Tom Baranowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 107528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tom Baranowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tom |
| FAMILY NAME | Baranowski |
| SIGNATURE | BARANOWSKI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0653-2222 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 75 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 75 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The feasibility of passively tracking children's TV viewing and mobile device use in naturalistic settings
Research on children's technology and digital media (TDM) is hampered by a lack of robust approaches for assessing TDM use. This study assessed the feasibility of passively measuring children's TV screens and mobile devices (TDM) in a naturalistic setting. In the three-day feasibility study, FLASH-TV was set up on one to two TVs the child (5-12 year olds) typically used in the home (n=20). Children's mobile device use was assessed with either the…
To Pause With a Cliffhanger or a Temporary Closure? The Differential Impact of Serial Versus Episodic Narratives on Children’s Physical Activity Behaviors
Research has supported the effectiveness of narratives for promoting health behavior, but different narrative presentation formats (serial vs. episodic) have seldom been compared. Suspense theories suggest that serial narratives, which do not provide a full resolution at the end of an episode, may create higher motivation for continued engagement with a story. Forty-four 8 to 12-year-old children were randomly assigned to watch an animation serie…
A social media game to increase physical activity among older adult women: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate CHALLENGE
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier NCT04095923. Registered September 17th, 2019
Feasibility of the automatic ingestion monitor (AIM-2) for infant feeding assessment: A pilot study among breast-feeding mothers from Ghana
Objective: Passive, wearable sensors can be used to obtain objective information in infant feeding, but their use has not been tested. Our objective was to compare assessment of infant feeding (frequency, duration and cues) by self-report and that of the Automatic Ingestion Monitor-2 (AIM-2). Design: A cross-sectional pilot study was conducted in Ghana. Mothers wore the AIM-2 on eyeglasses for 1 d during waking hours to assess infant feeding usin…
Selection and use of vegetable parenting practices did not vary by parent feeding styles: Mixed methods investigation
Vegetable parenting practices vary by feeding styles among middle class mothers of young children
Model of goal directed behavior for limiting Latino preschoolers’ television viewing: Validity and reliability
Clinical Trials NCT01216306 Registered October 6, 2010
Exploring food preparation practices in families with and without school-aged childhood cancer survivors
Objective: Survival rates for paediatric cancers have increased dramatically since the 1970s, but childhood cancer survivors (CCS) are at increased risk for several chronic diseases throughout life. Nutrition interventions promoting healthy family meals may support wellness for survivors, but little research has explored CCS family food preparation habits. The goal of the present study was to describe and compare food preparation practices of CCS…
Top food sources of percentage of energy, nutrients to limit and total gram amount consumed among US adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014
Objective To identify most commonly consumed foods by adolescents contributing to percentage of total energy, added sugars, SFA, Na and total gram intake per day. Design Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011–2014. Setting NHANES is a cross-sectional study nationally representative of the US population. Participants One 24 h dietary recall was used to assess dietary intake of 3156 adolescents aged 10–19 years…
Food Sources of Shortfall Nutrients Among US Adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-2014
To identify food sources of shortfall nutrients consumed by adolescents (n = 3156), data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) (2011-2014) were used. Some of the food groups commonly consumed by adolescents made a significant contribution to shortfall nutrient intakes in the diet. Many food sources that provided significant amounts of shortfall nutrients were from foods that also provided nutrients to limit. Awareness…
Automatic food detection in egocentric images using artificial intelligence technology
Objective To develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm which can automatically detect food items from images acquired by an egocentric wearable camera for dietary assessment. Design To study human diet and lifestyle, large sets of egocentric images were acquired using a wearable device, called eButton, from free-living individuals. Three thousand nine hundred images containing real-world activities, which formed eButton data set 1, …
Association between sleep and overweight/obesity among women of childbearing age in Canada
Conceptualizing physical activity parenting practices using expert informed concept mapping analysis
The concept mapping analysis provided a useful process to engage experts in re-conceptualizing physical activity parenting practices and identified key constructs to include in measures of physical activity parenting. While the constructs identified ought to be included in measures of physical activity parenting practices, it will be important to collect data among parents to further validate the content of these constructs. In conclusion, the me…
What do US and Canadian parents do to encourage or discourage physical activity among their 5-12 Year old children
Parents most often encouraged physical activity through structure and emotional support and discouraged physical activity through lack of structure and control. Understanding how parents influence their child's physical activity may help improve intervention strategies. The current results will inform the development of a physical activity parenting practices instrument
Psychological Correlates of Self-Reported and Objectively Measured Physical Activity among Chinese Children—Psychological Correlates of PA
