Richard Boles, PhD

Research Interests

Publications

• Cushing CC, Bishop-Gilyard CT, Boles RE, Reiter-Purtill J, Zeller MH. Caregiver concern in adolescents with persistent obesity: the importance of quality of life assessment. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2013 Jan;34(1):9-14. PubMed PMID: 23275053
• Boles RE, Scharf C, Filigno S, Saelens B, Stark L. Differences in home food and activity environments between obese and healthy weight families of preschool children. J Nutr Edu Behav. (in press).
• Brannon EE, Kuhl ES, Boles RE, Aylward BS, Ratcliff MB, Valenzuela JM, Johnson SL, Powers SW. Strategies for recruitment and retention of families from low-income, minority backgrounds in a longitudinal study of caregiver feeding and child weight. Children’s Health Care.
• Bellows LL, Johnson SL, Davies PL, Anderson J, Gavin WJ, Boles RE. The Colorado LEAP study: rationale and design of a study to assess the short term longitudinal effectiveness of a preschool nutrition and physical activity program. BMC Public Health. 2013 Dec 9;13(1):1146. PubMed PMID: 24321701
• Boles RE, Reiter-Purtill J, Zeller MH. Persistently obese youth: interactions between parenting styles and feeding practices with child temperament. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Dec;52(12):1098-106. PubMed PMID: 23884967
• Boles RE, Gunnarsdottir T. Family Meals Protect against Obesity: Exploring the Mechanisms. J Pediatr. 2014 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25454313
• Boles RE, Burdell A, Johnson SL, Gavin WJ, Davies PL, Bellows LL. Home food and activity assessment. Development and validation of an instrument for diverse families of young children. Appetite. 2014 Sep;80:23-7. PubMed PMID: 24798760
• Johnson SL, Boles RE, Burger KS. Using participant hedonic ratings of food images to construct data driven food groupings. Appetite. 2014 Aug;79:189-96. PubMed PMID: 24769294
• Towner EK, Reiter-Purtill J, Boles RE, Zeller MH. Predictors of caregiver feeding practices differentiating persistently obese from persistently non-overweight adolescents. Appetite. 2015 Jan;84:120-7. PubMed PMID: 25246031
• Johnson SL, Davies PL, Boles RE, Gavin WJ, Bellows LL. Young Children's Food Neophobia Characteristics and Sensory Behaviors Are Related to Their Food Intake. J Nutr. 2015 Nov;145(11):2610-6. PubMed PMID: 26423739
• Boles, R. E., Halbower, A. Daniels, S., Gunnarsdottir, T., Whitesell. N., Johnson, S. (Accepted). Family chaos and child functioning in relation to sleep problems among children at risk for obesity. Behavioral Sleep Medicine. NIHMSID 738176.
• Yun L, Boles RE, Haemer MA, Knierim S, Dickinson LM, Mancinas H, Hambidge SJ, Davidson AJ. A randomized, home-based, childhood obesity intervention delivered by patient navigators. BMC Public Health. 2015 May 23;15:506. PubMed PMID: 26002612
• Thompson DA, Johnson SL, Vandewater EA, Schmiege SJ, Boles RE, Lev J, Tschann JM. Parenting and Preschooler TV Viewing in Low-Income Mexican Americans: Development of the Parenting Practices Regarding TV Viewing (PPRTV) Scale. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2016 Jul-Aug;37(6):465-74. PubMed PMID: 27355878
• Boles RE, Halbower AC, Daniels S, Gunnarsdottir T, Whitesell N, Johnson SL. Family Chaos and Child Functioning in Relation to Sleep Problems Among Children at Risk for Obesity. Behav Sleep Med. 2016 Jan 8;:1-15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26745822
• Rhodes, E. T., Boles, R. E., Chin, K., Christison, A., Getzoff-Testa, E., Guuion, K., Hawkins, M. J., Petty, C. R., Gaffka., B. S., Santos, M., Shaffer, L., Tucker, J., & Hampl, S.E. Expectations for Treatment in Pediatric Weight Management and Relationship to Attrition. Childhood Obesity (Accepted)
• Shadlow, JO, Boles, RE, Roberts, MC, & Winston, L. Native American children and their reports of hope: Construct validation of the children's hope scale. Journal of Child and Family Studies 2014 May;1-8. DOI 10.1007/s10826-014-9974-8
• Boles, R. E., Lourdes, L., Hambidge, S., & Davidson, A. Impacting the home food and activity environment of families of preschool children receiving home based treatment for obesity. Clinical Pediatrics.
• Bellows LL, Davies PL, Courtney JB, Gavin WJ, Johnson SL, Boles RE. Motor skill development in low-income, at-risk preschoolers: A community-based longitudinal intervention study. J Sci Med Sport. 2017 Nov;20(11):997-1002. PubMed PMID: 28506451
• Thorsteinsdottir, S., Gunnarsdottir, T., Boles, R., & Njardvik, U. Weight status and disordered sleep in preschool children, parents’ negative mood states and marital status. Children's Health Care (in press).
• Johnson SL, Ryan SM, Kroehl M, Moding KJ, Boles RE, Bellows LL. A longitudinal intervention to improve young children's liking and consumption of new foods: findings from the Colorado LEAP study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2019 Jun 3;16(1):49. PubMed PMID: 31159810
