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Stress reactivity and adiposity of youthJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:2303-10. 2007..Data from two studies were combined to determine the relationship between reactivity to interpersonal stress and the adiposity of children...
Increasing healthy eating vs. reducing high energy-dense foods to treat pediatric obesityLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:318-26. 2008..The objective was to compare targeting increased eating of healthy foods vs. reducing intake of high energy-dense foods within the context of a family-based behavioral weight control program...- Food characteristics, long-term habituation and energy intake. Laboratory and field studiesLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 60:40-50. 2013.... - Usual energy intake mediates the relationship between food reinforcement and BMILeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1815-9. 2012..Research is needed to develop methods of modifying RRV(food) to determine experimentally whether manipulating food reinforcement would result in changes in body weight... - Food reinforcement and obesity. Psychological moderatorsLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 58:157-62. 2012..This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00962117... - Food reinforcement, the dopamine D2 receptor genotype, and energy intake in obese and nonobese humansLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Behav Neurosci 121:877-86. 2007..No effect of the DAT1 genotype was observed. These data show that individual differences in food reinforcement may be important for obesity and that the DRD2 genotype may interact with food reinforcement to influence energy intake... - Price and maternal obesity influence purchasing of low- and high-energy-dense foodsLeonard H Epstein
University at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 86:914-22. 2007..Limited laboratory research has assessed the effect of price changes on food purchases, and no research on individual differences that may interact with price to influence purchases exists... - The influence of parenting change on pediatric weight controlRichard I Stein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Obes Res 13:1749-55. 2005..Parenting style was examined as a predictor of weight loss maintenance in behavioral family-based pediatric obesity treatment... - Slow rates of habituation predict greater zBMI gains over 12 months in lean childrenLeonard H Epstein
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, USA
Eat Behav 12:214-8. 2011..Future research is needed to understand the mechanism for this effect, and assess whether the habituation phenotype interacts with other behavioral phenotypes, such as food reinforcement, to influence increases in zBMI... 
Food reinforcement and impulsivity in overweight children and their parentsLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Eat Behav 9:319-27. 2008..29). This study suggests that food reinforcement may be more similar between parents and children than behavioral impulsivity, though additional research using other measures of relative reinforcing value and impulsivity is warranted...- Habituation of salivation and motivated responding for food in childrenLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 41:283-9. 2003..These results are consistent with the general process theory of motivation that suggests that changes in food reinforced responding may be due in part to habituation... - Variety influences habituation of motivated behavior for food and energy intake in childrenLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:746-54. 2009..Research has shown that variety reduces the rate of habituation, or a general reduction in the rate of responding, for low-energy-density (LED) and high-energy-density (HED) foods... - Food reinforcement and eating: a multilevel analysisLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Psychol Bull 133:884-906. 2007.... - Family-based obesity treatment, then and now: twenty-five years of pediatric obesity treatmentLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Health Psychol 26:381-91. 2007.... - The challenge of identifying behavioral alternatives to food: clinic and field studiesLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:201-9. 2005..One of the basic principles of behavioral economics interventions is identification of alternative behaviors to compete with the reinforcing value of a highly rewarding commodity... - Physical activity as a substitute for sedentary behavior in youthLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:200-9. 2005..Youth may choose to be sedentary rather than physically active... - Food reinforcementLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 46:22-5. 2006..Inhibition of dopamine transport increases brain dopamine concentrations, which may influence weight gain after smoking cessation and can reduce energy intake in obese adults... - Relationship of mother and child food purchases as a function of price: a pilot studyLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 47:115-8. 2006..These results indicate that parental food choice and purchasing behaviors may play a role in the development of children's purchasing of both healthy and unhealthy foods... - Influence of changes in sedentary behavior on energy and macronutrient intake in youthLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:361-6. 2005..Changes in sedentary behavior may be related to changes in energy intake... - The value of sedentary alternatives influences child physical activity choiceLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Int J Behav Med 11:236-42. 2004.... - Reducing sedentary behavior: the relationship between park area and the physical activity of youthLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, NY 014214 3000, USA