This study aimed to explore the associations among psychological correlates and physical activity (PA) in Chinese children and to further examine whether these associations varied by different PA measures. PA self-efficacy, motivation, and preference were reported in 449 8-13-year-old Chinese children (252 males). Moderate- to vigorous- intensity PA (MVPA) was measured by the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and with an …
Physical Activity Behaviors and Influences Among Chinese–American Children Aged 9–13 Years: A Qualitative Study
Obesity status trajectory groups among elementary school children
Boys, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black children were at higher risk of being overweight or obese throughout their elementary school years, supporting the need for obesity treatment. Post kindergarten and post second grade summer months were times when some children transitioned into overweight/obesity. It will be important to identify which behavioral factors (e.g., diet, physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and/or sleep) predisposed children t…
Texting to Increase Adolescent Physical Activity: Feasibility Assessment
An intervention consisting of pedometers, theory-informed texts, and goal prompts, is a feasible and acceptable method for promoting physical activity to adolescents
Predicting habits of vegetable parenting practices to facilitate the design of change programmes
Objective Habit has been defined as the automatic performance of a usual behaviour. The present paper reports the relationships of variables from a Model of Goal Directed Behavior to four scales in regard to parents’ habits when feeding their children: habit of (i) actively involving child in selection of vegetables; (ii) maintaining a positive vegetable environment; (iii) positive communications about vegetables; and (iv) controlling vegetable p…
Applying the Model of Goal-Directed Behavior, Including Descriptive Norms, to Physical Activity Intentions: A Contribution to Improving the Theory of Planned Behavior
The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has received its fair share of criticism lately, including calls for it to retire. We contribute to improving the theory by testing extensions such as the model of goal-directed behavior (MGDB, which adds desire and anticipated positive and negative emotions) applied to physical activity (PA) intention. We also test the inclusion of a descriptive norms construct as an addition to the subjective norms construct…
Development of an item bank for food parenting practices based on published instruments and reports from Canadian and US parents
Predicting use of effective vegetable parenting practices with the Model of Goal Directed Behavior
Objective To model effective vegetable parenting practices using the Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices construct scales. Design An Internet survey was conducted with parents of pre-school children to assess their agreement with effective vegetable parenting practices and Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices items. Block regression modelling was conducted using the composite score of effective vegetable parenting…
Predicting use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices with the Model of Goal Directed Behavior
Objective Increasing a parent’s ability to influence a child’s vegetable intake may require reducing the parent’s use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices. The present study was designed to understand the psychosocial influences on ineffective vegetable parenting practices. Design A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted to model use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices using validated scales from a Model of Goal Directed …
Vegetable parenting practices scale. Item response modeling analyses
Several effective vegetable parenting practices and ineffective vegetable parenting practices scale items functioned differently on the basis of child's demographic characteristics; therefore, researchers should use these vegetable parenting practices scales with caution. Item response modeling should be incorporated in analyses of parenting practice questionnaires to better assess differences across demographic characteristics
A Child-Centered Scale of Informal Social Control for Latino Parents of Preschool-Age Children: Development and Validation
Perceived neighborhood informal social control may determine whether parents allow their young children to be physically active in the neighborhood. We developed and validated a scale of neighborhood child-centered informal social control appropriate for Latino parents of preschool-age children. The scale was administered to 240 Latino parents, mainly mothers, recruited from neighborhoods cross-stratified by objectively measured crime and traffic…
Social support, social influence, ethnicity and the breastfeeding decision
Promoting physical activity and a healthful diet among children: Results of a school-based intervention study
BACKGROUND: National health objectives call for improved diet and more regular physical activity among children. We tested the effects of a school-based program to improve students' diet and physical activity behavior at school. METHODS: Two of the four elementary schools in one Texas school district were assigned to intervention and two to control conditions. The three intervention components were classroom health education, vigorous physical ed…
A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake Through Black Churches: Results of the Eat for Life Trial
Objectives. This study reports on Eat for Life, a multicomponent intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among African Americans that was delivered through Black churches. Methods. Fourteen churches were randomly assigned to 3 treatment conditions: (1) comparison, (2) self-help intervention with 1 telephone cue call, and (3) self-help with 1 cue call and 3 counseling calls. The telephone counseling in group 3 was based on motivat…
A model of goal directed vegetable parenting practices
Development of an item bank for food parenting practices based on published instruments and reports from Canadian and US parents
