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Considering J.Lo and Ugly Betty: a qualitative examination of risk factors and prevention targets for body dissatisfaction, eating disorders, and obesity in young Latina womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Body Image 9:381-7. 2012..These results have implications for the development of programs targeting body dissatisfaction and risk for eating disorders and obesity in Latina college women...- Racial/ethnic differences in adults in randomized clinical trials of binge eating disorderDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 80:186-95. 2012..The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic differences in demographic characteristics and eating disorder symptoms in participants enrolled in treatment trials for BED... - Psychometric properties of measures of eating disorder risk in Latina college womenDebra L Franko
Northeastern University, Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Int J Eat Disord 45:592-6. 2012..Latina college women are at risk for eating disorders (EDs), but assessment is problematic, because the psychometric properties of risk factor measures have not been evaluated with this group... - Expanding our understanding of the relationship between negative life events and depressive symptoms in black and white adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Psychol Med 34:1319-30. 2004..Little is known about the extent to which negative life events predict depressive symptoms in ethnically diverse groups or whether this relationship is proximal or enduring... - Prevalence and comorbidity of major depressive disorder in young black and white womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, 203 Lake Hall Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
J Psychiatr Res 39:275-83. 2005..This study reports the prevalence and comorbidity of depression in two large samples of black and white young adult women... - Cross-ethnic differences in eating disorder symptoms and related distressDebra L Franko
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:156-64. 2007..This study investigated ethnic differences in the frequency of eating disorder symptoms and related distress in a U.S. college-based eating disorders screening program... - Suicidality in eating disorders: occurrence, correlates, and clinical implicationsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 26:769-82. 2006..Patients with eating disorders, particularly those with comorbid disorders, should be assessed routinely for suicidal ideation, regardless of the severity of eating disorder or depressive symptoms... - Correlates of persistent thinness in black and white young womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, 203 Lake Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Obes Res 13:2006-13. 2005..To examine health and psychosocial correlates of persistent thinness in black and white young adult women... - Does adolescent depression predict obesity in black and white young adult women?Debra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Psychol Med 35:1505-13. 2005..To examine whether adolescent depressive symptoms predict young adult body mass index (BMI) and obesity in black and white women... - How do eating disorders and alcohol use disorder influence each other?Debra L Franko
Harvard Eating Disorders Center, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 38:200-7. 2005..Although eating disorders and alcohol use disorder (AUD) are known to co-occur, the influence of one on the other has not been studied... - The relationship between meal frequency and body mass index in black and white adolescent girls: more is lessD L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:23-9. 2008..To document meal frequency and its relationship to body mass index (BMI) in a longitudinal sample of black and white girls from ages 9-19 years... - Psychosocial and health consequences of adolescent depression in Black and White young adult womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Health Psychol 24:586-93. 2005..Prevention efforts for depressed adolescents should be broadly focused to improve young adult outcomes... - Food, mood, and attitude: reducing risk for eating disorders in college womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Health Psychol 24:567-78. 2005..At follow-up, significantly fewer women in the FMA group reported overeating and excessive exercise relative to controls... - What predicts suicide attempts in women with eating disorders?D L Franko
Harvard Eating Disorders Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Psychol Med 34:843-53. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine predictors of serious suicide attempts in women with eating disorders... - Interactions between eating disorders and drug abuseDebra L Franko
Department of Psychiatry, Harris Center for Eating Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 196:556-61. 2008..Drug abuse in women with eating disorders is an area of clinical concern and should be monitored routinely... - What's love got to do with it? Family cohesion and healthy eating behaviors in adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5000, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:360-7. 2008..To examine the association between family cohesion and behaviors linked to health or overweight in adolescents... - The role of body dissatisfaction as a risk factor for depression in adolescent girls: are the differences Black and White?Debra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, 210B Lake Hall, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
J Psychosom Res 53:975-83. 2002..This review underscores the need for future research with a variety of ethnic minority groups to better understand the etiology of adolescent depression... - A pilot intervention to reduce eating disorder risk in Latina womenDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, 203 Lake Hall, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:436-41. 2008..The current study tested the effects of an eating disorder risk reduction programme (Food, Mood and Attitude (FMA)) with Latina women... - Motivation, self-efficacy, physical activity and nutrition in college students: randomized controlled trial of an internet-based education programDebra L Franko