• Zeng N, Johnson SL, Boles RE, Bellows LL. Social-ecological correlates of fundamental movement skills in young children. J Sport Health Sci. 2019 Mar;8(2):122-129. PubMed PMID: 30997258
• Hibbs-Shipp SK, Boles RE, Johnson SL, McCloskey ML, Hobbs S, Bellows LL. Development of a Quality Score for the Home Food Environment Using the Home-IDEA2 and the Healthy Eating Index-2010. Nutrients. 2019 Feb 12;11(2). PubMed PMID: 30759760
• Bellows LL, Boles RE, Hibbs-Shipp SK, Burdell A, Johnson SL. Checklist to Capture Food, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Devices in the Home Environment: The Home Inventory Describing Eating and Activity (Home-IDEA2). J Nutr Educ Behav. 2019 May;51(5):589-597. PubMed PMID: 30733165
• Boles RE, Johnson SL, Burdell A, Davies PL, Gavin WJ, Bellows LL. Home food availability and child intake among rural families identified to be at-risk for health disparities. Appetite. 2019 Mar 1;134:135-141. PubMed PMID: 30553878
• Boles RE, Moore JM, Glover JJ. The role of ethics consultation in decision making for bariatric surgery in pediatrics. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2020 Feb;29(1):150884. PubMed PMID: 32238293
• Pickard, K., Blakeley-Smith, A., Boles, R., Duncan, A., Keefer, A., O’Kelley, S., & Reaven, J. (2020). Examining the sustained use of a cognitive behavioral therapy program for youth with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring anxiety. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101532
• Boles RE, Johnson SL, Burdell A, Davies PL, Gavin WJ, Bellows LL. Home food availability and child intake among rural families identified to be at-risk for health disparities. Appetite. 2018 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30553878
• Andersen LM, Boles RE, Kaar JL, Gance-Cleveland B, Gauthier KI, Cason-Wilkerson R, Federspiel D, Valenzuela M, Thompson DA. Use of the Delphi Technique to Obtain Community Input on Leading Contributors to Early Childhood Obesity in Latino Communities. Hisp Health Care Int. 2018 Sep;16(3):113-119. PubMed PMID: 30207164
• Njardvik U, Gunnarsdottir T, Olafsdottir AS, Craighead LW, Boles RE, Bjarnason R. Incorporating Appetite Awareness Training Within Family-Based Behavioral Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. J Pediatr Psychol. 2018 Oct 1;43(9):1017-1027. PubMed PMID: 30010923
• Moore JM, Glover JJ, Jackson BM, Coughlin CR 2nd, Kelsey MM, Inge TH, Boles RE. Development and application of an ethical framework for pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery evaluation. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2020 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33191162
• Blakeley-Smith A, Meyer AT, Boles RE, Reaven J. Group cognitive behavioural treatment for anxiety in adolescents with ASD and intellectual disability: A pilot and feasibility study. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33410240
• Gupta R, Khoury J, Jenkins TM, Ehrlich S, Boles R, et al. (2020) A Bivariate Mixed Model Approach in Characterizing the Evolution of Lon- gitudinal Body Mass Index and Quality of Life Processes in Adolescents with Severe Obesity Following Bariatric Surgery: A 5-Year Follow-Up of the Teenlabs Cohort. Ann Biom Biostat 5(1): 1033.
• Knierim SD, Moore SL, Raghunath SG, Yun L, Boles RE, Davidson AJ. Home Visitations for Delivering an Early Childhood Obesity Intervention in Denver: Parent and Patient Navigator Perspectives. Matern Child Health J. 2018 Nov;22(11):1589-1597. PubMed PMID: 29936658
• Thompson DA, Schmiege SJ, Johnson SL, Vandewater EA, Boles RE, Zambrana RE, Lev J, Tschann JM. Screen-Related Parenting Practices in Low-Income Mexican American Families. Acad Pediatr. 2018 Sep - Oct;18(7):820-827. PubMed PMID: 29777781
• Barrett KJ, Hibbs-Shipp SK, Hobbs S, Boles RE, Johnson SL, Bellows LL. Validation of a Home Food Environment Instrument Assessing Household Food Patterning and Quality. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 3;13(11). PubMed PMID: 34836185
• Blakeley-Smith A, Meyer AT, Boles RE, Reaven J. Group Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for Anxiety in Autistic Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2021 May;34(3):777-788. PubMed PMID: 33410240
• • Increasing Access and Reach: Implementing School-Based CBT for Anxiety in Students with ASD or Suspected ASD. Judy Reaven, Allison T. Meyer, Katherine Pickard, Richard E. Boles, Lisa Hayutin, Caitlin Middleton, Nuri M. Reyes, Susan L. Hepburn, Tanea Tanda, Aubyn Stahmer & Audrey Blakeley-Smith (2021) Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1941430
• Thompson DA, Johnson SL, Schmiege SJ, Vandewater EA, Boles RE, Lev J, Tschann JM. Beliefs About Child TV Viewing in Low-Income Mexican American Parents of Preschoolers: Development of the Beliefs About Child TV Viewing Scale (B-TV). Matern Child Health J. 2018 Jun;22(6):849-857. PubMed PMID: 29423583
