Dr. Frank A Franklin M.D.
Gastroenterologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Gastroenterology
1600 7th Ave S Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Frank Franklin is a pediatric gastroenterologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Franklin specializes in digestive system, liver or nutritional problems in children from the newborn period to their teens. Conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, chronic constipation or obesity can all be treated by a pediatric gastroenterologist.
Education and Training
University of Maryland At Baltimore / Professional Schools 1968
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Testing mediating variables in a school-based nutrition intervention program.
- Trans polyunsaturated fatty acids have more adverse effects than saturated fatty acids on the concentration and composition of lipoproteins secreted by human hepatoma HepG2 cells.
- A summary of results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC): lessons learned.
- Using cognitive mapping to develop a community-based family intervention.
- Ability of the actiwatch accelerometer to predict free-living energy expenditure in young children.
- Implementation of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake: the Hi5+ experience.
- Hi5+: systematic development of a family intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake.
- Diet quality varies by race/ethnicity of Head Start mothers.
- The impact of dairy product consumption on nutrient adequacy and weight of Head Start mothers.
- Fourth graders' reports of fruit and vegetable intake at school lunch: does treatment assignment affect accuracy?
- Impact of dairy and sweetened beverage consumption on diet and weight of a multiethnic population of head start mothers.
- Adjusting adiposity and body weight measurements for height alters the relationship with blood pressure in children.
- Mediators of maternal depression and family structure on child BMI: parenting quality and risk factors for child overweight.
- Factors associated with intention to vaccinate a daughter against HPV: a statewide survey in Alabama.
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