Overeating styles and adiposity among multiethnic youth
Dimensions of vegetable parenting practices among preschoolers
Selection and use of vegetable parenting practices did not vary by parent feeding styles: Mixed methods investigation
Impact of a pilot walking school bus intervention on children's pedestrian safety behaviors: A pilot study
Walking school buses (WSB) increased children's physical activity, but impact on pedestrian safety behaviors (PSB) is unknown. We tested the feasibility of a protocol evaluating changes to PSB during a WSB program. Outcomes were school-level street crossing PSB prior to (Time 1) and during weeks 4-5 (Time 2) of the WSB. The protocol collected 1252 observations at Time 1 and 2548 at Time 2. Mixed model analyses yielded: intervention schoolchildren…
Integration of Two Models, or Dominance of One
Hobbis and Sutton attempted to integrate Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) with the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The possibility of such an integration portends exciting opportunities since behavioral interventions have had limited impact on behavior change. The integration, however, may more easily occur if Hobbis and Sutton had selected a formulation of the TPB that incorporated emotional variables, which is a primary focus of CBT. Furtherm…
Hazardous chemicals: Psychological dimensions of the health sequelae of a community exposure in Texas
STUDY OBJECTIVE--A chemical spill from an oil refinery exposed the local community to more than 40,000 lb of highly toxic and corrosive hydrofluoric acid. A community based symptom prevalence study found an association between exposure and physical symptoms: the psychological impact of the disaster and its potential effect on the reporting of physical symptoms is examined here. DESIGN--The study used a population based survey design consisting of…
Home fruit, juice, and vegetable pantry management and availability scales: A validation
Squire's quest: Intervention changes occurred at lunch and snack meals
Results of the TeachWell worksite wellness program
OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether providing a school-based teacher wellness program enhances the impact of a health curriculum on student outcomes and improves cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes among participating teachers. METHODS: Thirty-two elementary schools were randomly assigned to experimental or comparison conditions. Comparison group schools received the Gimme-5 program, a curriculum designed to increase fourth and f…
Multiple authorship for community intervention trials
Multiple authorship for community intervention trials. T Baranowski, K W Cullen, and J BaranowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.5.827-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Social Networking as a Recruitment Strategy for Mexican American Families in Community Health Research
A multi-component strategy for recruiting families for community health research was tested among 65 Mexican American families in Galveston, Texas. This strategy, heavily relying on social networking techniques, resulted in an 88% recruitment rate. Most of the desired participants were obtained within five weeks. While the strategy is labor-intensive and may result in sampling bias, the high recruitment rate indicates that the strategy deserves f…
The Western social order
The Western social order. T BaranowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.4.436-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Adhering to Medical Regimens: Pilot Experiments in Patient Education and Social Support
The Western social order
The Western social order. T BaranowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.70.4.436-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Family Self-Help: Promoting Changes in Health Behavior
Tom Baranowski, Philip R. Nader, Kay Dunn, Nathalie A. Vanderpool; Family Self-Help: Promoting Changes in Health Behavior, Journal of Communication, Volume 32
Social support, social influence, ethnicity and the breastfeeding decision
Social Networking as a Recruitment Strategy for Mexican American Families in Community Health Research
A multi-component strategy for recruiting families for community health research was tested among 65 Mexican American families in Galveston, Texas. This strategy, heavily relying on social networking techniques, resulted in an 88% recruitment rate. Most of the desired participants were obtained within five weeks. While the strategy is labor-intensive and may result in sampling bias, the high recruitment rate indicates that the strategy deserves f…
Recruitment strategies for multiethnic family and community health research
Hooks, Paul C. PhD; Tsong, Yi PhD; Baranowski, Tom PhD; Henske, Janice C. MPH, RD, LD; Nader, Philip R. MD; Levia, Jeffrey S. PhD, MPH Author Information
Infant‐feeding practices and childhood stature in three ethnic groups
Inconsistencies in the literature on the relationship of infant feeding practices to stature were explored in a tri‐ethnic sample of 3‐ or 4‐year‐old children. Measures of child stature, maternal stature, child age, type of infant milk‐feeding, time of introduction of high fat and high carbohydrate foods, and social characteristics were analyzed with multivariate statistical techniques. No statistically significant bivariate or more complex relat…
Lipids and Lipoproteins in a Triethnic Sample of 5- or 6-Year-Old Type A or Type B Children
The Type A behavior pattern (TABP) has been proposed as a risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Several studies have indicated an association between Type A behavior and serum cholesterol levels. If the effects of TABP are mediated by conventional CHD risk factors, evidence for a causal relationship between TABP and CHD would be strengthened if associations were detected among the young. This paper addresses the following: (1) Do levels o…
Promoting physical activity and a healthful diet among children: Results of a school-based intervention study
BACKGROUND: National health objectives call for improved diet and more regular physical activity among children. We tested the effects of a school-based program to improve students' diet and physical activity behavior at school. METHODS: Two of the four elementary schools in one Texas school district were assigned to intervention and two to control conditions. The three intervention components were classroom health education, vigorous physical ed…
