Xiaozhong Wen, State University of New York at Buffalo
Assistant Professor
Buffalo, New York
xiaozhon@buffalo.edu
Office:
(716) 829-6811
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Xiaozhong Wen can speak to the media about issues related to obesity in infants and young children, including lifestyle factors during pregnancy, such as maternal diet and smoking. His work focuses on the developmental origins of obesity, including epigenetics.Wen’s research centers on infant die...
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Bio/Research
Xiaozhong Wen can speak to the media about issues related to obesity in infants and young children, including lifestyle factors during pregnancy, such as maternal diet and smoking. His work focuses on the developmental origins of obesity, including epigenetics.Wen’s research centers on infant diet and health, toddlers and self-regulation and how maternal behaviors during pregnancy, such as smoking, may affect health risk factors, including obesity, in babies.His studies have shown that preschoolers whose parents have rules about what their children can and cannot eat have healthier eating habits than those raised without such rules, and that dietary patterns of children vary according to the racial, ethnic and educational backgrounds of their mothers.His team has recently developed a multi-component behavioral intervention to help pregnant women quit smoking successfully, which could improve birth outcomes and also prevent childhood obesity.
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