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Lori A. Francis

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Pennsylvania State University

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College of Health and Human Development

Biobehavioral Health

Lori A. Francis is currently serving as a Biobehavioral Health Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University.

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Lori A. Francis

Pennsylvania State University

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

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public health behavioral sciences obesity child development health sciences pediatrics adolescent health childhood obesity mental health human nutrition child nutrition dietary health adolescence nutrition education maternal health pediatric obesity women's health health psychology nutrition child health early childhood development early childhood adolescent psychology health disparities behavioral nutrition family psychology public health nutrition educational psychology nutritional epidemiology community health young children preschool children clinical nutrition developmental psychology regional studies food choice lifespan development parental care developmental epidemiology human variation health prevention hunger indigenous peoples executive function appetite control racial equity weight status poor youth family studies preventive medicine obstetrics and gynaecology psychological science translational psychiatry disparate impact adolescent medicine family diversity white supremacy lifestyle changes dietetics practice dietetics education prevention science behavioral health social epidemiology diabetes management parent-child feeding strategies counterproductive effects child characteristics maternal child-feeding style rapid weight gain body mass indexes parental weight status television viewing child weight status child feeding african-american mothers maternal influences neighborhood characteristics obesity management biobehavioral factors lifestyle modification behavior change (public health) body weight health promotion

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Racial Trauma and Black Mothers’ Mental Health: Does Cognitive Flexibility Buffer the Effects of Racialized Stress?. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2025)

Gabriela S. ReviLori A. Francis

health inequalitiesracial equityvulnerabilityracial discriminationblack mothersmental healthracialized stresshealth disparitiessocial determinants of healthracial traumacognitive flexibilitypublic healthpsychologyafrican american studiesracial prejudicestress (biology)minority stress

What Makes Home Visits Effective? an Examination of Therapeutic Mechanisms in the Recipe 4 Success Preventive Intervention. Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2025)

Sarah M. BraatenRobert L. NixSukhdeep GillMichelle M. HostetlerCheryl B. McNeilLori A. FrancisMark E. FeinbergCynthia A. Stifter

early childhoodtherapeutic mechanismspreventive healthcarehome visitspublic healthsuccess preventive intervention

A Preventive Intervention Promoting Toddlers' Self‐Regulation Improves Parental Resilience in the Future. Family Relations (2024)

Ye Rang ParkRobert L. NixLori A. FrancisSukhdeep GillMark E. FeinbergMichelle L. HostetlerCynthia A. Stifter

preventive interventionchild developmentpublic health

Stress-Induced Eating in Rural Adolescents: Unique Variability Among Boys and Adolescents With Obesity. Appetite (2024)

Lori A FrancisBrandi Y RollinsElissa S EpelRegina H Lozinski

appetite controlrural adolescentsstress-induced eatinghealth sciencesadolescent healthobesity

Understanding Risk and Causal Mechanisms for Developing Obesity in Infants and Young Children: A National Institutes of Health Workshop. Obesity Reviews (2024)

Kjersti M. AagaardShari L. BarkinCharles F. BurantSusan CarnellEllen DemerathSharon M. DonovanIhuoma EneliLori A. FrancisDiane Gilbert‐DiamondMarie‐France HivertMonique K. LeBourgeoisRuth J. F. LoosJulie C. LumengAlison L. MillerAnthony D. OkelyStavroula K. OsganianAmelie G. RamirezLeonardo TrasandeLinda V. Van HornMelissa WakeRosalind J. WrightSusan Z. Yanovski

obesity medicinemetabolic healthobesity managementyoung childrenyoung children.child nutritionchild developmentpediatricschildhood obesitypediatric obesitypublic healthcausal mechanismsdevelopmental epidemiologymetabolic syndromeobesity

Designing a Childhood Obesity Preventive Intervention Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: The Healthy Bodies Project. Clinical Trials (2023)

Lori A FrancisRobert L NixRhonda BeLueKathleen L KellerKari C KuglerBrandi Y RollinsJennifer S Savage

health preventionchildhood obesityhealth policyhealthy bodies projectpublic healthclinical researchhealth sciencesmultiphase optimization strategy

Applying Developmental Science Concepts to Improve the Applicability of Children’s Food Preference Learning Research. Child Development Perspectives (2022)

Stephanie Anzman‐FrascaKameron J. ModingCatherine A. ForestellLori A. Francis

educationdevelopmental science conceptschild developmentdevelopmental science

Contributors. Elsevier eBooks (2022)

