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Relationships between perceived stress and health behaviors in a sample of working adultsDebbie M Ng
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Health Psychol 22:638-42. 2003..Stress was not associated with alcohol intake. Findings suggest that the association between stress and disease may be moderated in part by unhealthy behaviors...- Getting there and hanging on: the effect of regulatory focus on performance in smoking and weight loss interventionsPaul T Fuglestad
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Psychol 27:S260-70. 2008.... 
Effects of calorie labeling and value size pricing on fast food meal choices: results from an experimental trialLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:63. 2008..Likewise, little research has been conducted to evaluate the influence of value size pricing on restaurant meal choices...- Stage of change as a predictor of success in weight control in adult womenR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 55454 1015, USA
Health Psychol 18:543-6. 1999..1 kg, 1.0 kg, 2.1 kg, and 2.3 kg for Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, and Action stages, respectively. The findings call into question the generality of the stages-of-change classification system across behavioral domains... - Public health strategies for obesity treatment and preventionR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Am J Health Behav 25:252-9. 2001..To review research on public health interventions for obesity... - Prevalence and correlates of large weight gains and lossesR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:969-72. 2002..To examine the prevalence and correlates of large weight gains and losses over a 3 y period in a heterogeneous population of participants in a study of weight gain prevention... - Mail and phone interventions for weight loss in a managed-care setting: Weigh-To-Be one-year outcomesR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:1584-92. 2003..To describe methods, recruitment success, and 1-y results of a study evaluating the effectiveness of phone- and mail-based weight-loss interventions in a managed care setting... - Physical activity and weight loss: does prescribing higher physical activity goals improve outcome?Robert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 78:684-9. 2003..Recommending increased physical activity facilitates long-term weight loss, but the optimal level of physical activity to recommend is unknown... - A satisfaction enhancement intervention for long-term weight lossRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:863-9. 2006..The primary hypothesis was that long-term weight loss would be improved by an intervention that enhances perceived satisfaction with achieved outcomes... - The changing environment and population obesity in the United StatesRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Obes Res 11:12S-22S. 2003..Even more important, given the urgency of the problem, is experimental research on the question of what environmental changes would be necessary to reverse the obesity epidemic... - The weight loss experience: a descriptive analysisRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55545 1015, USA
Ann Behav Med 27:100-6. 2004..Six months of loss followed by gradual regain to baseline is descriptive of most weight loss attempts... - Recruitment to mail and telephone interventions for obesity in a managed care environment: the Weigh-To-Be projectRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minn 55454, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:378-82. 2004..To evaluate the success of mail- and telephone-based weight loss programs in recruiting a representative sample of overweight members of a managed care organization (MCO)... - Reconciling conflicting findings regarding postcessation weight concerns and success in smoking cessationR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Health Psychol 19:242-6. 2000..These analyses suggest that conflicting findings found in this literature are due primarily to how weight concerns are defined and whether covariates like nicotine addiction are used in data analyses... - Mail and phone interventions for weight loss in a managed-care setting: weigh-to-be 2-year outcomesN E Sherwood
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1524, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:1565-73. 2006..CONCLUSION: Although mail- and phone-based weight-loss programs are a reasonably efficient way to deliver weight-loss services, additional work is needed to enhance their short- and long-term efficacy... - Predictors of weight gain in the Pound of Prevention studyN E Sherwood
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:395-403. 2000..This study examined cross-sectional and prospective relationships between macronutrient intake, behaviors intended to limit fat intake, physical activity and body weight... - Correlates of changes in leisure time physical activity over 2 years: the Healthy Worker ProjectK Schmitz
University of Minnesota, Division of Kinesiology, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Prev Med 26:570-9. 1997..This study is the first to examine associations between concurrent changes in demongraphics, health behaviors, and physical activity in a free-living cohort of adults... - Age of initiation, smoking patterns, and risk in a population of working adultsH A Lando
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Prev Med 29:590-8. 1999..Early age of initiation is a significant risk factor for long-term dependent smoking and may also relate to other unhealthy behaviors and increased likelihood of illness, independent of duration of smoking... - The comparative and cumulative effects of a dietary restriction and exercise on weight lossC L Dunn
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55454, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:112-21. 2006..To assess the independence of changes made in diet and physical activity for weight loss; and, to examine the comparative and cumulative effects of these behavioral changes on weight loss outcomes... - Prevalence and correlates of binge eating in a nonclinical sample of women enrolled in a weight gain prevention programS A French
