Iowa State University
College of Human Sciences and College of Agriculture College of Human Sciences College of Agriculture



Lorraine Lanningham-Foster

 Lorraine Lanningham-Foster image
Assistant Professor

     

    Education: Ph.D., Nutrition Science, 1999, University of Florida

    Interests: Dr. Lanningham-Foster's research focus is the relationship between diet, physical activity and pediatric obesity. The overall goal of her research is to develop pediatric obesity intervention programs.

    Office: 1117 HNSB
    Phone: (515) 294-4684
    Fax: (515) 294-6193

    Email: lmlf@iastate.edu

Publications:

  • Lanningham-Foster, L, Foster RC, McCrady SK, Mitre NG, Jensen TB, Levine JA. Activity promoting games and increased energy expenditure. J Pediatrics 2009 In press.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Levine JA. Response to letter Tremblay. Obesity 2009 In press.
  • Mitre NG, Lanningham-Foster L, Foster RC, Levine JA. Pedometer accuracy in children: can we recommend them for our obese population? Pediatrics 2009 123;e127-131.
  • Mellecker RR, McManus AM, Lanningham-Foster LM, Levine JA. The feasibility of ambulatory screen time in children. Int J Pediatr Obes 2008 Aug 8: 1-6.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, McCrady SK, Foster RC, Manohar C, Jensen TB, Mitre NG, Hill JO, Levine JA. Changing the school environment to increase physical activity in children. Obesity 2008 Aug;16(8):1849-53.
  • Foster RC, Lanningham-Foster LM, Levine JA. Optimization of accelerometers for measuring walking. Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology 2008; 222(1):53-60.
  • Levine JA, McCrady SK, Lanningham-Foster LM, Kane PH, Foster RC, Manohar CU. The role of free-living daily walking in human weight gain and obesity. 2008 Diabetes 3:548-54
  • Harris AM, Lanningham-Foster L, McCrady SK, Levine JA. Non-exercise movement in elderly compared to young people. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Apr; 292(4):E1207-12.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Jensen TB, Foster RC, Redmond AB, Walker B, Heinz D, Levine JA. The energy expenditure of sedentary screen-time compared to active screen-time in children. Pediatrics. 2006 Dec; 118(6):e1831-5.
  • Foster RC, Lanningham-Foster L, Manohar C, McCrady SK, Nysse LJ, Kaufman KR, Padgett DJ, Levine JA. Precision and accuracy of an ankle-worn accelerometer-based pedometer in step counting and energy expenditure. Prev. Med. 2005 Sep-Oct; 41(3-4):778-83.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Jensen TB, McCrady SK, Nysse LJ, Foster RC, Levine JA. Laboratory measurement of posture allocation and physical activity in children. MSSE. 2005 Oct; 37(10):1800-5.
  • Levine JA, Lanningham-Foster L, McCrady SK, Krizan AC, Olson LR, Kane PH, Jensen MD, Clark MM. Inter-individual variation in posture allocation: possible role in human obesity. Science. 2005 Jan 28; 307(5709):584-6.
  • Melanson EL, Knoll JR, Bell ML, Donahoo WT, Hill J, Nysse LJ, Lanningham-Foster L, Peters JC, Levine JA. Commercially available pedometers: considerations for accurate step-counting. Prev Med. 2004 Aug; 39(2):361-8.
  • Lee JY, Lanningham-Foster L, Boudyguina EY, Smith TL, Young ER, Colvin PL, Thomas MJ, Parks JS. Pre-beta high density lipoprotein has two metabolic fates in human apolipoprotein A-I transgenic mice. J Lipid Res. 2004 Apr; 45(4): 716-28.
  • Kiwaki K, Kotz CM, Wang C, Lanningham-Foster L, Levine JA. Orexin A (hypocretin 1) injected into hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and spontaneous physical activity in rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Apr; 286(4): E551-9.
  • Malloy SI, Altenburg MK, Knouff C, Lanningham-Foster L, Parks JP, Maeda N. Harmful effects of increased LDLR expression in mice with human APOE4 but not APOE3. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2004 Jan; 24(1): 91-7.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Nysse LJ, Levine JA. Labor saved-calories lost: the energetic impact of domestic laborsaving devices. Obesity Research 2003 Oct; 11(10): 1178-1181.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Green CL, Langkamp-Henken B, Davis BA, Nguyen KT, Bender BS, Cousins RJ. Overexpression of CRIP in transgenic mice alters cytokine patterns and the immune response. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Jun; 282(6): E1197-203.
  • Cousins RJ, Lanningham-Foster L. Regulation of cysteine-rich intestinal protein, a zinc finger protein, by mediators of the immune response. J Infect Dis. 2000 Sep; 182 Suppl 1:S81-4.
  • Davis BA, Blanchard RK, Lanningham-Foster L, Cousins RJ. Structural characterization of the rat cysteine-rich intestinal protein gene and overexpression of this LIM-only protein in transgenic mice. DNA Cell Biol. 1998 Dec: 17(12): 1057-64.
  • Lanningham-Foster L, Chen C, Chance DS, Loo G. Grape extract inhibits lipid peroxidation of human low density lipoprotein. Biol Pharm Bull. 1995 Oct; 18(10): 1347-51.
Food Science and Human Nutrition