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| Amy A GorinSummaryAffiliation: University of Connecticut Country: USA Publications
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Randomized controlled trial of a comprehensive home environment-focused weight-loss program for adultsAmy A Gorin
Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention
Health Psychol 32:128-37. 2013..Research is needed to understand this gender difference and to develop home-focused strategies with more powerful and sustained weight-loss effects. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)...
Home food and exercise environments of normal-weight and overweight adultsAmy A Gorin
Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Am J Health Behav 35:618-26. 2011..To examine the home environments of overweight and normal-weight adults and the relationships between the environment and weight-regulating behaviors...- Binge eating and weight loss outcomes in overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD trialAmy A Gorin
Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, 2006 Hillside Rd, Unit 1248, Storrs, CT 06269 1248, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:1447-55. 2008..Binge eating (BE) is common in overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but little is known about how BE affects weight loss in this population... - Home grocery delivery improves the household food environments of behavioral weight loss participants: Results of an 8-week pilot studyAmy A Gorin
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, 406 Babbidge Road, Unit 1020, Storrs, CT 06269 1020, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 4:58. 2007..More research is needed to determine whether this is a viable strategy to strengthen stimulus control and improve weight loss outcomes... 
Failure to meet weight loss expectations does not impact maintenance in successful weight losersAmy A Gorin
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:3086-90. 2007..The objective was to examine whether having a weight loss experience that lives up to one's expectations is related to maintenance in a group of successful weight losers participating in the STOP Regain trial...- Weight loss treatment influences untreated spouses and the home environment: evidence of a ripple effectA A Gorin
Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:1678-84. 2008..To examine whether a weight loss program delivered to one spouse has beneficial effects on the untreated spouse and the home environment... - Effect of weight loss on urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women: results at 12 and 18 monthsRena R Wing
The Miriam Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Urol 184:1005-10. 2010..Initial weight loss improves urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women. In this study we examined the longer term effects of a weight loss intervention on urinary incontinence... - Maintaining large weight losses: the role of behavioral and psychological factorsRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:1015-21. 2008..Future programs should focus on maintaining physical activity, dietary restraints, and frequent self-weighing and should include stronger components to modify psychological parameters... - Successful weight-loss maintenance in relation to method of weight lossAngela Marinilli Pinto
Department of Psychology, Baruch College, The City University of New York, New York, New York, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2456-61. 2008..The generalizability of these findings is limited by the sizeable weight losses achieved by study participants... - STOP regain: are there negative effects of daily weighing?Rena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:652-6. 2007..03). Daily weighing appears to be an important aspect of weight loss maintenance and was not associated with adverse psychological effects... - Medical triggers are associated with better short- and long-term weight loss outcomesAmy A Gorin
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Prev Med 39:612-6. 2004..Medical events are often reported as triggers for weight loss, but it is unknown whether medical triggers result in better short- and long-term weight control... - Preventing weight gain in young adults: a randomized controlled pilot studyJessica Gokee LaRose
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Prev Med 39:63-8. 2010..Weight gain in young adults is an important public health problem and few interventions have been successful... - A statewide intervention reduces BMI in adults: Shape Up Rhode Island resultsRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:991-5. 2009..These data provide a benchmark that can be used for comparisons with other statewide campaigns. Research on ways to improve such campaigns is needed... - A self-regulation program for maintenance of weight lossRena R Wing
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
N Engl J Med 355:1563-71. 2006..We developed a maintenance program based on self-regulation theory and tested the efficacy of delivering the program face to face or over the Internet... - Improving urinary incontinence in overweight and obese women through modest weight lossRena R Wing
Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:284-92. 2010..To examine the relationship between magnitude of weight loss and changes in urinary incontinence frequency... - Beliefs about weight gain among young adults: potential challenges to preventionJessica Gokee LaRose
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1901-4. 2011.... - Effect of mood and eating disorders on the short-term outcome of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypassAmy A Gorin
Department of Psychology, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Obes Surg 19:1685-90. 2009.... - Behavioral techniques for treating the obese patientRena R Wing
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Prim Care 30:375-91. 2003..Changes in diet and exercise can produce long-term weight loss with tremendous positive impact. Primary care physicians are well positioned to support these behavior changes in their overweight patients... - Behavioral self-regulation for weight loss in young adults: a randomized controlled trialJessica Gokee-LaRose
Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:10. 2009..abstract:.. - The effects of self-criticism and self-oriented perfectionism on goal pursuitTheodore A Powers
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Psychology, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 2300, USA
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 37:964-75. 2011..Implications for the debate concerning the possible positive effects of perfectionistic strivings are also discussed... - Effectiveness of spouse involvement in cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorderAmy A Gorin
The Miriam Hospital, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Int J Eat Disord 33:421-33. 2003..This study examined whether involving the spouse in group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for binge eating disorder (BED) enhances treatment outcome relative to standard group CBT...
Research Grants
- Role of home environment in weight loss maintenanceAmy Gorin; Fiscal Year: 2004..The data collected in the ancillary study will provide new information about the reach of behavioral weight loss treatment and about the role of the home environment in weight loss. ..
- Modifying obesogenic homes: Impact on weight maintenanceAmy Gorin; Fiscal Year: 2007..This home environmental approach, if successful, has potential applications to the maintenance of other important health behaviors. ..