Publications
Zuercher JL, Kranz S. College eating 101: Factors influencing students' food decisions. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health, 5(1), 2012.
Zuercher JL, Kranz S. Toddlers and preschoolers consume more dietary fiber when high-fiber lunch items are served. Childhood Obesity, 8(1): 71-75, 2012.
Kranz S, Brauchla M, Slavin J, Miller K. What do we know about dietary fiber intake in children and health? The effects of fiber on constipation, obesity, and diabetes in children. Advances in Nutrition, 3: 1-7, 2012.
Zuercher JL, Wagstaff DA, Kranz S. Associations of food group and nutrient intake, diet quality, and meal sizes between adults and children in the same household: a cross-sectional analysis of U.S. households. Nutrition Journal. Nov 28;10(1):131, 2011, PMCID: PMC3281797.
Zuercher JL, Grace E, Kranz S. Comparing diet quality in childcare center menus after revision. Childhood Obesity, 7(5): 392-399, 2011.
Kranz S, Marshall YW, Wight A, Bordi PL, Kris-Etherton PM. Liking and consumption of high- fiber snacks in preschool-age children. Food Quality and Preference. 22(5): 486-489, 2011.
Jilcott SB, Liu H, DuBose KD, Chen S, Kranz S. A mixed-methods examination of food stamp participation, meals away from home, body mass index, and waist circumference. J Nutr Educ Behav 43(2):110-115, 2011.
Cheng G, Gerlach S, Libuda L, Kranz S, Günther ALB, Karaolis-Danckert N, Kroke A, Buyken AE. Diet quality in childhood is prospectively associated with the timing of puberty, but not with body composition at puberty onset. J Nutr. 140(1):95-102, 2010.
Kott PS, Guenther P, Wagstaff DA, Juan W, Kranz S. Fitting a linear model to survey data when the long-term average daily intake of a dietary component is an explanatory variable. Survey Research Methods. 3:157-165 2009.
Eng S, Wagstaff DA, Kranz S. Eating late in the evening is associated with childhood obesity in some age groups but not in all children: the relationship between time of consumption and body weight status in U.S. children. JISBNPA, 6:27, 2009. PMCID: PMC2689163
Wagstaff DA, Kranz S, Harel O. A preliminary study of active compared with passive imputation of missing body mass index values among non-Hispanic white youths. Am J Clin Nutr: 89(4):1025-30, 2009. PMCID: PMC2667453
Kranz S, Mitchell D, Smiciklas-Wright H, Huang S, Kumanyika SS, Stettler N. Consumption of recommended food groups among children from medically underserved communities. J Am Diet Assoc. 109(4):702-707, 2009. PMCID: PMC2696191
Miller P, Demark-Wahnefried W, Clutter Snyder D, Sloane R, Morey MC, Cohen H, Kranz S, Mitchell DC, Hartman TJ. Dietary supplement use among elderly, long-term cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2(3):138-148, 2008. PMCID: PMC2766274
Ruder EH, Dorgan JF, Kranz S, Kris-Etherton PM, Hartman TJ. Examining breast cancer growth and lifestyle risk factors: Early life, childhood and adolescence. Clin Breast Cancer. 8(4):334-342, 2008. PMCID: PMC2666469
Kranz S, Findeis JL, Shresta SS. Use of the Revised Diet Quality Index for Children to assess preschoolers' diet quality, its sociodemographic predictors, and its association with body weight status. J Pediatr (Rio J).84(1):26-34, 2008.
Kranz S. Mahood LJ. Wagstaff DA. Diagnostic criteria patterns of U.S. children with Metabolic Syndrome: NHANES 1999-2002. Nutr J. 6:38, 2007. PMCID: PMC2194729
Kranz S, Lin PJ, Wagstaff DA. Children's dairy intake in the United States: Too little, too fat? J Pediatr. 151(6): 642-646, 2007.
Kranz S, Hartman TJ. Siega-Riz AM, Herring A. A diet quality index for American preschoolers based on current dietary intake recommendations and an indicator of energy balance. J Am Diet Assoc.106(10):1594-1604, 2006.
Kranz S. Meeting the dietary reference intakes for fiber: Socio-demographic characteristics of preschoolers with high fiber intakes. Am J Pub Health. 96(9):1538-1541, 2006. PMCID: PMC1551954
Kranz S, Findeis J. Executive Summary: Association between diet quality and childhood obesity in the U.S. pediatric population. USDA ERS Small grant# K-981834-09, 2006.
Kranz S, Smiciklas-Wright H, Francis, L.A. Diet quality, added sugar, and dietary fiber intakes in American preschoolers. Pediatr. Dent. 28(2):164-171, 2006.
Kranz S, Siega-Riz AM, Smiciklas-Wright H, Mitchell DC. Adverse effect of high added sugar consumption on dietary intake in American preschooler. J Pediatr. 146(1);105-11, 2005.
Kranz S, Mitchell DC, Siega-Riz AM, Smiciklas-Wright H. Dietary fiber intake by American preschoolers is associated with more nutrient-dense diets. J Am Diet Assoc. 105(2):221-225, 2005.
Siega-Riz AM, Kranz S, Blanchette D, Haines PS, Guilkey DK, Lin BH, Popkin BM. The effect of participation in the WIC program on preschooler's diets. J Pediatr. 144(2):229-34, 2004.
Kranz S, Siega-Riz AM, Herring AH. Changes in Diet Quality of American preschoolers between 1977 and 1998. Am J Pub Health. 94(9):1525-1530, 2004. PMCID: PMC1448488.
Kranz S, Siega-Riz AM. Executive Summary: Development of a diet quality index for preschool children and its application in examining dietary trends in the U.S. USDA ERS Small grant# K-981834-09, 2003.
Kranz S, Siega-Riz AM. Socio-demographic determinants of added sugar intake in preschoolers 2 to 5 years old. J. Pediatr. 140(6):667-672, 2002.
Enrione EB, Weeks O, Kranz S, Shen J. A vitamin E-deficient diet affects nerve regeneration in rats. Nutrition. 15(2):140-4, 1999.
Wellman NC, Weddle DO, Kranz S, Brain CT. Elder insecurities update: poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. J Am Diet Assoc. 97(10 Suppl 2):S120-S122, 1997.
Wellman NC, Weddle DO, Kranz S, Brain CT. Elder insecurities - poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. American Dietetic Association Hunger Line. (6):1-3, Spring 1996.