Investigator: Leann Birch

Academic title	Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
College	College of Health and Human Development
Campuses	Penn State University Park
Department	Human Development and Family Studies
Graduate programs	Human Development and Family Studies Nutrition Integrative Biosciences

Phone

814 863 0053

Educational background

A.B., California State University, Long Beach, 1971
A.M., University of Michigan, 1973
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1975

Areas of expertise

Adipose Tissue	Adolescent Behavior
Appetite	Eating Disorders
Attitude to Health	Body Composition
Body Image	Body Weight
Breast Feeding	Energy Intake
Carbonated Beverages	Child Behavior
Child Development	Child Nutrition Physiology
Choice Behavior	Diet
Diet, Reducing	Dietary Carbohydrates
Dietary Fats	Eating
Environment	Family
Family Health	Feeding Behavior
Food	Food Deprivation
Food Habits	Food Preferences
Gender Identity	Hunger
Infant Food	Infant Nutrition Physiology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice	Maternal Behavior
Milk	Minerals
Models, Biological	Mother-Child Relations
Mothers	Motor Activity
Nutritional Status	Obesity
Parent-Child Relations	Parents
Phobic Disorders	Puberty
Research	Self Concept
Social Environment	Sports
Television	Vegetables
Vitamins	Health Behavior
Body Mass Index	Parenting
Guidelines as Topic	Dietary Supplements
Models, Psychological	Child Psychology
Social Behavior	Weight Loss
Calcium, Dietary	Dairy Products
Phosphorus	Bone Density
Metabolic Syndrome X

Publication author name

Birch L
Birch LL

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