.

    Tom Baranowski;William O. Thompson;Robert H. Durant;Janice Baranowski

  • Family and child-care provider influences on preschool children's fruit, juice, and vegetable consumption.

    Theresa A. Nicklas;Tom Baranowski;Janice C. Baranowski;Karen Cullen

  • Gimme 5 Fruit, Juice, and Vegetables for Fun and Health: Outcome Evaluation

    Tom Baranowski;Marsha Davis;Ken Resnicow;Janice Baranowski

  • Tracking of physical activity in young children.

    Russell R. Pate;Tom Baranowski;Marsha Dowda;Stewart G. Trost

  • Environmental Influences on Dietary Behavior among Children: Availability and Accessibility of Fruits and Vegetables Enable Consumption

    Marsha Davis Hearn;Tom Baranowski;Janice Baranowski;Colleen Doyle

  • Child-reported family and peer influences on fruit, juice and vegetable consumption: reliability and validity of measures

    K W Cullen;T Baranowski;L Rittenberry;C Cosart

  • Assessment, prevalence, and cardiovascular benefits of physical activity and fitness in youth.

    T Baranowski;C Bouchard;O Bar-Or;T Bricker

Frequent Co-Authors

Theresa A. Nicklas
Theresa A. Nicklas Baylor College of Medicine
Sheryl O. Hughes
Sheryl O. Hughes Baylor College of Medicine
Russell Jago
Russell Jago University of Bristol
Ken Resnicow
Ken Resnicow University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ester Cerin
Ester Cerin Australian Catholic University
Amy F. Subar
Amy F. Subar National Cancer Institute
Carl de Moor
Carl de Moor Boston Children's Hospital
Louise C. Mâsse
Louise C. Mâsse University of British Columbia
Rebecca E. Lee
Rebecca E. Lee Arizona State University

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