Psychol Sci 17:654-9. 2006..Greater access to parks was associated with greater physical activity when sedentary behaviors were reduced... - The effect of reinforcement or stimulus control to reduce sedentary behavior in the treatment of pediatric obesityLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Health Psychol 23:371-80. 2004..Results suggest stimulus control and reinforcing reduced sedentary behaviors are equivalent ways to decrease sedentary behaviors, and behavioral economic relationships in eating and activity may mediate the effects of treatment... - Choice of interactive dance and bicycle games in overweight and nonoverweight youthLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:124-31. 2007..One advancement in computer games are interactive games that use physical activity as a game playing controller, combining exercise and entertainment, or exertainment... - Habituation as a determinant of human food intakeLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Psychol Rev 116:384-407. 2009..Finally, new directions for habituation research are presented. Habituation provides a novel theoretical framework from which to understand factors that regulate ingestive behavior... - Comparison between two measures of delay discounting in smokersLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, New York 14214 3000, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 11:131-8. 2003..The size of the difference between the log k values and magnitude of the log k values were positively related. Results suggest k values from the 2 measures are related but may not be used interchangeably... - A questionnaire approach to measuring the relative reinforcing efficacy of snack foodsLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, United States
Eat Behav 11:67-73. 2010.... - Behavioral therapy in the treatment of pediatric obesityL H Epstein
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 48:981-93. 2001.... - Reinforcing value of physical activity as a determinant of child activity levelL H Epstein
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14260, USA
Health Psychol 18:599-603. 1999..These results suggest that RRVPA is a determinant of child physical activity level, and that it may be naturally more reinforcing for children to engage in multiple, short exercise bouts than fewer, more extended bouts... - Problem solving in the treatment of childhood obesityL H Epstein
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, New York 14260 4110, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 68:717-21. 2000..The bulk of evidence suggests that problem solving did not add to treatment effectiveness beyond the standard family-based treatment... - Asthma and maternal body mass index are related to pediatric body mass index and obesity: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyL H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214 3000, USA
Obes Res 8:575-81. 2000..This study was designed to assess the relationship between asthma and pediatric body mass index (BMI) in a national database and to examine factors that may modify this relationship... - Increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing fat and sugar intake in families at risk for childhood obesityL H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Obes Res 9:171-8. 2001.... - A randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young childrenLeonard H Epstein
Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, 3435 Main St, Room G56, Bldg 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:239-45. 2008..To assess the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on children's body mass index (BMI) as a risk factor for the development of overweight in young children... - Reducing sedentary behavior: role in modifying physical activityL H Epstein
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, USA
Exerc Sport Sci Rev 29:103-8. 2001..Understanding how people choose physical or sedentary activities can aid in developing public health initiatives that increase access to physical activity, while reducing access to sedentary behaviors... - How much activity do youth get? A quantitative review of heart-rate measured activityL H Epstein
Departments of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
Pediatrics 108:E44. 2001..The goal of this study was to assess accumulated amounts of physical activity at different intensities in children... - What constitutes food variety? Stimulus specificity of foodLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 54:23-9. 2010..Results show small variations in food characteristics lead to recovery of responding and increased intake after children have habituated... - The influence of taxes and subsidies on energy purchased in an experimental purchasing studyLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Farber Hall, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Psychol Sci 21:406-14. 2010..Subsidizing more healthful foods with high nutrient density increased energy intake, without changing the macronutrient profile of foods purchased. These results favor taxes as a way to reduce caloric intake... - Sex differences in obese children and siblings in family-based obesity treatmentL H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Obes Res 9:746-53. 2001..A second goal was to evaluate the benefits of family-based interventions on nontargeted siblings... - Dopamine transporter genotype as a risk factor for obesity in African-American smokersLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics and Sports Medicine Institute, University at Buffalo School of Medicine, New York 14214, USA
Obes Res 10:1232-40. 2002..To assess the association between a polymorphism related to dopamine function, dopamine transport (SLC6A3), and obesity in smokers... - Parent-child concordance of Taq1 A1 allele predicts similarity of parent-child weight loss in behavioral family-based treatment programsLeonard H Epstein
School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 55:363-6. 2010..003) and 12 (p=0.025) months. These results show concordance of the Taq1 A1 allele of the DRD2 between parents and children may be one mechanism for the similar response to family-based treatments within families... - Reinforcement pathology and obesityKatelyn A Carr