• Cardel MI, Tong S, Pavela G, Dhurandhar E, Miller D, Boles R, Haemer M. Youth Subjective Social Status (SSS) is Associated with Parent SSS, Income, and Food Insecurity but not Weight Loss Among Low-Income Hispanic Youth. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Dec;26(12):1923-1930. PubMed PMID: 30421861
• White GE*, Boles RE*, Courcoulas AP, Yanovski SZ, Zeller MH, Jenkins TM, Inge TH (*Co-First Author). A Prospective Cohort of Alcohol use and Alcohol-related Problems Before and After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents. Ann Surg. 2022 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36538630
• Bellows LL, Lou Y, Nelson R, Reyes LI, Brown RC, Mena NZ, Boles RE. A Narrative Review of Dietary Assessment Tools for Preschool-Aged Children in the Home Environment. Nutrients. 2022 Nov 12;14(22). PubMed PMID: 36432478
• DeVries L, Pickard K, Boles R, Blakeley-Smith A, Duncan A, Keefer A, Klinger L, Meyer A, Reaven J. The Role of Maternal Anxiety in Treatment Response for Youth with ASD and Co-occurring Anxiety. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35678890
• Campbell EG, Alasmar A, Lawrence R, Kurpius-Brock M, DeCamp M, Kovar A, Schoen J, Inge T, Kelsey MM, Boles R, Engel S. Barriers to metabolic bariatric surgery in adolescents: results of a qualitative study. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2022 Jun;18(6):794-802. PubMed PMID: 35474008
• Haemer M, Tong S, Bracamontes P, Gritz M, Osborn B, Perez-Jolles M, Shomaker L, Steen E, Studts C, Boles R. Randomized-controlled trial of a whole-family obesity prevention and treatment intervention designed for low-income Hispanic families: HeLP the healthy living program. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Dec;135:107359. PubMed PMID: 37852530
• Reaven J, Pickard K, Meyer AT, Hayutin L, Middleton C, Reyes NM, Tanda T, Stahmer A, Blakeley-Smith A, Boles RE. Implementing school-based cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety in students with autism or suspected autism via a train-the-trainer approach: Results from a clustered randomized trial. Autism. 2023 May 19;:13623613231175951. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37208894
• Frazier JA, Li X, Kong X, Hooper SR, Joseph RM, Cochran DM, Kim S, Fry RC, Brennan PA, Msall ME, Fichorova RN, Hertz-Picciotto I, Daniels JL, Lai JS, Boles RE, Zvara BJ, Jalnapurkar I, Schweitzer JB, Singh R, Posner J, Bennett DH, Kuban KCK, O'Shea TM. Perinatal Factors and Emotional, Cognitive, and Behavioral Dysregulation in Childhood and Adolescence. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Dec;62(12):1351-1362. PubMed PMID: 37207889
• Barrett KJ, Hibbs-Shipp S, Hobbs S, Boles RE, Nelson TL, Johnson SL, Bellows LL. Maternal Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Associated with Higher BMI Among Preschool-Aged Children: A Cross-Sectional Study. Child Obes. 2023 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36888544
• White GE, Boles RE, Courcoulas AP, Yanovski SZ, Zeller MH, Jenkins TM, Inge TH. A Prospective Cohort of Alcohol Use and Alcohol-related Problems Before and After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents. Ann Surg. 2023 Sep 1;278(3):e519-e525. PubMed PMID: 36538630
• DeVries L, Pickard K, Boles R, Blakeley-Smith A, Duncan A, Keefer A, Klinger L, Meyer A, Reaven J. The Role of Maternal Anxiety in Treatment Response for Youth with ASD and Co-occurring Anxiety. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Dec;54(6):1789-1798. PubMed PMID: 35678890
• Associations between marital status and weight loss trajectories entering into early adulthood: a Teen-LABS study. Keeley Jean Pratt, Richard Boles, Marc Michalsky, Thomas Inge, & Todd Jenkins. SOARD (ACCEPTED).
• Cognitive function after adolescent bariatric surgery. Burke, E., Gunstad, J., Jenkins T., Boles, R., Mitchell, J., Inge, T. SOARD (ACCEPTED).
• A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Two School-Based Interventions for Autistic Youth with Anxiety. Pickard, K., Maddox, B., Boles, R., Reaven, J. BMC Psychiatry (ACCEPTED).
• Bellows LL, Boles RE, Hibbs-Shipp SK, Burdell A, & Johnson SL.Development of a Comprehensive Checklist to Capture Food, Physical Activity and Sedentary Devices in the Home Environment: The Home Inventory Describing Eating and Activity (Home-IDEA2). Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Professional Memberships

• ASMBS, Regular Associate

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Behavioral Medicine
• Certified Behavioral Health Psychologist, Certificate (0001)

• Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Obesity
• Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - Nutrition
• Food, Nutrition and Metabolism