Northeastern University, Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, 203 Lake Hall, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Prev Med 47:369-77. 2008..MyStudentBody.com-Nutrition (MSB-N) is an internet-based nutrition and physical activity education program for college students... - Measuring eating concerns in Black and White adolescent girlsDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5000, USA
Int J Eat Disord 35:179-89. 2004..Few instruments exist to measure eating concerns in adolescent girls from diverse ethnic backgrounds... - Primary prevention of risk factors for eating disorders in adolescent girls: learning from practiceCatherine Steiner-Adair
Harvard Eating Disorders Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Int J Eat Disord 32:401-11. 2002..DISCUSSION: The program was feasible, safe, and resulted in positive and maintained changes in knowledge and weight satisfaction for adolescent girls... - Longitudinal patterns of breakfast eating in black and white adolescent girlsAnn M Albertson
Northeastern University, Department of Counseling Psychology, 203 Lake Hall, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2282-92. 2007..The objective was to describe the pattern of breakfast eating over time ("breakfast history") and examine its associations with BMI and physical activity... - Secondary prevention for eating disorders: the impact of education, screening, and referral in a college-based screening programAnne E Becker
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 36:157-62. 2004..Clinicians should, therefore, be vigilant for nonadherence to treatment recommendations and proactive in facilitating treatment... - Self-reported symptoms of depression in late adolescence to early adulthood: a comparison of African-American and Caucasian femalesDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Adolesc Health 37:526-9. 2005..Caucasian girls' scores decreased over time, whereas scores for African-American girls were fairly consistent. Future studies are needed to examine age-specific risk factors in adolescent girls... - Personality pathology and substance abuse in eating disorders: a longitudinal studyHeather Thompson-Brenner
Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:203-8. 2008..This study investigates longitudinal associations between personality and substance use... - Drug abuse in women with eating disordersDavid B Herzog
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:364-8. 2006..Drug abuse in women with eating disorders has received relatively little attention. The frequency of drug use disorder (DUD) by specific drug type was examined in the current longitudinal study... - What mediates the relationship between family meals and adolescent health issuesDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 5000, USA
Health Psychol 27:S109-17. 2008..To determine whether the frequency of family meals in childhood is associated with positive health outcomes in adolescence through the mediating links of increased family cohesion and positive coping skills... - Ethnicity and differential access to care for eating disorder symptomsAnne E Becker
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 33:205-12. 2003..The impact of ethnicity on access to health care for eating disorder symptoms among participants in the 1996 National Eating Disorders Screening Program (NEDSP) was examined in two studies... - Eating disorder symptomatology: prevalence among Latino college freshmen studentsMae Lynn Reyes-RodrÃguez
University North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, UNC Eating Disorders Program, 101 Manning Drive, CB 7160, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7160, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:666-79. 2010..Eating disorder symptoms occur frequently in Puerto Rican college students, and prevention, detection, and treatment efforts are needed... - Weight suppression predicts weight change over 5 years in bulimia nervosaDavid B Herzog
Harris Center, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Ste 200, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Psychiatry Res 177:330-4. 2010..Because weight gain could spur radical dieting that maintains BN, these results have important treatment implications... - Race, ethnicity, and eating disorders: considerations for DSM-VDebra L Franko
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, The Harris Center for Eating Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:S31-4. 2007 - Longitudinal behavioral effects of a school-based fruit and vegetable promotion programJessica A Hoffman
Northeastern University, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 35:61-71. 2010..This study examined the longitudinal effects of a school-based program on kindergarten and first grade children's fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption... - Disclosure patterns of eating and weight concerns to clinicians, educational professionals, family, and peersAnne E Becker
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 38:18-23. 2005..Asking about an eating disorder may enhance detection and facilitate treatment in clinical settings... - Predictors of treatment utilization among women with anorexia and bulimia nervosaPamela K Keel
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:140-2. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Women with more severe pathology have higher treatment utilization rates. This pattern may explain the seeming lack of treatment efficacy for eating disorders outside of randomized controlled studies... - Diagnostic crossover in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: implications for DSM-VKamryn T Eddy