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Curr Drug Abuse Rev 4:190-6. 2011..In this review we discuss the application of reinforcement pathology to obesity, and implications of this approach for obesity treatment... - Parental activity as a determinant of activity level and patterns of activity in obese childrenL E Kalakanis
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 72:202-9. 2001..These results suggest that programs to increase physical activity in obese children should structure the activity in short bouts and attempt to increase parental physical activity... - Sensitization of food reinforcement is related to weight status and baseline food reinforcementJ L Temple
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 36:1102-7. 2012..We have shown in three separate studies that the majority of non-obese individuals become satiated after 2 weeks of the same snack food administration, but that a subset of obese individuals sensitize after this same manipulation... - Relationship between sex of parent and child on weight loss and maintenance in a family-based obesity treatment programJ L Temple
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:1260-4. 2006..To determine if the sex of the participating parent/child pair is a contributing factor in initial weight loss and maintenance within a family-based obesity treatment program... - Dietary variety, energy regulation, and obesityH A Raynor
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Psychol Bull 127:325-41. 2001.... - Effects of decreasing sedentary behaviors on activity choice in obese childrenL H Epstein
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14260, USA
Health Psychol 16:107-13. 1997..Results suggest that reinforcing decreases in high-preference sedentary activity can increase physical activity and decrease liking for targeted sedentary activities... - A cost-analysis of adopting a healthful diet in a family-based obesity treatment programHollie A Raynor
State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:645-56. 2002..APPLICATIONS/CONCLUSIONS: Adopting a lower-energy, nutrient-dense diet did not increase dietary costs over time. Consequently, cost should not be a barrier in the adoption of a healthful diet... - Determinants of physical activity in obese children assessed by accelerometer and self-reportL H Epstein
Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 28:1157-64. 1996..5% of the incremental variance in child activity. These results suggest that the predictors of activity level are different based upon the method of measurement, consistent with research in adults... - Effects of contingent television on physical activity and television viewing in obese childrenM S Faith
Obesity Research Center, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
Pediatrics 107:1043-8. 2001..68). CONCLUSIONS: Contingencies in the home environment can be arranged to modify physical activity and TV viewing and may have a role in treating childhood obesity. Contingent TV may be one method to help achieve this goal... - Changes in eating disorder symptoms with pediatric obesity treatmentL H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214-3000, USA
J Pediatr 139:58-65. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: These results document improvements in child behavior problems and competence and no change in symptoms of disordered eating in a standardized behavioral weight control program... - Habituation and within-session changes in motivated responding for food in childrenJennifer L Temple
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Appetite 50:390-6. 2008..Although satiation may contribute to reductions in motivated responding for food when food is consumed, habituation provides a more complete explanation for the results observed in this study... - Reinforcing value of interval and continuous physical activity in childrenJacob E Barkley
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Physiol Behav 98:31-6. 2009..Children likely participate in short-duration bouts of activity at a high-rate during natural play because it is more reinforcing than longer, continuous activity... - Habituation and recovery of salivation and motivated responding for food in childrenJennifer L Temple
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 142124, USA
Appetite 46:280-4. 2006.... - Effects of manipulating sedentary behavior on physical activity and food intakeLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
J Pediatr 140:334-9. 2002..In some children, changes in sedentary behaviors may be important to modify energy balance and prevent obesity... - The relationship between parent and child self-reported adherence and weight lossBrian H Wrotniak
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, New York 14214-3000, USA
Obes Res 13:1089-96. 2005..DISCUSSION: Child and parent adherence to specific components of family-based behavioral weight control treatment are independent predictors of long-term child and parent percentage overweight change... - Overweight children habituate slower than non-overweight children to foodJennifer L Temple
University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Physiol Behav 91:250-4. 2007..Implications of this for prevention and treatment of obesity are discussed... - Increasing passive energy expenditure during clerical workErik A Beers
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Eur J Appl Physiol 103:353-60. 2008..03). In conclusion, sitting on a therapy ball or standing rather than sitting in an office chair while performing clerical work increases passive energy expenditure... - Dietary variety impairs habituation in childrenJennifer L Temple
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University of Buffalo, USA
