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Modification of the school cafeteria environment can impact childhood nutrition. Results from the Wise Mind and LA Health studiesDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States Electronic address
Appetite 61:77-84. 2013..These studies confirm the hypothesis that interventions that modify the school cafeteria environment can beneficially impact childhood nutrition...
Effect of an environmental school-based obesity prevention program on changes in body fat and body weight: a randomized trialDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1653-61. 2012..Addition of a classroom/internet program to the environmental program did not enhance weight/fat gain prevention, but did impact physical activity and social support in overweight children...- Impact of a weight management program on health-related quality of life in overweight adults with type 2 diabetesDonald A Williamson
Health Psychology Department, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:163-71. 2009..We tested the efficacy of a weight management program for improving HRQOL in overweight or obese adults diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes mellitus... 
Categorical versus dimensional models of eating disorders: an examination of the evidenceDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
Int J Eat Disord 37:1-10. 2005..Until recently, researchers have not directly addressed which of these models, categorical versus dimensional, is most valid...- Microanalysis of eating behavior of three leptin deficient adults treated with leptin therapyDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Appetite 45:75-80. 2005..These results are discussed in the context of the scientific literature pertaining to leptin and its effects on appetite and obesity... - Efficacy of an internet-based behavioral weight loss program for overweight adolescent African-American girlsD A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Eat Weight Disord 10:193-203. 2005..This randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of an internet-based lifestyle behavior modification program for weight management in African-American girls... - Effects of consuming mycoprotein, tofu or chicken upon subsequent eating behaviour, hunger and safetyDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 USA
Appetite 46:41-8. 2006..These findings have significant implications for the development of foods that are low in kilojoules, but are also filling... - Association of body size estimation and age in African-American femalesD A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Eat Weight Disord 10:216-21. 2005..The pattern of body image estimates across a large age range suggests that younger African-American women, in comparison to older African-American women, may have body images that may make them more susceptible to eating disorders... - Two-year internet-based randomized controlled trial for weight loss in African-American girlsDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1231-43. 2006..A randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of an internet-based lifestyle behavior modification program for African-American girls over a 2-year period of intervention... - Measurement of dietary restraint: validity tests of four questionnairesDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Appetite 48:183-92. 2007..These findings suggest that, of the four questionnaires tested, the EI Restraint Scale was the most valid measure of the intent to diet and actual caloric restriction... - Wise Mind project: a school-based environmental approach for preventing weight gain in childrenDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70734, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:906-17. 2007.... - Does the evidence point to a binge eating phenotype?: Comment on Gordon et al. (2007) and Wonderlich et al. (2007)Donald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Int J Eat Disord 40:S72-5. 2007 - Is caloric restriction associated with development of eating-disorder symptoms? Results from the CALERIE trialDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Health Psychol 27:S32-42. 2008..This study tested a secondary hypothesis of the CALERIE trial (Heilbronn et al., 2006) that a 12-month period of intentional dietary restriction would be associated with an increase in eating disorder symptoms... - Increased obesity in children living in rural communities of LouisianaDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 4:160-5. 2009..Information on the prevalence of obesity in children living in rural communities is needed. We report the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children enrolled in grades 4 to 6 who live in rural areas of Louisiana, USA... - Adherence is a multi-dimensional construct in the POUNDS LOST trialDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
J Behav Med 33:35-46. 2010..The findings of this study indicated that adherence to a weight management program was best conceptualized as being multi-dimensional, with two dimensions: behavioral and dietary adherence... - Longitudinal study of body weight changes in children: who is gaining and who is losing weightDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:667-70. 2011..These findings support the hypothesis that overweight children tend to lose body weight and nonoverweight children tend to gain body weight... - Psychological aspects of eating disordersDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 18:1073-88. 2004..Psychotherapy approaches have been successfully employed for all three eating disorders. The review concludes with an integrative perspective that illustrates the similarities and differences of the eating disorders and obesity... - Comparison of digital photography to weighed and visual estimation of portion sizesDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 103:1139-45. 2003..The primary goal was to test the validity of digital photography for measuring food portion sizes compared with weighed foods and with direct visual estimation... - Body image assessment for obesity (BIA-O): development of a new procedureD A Williamson
