Sheryl O Hughes, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.W.

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Sheryl O Hughes, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.W.

Professor

Phone

713-798-7095

Email

shughes@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Member: Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

Ph.D. from University Of Houston: 01/1986 - Houston, TX United States

M.A. from University Of Houston: 01/1985 - Houston, TX United States

M.S.W. from University Of Houston: 01/1981 - Houston, TX United States

B.A. from Texas Christian University: 01/1969 - Fort Worth, TX United States

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Sheryl O. Hughes Lab

Selected Publications

Hughes SO, Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Micheli, N, Papaioannou MA "Maternal feeding style and child weight status among Hispanic families with low-income levels: A longitudinal study of the direction of effects." Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021;18(1):30. Pubmed PMID: 33588844
Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Micheli N, Papaioannou MA, Hughes SO "General parenting and Hispanic mothers’ feeding practices and styles." Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(2):380. Pubmed PMID: 33419088
Hughes SO, Power TG, Beck AD, Betz D, Goodell LS, Hopwood V, Jaramillo JA, Lanigan J, Martinez AD, Micheli N, Guerrero YO, Overath I, Parker L, Ramos G, Thompson YP, Papaioannou MA, Johnson SL "Twelve-month efficacy of an obesity prevention program targeting Hispanic families with preschoolers from low-income backgrounds." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 Aug;53(8):677-690. Pubmed PMID: 34148764
Power TG, Beck AD, Fisher JO, Micheli N, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Observations of maternal feeding practices and styles and young children’s weight status: A longitudinal study of Hispanic mothers with low incomes." Child Obes. 2021;17(1):16-25. Pubmed PMID: 33253009