Health Psychol 27:S10-9. 2008..The purpose of these studies was to test the hypothesis that dietary variety decreases the rate of habituation and increases energy intake in children... - Parent weight change as a predictor of child weight change in family-based behavioral obesity treatmentBrian H Wrotniak
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214-300, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:342-7. 2004..01). CONCLUSION: Parent z-BMI change is an independent predictor of obese child z-BMI change in family-based behavioral treatment, and youth benefit the most from parents who lose the most weight in family-based behavioral treatments... - Cost effectiveness of recruitment methods in an obesity prevention trial for young childrenJodie L Robinson
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Prev Med 44:499-503. 2007..Recruitment of participants for clinical trials requires considerable effort and cost. There is no research on the cost effectiveness of recruitment methods for an obesity prevention trial of young children... - Effects of social context on overweight and normal-weight children's food selectionSarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Eat Behav 9:190-6. 2008..These findings suggest that the presence of peers can influence overweight children's energy intake and also influence healthier food selection in both overweight and non-overweight children... - Overweight children find food more reinforcing and consume more energy than do nonoverweight childrenJennifer L Temple
University at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1121-7. 2008..The reinforcing value of food is a reliable index of motivation to eat and energy intake. Obese adults find food more reinforcing than do nonobese adults... - Association of liking and reinforcing value with children's physical activityJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, United States
Physiol Behav 93:1011-8. 2008..Thus, liking and RRV of physical activity are independently associated with MVPA. The combination of a high reinforcing value and liking of physical activity is associated with 33% greater participation in MVPA... - Daily consumption of individual snack foods decreases their reinforcing valueJennifer L Temple
University at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Eat Behav 9:267-76. 2008..Restriction did not change food reinforcement. These data suggest that eating a portion of a highly palatable food every day decreases its reinforcing value. Implications for weight control are discussed... - Effect of peers and friends on youth physical activity and motivation to be physically activeSarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 34:217-25. 2009..To test whether the presence of a peer or a friend increases the motivation to be physically active in overweight and non-overweight youth in a laboratory setting... - Influence of an interpersonal laboratory stressor on youths' choice to be physically activeJames N Roemmich
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214 3000, USA
Obes Res 11:1080-7. 2003..To determine whether interpersonal stress reduces youths' motivation to exercise in a laboratory setting... - Motor proficiency relationships among siblingsBrian H Wrotniak
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo SUNY, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building No 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Percept Mot Skills 108:112-20. 2009..Additional research is needed to explain relations in motor skills among siblings... - Differential effects of daily snack food intake on the reinforcing value of food in obese and nonobese womenJennifer L Temple
Departments of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY14214, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:304-13. 2009..Our previous study in nonobese adults showed that daily consumption of the same snack food (food consumed apart from meals) for 14 d significantly decreased its reinforcing value... - Do social activities substitute for food in youth?Sarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Ann Behav Med 38:205-12. 2009..Behavioral economics offers a framework to understand choice among alternatives. There is no research on the interrelationship between food and social activity in overweight and non-overweight children... - The relative-reinforcing value of food under differing levels of food deprivation and restrictionHollie A Raynor
State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA
Appetite 40:15-24. 2003..This suggests that while short-term food deprivation increases the relative-reinforcing value of food, short-term food restriction has no effect on the relative-reinforcing value of food in unrestrained eaters... - Effects of deprivation on hedonics and reinforcing value of foodLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, G56 Farber Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Physiol Behav 78:221-7. 2003..These results suggest that hedonics and the reinforcing value of food are separate processes in humans, and they may independently influence eating behavior... - Food reinforcement, delay discounting and obesityLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, United States
Physiol Behav 100:438-45. 2010..The paper represents an invited review by a symposium, award winner or keynote speaker at the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior [SSIB] Annual Meeting in Portland, July 2009... - Purchases of food in youth. Influence of price and incomeLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois in Chicago, USA
Psychol Sci 17:82-9. 2006..These results show the potential for controlled laboratory studies of price and food purchases, and show that the substitution of healthier for unhealthy food is related to available money... - Open-loop feedback increases physical activity of youthJames N Roemmich