Ron AltermanJeffrey E. ArleKerry BradleySergio CanaveroSteven M. FalowskiChad W. FarleyYakov GologorskyJianwen Wendy GuH. Louis JournéeJohn KastOlga KhazenJoachim K. KraussVignessh KumarMark LentRobert M. LevyAndres M. LozanoCharles MackelGeorge T. MandyburBryan L. McLaughlinDaniel R. MerrillAlon Y. MogilnerGabi MolnarGuillermo A. MonsalveRichard B. NorthYunseo Linda ParkJohn ParkerShrey PatelJulie G. PilitsisFrancisco A. PonceJason E. PopeAdolfo Ramirez-ZamoraLouis J. RasoJoshua M. RosenowJay L. ShilsPeter SingleKonstantin V. SlavinMichael D. StaudtMark M. SteckerHuy Q. Truong

Daily Food Insecurity Predicts Lower Positive and Higher Negative Affect: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Muzi NaNan DouYujie LiaoSara Jimenez RinconLori A. FrancisJennifer E. Graham-EngelandLaura E. Murray-KolbRunze Li

well-beingresiliencepositive psychologyhuman nutritionenvironmental psychologybehavioral sciencespublic healthdaily food insecurityhealth sciences

Examining the Role of Food Form on Children's Self-Regulation of Energy Intake. Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Nicole A. ReighBarbara J. RollsLori A. FrancisKristin A. BussJohn E. HayesMarion M. HetheringtonKameron J. ModingSamantha M. R. KlingKathleen L. Keller

food formchild nutritionenergy intakebehavioral scienceschild development

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Lori A. Francis

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

Pennsylvania State University

Affiliations

College of Health and Human Development

Biobehavioral Health

Lori A. Francis is currently serving as a Biobehavioral Health Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Pennsylvania State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Lori A. Francis

Pennsylvania State University

Professor of Biobehavioral Health

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Racial Trauma and Black Mothers’ Mental Health: Does Cognitive Flexibility Buffer the Effects of Racialized Stress?. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2025)

Gabriela S. ReviLori A. Francis

What Makes Home Visits Effective? an Examination of Therapeutic Mechanisms in the Recipe 4 Success Preventive Intervention. Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2025)

Sarah M. BraatenRobert L. NixSukhdeep GillMichelle M. HostetlerCheryl B. McNeilLori A. FrancisMark E. FeinbergCynthia A. Stifter

early childhoodtherapeutic mechanismspreventive healthcarehome visitspublic healthsuccess preventive intervention

A Preventive Intervention Promoting Toddlers' Self‐Regulation Improves Parental Resilience in the Future. Family Relations (2024)

Ye Rang ParkRobert L. NixLori A. FrancisSukhdeep GillMark E. FeinbergMichelle L. HostetlerCynthia A. Stifter

preventive interventionchild developmentpublic health

Stress-Induced Eating in Rural Adolescents: Unique Variability Among Boys and Adolescents With Obesity. Appetite (2024)

Lori A FrancisBrandi Y RollinsElissa S EpelRegina H Lozinski

appetite controlrural adolescentsstress-induced eatinghealth sciencesadolescent healthobesity

Understanding Risk and Causal Mechanisms for Developing Obesity in Infants and Young Children: A National Institutes of Health Workshop. Obesity Reviews (2024)

Designing a Childhood Obesity Preventive Intervention Using the Multiphase Optimization Strategy: The Healthy Bodies Project. Clinical Trials (2023)

Lori A FrancisRobert L NixRhonda BeLueKathleen L KellerKari C KuglerBrandi Y RollinsJennifer S Savage

health preventionchildhood obesityhealth policyhealthy bodies projectpublic healthclinical researchhealth sciencesmultiphase optimization strategy

Applying Developmental Science Concepts to Improve the Applicability of Children’s Food Preference Learning Research. Child Development Perspectives (2022)

Stephanie Anzman‐FrascaKameron J. ModingCatherine A. ForestellLori A. Francis

educationdevelopmental science conceptschild developmentdevelopmental science

Contributors. Elsevier eBooks (2022)

Daily Food Insecurity Predicts Lower Positive and Higher Negative Affect: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study. Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Muzi NaNan DouYujie LiaoSara Jimenez RinconLori A. FrancisJennifer E. Graham-EngelandLaura E. Murray-KolbRunze Li

well-beingresiliencepositive psychologyhuman nutritionenvironmental psychologybehavioral sciencespublic healthdaily food insecurityhealth sciences

Examining the Role of Food Form on Children's Self-Regulation of Energy Intake. Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

Nicole A. ReighBarbara J. RollsLori A. FrancisKristin A. BussJohn E. HayesMarion M. HetheringtonKameron J. ModingSamantha M. R. KlingKathleen L. Keller

food formchild nutritionenergy intakebehavioral scienceschild development

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