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A Prospective Test of the Temporal Sequencing of Risk Factor Emergence in the Dual Pathway Model of Eating Disorders [PDF]
This study investigated the temporal sequencing of the emergence of risk factors for binge eating and compensatory weight control behavior eating disorders based on the dual pathway theory.
Translating Basic Science Into Clinical Practice
Special issue of APA's Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol. 86, No. 12, December 2018. The goal is to highlight research that translates findings or principles from basic science into prevention and treatment interventions for a public health problem.
Weight Stigma Among Active Duty U.S. Military Personnel With Overweight and Obesity [PDF]
This study assessed the experience of weight-based stigma among active duty military personnel and explored the associations of weight stigma with mood and eating behaviors.
A Meta-Analytic Review of Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: The Skinny on Interventions That Work [PDF]
This meta-analytic review summarizes obesity prevention programs and their effects and investigates participant, intervention, delivery, and design features associated with larger effects.
Psychological and Behavioral Risk Factors for Obesity Onset in Adolescent Girls: A Prospective Study [PDF]
The aim of this study was to test whether behavioral and psychological risk factors predict onset of obesity during adolescence and to compare the predictive power of these factors with that of parental obesity.
Shared perspectives--The neglect of obesity
Obesity accounts for far more morbidity and mortality than all the eating disorders combined because it is much more prevalent and is associated with serious health problems (diabetes, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, colorectal cancer).
