Leann L. Birch•llb15@psu.edu

Professor and Head

Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1975

110 Henderson South Bldg.; Penn State University;
University Park, PA 16802

Phone: (814) 863-0053_Fax: (814) 863-7963

Research Interests
  • Food preference in children
  • Regulation of food intake in children
  • Emergence of dieting
  • Problems of energy balance in school-age girls

Publications
  • Cutting, T.M., Fisher, J.O., Grimm-Thomas, K., and Birch, L. L. Like mother, like daughter: Familial patterns of overweight are mediated by mothers' dietary disinhibition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69:608-613, 1999.

  • Fisher, J.O. and Birch, L.L. Restricting access to a palatable food affects children's behavioral response, food selection and intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69:1264-1272, 1999.

  • Birch, L.L. Development of food preferences. Annual Review of Nutrition, 19:41-62, 1999.

  • Birch, L.L. and Fisher, J.O. Mother's child-feeding practices influence daughters' eating and weight. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71:1054-1061, 2000.