Alicia Beltran

Biographic Data

ID6256024
NAMEAlicia Beltran
GIVEN NAMESAlicia
FAMILY NAMEBeltran
SIGNATUREBELTRÁN A
AFFILIATIONSChildren's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
ORCID0000-0003-3888-7500
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • The feasibility of passively tracking children's TV viewing and mobile device use in naturalistic settings

    Open AccessTeresia M O'Connor, Tatyana Garza et al.ARTICLEBehaviour and Information…2026

    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…

  • Factor structure of food and physical activity parenting practices among US fathers by ethnicity and survey language

    Open AccessSalma Musaad, Salma M A Musaad et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Parenting practices contribute to children’s eating and physical activity behaviors, and thereby their risk of obesity and associated medical conditions. Fathers may engage in different parenting practices than mothers. The objective of this study was therefore to establish psychometrically sound tools in English and Spanish for measuring Physical Activity Parenting Practices (PAPP) and Food Parenting Practices (FPP) for Hispanic and non-Hispanic…

  • Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices

    Open AccessJohn A Jimenez-Garcia, Louise C Mâsse et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025

    Objective: This study aims to identify fathers’ profiles integrating food parenting practices (FPP) and physical activity parenting practices (PAPP). Design: We analysed cross-sectional data. The fathers completed the reduced FPP and PAPP item banks and socio-demographic and family dynamics (co-parenting and household responsibility) questionnaires. We identified fathers’ profiles via latent profile analysis. We explored the influence of social d…

  • Selection and use of vegetable parenting practices did not vary by parent feeding styles

    Open AccessAlicia Beltran, Rosemary Demet et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022Cited by: 2References: 21

  • Vegetable parenting practices vary by feeding styles among middle class mothers of young children

    Open AccessAlexis C Wood, Mackenzie K Senn et al.ARTICLEAppetite2022References: 49

  • Predicting habits of vegetable parenting practices to facilitate the design of change programmes

    Open AccessTom Baranowski, Tzu-An Chen et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    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…

  • Predicting use of effective vegetable parenting practices with the Model of Goal Directed Behavior

    Open AccessCassandra S Diep, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    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

    Open AccessTom Baranowski, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    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

    Open AccessTzu-An Chen, D Valleur et al.ARTICLEAppetite2015References: 49

    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

  • Dimensions of vegetable parenting practices among preschoolers

    Tom Baranowski, Tzu-An Chen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 3References: 22

  • The Children's Behavior Questionnaire very Short Scale

    Open AccessEster F C Sleddens, Sheryl O Hughes et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2012

    Little research has been conducted on the psychometrics of the very short scale (36 items) of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire, and no one-item temperament scale has been tested for use in applied work. In this study, 237 United States caregivers completed a survey to define their child's behavioral patterns (i.e., Surgency, Negative Affectivity Effortful Control) using both scales. Psychometrics of the 36-item Children's Behavior Questionna…

  • Reply to Putnam's Commentary on Promise of, Problems with, and Potential Refinement of the “Extremely Short Form of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire”

    Open AccessEster F C Sleddens, Sheryl O Hughes et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2012

  • A model of goal directed vegetable parenting practices

    Open AccessMelanie Hingle, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEAppetite2012Cited by: 7References: 21

  • Children’s accuracy of portion size estimation using digital food images

    Open AccessTom Baranowski, Janice Baranowski et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2011

    Objective To test the effect of image size and presence of size cues on the accuracy of portion size estimation by children. Design Children were randomly assigned to seeing images with or without food size cues (utensils and checked tablecloth) and were presented with sixteen food models (foods commonly eaten by children) in varying portion sizes, one at a time. They estimated each food model’s portion size by selecting a digital food image. The…

  • N-Propylthiouracil sensitivity and obesity status among ethnically diverse children

    Open AccessJanice Baranowski, Janice C Baranowski et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010

    Objective To examine the relationship of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) sensitivity to BMI while statistically controlling for demographic characteristics in two age groups of children: 9–10 years and 17–18 years ( n 1551). Design Cross-sectional design with a multi-ethnic (White, African-American, Hispanic, Other) sample of 813 children aged 9–10 years and 738 children aged 17–18 years. Children were recruited from local elementary and high schools…

  • Parenting practices are associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in pre-school children

    Open AccessTeresia M O'Connor, Sheryl O Hughes et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010

    Objective Parents may influence children’s fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption in many ways, but research has focused primarily on counterproductive parenting practices, such as restriction and pressure to eat. The present study aimed to assess the association of diverse parenting practices to promote F&V and its consumption among pre-school children. Design An exploratory analysis was performed on cross-sectional data from 755 Head Start pre-s…

  • Fruit and vegetables are similarly categorised by 8–13-year-old children

    Open AccessKarina Knight Sepulveda, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2009

    Objective This exploratory study assessed how 8–13-year-old children categorised and labelled fruit and vegetables (FaV), and how these were influenced by child characteristics, to specify second-level categories in a hierarchical food search system for a computerised 24 h dietary recall (hdr). Design Two sets of food cards, sixty-seven for fruit (F) and sixty-four for vegetables (V), with pictures and names of FaV from ten professionally defined…

  • Mixed foods are similarly categorized by 8–13 year old children

    Open AccessAlicia Beltran, Karina Knight Sepulveda et al.ARTICLEAppetite2008References: 19