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Weight loss and African-American women: a systematic review of the behavioural weight loss intervention literatureM L Fitzgibbon
Departments of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Obes Rev 13:193-213. 2012..This will help enable the adoption of healthier behaviours for this group of women disproportionately affected by obesity...- Promoting health in an unhealthful environment: lifestyle challenges for children and adolescentsMarian L Fitzgibbon
Institute for Health Research and Policy (MC 275, 1747 West Roosevelt Rd, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:518-22. 2006 - Process evaluation in an intervention designed to improve rates of colorectal cancer screening in a VA medical centerMarian L Fitzgibbon
University of Illinois at Chicago, Section of Health Promotion Research, Department of Medicine, IL 60608, USA
Health Promot Pract 8:273-81. 2007..05). The patient intervention did not have the desired impact. The subgroup of patients in the patient intervention was not more likely to complete CRC screening... - Communicating healthy eating: lessons learned and future directionsMarian Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 39:S63-71. 2007..During the discussions, important recommendations for nutrition communicators and interventionists emerged, based on existing knowledge from the communications field, lessons learned thus far, and noted gaps in our knowledge... - Two-year follow-up results for Hip-Hop to Health Jr.: a randomized controlled trial for overweight prevention in preschool minority childrenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
J Pediatr 146:618-25. 2005..To assess the impact of a culturally proficient dietary/physical activity intervention on changes in body mass index (BMI) (kg/m 2 )... - The role of culture in the context of school-based BMI screeningMarian L Fitzgibbon
University of Illinois, Department of Medicine M C 275, Section of Health Promotion Research, 1747 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Pediatrics 124:S50-62. 2009..A culturally based BMI-notification program should be conceptualized as a small step in a comprehensive plan to reduce childhood obesity and improve the current and future health of minority children... - Obesity reduction black intervention trial (ORBIT): 18-month resultsMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:2317-25. 2010..However, the results also clearly illustrate there is more to learn about what will contribute to meaningful weight loss and maintenance in this population... - Obesity Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT): design and baseline characteristicsMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:1099-110. 2008..This paper describes the design of the trial, the intervention, and baseline characteristics of the participants... - Results of a faith-based weight loss intervention for black womenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:1393-402. 2005..Although the results were not statistically significant, the effect size suggests that the addition of the faith component improved results. These promising preliminary results will need to be tested in an adequately powered trial... - Hip-Hop to Health Jr. for Latino preschool childrenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1616-25. 2006..Hip-Hop to Health Jr. was a diet/physical activity intervention designed to reduce gains in BMI (kilograms per meter squared) in preschool minority children... - Hip-Hop to Health Jr. Obesity Prevention Effectiveness Trial: postintervention resultsMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:994-1003. 2011..Measuring diet and physical activity in preschool children remains a challenge, and interventions delivered by classroom teachers require both intensive initial training and ongoing individualized supervision... - Development of a brief survey on colon cancer screening knowledge and attitudes among veteransMichael S Wolf
Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St Clair St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 2:A11. 2005..The purpose of this study was to develop a brief assessment tool to evaluate knowledge and attitudes among veterans toward colorectal cancer screening options... - Addressing multiple breast cancer risk factors in African-American womenMelinda R Stolley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:76-86. 2004..Results suggest the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of this comprehensive weight/loss breast health program in reducing multiple breast cancer risk factors among African-American women... - Colorectal cancer screening among African-American and white male veteransNancy C Dolan
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Am J Prev Med 28:479-82. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether, at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center, similar racial/ethnic differences in colorectal cancer screening could be identified... - Recruitment of obese black women into a physical activity and nutrition intervention trialLisa K Sharp
Section of Health Promotion Research, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Phys Act Health 5:870-81. 2008..This article describes the recruitment strategies used in a program designed specifically for obese Black women... - Hip-Hop to Health Jr., an obesity prevention program for minority preschool children: baseline characteristics of participantsMelinda R Stolley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 N Lake Shore Drive, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prev Med 36:320-9. 2003..The present study reports baseline data from an obesity prevention intervention developed for minority preschool children... - A combined breast health/weight loss intervention for Black womenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 3008, USA
