Jennifer Savage Williams

Professor of Nutritional Sciences

Jennifer Savage Williams

Most Recent Publications

Maternal infant feeding practices predict toddlers’ dietary exposure patterns at age 2 years

E ***Hernandez, E Hohman, M Ferrante, S Anzman-Frasca, I Paul, J Savage, Jennifer Williams, Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Sleep SAAF parenting intervention for African American mothers impacts response to infant crying: a randomized clinical trial.

E Hohman, Jennifer Williams, B Stanfield, J Lavner, Academic Pediatrics

Parent-Reported Screening Tool that Identifies Obesogenic Risk Behaviors in Infancy

Yining Ma, Lisa Baily-Davis, A Moore, Jennifer Williams,

Protective Eating Behaviors Among Children at Higher Risk for Obesity in the INSIGHT Study

Sara Harris, I Paul, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Jennifer Williams, E Hohman,

Executive functioning is linked to feeding practices and food insecurity in Head Start mothers

Nicole Skinner, A Moore, K Keller, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Sally Eagleton, Jennifer Williams, 2025,

Healthy Mom Zone Adaptive Intervention with Novel Control System and Digital Platform: Study Design and Protocol for a Randomized Control Trial to Manage Gestational Weight Gain in Pregnant Women with Overweight/Obesity

Jennifer Williams, Danielle Downs, Abigail Pauley, Danielle Rivera, Danying Shao, Sy-Miin Chow, Constantino Lagoa, Jaimey Pauli, Owais Khan, Allen Kunselman, 2024, JMIR

Applying the Family Stress Model to responsive feeding and early obesity prevention

Cara F. Ruggiero, Kaitlin M. Trexberg, Amy M. Moore, Jennifer S. Savage, 2024, Appetite

Direct Sibling Influence on Eating Behavior in Early Childhood: Siblings as Role Models and Caregivers

C Ruggiero, Amy Moore, J Savage, 2024, Academic Pediatrics on p. 119-123

Methylation profiles at birth linked to early childhood obesity

Delphine Larivier, Delphine Lariviere, Sarah J.C. Craig, Ian M. Paul, Emily E. Hohman, Jennifer S. Savage, Robert O. Wright, Francesca Chiaromonte, Kateryna D. Makova, Matthew L. Reimherr, 2024, Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease on p. e7

Protective Eating Behaviors Among Children at Higher Risk for Obesity in the INSIGHT Study

S Harris, Ian Paul, S Anzman-Frasca, Jennifer Savage Williams, Emily E. Hohman, 2024, Obesity and Weight Management on p. 76-83

Most-Cited Papers

Effect of the INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention on rapid infant weight gain and overweight status at Age 1 year: A randomized clinical trial

Jennifer S. Savage, Leann L. Birch, Michele Marini, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Ian M. Paul, 2016, A.M.A. American journal of diseases of children on p. 742-749

Effect of a responsive parenting educational intervention on childhood weight outcomes at 3 years of age: The INSIGHT randomized clinical trial

Ian M. Paul, Jennifer S. Savage, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Michele E. Marini, Jessica S. Beiler, Lindsey B. Hess, Eric Loken, Leann L. Birch, 2018, JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association on p. 461-468

Alternatives to restrictive feeding practices to promote self-regulation in childhood: a developmental perspective

B. Y. Rollins, J. S. Savage, J. O. Fisher, L. L. Birch, 2016, Pediatric obesity on p. 326-332

INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention and infant sleep

Ian M. Paul, Jennifer S. Savage, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Michele E. Marini, Jodi A. Mindell, Leann L. Birch, 2016, Pediatrics on p. 12 pages, Open Access Journal.

INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention and infant feeding practices: randomized clinical trial

Jennifer S Savage, Emily E Hohman, Michele E Marini, Amy Shelly, Ian M Paul, Leann L Birch, 2018, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity on p. 64

Dietary patterns in infancy are associated with child diet and weight outcomes at 6 years

C. M. Rose, L. L. Birch, J. S. Savage, 2017, International Journal of Obesity on p. 783-788

INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention is associated with healthier patterns of dietary exposures in infants

Emily E. Hohman, Ian M. Paul, Leann L. Birch, Jennifer S. Savage, 2017, Obesity on p. 185-191

Right sizing prevention. Food portion size effects on children's eating and weight

Leann L. Birch, Jennifer S. Savage, Jennifer Orlet Fisher, 2015, Appetite on p. 11-16

Development of a theory-based questionnaire to assess structure and control in parent feeding (SCPF)

Jennifer S. Savage, Brandi Y. Rollins, Kari C. Kugler, Leann L. Birch, Michele E. Marini, 2017, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Eating in the absence of hunger during childhood predicts self-reported binge eating in adolescence

Katherine N. Balantekin, Leann L. Birch, Jennifer S. Savage, 2017, Eating Behaviors on p. 7-10