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23:576-85. 1999..The aims of the present study were to examine the prevalence and correlates of binge eating in a nonclinical sample of women and to examine whether associations differed by overweight status... - The relationship between restraint and weight and weight-related behaviors among individuals in a community weight gain prevention trialM T McGuire
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, Minneapolis, Minnesta 55454, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:574-80. 2001.... - Smokers with multiple behavioral risk factors: how are they different?N E Sherwood
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Prev Med 31:299-307. 2000..The second aim was to examine prospective associations between risk factor status and smoking outcomes (i.e., cessation and quit attempts)... - Smoking status, dietary intake, and physical activity in a sample of working adultsS A French
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Health Psychol 15:448-54. 1996..Dietary and physical activity variables appear to be weak predictors of postcessation weight change. Implications for studies of chronic disease etiology and mechanisms of postcessation weight gain are discussed... - Binge status as a predictor of weight loss treatment outcomeN E Sherwood
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23:485-93. 1999.... - Weight loss goals and treatment outcomes among overweight men and women enrolled in a weight loss trialJ A Linde
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:1002-5. 2005..Goals were not associated with participation or weight loss for men. Results are more supportive of the idea that higher goals motivate women to lose weight than of the hypothesis that high goals undermine effort... - The behavioral determinants of exercise: implications for physical activity interventionsN E Sherwood
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 20:21-44. 2000.... - Fast food restaurant use among women in the Pound of Prevention study: dietary, behavioral and demographic correlatesS A French
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:1353-9. 2000..To examine demographic, behavioral and dietary correlates of frequency of fast food restaurant use in a community-based sample of 891 adult women... 
Relationship of attitudes toward fast food and frequency of fast-food intake in adultsJayna M Dave
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1164-70. 2009..Interventions targeting the issue of convenience and quick or efficient preparation of nutritious alternatives to fast food could be more promising...- Are smaller weight losses or more achievable weight loss goals better in the long term for obese patients?R W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 66:641-5. 1998..Although correlational rather than experimental, these results do not support the hypothesis that obese patients should be encouraged to set lower weight-loss goals... - Smoking-specific weight gain concerns and smoking cessation in a working populationR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Health Psychol 16:487-9. 1997..These findings, in a working, predominantly blue-collar population, and those of other studies, suggest that concern about gaining weight is, at best, a weak predictor of change in smoking behavior among most smokers... - Weight variability and mortality: the Iowa Women's Health StudyA R Folsom
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 20:704-9. 1996..To evaluate the association between weight variability and risk of mortality in women... - Changes in C-reactive protein during weight loss and the association with changes in anthropometric variables in men and women: LIFE StudyH Yatsuya
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 35:684-91. 2011..To investigate whether sex differences exist in the pattern of change in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels during weight loss, and whether the associations between weight change and CRP change differ by the types of anthropometric variables... - Use of personal trainers and financial incentives to increase exercise in a behavioral weight-loss programR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 66:777-83. 1998..Post hoc analyses suggest that the level of exercise needed for successful long-term weight loss is much higher than that usually recommended in behavioral treatment programs... - Associations between exercise and health behaviors in a community sample of working adultsK N Boutelle
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Prev Med 30:217-24. 2000..The present study examined the associations between leisure-time exercise and a range of health behaviors and reports of illness and injury in a sample of community working adults... - Long-term weight losses associated with prescription of higher physical activity goals. Are higher levels of physical activity protective against weight regain?Deborah F Tate
Department of Health Behavior Health Education and Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:954-9. 2007..High levels of exercise may be necessary for long-term maintenance of weight loss... - Pricing and promotion effects on low-fat vending snack purchases: the CHIPS StudyS A French
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 S Second St Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Am J Public Health 91:112-7. 2001..This study examined the effects of pricing and promotion strategies on purchases of low-fat snacks from vending machines... - Environmental influences on eating and physical activityS A French
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 22:309-35. 2001..Public health interventions, opportunities, and potential strategies to combat the obesity epidemic by promoting an environment that supports healthy eating and physical activity are discussed... - A comparison of maintenance-tailored therapy (MTT) and standard behavior therapy (SBT) for the treatment of obesityRobert W Jeffery
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Twin Cities Campus, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Prev Med 49:384-9. 2009..To evaluate a maintenance-tailored therapy (MTT) compared to standard behavior therapy (SBT) for treatment of obesity... - The drop it at last study: six-month results of a phone-based weight loss trialNancy E Sherwood
