Rate My Professor Loan Kim

Professor Kim has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to key research reports. Selected publications include "Calories and sugars in boba milk tea: implications for obesity risk in Asian Pacific Islanders" (Food Science & Nutrition, 2016), "A qualitative study to examine perceptions and barriers to appropriate gestational weight gain among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)" (Journal of Pregnancy, 2016), "Loneliness and friendlessness among adolescents in 25 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean" (Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2019), "Physical inactivity and sedentariness: languorous behavior among adolescents in 80 countries" (Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022), and "Ethnic identity, body appreciation, and intuitive eating in a national sample of U.S. adults" (Eating Behaviors, 2025). She co-authored the 2023 Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey and the Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey on COVID adaptations for the National WIC Association. Her achievements include the Seaver College Impact Award (2025), National WIC Association Leadership Award (2022), Best Paper of 2021 Award from the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, UCLA Dean's Outstanding Student Award (2011), and American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2009-2011).