Prev Med 40:373-83. 2005..Higher body mass index (BMI), sedentary lifestyles, and lower compliance with recommended breast health behaviors may contribute to higher risk and mortality... - A community-based obesity prevention program for minority children: rationale and study design for Hip-Hop to Health JrMarian L Fitzgibbon
Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois 60208 1230, USA
Prev Med 34:289-97. 2002..Although increased rates of overweight are observed in 4- to 5-year-old children, they are not observed in 2- to 3-year-old children. Therefore, early prevention efforts incorporating families are critical... - Environmental changes may be needed for prevention of overweight in minority childrenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Pediatr Ann 33:45-9. 2004..Substantial environmental changes need to be made, especially in minority communities... - Dietary and physical activity adaptations to alternate day modified fasting: implications for optimal weight lossMonica C Klempel
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
Nutr J 9:35. 2010..Alternate day modified fasting (ADMF) is an effective strategy for weight loss in obese adults... - Medication use patterns associated with spirometry in diagnosing COPDMin J Joo
Center for Management of Complex Chronic Care CMC3, Hines VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
COPD 5:360-8. 2008..Patients with spirometry were more likely to have medications added. The use of spirometry around a new diagnosis of COPD was associated with higher likelihood of using and adding respiratory medications after diagnosis... - Obesity reduction black intervention trial (ORBIT): six-month resultsMelinda R Stolley
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:100-6. 2009..Further research is needed in order to develop programs that will allow more black women to achieve their weight loss goals.... - Mobile phone text messaging to promote healthy behaviors and weight loss maintenance: a feasibility studyBen S Gerber
Institute for Health Research and Policy M C 275, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Health Informatics J 15:17-25. 2009..This study demonstrated early feasibility and acceptability of text messaging as a method for promoting healthy behaviors for weight maintenance... - Inhaled corticosteroids and risk of pneumonia in newly diagnosed COPDMin J Joo
Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Respir Med 104:246-52. 2010..Little is known of this risk in newly diagnosed COPD patients. The objective of this study was to determine if the use of ICS among newly diagnosed COPD patients is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia hospitalizations... - Colorectal cancer screening knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among veterans: does literacy make a difference?Nancy C Dolan
Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, VA Chicago Healthcare System, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Clin Oncol 22:2617-22. 2004..To evaluate whether lower literacy is associated with poorer knowledge and more negative attitudes and beliefs toward colorectal cancer screening among veterans without recent colorectal cancer screening... - Correlates of problematic eating behaviors in less acculturated LatinasLisa A P Sanchez-Johnsen
Department of Psychiatry and Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
Eat Behav 9:181-9. 2008..Results illustrate the important role of depression and body weight in predicting problematic eating in less acculturated Latinas... - Ethnic Differences in correlates of obesity between Latin-American and black WomenLisa A P Sanchez-Johnsen
University of Hawai i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
Obes Res 12:652-60. 2004..The aim of this study was to examine three potential correlates of obesity (dietary intake, body image, and physical activity) in a large sample of Latin-American and black women across the weight spectrum... - Menopause and risk of diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention ProgramCatherine Kim
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Menopause 18:857-68. 2011..The study objectives were to examine the association between menopause status and diabetes risk among women with glucose intolerance and to determine if menopause status modifies response to diabetes prevention interventions... - Mujeres felices por ser saludables: a breast cancer risk reduction program for Latino womenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Prev Med 36:536-46. 2003..Unfortunately, there are few data regarding the efficacy of health-related interventions for young Latino women... - Health care provider-directed intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among veterans: results of a randomized controlled trialM Rosario Ferreira
Veterans Affairs Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Hines, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:1548-54. 2005..Colorectal cancer screening is the most underused cancer screening tool in the United States. The purpose of this study was to test whether a health care provider-directed intervention increased colorectal cancer screening rates... - Development of a culturally relevant body image instrument among urban African AmericansKim M Pulvers