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02214, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:245-50. 2008..This study was designed to examine diagnostic crossover longitudinally in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa to inform the validity of the DSM-IV-TR eating disorders classification system... - Longitudinal comparison of anorexia nervosa subtypesKamryn T Eddy
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 31:191-201. 2002..The high crossover rate in our sample from ANR to ANBP suggests that ANR represents a phase in the course of AN rather than a distinct subtype... - Cultural issues in eating pathology and body image among children and adolescentsJessica B Edwards George
Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655 0002, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 35:231-42. 2010..S; however, there is substantial variability across studies. Future directions include the need for studies of prevalence, prevention and treatment research, and investigations of neurobiological and genetic variables... - A personality classification system for eating disorders: a longitudinal studyHeather Thompson-Brenner
Massachusetts General Hospital, 2 Longfellow Place, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Compr Psychiatry 49:551-60. 2008..Longitudinal outcomes for personality subtypes have not been examined... - Interpretation and use of weight information in the evaluation of eating disorders: counselor response to weight information in a National Eating Disorders Educational and Screening ProgramAnne E Becker
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 37:38-43. 2005..These results suggest that further specific emphasis on the health risks of extreme underweight may be helpful in training clinicians to manage patients with eating disorders... - Should bulimia nervosa be subtyped by history of anorexia nervosa? A longitudinal validationKamryn T Eddy
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:S67-71. 2007..To determine whether a past diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (AN) predicts longitudinal course and outcome among women with bulimia nervosa (BN)... - Strategic memory in adults with anorexia nervosa: are there similarities to obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders?Bonnie J Sherman
Center for Excellence in Women s Health, Boston University Medical Center, and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:468-76. 2006..This study evaluated nonverbal strategic memory in AN outpatients using an approach previously applied to OC spectrum disorders... - Psychological correlates of gluten-free diet adherence in adults with celiac diseaseJessica B Edwards George
Department of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BIDMC, The Celiac Center, Harvard Medical School, Northeastern University, Boston, MA02215 5491, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 43:301-6. 2009..To determine whether personality traits and psychological characteristics are related to gluten-free diet (GFD) adherence in an adult population diagnosed with celiac disease (CD)... - Insulin restriction and associated morbidity and mortality in women with type 1 diabetesAnn E Goebel-Fabbri
Behavioral and Mental Health Research, Suite 350, Joslin Diabetes Center, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Diabetes Care 31:415-9. 2008..To determine whether insulin restriction increases morbidity and mortality in women with type 1 diabetes... - Changes in weight and body image over time in women with eating disordersRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Int J Eat Disord 36:315-27. 2004..This study examined the changes in body image and weight in young women with an adolescent eating disorder, relative to women without an eating disorder (noED)... - Definitions of night eating in adolescent girlsRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Obes Res 12:1311-21. 2004..To describe the prevalence of night eating in a community cohort of black and white girls, using different definitions of night eating as described in the literature... - Exploring the typology of night eating syndromeRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Int J Eat Disord 41:411-8. 2008..This study explored potential subtypes based on night eating patterns and features reported to be associated, with NES in a representative community sample of 8,250 individuals aged 15-39 years... - Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination of women with anorexia nervosaMaria Christina Stewart
Department of Psychology, University of Hawai i, HI 96822, USA
Eur Eat Disord Rev 16:311-8. 2008..Findings support the existence of stigma toward individuals with AN. Future research should examine means of reducing stigma... - Race differences in accuracy of self-reported childhood body size among white and black womenAlison E Field
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Obes Res 12:1136-44. 2004..To assess the relation of self-reported current and recalled preadolescent body size to measured BMI (kilograms per meter squared) and interviewer's assessment of body size... - Sexual assault and disordered eating in Asian womenLareina N La Flair
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 16:248-57. 2008.... - Epidemiology of binge eating disorderRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Int J Eat Disord 34:S19-29. 2003..First described over 50 years ago, binge eating disorder (BED) only recently has become the focus of epidemiologic studies. This article provides a comprehensive review of these studies... - A collaborative approach to nutrition education for college studentsTara M Cousineau
Inflexxion, Newton, Massachusetts 02464, USA
J Am Coll Health 53:79-84. 2004..Their findings emphasize the need for targeted resources for college students and the importance of using students' suggestions in developing nutrition programs... - Caffeine intake in eating disordersRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06549, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:162-5. 2006..The current study compares caffeine consumption in females with an eating disorder and females without an eating disorder... - An empirical study of the typology of bulimia nervosa and its spectrum variantsRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 0408, USA