Hazardous chemicals: Psychological dimensions of the health sequelae of a community exposure in Texas
STUDY OBJECTIVE--A chemical spill from an oil refinery exposed the local community to more than 40,000 lb of highly toxic and corrosive hydrofluoric acid. A community based symptom prevalence study found an association between exposure and physical symptoms: the psychological impact of the disaster and its potential effect on the reporting of physical symptoms is examined here. DESIGN--The study used a population based survey design consisting of…
Environmental Influences on Dietary Behavior among Children: Availability and Accessibility of Fruits and Vegetables Enable Consumption
Environmental variables can enable or impede children concerning what foods they consume. Availability and accessibility of foods are potentially important environmental variables. Availability concerns whether the foods are present in the home or school, while accessibility concerns whether the foods are prepared, presented, and/or maintained in a form that enables or encourages children to eat them. We hypothesized that greater availability and…
Mediating variable framework in physical activity interventions
Results of the TeachWell worksite wellness program
OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether providing a school-based teacher wellness program enhances the impact of a health curriculum on student outcomes and improves cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes among participating teachers. METHODS: Thirty-two elementary schools were randomly assigned to experimental or comparison conditions. Comparison group schools received the Gimme-5 program, a curriculum designed to increase fourth and f…
Multiple authorship for community intervention trials
Multiple authorship for community intervention trials. T Baranowski, K W Cullen, and J BaranowskiCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.88.5.827-b Published Online: October 07, 2011
Psychosocial Correlates of Dietary Intake: Advancing Dietary Intervention
Psychosocial variables that predict dietary behavior become important targets for change in nutrition education programs. Psychosocial variables in models with higher predictability provide more effective levers to promote healthy dietary change. A review of the literature on models with psychosocial variables predicting dietary fat and fruit and vegetable consumption revealed generally low predictiveness, R 2 2 is the squared multiple correlatio…
Eating Patterns, Dietary Quality and Obesity
Obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions. Today, an estimated one in four children in the United States is overweight. while 11% arc obese. Children who are overweight tend to remain so up to 20 years of age; in general, they have a 1.5- to twofold higher risk for becoming overweight as adults. The prevalence of overweight has increased approximately twofold in the 20-year period from 1974 to 1994, with the largest increases observ…
A Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake Through Black Churches: Results of the Eat for Life Trial
Objectives. This study reports on Eat for Life, a multicomponent intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among African Americans that was delivered through Black churches. Methods. Fourteen churches were randomly assigned to 3 treatment conditions: (1) comparison, (2) self-help intervention with 1 telephone cue call, and (3) self-help with 1 cue call and 3 counseling calls. The telephone counseling in group 3 was based on motivat…
Availability, Accessibility, and Preferences for Fruit, 100% Fruit Juice, and Vegetables Influence Children's Dietary Behavior
The relationships among home fruit (F), 100% fruit juice (J), and vegetable (V) availability and accessibility separately, as reported by 225 fourth- through sixth-grade children and their parents ( n = 88), separately, and FJV preferences to child-reported FJV consumption were assessed. For girls, child-reported FJV availability and accessibility accounted for 35% of the variability in FJV consumption. Child-reported availability and parent-repo…
Are Current Health Behavioral Change Models Helpful in Guiding Prevention of Weight Gain Efforts?
Effective procedures are needed to prevent the substantial increases in adiposity that have been occurring among children and adults. Behavioral change may occur as a result of changes in variables that mediate interventions. These mediating variables have typically come from the theories or models used to understand behavior. Seven categories of theories and models are reviewed to define the concepts and to identify the motivational mechanism(s)…
Misclassification associated with measurement error in the assessment of dietary intake
Objective: Dietary assessment has been used for certification to receive food supplements or other nutrition services and to provide feedback for educational purposes. The proportion of individuals correctly certified as eligible is a function of the amount of error that exists in the dietary measures and the level of dietary intake used to establish eligibility. Whether individuals are correctly counselled to increase or decrease the consumption…
Social desirability bias in self-reported dietary, physical activity and weight concerns measures in 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls: Results from the Girls health Enrichment Multisite Studie…
BMI from 3–6 y of age is predicted by TV viewing and physical activity, not diet
The Giessen Declaration
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The ‘new nutrition’ and physical activity
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Squire's quest: Intervention changes occurred at lunch and snack meals
Medicine (58 works) · Psychology (49 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (43 works) · Environmental health (29 works) · Developmental psychology (23 works) · Demography (20 works) · Social Psychology (19 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (15 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · Psychological intervention (15 works)