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center/Mailstop 1008, Kansas City, KS 66160-7313, USA
Obes Res 12:1641-51. 2004..DISCUSSION: The instrument displayed strong psychometric performance and cultural relevance, suggesting that the scale is a promising tool for examining body image and obesity among African Americans... - A preliminary analysis of binge episodes: comparison of a treatment-seeking sample of Black and White womenJaime L Gayle
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg, 710 N Larke Shore Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Eat Behav 5:303-13. 2004..Overall qualitative and quantitative differences between diagnostic categories, regardless of ethnicity, were also explored... - BMI percentiles and body image discrepancy in black and white adolescentsAngela A Banitt
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:987-91. 2008..Our study portends the increase in BID with the increasing prevalence of obesity and highlights the need for interventions to help adolescents develop a healthy and realistic body image and healthy ways to manage their weight... - Binge eating and psychological distress: is the degree of obesity a factor?Elizabeth R Didie
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Eat Behav 6:35-41. 2005..These results replicate and extend previous findings, suggesting that binge eating pathology independent of weight status, accounts for psychological distress among binge eaters... - Extension of type 2 diabetes genome-wide association scan results in the diabetes prevention programAllan F Moore
Center for Human Genetic Research, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes 57:2503-10. 2008.... - Results of Mujeres Felices por ser Saludables: a dietary/breast health randomized clinical trial for Latino womenMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Ann Behav Med 28:95-104. 2004.... - A test of the continuity perspective across bulimic and binge eating pathologyMarian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611 3078, USA
Int J Eat Disord 34:83-97. 2003..This article examines the continuity/discontinuity perspective of eating pathology among 375 women seeking treatment... - Weight concerns and smoking in Black and White female smokersLisa A P Sanchez-Johnsen
University of Hawai i Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Biomedical Sciences Building, C 105, Honolulu 96822, Hawaii, USA
Addict Behav 30:601-5. 2005..Overall, Blacks reported less weight concerns than the Whites did, but when Blacks enrolled in treatment, these differences were less apparent... - Eating pathology among Black and White smokersLisa A P Sanchez-Johnsen
Cancer Research Center of Hawai i, University of Hawai i Manoa, 1960 East West Road, Biomedical Science Building, C 105, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Eat Behav 6:127-36. 2005..9%; p<0.05). Results indicate that overall pathological eating behaviors are greater among White than Black smokers. However, once females seek smoking cessation treatment, these ethnic differences are not apparent... - Commentary on "psychiatric aspects of child and adolescent obesity: a review of the past 10 years"Marian L Fitzgibbon
Department of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine, Geinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:151-3. 2004 - Social anxiety as a barrier to treatment for eating disordersRenee D Goodwin
Department of Child Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Division of Epidemiology, Columbia University School of Public Health, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 43, New York, NY 10032, USA
Int J Eat Disord 32:103-6. 2002..The goal of this pilot investigation is to determine the relationship between social anxiety and treatment-seeking behavior for eating disorders in an outpatient psychiatric clinic...
Research Grants
- Preschool Based Obesity Prevention Effectiveness TrialMarian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2007..The proposed research will allow us to address critical gaps in our knowledge concerning how to implement interventions from more experimental studies to more "real world" settings serving minority and disadvantaged populations. ..
- Obestiy Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT)Marian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2007..The theoretical rationale for the aims, development of the interventions, and methodology are based on Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). ..
- Family Based Obesity Prevention in Latino FamiliesMarian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2007..Many obesity-related risk factors are strikingly apparent in minority populations and are a significant problem among Latino children. The preschool years are a crucial time to intervene if we are to effectively impact public health. ..
- PREVENTION OF OVERWEIGHT IN PRESCHOOL MINORITY CHILDRENMarian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2002..These changes will be seen following the intervention and at 12 and 24 months later. ..
- BREAST CANCER RISK REDUCTION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMENMarian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2002..e., mammography, CBE, BSE). Results will be applied to the design of a larger intervention trial with intermediate biological endpoints. ..
- Obestiy Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT)Marian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2004....
- Preschool Based Obesity Prevention Effectiveness TrialMarian Fitzgibbon; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..