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:668-73. 2004..This study evaluated the influence of open-loop feedback and reinforcement on physical activity and television (TV) time in a small clinical trial... - Validity of PCERT and OMNI walk/run ratings of perceived exertionJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:1014-9. 2006..This study was conducted to test the validity of the Pictorial Children's Effort Rating Table (PCERT) and OMNI walk/run scales... - Energy intake, parental control of children's eating, and physical activity in siblings discordant for adiposityJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Appetite 55:325-31. 2010..Increased responsivity to dietary variety by overweight siblings does not appear to promoting sibling discordance in overweight as normal weight and overweight siblings responded similarly to dietary variety... - Association of access to parks and recreational facilities with the physical activity of young childrenJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Prev Med 43:437-41. 2006..To determine associations of the neighborhood and home television environments with young children's physical activity... - Television watching increases motivated responding for food and energy intake in childrenJennifer L Temple
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:355-61. 2007..Sedentary activities, such as watching television, may disrupt habituation to food cues, thereby increasing motivation to eat and energy intake... - The neighborhood and home environments: disparate relationships with physical activity and sedentary behaviors in youthJames N Roemmich
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY 14214 3000, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:29-38. 2007..To increase participation in physical activity, it is important to understand the factors associated with a child's choice to be physically active or sedentary. The neighborhood and home environments may be related to this choice... - Craving and startle modification during in vivo exposure to food cuesLarry W Hawk
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Park Hall Box 604110, Buffalo, NY 14260 4110, USA
Appetite 43:285-94. 2004..The goal of this study was to assess the utility of these paradigms for the study of food craving in food-deprived participants... - Peer influence on children's physical activity: an experience sampling studySarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Farber Hall, NY 14214 3000, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:39-49. 2008..The primary objective was to examine the associations between social context (the presence of peers, friends, and family members) and physical activity intensity for overweight and lean girls and boys... - Effects of allocation of attention on habituation to olfactory and visual food stimuli in childrenLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Physiol Behav 84:313-9. 2005..001), while children in the audiobook group did not habituate. Changes in the rate of habituation when attending to non-food stimuli while eating may be a mechanism for increasing energy intake... - Relation between food reinforcement and dopamine genotypes and its effect on food intake in smokersLeonard H Epstein
Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214 3000, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:82-8. 2004..Food reinforcement and dopaminergic activity may influence food consumption, but research on whether they interact has not been performed... - Food hedonics and reinforcement as determinants of laboratory food intake in smokersLeonard H Epstein
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
Physiol Behav 81:511-7. 2004..In conclusion, energy intake in smokers in a laboratory setting is more strongly related to food reinforcement than to the hedonic ratings of food... - Influence of methylphenidate on eating in obese menJohn J Leddy
Department of Orthopedics, Sports Medicine Institute, University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Obes Res 12:224-32. 2004..We investigated the effects of two doses of short-acting methylphenidate on energy intake over one meal in obese adult males... - Pubertal alterations in growth and body composition. VI. Pubertal insulin resistance: relation to adiposity, body fat distribution and hormone releaseJ N Roemmich
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:701-9. 2002..To investigate the independent influence of alterations in fat mass, body fat distribution and hormone release on pubertal increases in fasting serum insulin concentrations and on insulin resistance assessed by the homeostasis model (HOMA)... - Can fruits and vegetables and activities substitute for snack foods?Gary S Goldfield
Mental Health Research, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Health Psychol 21:299-303. 2002..The switch point for both alternatives was equal. Results suggest that fruits and vegetables and sedentary activities can substitute for snack foods when the behavioral cost for snack foods is increased... - Habituation of responding for food in humansMichelle Myers Ernst
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Appetite 38:224-34. 2002..All participants showed similar reductions of hunger and resumed responding for a novel food stimulus. This study documents that motivated responding for food in human shares characteristics of an habituation process... - Validation of a questionnaire measure of the relative reinforcing value of foodGary S Goldfield
Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Mental Health Research, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L1
Eat Behav 6:283-92. 2005..Results from both studies suggest that the questionnaire has good validity, and may represent an efficient and reliable method of assessing the relative reinforcing value of food... - Recurrent event analysis of lapse and recovery in a smoking cessation clinical trial using bupropionE Paul Wileyto
University of Pennsylvania, Tobacco Use Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3309, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:257-68. 2005..Further research disentangling lapse and recovery events from summary abstinence measures is needed to help us develop interventions that take advantage of bupropion at its best and that compensate where it is weak... - Role of functional genetic variation in the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) in response to bupropion and nicotine replacement therapy for tobacco dependence: results of two randomized clinical trialsCaryn Lerman