Hughes SO, Power TG, Orlet Fisher J, Mueller S, Nicklas TA "Revisiting a neglected construct: parenting styles in a child-feeding context.." Appetite. 2005 Feb;44(1):83-92. Pubmed PMID: 15604035
Hughes SO, Shewchuk RM, Baskin ML, Nicklas TA, Qu H "Indulgent feeding style and children's weight status in preschool.." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2008 Oct;29(5):403-10. Pubmed PMID: 18714209
Hughes SO, Power TG, Papaioannou MA, Cross MB, Nicklas TA, Hall SK, Shewchuk RM "Emotional climate, feeding practices, and feeding styles: an observational analysis of the dinner meal in Head Start families.." Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2011;8:60. Pubmed PMID: 21663653
Hughes SO, Power TG, O'Connor TM, Fisher JO, Chen T "Maternal feeding styles and food parenting practices as predictors of longitudinal changes in weight status in Hispanic preschoolers from low-income families." J Obes. 2016;2016:7201082. Pubmed PMID: 27429801
Power TG, Beck A, Silva Garcia K, Aguilar ND, Hopwood V, Ramos G, Guerrero YO, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Low-income, Latina mothers’ scaffolding of preschooler’s behavior in a stressful situation and children’s self-regulation: A longitudinal study." Parent Sci Pract. 2020;
Momin SR, Senn MK, Buckley S, Buist NRM, Gandhi M, Hair AB, Hughes SO, Hodges KR, Lange WC, Papaioannou MA, Phan M, Waterland RA, Wood AC "Rationale and design of the Baylor Infant Twin Study (BITS) - A study assessing obesity-related risk factors from infancy." Obes Sci Pract. 2020;7(1):63-70. Pubmed PMID: 33680493
Arlinghaus KR, Power TG, Hernandez DC, Johnston CA, Hughes SO "The association between maternal depressive symptomology and child dinner dietary quality among Hispanic Head Start families." Prev Med Rep. 2020;20:101196. Pubmed PMID: 32983852
Wood AC, Blissett JM, Brunstrom JM, Carnell S, Faith MS, Fisher JO, Hayman LL, Khalsa AS, Hughes SO, Miller AL, Momin SR, Welsh JA, Woo JG, Haycraft E; AHA Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; et al "Caregiver influences on eating behaviors in young children: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association." J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9(10):e014520. Pubmed PMID: 32389066
Hughes SO, Power TG, Beck A, Betz D, Goodell LS, Hopwood V, Jaramillo JA, Lanigan J, Martinez AD, Micheli N, Olivera Y, Overath I, Parker L, Ramos G, Thompson YP, Johnson SL "Short-term effects of an obesity prevention program among low-income Hispanic families with preschoolers." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2020;52(3):224-239. Pubmed PMID: 31917129
Zucker NL, Hughes SO "The persistence of picky eating: Opportunities to improve our strategies and messaging." Pediatrics. 2020;145(6):e20200893. Pubmed PMID: 32457217
Power TG, Hidalgo-Mendez J, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Micheli N, Hughes SO "Obesity risk in Hispanic children: Bidirectional associations between child eating behavior and child weight status over time." Eat Behav. 2020;36:101366. Pubmed PMID: 31962209
Hughes SO, Power TG, Baker SS, Barale KV, Lanigan JD, Parker L, Silva Garcia K, Aragon MC, Johnston CA, Micheli N "Pairing feeding content with a nutrition education curriculum: A comparison of online and in-class delivery." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2020;52(3):314-325. Pubmed PMID: 31866256
Hidalgo-Mendez J, Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Child weight status and accuracy of perceived child weight status as predictors of Latina mothers’ feeding practices and styles." Appetite. 2019;142:104387. Pubmed PMID: 31369764
Fries LR, van der Horst K, Moding KJ, Hughes SO, Johnson SL "Consistency between parent-reported feeding practices and behavioral observation during toddler meals." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019;51(10):1159-1167. Pubmed PMID: 31540865
O’Connor TM, Elias C, Thompson RR, Arlinghaus KR, Vollrath K, Hernandez DC, Power TG, Hughes SO "The association of TV viewing during dinner meals with quality of dietary intake and BMI z-scores among low income ethnic minority preschool children." Appetite. 2019;140:231-238. Pubmed PMID: 31121200
Kamdar N, Hughes SO, Chan W, Power T, Meininger J "Indirect effects of food insecurity on body mass index through feeding style and dietary quality among low-income Hispanic preschoolers." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019;51(7):876-884. Pubmed PMID: 30975581
Haines J, Haycraft E, Lytle L, Nicklaus S, Kok FJ, Merdji M, Fisberg M, Moreno L, Goulet O, Hughes SO "Nurturing children's healthy eating: Position statement." Appetite. 2019;137:124-133. Pubmed PMID: 30797837
Power TG, Johnson SL, Beck AD, Martinez AD, Hughes SO "The Food Parenting Inventory: Factor structure, reliability, and validity in a low-income, Latina sample." Appetite. 2019;134:111-119. Pubmed PMID: 30508613
Momin SR, Hughes SO, Elias C, Papaioannou MA, Phan M, Vides D, Wood AC "Observations of toddlers’ sensory-based exploratory behaviors with a novel food." Appetite. 2018;130:108-116. Pubmed PMID: 30171913
