Kai Ling Kong
Biographic Data
| ID | 1465139 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kai Ling Kong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kai Ling |
| FAMILY NAME | Kong |
| SIGNATURE | KONG K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Children's Mercy Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2219-6721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Parental insights into the benefits and feasibility of community-based music enrichment programs for children in economically disadvantaged areas
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have an elevated risk for poor health and developmental outcomes. Families are less likely to participate in interventions if they feel they have been targeted because they fit a particular demographic profile. There is a need for interventions that can engage families from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Community-based music enrichment (CBME) programs support a strength-based approach by drawing upon famil…
The impact of feeding styles on unhealthy dietary intakes and weight-for-length z-scores
Effects of a shared activities parenting intervention on weight outcomes in middle childhood
The impact of a community-based music program during infancy on the quality of parent–child language interactions
The early language environment, especially high-quality, contingent parent–child language interactions, is crucial for a child's language development and later academic success. In this secondary analysis study, 89 parent–child dyads were randomly assigned to either the Music Together® (music) or play date (control) classes. Children were 9- to 15-month old at baseline, primarily white (86.7%) and female (52%). Measures of conversational turns (C…
The impact of a music enrichment program during infancy and early toddlerhood on effortful control at age 3
Effortful control (EC), a self‐regulation skill, is associated with long‐term developmental outcomes. Music has been associated with infant self‐regulation and may be an intervention strategy for enhancing EC during toddlerhood. This investigation included 32 parent‐child dyads from a previously conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants (9‐15‐months old at baseline) attended either a music enrichment program or a playdate control …
A Feasibility Study of a Music Enrichment Program on Relative Reinforcing Value of Food and Home Environmental Enrichment among Families of Low Socioeconomic Status
Music enrichment programs may be a high-impact, low-cost strategy to address socioeconomic disparities
Play With Me
Change in hyper-palatable food availability in the US food system over 30 years
Objective: To quantify the change in availability of hyper-palatable foods (HPF) in the US foods system over 30 years (1988–2018). Design: Three datasets considered representative of the US food system were used in analyses to represent years 1988, 2001 and 2018. A standardised definition from Fazzino et al. (2019) that specifies combinations of nutrients was used to identify HPF. Setting: Analysis of food-item level data was conducted. Differenc…
Caregiver feeding decisions and sociodemographic characteristics are associated with snack food intake during infancy and toddlerhood
The effects of a music enrichment program on parent-infant interactions during mealtime
Characterization of a Vigorous sucking style in early infancy and its predictive value for weight gain and eating behaviors at 12 months
Associations between Parental and Child Screen Time and Quality of the Home Environment
(1) Background: The recommendation for screen use among preschool-aged children is ≤ 1 h per day. We aimed to assess the relationship between parental and child screen use and home environment characteristics. (2) Methods: Thirty-six 3-to-4-year-old healthy children were recruited. Parents reported their own and their child's weekday and weekend daytime screen use. The child's home environment and parent-child interactions were assessed using the…
The association of food insecurity with the relative reinforcing value of food, BMI, and gestational weight gain among pregnant women
Development of a measure of the relative reinforcing value of food versus parent-child interaction for young children
Food and non-food reinforcement among pregnant women
Repeatability of the infant food reinforcement paradigm
Mid-childhood fruit and vegetable consumption
Play With Me
Caregiver feeding decisions and sociodemographic characteristics are associated with snack food intake during infancy and toddlerhood
Repeatability of the infant food reinforcement paradigm
Characterization of a Vigorous sucking style in early infancy and its predictive value for weight gain and eating behaviors at 12 months
The association of food insecurity with the relative reinforcing value of food, BMI, and gestational weight gain among pregnant women
Development of a measure of the relative reinforcing value of food versus parent-child interaction for young children
Food and non-food reinforcement among pregnant women
Mid-childhood fruit and vegetable consumption
Food and non-food reinforcement among pregnant women
Repeatability of the infant food reinforcement paradigm
Associations between Parental and Child Screen Time and Quality of the Home Environment
(1) Background: The recommendation for screen use among preschool-aged children is ≤ 1 h per day. We aimed to assess the relationship between parental and child screen use and home environment characteristics. (2) Methods: Thirty-six 3-to-4-year-old healthy children were recruited. Parents reported their own and their child's weekday and weekend daytime screen use. The child's home environment and parent-child interactions were assessed using the…
The association of food insecurity with the relative reinforcing value of food, BMI, and gestational weight gain among pregnant women
Development of a measure of the relative reinforcing value of food versus parent-child interaction for young children
Change in hyper-palatable food availability in the US food system over 30 years
Objective: To quantify the change in availability of hyper-palatable foods (HPF) in the US foods system over 30 years (1988–2018). Design: Three datasets considered representative of the US food system were used in analyses to represent years 1988, 2001 and 2018. A standardised definition from Fazzino et al. (2019) that specifies combinations of nutrients was used to identify HPF. Setting: Analysis of food-item level data was conducted. Differenc…
Caregiver feeding decisions and sociodemographic characteristics are associated with snack food intake during infancy and toddlerhood
The effects of a music enrichment program on parent-infant interactions during mealtime
Characterization of a Vigorous sucking style in early infancy and its predictive value for weight gain and eating behaviors at 12 months
The impact of a community-based music program during infancy on the quality of parent–child language interactions
The early language environment, especially high-quality, contingent parent–child language interactions, is crucial for a child's language development and later academic success. In this secondary analysis study, 89 parent–child dyads were randomly assigned to either the Music Together® (music) or play date (control) classes. Children were 9- to 15-month old at baseline, primarily white (86.7%) and female (52%). Measures of conversational turns (C…
The impact of a music enrichment program during infancy and early toddlerhood on effortful control at age 3
Effortful control (EC), a self‐regulation skill, is associated with long‐term developmental outcomes. Music has been associated with infant self‐regulation and may be an intervention strategy for enhancing EC during toddlerhood. This investigation included 32 parent‐child dyads from a previously conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT). Participants (9‐15‐months old at baseline) attended either a music enrichment program or a playdate control …
A Feasibility Study of a Music Enrichment Program on Relative Reinforcing Value of Food and Home Environmental Enrichment among Families of Low Socioeconomic Status
Music enrichment programs may be a high-impact, low-cost strategy to address socioeconomic disparities
Play With Me
Effects of a shared activities parenting intervention on weight outcomes in middle childhood
Parental insights into the benefits and feasibility of community-based music enrichment programs for children in economically disadvantaged areas
Children from disadvantaged backgrounds have an elevated risk for poor health and developmental outcomes. Families are less likely to participate in interventions if they feel they have been targeted because they fit a particular demographic profile. There is a need for interventions that can engage families from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Community-based music enrichment (CBME) programs support a strength-based approach by drawing upon famil…
The impact of feeding styles on unhealthy dietary intakes and weight-for-length z-scores
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (8 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Obesity (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Early childhood (4 works) · Biology (3 works)