Department of Psychiatry and Abramson Cancer Center, Tobacco Use Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Neuropsychopharmacology 31:231-42. 2006..Study findings require confirmation in additional larger samples before they are applied in practice... - Dietary restraint and stress-induced snacking in youthJames N Roemmich
Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
Obes Res 10:1120-6. 2002..Interpersonal stress decreases snacking in low dietary restrained youth but increases snacking in high dietary restrained children, perhaps because of stress-induced disinhibition... - Gender differences in smoking cessation in a placebo-controlled trial of bupropion with behavioral counselingBradley N Collins
University of Pennsylvania, Tabacco Research Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:27-37. 2004..These results suggest that bupropion treatment may reduce the gender disparity in prolonged abstinence rates among lighter smokers... - Changes in food reward following smoking cessation: a pharmacogenetic investigationCaryn Lerman
Department of Psychiatry, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 4100, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 174:571-7. 2004..Despite the high prevalence and public health significance of weight gain following smoking cessation, little is known about the underlying bio-behavioral mechanisms or effective therapies... - Effects of social contexts on overweight and normal-weight children's food intakeSarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building 26, New York, 14214 3000, USA
Physiol Behav 92:840-6. 2007.... - Peer influence on pre-adolescent girls' snack intake: effects of weight statusSarah Jeanne Salvy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Farber Hall, Room G56, 3435 Main Street, Building No 26, Buffalo, NY, 14214 3000, USA
Appetite 49:177-82. 2007..This study underscores differences in responses to the social environment between overweight and non-overweight youths... - Relationship between education and delay discounting in smokersJodie L Jaroni
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, USA
Addict Behav 29:1171-5. 2004..01) more than those attending college. Subjects discounted small rewards more than large rewards for both tasks (P < .001). Results show that education level is inversely associated with discounting in smokers... - Effects of dopamine transporter and receptor polymorphisms on smoking cessation in a bupropion clinical trialCaryn Lerman
University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Psychiatry, Abramson Cancer Ctr, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Health Psychol 22:541-8. 2003..These results provide the first evidence from a prospective clinical trial that genes that alter dopamine function may influence smoking cessation and relapse during the treatment phase...
Research Grants
- Habituation to food in childrenLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- Food reinforcement-genotype interactions and eatingLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2007..The findings are relevant to a greater understanding of behavioral and genetic factors related to obesity, as well as providing ideas that may be relevant for treatment interventions for those high in food reinforcement. ..
- EFFECTS OF CHANGING SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN OBESE CHILDRENLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2007..Developing a better understanding of why obese youth increase physical activity or decrease energy intake when sedentary behaviors are reduced is important for the treatment of pediatric obesity. ..
- Habituation to food in childrenLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2007..These studies are designed to understand how individual differences in habituation may be an important factor that differentiates overweight and non-overweight youth. ..
- Habituation to food in childrenLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2009..These studies are designed to understand how individual differences in habituation may be an important factor that differentiates overweight and non-overweight youth. ..
- Food reinforcement-genotype interactions and eatingLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2009..The findings are relevant to a greater understanding of behavioral and genetic factors related to obesity, as well as providing ideas that may be relevant for treatment interventions for those high in food reinforcement. ..
- Food reinforcement-genotype interactions and eatingLeonard H Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2010..The findings are relevant to a greater understanding of behavioral and genetic factors related to obesity, as well as providing ideas that may be relevant for treatment interventions for those high in food reinforcement. ..
- Modifying the home T.V. watching environmentLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2005..abstract_text> ..
- A BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CHILDHOOD OBESITYLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2005..This study will yield important information on new ways to treat pediatric obesity, minimizing dietary restriction and maximizing children learning healthier eating habits. ..
- EFFECTS OF CHANGING SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR IN OBESE CHILDRENLeonard Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2004..Likewise, changes in eating behavior as a function of changing sedentary behaviors will be related to the how often eating is associated with the targeted sedentary behaviors. ..
- Experimental analysis of price changes and food purchases in obese and lean motheLeonard H Epstein; Fiscal Year: 2010....