Hughes SO, Papaioannou MA "Maternal predictors of child dietary behaviors and weight status." Curr Nutr Rep. 2018;7(4):268-273. Pubmed PMID: 30350172
Power TG, Silva Garcia K, Beck A, Goodell S, Johnson SL, Hughes SO "Observed and self-reported assessments of caregivers’ feeding styles: Variable- and person-centered approaches for examining relationships with children’s eating behaviors." Appetite. 2018;130:174-183. Pubmed PMID: 30099067
Arlinghaus KR, Vollrath K, Hernandez DC, Momin S, O’Connor TM, Power TG, Hughes SO "Authoritative parent feeding style is associated with better child dietary quality at dinner among low-income minority families." Am J Clin Nutr. 2018;108(4):730-736. Pubmed PMID: 30169719
Wood AC, Momin S, Senn M, Hughes SO "Pediatric eating behaviors as the intersection of biology and parenting: Lessons from the birds and the bees." Curr Nutr Rep. 2018;7(1):1-9. Pubmed PMID: 29892784
Silva Garcia K, Power TG, Beck AD, Fisher JO, Goodell LS, Johnson SL, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Stability in the feeding practices and styles of low-income mothers: Questionnaire and observational analyses." Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2018;15:28. Pubmed PMID: 29566714
Galindo L, Power TG, Beck AD, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Predicting preschool children’s eating in the absence of hunger from maternal pressure to eat: A longitudinal study of low-income, Latina mothers." Appetite. 2017;120:281-286. Pubmed PMID: 28899652
Vaughn AE, Ward DS, Fisher JO, Faith MS, Hughes SO, Kremers S, Musher-Eizenman DR, O’Connor TM, Patrick H, Power TG "Fundamental constructs in food parenting practices: A content map to guide future research." Nutr Rev. 2016;74(2):98-117. Pubmed PMID: 26724487
Power TG, Olivera YA, Hill RA, Beck AD, Hopwood V, Garcia KS, Ramos GG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Emotion regulation strategies and childhood obesity in high risk preschoolers." Appetite. 2016;107:623-627. Pubmed PMID: 27620645
Silva Garcia K, Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor T, Hughes SO "Latina mothers’ influences on child appetite regulation." Appetite. 2016;103:200-207. Pubmed PMID: 27083128
Hughes SO, Power TG, Beck A, Betz D, Calodich S, Goodell LS, Hill LG, Hill R, Jaramillo JA, Johnson SL, Lanigan J, Lawrence A, Martinez AD, Nesbitt M, Overath I, Parker L, Ullrich-French S "Strategies for Effective Eating Development—SEEDS: Design of an obesity prevention program to promote healthy food preferences and eating self-regulation in children from low-income families." J Nutr Educ Behav. 2016;48(6):405-418.e1. Pubmed PMID: 27288192
Lopez BA, Nicholson JS, Garcia RN, Johnson HR, Power TG, Hughes SO "Review and meta-analysis for the caregiver's feeding styles questionnaire administered to low-income families." Eat Behav. 2022;46:101659.
Fisher JO, Hughes SO, Miller AL, Horodynski MA, Brophy-Herb HE, Contreras D, Kaciroti N, Peterson KE, Rosenblum KL, Appugliese D, Lumeng JC "Characteristics of eating behavior profiles among preschoolers with low-income backgrounds: a person-centered analysis." Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2022;19(1):91.
Papaioannou MA, Micheli N, Power TG, Fisher JO, Hughes SO "Associations between independent assessments of child appetite self-regulation: A narrative review." Front Nutr.;8:810912.
Arlinghaus KR, O’Connor DP, Ledoux TA, Hughes SO, Johnston CA "Exploratory decision trees to predict obesity intervention response among Hispanic American youth." Child Obes. 2022;
Pérez L, Vizcarra M, Hughes SO, Papaioannou MA "Food parenting practices and feeding styles, and their relations with weight status in children in Latin America and the Caribbean." Int J Environ Res Public Healt. 2022;19(4):2027.
Aragón MC, Auld G, Baker SS, Barale KV, Garcia KS, Micheli N, Parker L, Lanigan JD, Power TG, Hughes SO "Implementation science strategies promote fidelity in the Food, Feeding, and Your Family study." J Nurt Educ Behav. 2021;53(12):1028-1037.
Power TG, Beck A, Silva Garcia K, Aguilar ND, Hopwood V, Ramos G, Guerrero YO, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Hughes SO "Low-income Latina mothers’ scaffolding of preschoolers’ behavior in a stressful situation and children’s self-regulation: A longitudinal study." Parent Sci Pract. 2022;22(2):161-187.
Papaioannou MA, Micheli N, Power TG, O’Connor TM, Fisher JO, Hughes SO "Maternal feeding styles and child appetitive traits: direction of effects in Hispanic families with low incomes." Front Public Health. 2022;10:871923.
Power TG, Fisher JO, O’Connor TM, Micheli N, Papaioannou MA, Hughes SO "Self-regulatory processes in early childhood as predictors of Hispanic children’s BMI z-scores during the elementary school years: Differences by acculturation and gender." Appetite. 2022;168:105778.
Hughes SO, Power TG, Baker SS, Barale KV, Aragon C, Lanigan JD, Parker L, Silva Garcia K, Auld G, Johnston CA, Micheli N "Short-term efficacy of a childhood obesity prevention program designed to pair feeding content with nutrition education." 2022;