Carlos Penilla

Biographic Data

ID5139910
NAMECarlos Penilla
GIVEN NAMESCarlos
FAMILY NAMEPenilla
SIGNATUREPENILLA C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-2212-5432
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS71
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Fathers’ Presence Makes a Difference During Children’s Evening Meals

    Open AccessCarlos Penilla, Suzanna M Martinez et al.ARTICLEHispanic Journal of Behavioral…2026

    This observational study used descriptive analysis to improve understanding of the relationship between fathers’ presence or absence, the occurrence of mothers’ feeding practices, and child eating behaviors at evening meals. Participants were 141 Mexican-origin families with children aged 8 to 10 years. We coded behavioral observations of video-recorded meals. Three parental feeding practices were established a priori : (1) pressure to eat, (2) r…

  • Engagement of adolescents with ADHD in a narrative-centered game-based behavior change environment to reduce alcohol use

    Open AccessMarianne Pugatch, Nathan J Blum et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2024

    Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects about 13% of adolescents and is associated with substance use-related morbidity and mortality. While evidence on effective interventions to reduce alcohol use among adolescents with ADHD is limited, parent-teen communication about alcohol use has been found to be protective. Other approaches, such as educational interventions, hold promise to reduce alcohol-related harms in adole…

  • Style of meal service and feeding practices among Mexican American fathers and mothers

    Open AccessCarlos Penilla, Jeanne M Tschann et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Cited by: 1References: 58

    The aim of this study was to examine video-recorded observations of evening family mealtime at home among Mexican American children to help elucidate style of meal service, fathers' and mothers' feeding practices and child's eating behavior. Consistent with guidelines for coding behaviors, we analyzed observational data of evening mealtimes of 71 Mexican American children aged eight to 10 years. Regarding style of meal service, in almost all case…

  • Fathers' feeding practices and children's weight status in Mexican American families

    Open AccessCarlos Penilla, Jeanne M Tschann et al.ARTICLEAppetite2017Cited by: 9References: 52

  • Preferred Child Body Size and Parental Underestimation of Child Weight in Mexican-American Families

    Open AccessLauri A Pasch, Carlos Penilla et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016

  • Association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American children

    Open AccessAmy L Beck, Jeanne M Tschann et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective To determine the association of beverage consumption with obesity in Mexican American school-aged children. Design Cross-sectional study using the baseline data from a cohort study. Mothers and children answered questions about the frequency and quantity of the child's consumption of soda, diet soda, other sugar-sweetened beverages, 100 % fruit juice, milk and water. The questions were adapted from the Youth/Adolescent FFQ. Children wer…

  • Acculturation, Parent‐Adolescent Conflict, and Adolescent Adjustment in Mexican American Families

    Open AccessLauri A Pasch, Julianna Deardorff et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2006Cited by: 61References: 8

    We tested an acculturation model in a community sample of Mexican American families (146 mothers, 137 fathers, and 146 adolescents) that proposed that differences between parents and adolescents in acculturation would be associated with parent‐adolescent conflict and adolescent adjustment problems. Contrary to hypotheses, we found that families who exhibited an acculturation gap were not more likely to report parent‐adolescent conflict or adolesc…