Louisiana State University, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:1326-32. 2000..Separate BIA-O procedures were developed for men and women. Current, ideal and reasonable body image estimates of Caucasian and African-American men and women were compared... - Early behavioral adherence predicts short and long-term weight loss in the POUNDS LOST studyDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU System, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
J Behav Med 33:305-14. 2010..Early dietary adherence was associated with changes in insulin at 6 months (R = 0.19), but not at 24 months (R = 0.08, ns). Early dietary adherence was not associated with changes in adiposity... - Digital photography: a new method for estimating food intake in cafeteria settingsD A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Eat Weight Disord 9:24-8. 2004..The primary objective of this study was to test the comparability of digital photography and visual estimation procedures for estimating food intake... - Latent structure of eating disorder symptoms: a factor analytic and taxometric investigationDonald A Williamson
Louisiana State University and Our Lady of The Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:412-8. 2002..The latent structure of eating disorder symptoms, as defined by DSM-IV, was tested in a group of 341 women with and without an eating disorder diagnosis... - Mediators of weight loss in a family-based intervention presented over the internetMarney A White
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Obes Res 12:1050-9. 2004..It was hypothesized that variables such as program adherence, dietary self-efficacy, psychological factors, and family environment factors would mediate the effect of the experimental condition on weight loss... - Americans on diet: results from the 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by IndividualsSahasporn Paeratakul
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:1247-51. 2002..Our results suggest that the dieters generally consumed a more nutrient-dense diet than the nondieters but still low in certain nutrients... - The effect of caloric restriction interventions on growth hormone secretion in nonobese men and womenLeanne M Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Aging Cell 9:32-9. 2010..05) and LCD (19 +/- 4%, P < 0.001). A 25% CR diet for 6 months does not change GH, GH secretion or IGF-1 in nonobese men and women... - Weight-related concerns associated with smoking in young childrenDarla E Kendzor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808, USA
Addict Behav 32:598-607. 2007..113, p=.043, than non-smokers. Similar to adolescents, these results suggest that young children who have tried smoking are more concerned about weight than children who have not tried smoking... - Rigid vs. flexible dieting: association with eating disorder symptoms in nonobese womenTiffany M Stewart
Louisiana State University and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Appetite 38:39-44. 2002..These findings suggest that rigid dieting strategies, but not flexible dieting strategies, are associated with eating disorder symptoms and higher BMI in nonobese women... - Development and validation of the food-craving inventoryMarney A White
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Obes Res 10:107-14. 2002..The FCI can be used in research related to overeating and binge eating. Also, it may be useful in treatment studies that target obesity and/or food cravings... - A new dental approach for reducing food intakeHeather M Walden
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Obes Res 12:1773-80. 2004..DISCUSSION: These findings suggest that use of this tool during meals significantly reduced food intake. This reduction of food intake was not associated with changes in ratings of hunger or satiety... - Effects of stevia, aspartame, and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levelsStephen D Anton
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Appetite 55:37-43. 2010..When consuming stevia and aspartame preloads, participants did not compensate by eating more at either their lunch or dinner meal and reported similar levels of satiety compared to when they consumed the higher calorie sucrose preload... - Effect of 6-month calorie restriction on biomarkers of longevity, metabolic adaptation, and oxidative stress in overweight individuals: a randomized controlled trialLeonie K Heilbronn
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