Psychol Med 35:1563-72. 2005..There is an ongoing debate about the best way to classify eating disorders. This study examined potential subtypes of bulimia nervosa... - Postremission predictors of relapse in women with eating disordersPamela K Keel
Department of Psychology, E11 Seashore Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:2263-8. 2005..The authors sought to evaluate patterns and predictors of relapse among women with eating disorders... - The relationship of breakfast and cereal consumption to nutrient intake and body mass index: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyBruce A Barton
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore 21210, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:1383-9. 2005..Days eating cereal was predictive of lower BMI. CONCLUSIONS: Cereal consumption as part of an overall healthful lifestyle may play a role in maintaining a healthful BMI and adequate nutrient intake among adolescent girls... - Fruit and vegetable intake: Few adolescent girls meet national guidelinesRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Prev Med 42:223-8. 2006..To examine longitudinal changes in daily fruit and vegetable consumption among black and white adolescent girls and calculate the percent of girls who met the Healthy People 2010 recommendations... - Night eating: prevalence and demographic correlatesRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:139-47. 2006..To examine the prevalence and correlates of night eating, the core behavioral symptom of night eating syndrome among adolescents and adults, using two public access survey databases of nationally representative samples... - Breakfast consumption by African-American and white adolescent girls correlates positively with calcium and fiber intake and negatively with body mass indexSandra G Affenito
Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:938-45. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Dietetics professionals need to promote the importance of consuming breakfast to all children and adolescents, especially African-American girls... - Self-esteem in adolescent femalesFrank M Biro
Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:501-7. 2006..Self-esteem is a major "predictor" of satisfaction with life. This longitudinal study examined mean and individual changes in self-esteem, and how self-esteem is affected by race and body mass... - Correlates of beverage intake in adolescent girls: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 0408, USA
J Pediatr 148:183-7. 2006.... - Deaths by suicide among individuals with anorexia as arbiters between competing explanations of the anorexia-suicide linkJill M Holm-Denoma
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
J Affect Disord 107:231-6. 2008..Suicide is a leading cause of death among individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). In this paper, we examined competing explanations of the high rate of death by suicide among individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN)... - Longitudinal assessment of micronutrient intake among African-American and white girls: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudySandra G Affenito
Department of Nutrition, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, CT, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1113-23. 2007..This report describes intake of key micronutrients relative to the Dietary Reference Intakes in a sample of African-American and white girls... - Childhood overweight and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health StudyDouglas R Thompson
Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA
J Pediatr 150:18-25. 2007..To estimate the prevalence and incidence of overweight in African-American and Caucasian girls, and to examine associations between adolescent overweight and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors... - Should night eating syndrome be included in the DSM?Ruth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, 207 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:544-9. 2006.... - Public-health approach to eating disordersC Barr Taylor
Lancet 369:1928. 2007 - Should binge eating disorder be included in the DSM-V? A critical review of the state of the evidenceRuth H Striegel-Moore
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 4:305-24. 2008..The clinical utility and validity of BED have been established, and BED is distinguishable from both bulimia nervosa and obesity. BED should be included in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders... - Residential treatment for eating disordersMaria J Frisch
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Int J Eat Disord 39:434-42. 2006..The current study describes residential treatment for eating disorders in the United States... - A pilot study of a multimedia puberty module for middle schoolersMeredith Watt
Inflexxion, Inc, Newton, MA 02141, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 37:211-2. 2005 - Arts-based therapies in the treatment of eating disordersMaria J Frisch
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Eat Disord 14:131-42. 2006.... - Federal advocacy for anorexia nervosa: an American modelJeanine C Cogan
Eating Disorders Coalition, Washington, DC 20003, USA
Int J Eat Disord 37:S101-2. 2005..Federal advocacy in the United States is spearheaded by the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, and Action (EDC) whose mission is to advance the federal recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority... - Concern over ready-to-eat breakfast cerealsDouglas Thompson
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1617-8; author reply 1619-20. 2008
Research Grants
- Depression in Black and White Adolescent GirlsDebra Franko; Fiscal Year: 2002....