JAMA 295:1539-48. 2006..Studies of longer duration are required to determine if calorie restriction attenuates the aging process in humans. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00099151... - Louisiana (LA) Health: design and methods for a childhood obesity prevention program in rural schoolsDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 29:783-95. 2008..The study will also recruit a similar sample of students to measure changes in body weight relative to height, gender, and age over the same three-year period... - Metabolic and behavioral compensations in response to caloric restriction: implications for the maintenance of weight lossLeanne M Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4377. 2009..Metabolic and behavioral adaptations to caloric restriction (CR) in free-living conditions have not yet been objectively measured... - Metabolic flexibility in response to glucose is not impaired in people with type 2 diabetes after controlling for glucose disposal rateJose E Galgani
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Diabetes 57:841-5. 2008.... - Sex, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and BMI in relation to self-perception of overweightSahasporn Paeratakul
Nutritional Epidemiology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
Obes Res 10:345-50. 2002.... - An environmental intervention to prevent excess weight gain in African-American students: a pilot studyRobert L Newton
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:340-3. 2010..To examine the influence of an environmental intervention to prevent excess weight gain in African-American children... - Recruiting African American girls and parents for a secondary weight gain prevention studyBetty M Kennedy
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA
J Cult Divers 15:181-6. 2008.... - Children in school cafeterias select foods containing more saturated fat and energy than the Institute of Medicine recommendationsCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
J Nutr 140:1653-60. 2010..Children's selection was high in saturated fat and, based on IOM criteria, included excess energy... - H.E.A.L.T.H.: efficacy of an internet/population-based behavioral weight management program for the U.S. ArmyTiffany Stewart
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
J Diabetes Sci Technol 5:178-87. 2011..This mandates development of scalable approaches to improve compliance with military weight standards... - The development of the Body Morph Assessment version 2.0 (BMA 2.0): tests of reliability and validityTiffany M Stewart
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Body Image 6:67-74. 2009..0 is a reliable and valid computerized measure of CBS, IBS, ABS, the CBS-IBS discrepancy (body dissatisfaction), and provides an estimate of over/underestimation of body size as compared to individuals of the same sex and body mass index... - Empirical evaluation of the ability to learn a calorie counting system and estimate portion size and food intakeCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Br J Nutr 98:439-44. 2007..It is concluded that people can learn the HMR Calorie System and improve the accuracy of portion size and food intake estimates. The PACE is a useful assessment tool to test if participants learn a calorie counting system... - Comparison of body composition methods in obese African-American womenRobert L Newton
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:415-22. 2006..To compare the accuracy of percentage body fat (%BF) estimates between bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and DXA in obese African-American women... - Behavior and lifestyle: approaches to treatment of obesityDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
J La State Med Soc 157:S50-5. 2005..Furthermore, extended length of treatment contact, weight loss satisfaction, and social support may promote positive long-term outcomes in obese adults and children... - Consistency of food intake over four eating sessions in the laboratoryCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Eat Behav 6:365-72. 2005..A secondary aim was to test the effect of dietary restraint on the food intake of female participants... - Measurement of children's food intake with digital photography and the effects of second servings upon food intakeCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Eat Behav 8:148-56. 2007..These findings support the reliability and validity of measuring children's food intake using digital photography and demonstrate its utility for studies of food intake and body weight... - Examination of cognitive function during six months of calorie restriction: results of a randomized controlled trialCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Rejuvenation Res 10:179-90. 2007..It is unclear if calorie restriction/dieting contributes to cognitive impairment. During this randomized controlled trial, the effect of 6 months of calorie restriction on cognitive functioning was tested... - Slower eating rate reduces the food intake of men, but not women: implications for behavioral weight controlCorby K Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Behav Res Ther 45:2349-59. 2007..Ratings of desire to eat, normalized for the amount of food consumed, were lower during the combined-rate meal for men and women. Thus, this basic premise of behavioral weight control was supported for men, but not for women... - Effect of 6-month calorie restriction and exercise on serum and liver lipids and markers of liver functionD Enette Larson-Meyer
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1355-62. 2008.... - Psychological adjustment during Army basic trainingPamela Davis Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Mil Med 171:157-60. 2006..61 and 0.39; all p < 0.01). Results suggest that initial levels of psychological distress are slightly elevated for anxiety but most individuals adapt to the stress of basic training, with normal levels of distress by the last week... - Effect of caloric restriction in non-obese humans on physiological, psychological and behavioral outcomesLeanne M Redman
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Physiol Behav 94:643-8. 2008.... - Multidisciplinary treatment of eating disorders--Part 1: Structure and costs of treatmentTiffany M Stewart
Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Behav Modif 28:812-30. 2004..The costs of treatment can be managed by greater utilization of the partial day hospital level of care, as opposed to lengthy inpatient hospitalization... - Development of the body checking questionnaire: a self-report measure of body checking behaviorsDeborah L Reas
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Int J Eat Disord 31:324-33. 2002.... - Changes in food intake and body weight associated with basic combat trainingDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 64000 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
Mil Med 167:248-53. 2002..These findings suggest that the overall effect of BCT was a trend toward improvement of healthy eating and healthy body weight... - Development of the Muscle Appearance Satisfaction Scale: a self-report measure for the assessment of muscle dysmorphia symptomsStephen B Mayville
Louisiana State University, Department of Psychology, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 5501, USA
Assessment 9:351-60. 2002..The authors believe the MASS will be a useful measure for research and applied work relating to muscle dysmorphia... - Effects of chromium picolinate on food intake and satietyStephen D Anton
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Diabetes Technol Ther 10:405-12. 2008..Chromium picolinate (CrPic) has been shown to attenuate weight gain, but the mechanism underlying this effect is unknown... - Military services fitness database: development of a computerized physical fitness and weight management database for the U.S. ArmyDonald A Williamson
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 4124, USA
Mil Med 174:1-8. 2009..A 2.5-year pilot test of the MSFD indicated that it monitors population and individual trends of changing body weight, %BF, and fitness in a military population... - Multidisciplinary treatment of eating disorders--Part 2: Primary goals and content of treatmentTiffany M Stewart
Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Behav Modif 28:831-53. 2004..This article is the second in a two-part article. The first article (Stewart & Williamson, 2004, this issue) described the structural organization and costs associated with this multidisciplinary treatment program... - Cognitive-behavioral theories of eating disordersDonald A Williamson
Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Behav Modif 28:711-38. 2004..The article concludes with an introduction to six articles that discuss issues related to psychiatric classification, assessment, treatment, and prevention of eating disorders... - Psychological and behavioral correlates of baseline BMI in the diabetes prevention program (DPP)Linda M Delahanty
Diabetes Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1992-8. 2002..To determine psychological and behavioral correlates of baseline BMI in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)... - The diet and health knowledge survey: development of a short interview formatEmily E York-Crowe
Louisiana State University, Yale Psychiatric Research, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, United States
Eat Behav 7:235-42. 2006..BMI level was positively related to self-reported amount of fat, cholesterol, and calories consumed... - Day hospitalization programs for eating disorders: a systematic review of the literatureStephan Zipfel
Department of General Internal and Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Int J Eat Disord 31:105-17. 2002..Partial day hospitalization programs for the treatment of eating disorders are increasingly being developed worldwide... - Eating disorder diagnoses: empirical approaches to classificationStephen A Wonderlich
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND 58107 1415, USA
Am Psychol 62:167-80. 2007..Such studies would enable the creators of the next DSM eating disorder classification to increase understanding of the advantages and disadvantages associated with choosing various diagnostic criteria sets for the eating disorders... - The effect of proposed improvements to the Army Weight Control Program on female soldiersGaston P Bathalon
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01754-5007, USA
Mil Med 171:800-5. 2006....
Research Grants
- LA Health:Primary and Secondary Obesity PreventionDonald Williamson; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results of this investigation will significantly impact public health policy related to obesity prevention in rural communities, minority communities, and in children from families that are economically disadvantaged. ..
- Wise Mind: Environmental Approach for Obesity PreventionDonald Williamson; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- INTERNET-BASED OBESITY PREVENTION FOR BLACK ADOLESCENTSDonald Williamson; Fiscal Year: 2002..Furthermore, if this approach is successful, the technology lends itself to widespread implementation. ..
- LA Health:Primary and Secondary Obesity PreventionDonald Williamson; Fiscal Year: 2009..The results of this investigation will significantly impact public health policy related to obesity prevention in rural communities, minority communities, and in children from families that are economically disadvantaged. ..