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:378-83. 2010..To address the translational research question regarding the optimal intervention "dose" to produce the most cost-effective rate of weight loss, we conducted the Drop It At Last (DIAL) study... - Is the obesity epidemic exaggerated? NoR W Jeffery
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S Second Street, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
BMJ 336:245. 2008 - Social, educational, and psychological correlates of weight status in adolescentsN H Falkner
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA
Obes Res 9:32-42. 2001..It was hypothesized that obese adolescents would differ on psychological, social, and educational variables compared with their non-overweight peers... - Binge eating disorder, weight control self-efficacy, and depression in overweight men and womenJ A Linde
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:418-25. 2004..To examine binge eating, depression, weight self-efficacy, and weight control success among obese individuals seeking treatment in a managed care organization... - Specifying the determinants of the initiation and maintenance of behavior change: an examination of self-efficacy, satisfaction, and smoking cessationAustin S Baldwin
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Psychol 25:626-34. 2006..Across time, self-efficacy predicted future quit status for initiators, whereas satisfaction generally predicted future quit status for maintainers. Implications for models of behavior change and behavioral interventions are discussed... - Does the association between depression and smoking vary by body mass index (BMI) category?Rachel Widome
Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
Prev Med 49:380-3. 2009..The purpose of this study was to explore how weight might influence the relationship between depression and smoking... - Relation of body mass index to depression and weighing frequency in overweight womenJennifer A Linde
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Prev Med 45:75-9. 2007..As limited data exist on the effects of self-weighing on body mass index (BMI) among overweight adults with or without depression, this study seeks to examine this issue using data from a population-based epidemiologic survey... - Evidence implicating eating as a primary driver for the obesity epidemicRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Diabetes 56:2673-6. 2007..Increases in energy intake mirror increases in body weight quantitatively and are equally widely distributed across diverse groups within the larger population... - Energy density and weight change in a long-term weight-loss trialAndrew Flood
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:57. 2009..abstract:.. - Is frequent self-weighing associated with poorer body satisfaction? Findings from a phone-based weight loss trialEricka M Welsh
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 41:425-8. 2009..To examine the effect of self-weighing frequency on weight change and body satisfaction... - Does clinical depression affect the accuracy of self-reported height and weight in obese women?Robert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:473-5. 2008..The present analysis assessed whether differential bias in self-reports of height and weight as a function of depression influences the apparent strength of the association... - Why eat at fast-food restaurants: reported reasons among frequent consumersSarah A Rydell
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:2066-70. 2008..As motivation for eating at fast-food restaurants appears to differ somewhat by age, sex, education, employment status, and household size, tailored interventions could be considered... - The impact of self-efficacy on behavior change and weight change among overweight participants in a weight loss trialJennifer A Linde
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 54454 1015, USA
Health Psychol 25:282-91. 2006..Mediational models indicate that people's weight control behaviors mediate the impact of self-efficacy on weight change... - Are unrealistic weight loss goals associated with outcomes for overweight women?Jennifer A Linde
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Obes Res 12:569-76. 2004..To examine cross-sectional correlates of current, goal, and dream weight and their prospective associations with weight loss in treatment... - A randomized controlled trial of behavioral weight loss treatment versus combined weight loss/depression treatment among women with comorbid obesity and depressionJennifer A Linde
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Ann Behav Med 41:119-30. 2011..Obesity is associated with clinical depression among women. However, depressed women are often excluded from weight loss trials... - Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between body mass index and marriage-related factorsRobert W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454 1015, USA
Obes Res 10:809-15. 2002..To assess the relationship between marriage and obesity... - Self-weighing in weight gain prevention and weight loss trialsJennifer A Linde
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:210-6. 2005..Although self-monitoring is a central tenet of behavioral approaches to changing health behavior, clinical and public health recommendations for better controlling body weight do not emphasize weight self-monitoring... - The SUCCESS project: the effect of program format and incentives on participation and cessation in worksite smoking cessation programsDeborah J Hennrikus
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, 55454 1054, USA
Am J Public Health 92:274-9. 2002..This study examined the effect of program format and incentives on participation and cessation in worksite smoking cessation programs... - The Challenge study: theory-based interventions for smoking and weight lossC M King
School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Health Educ Res 17:522-30. 2002..Results of these studies will advance research on health behavior change by informing practical and theoretical understanding of the factors that control decisions to initiate a new pattern of behavior and to maintain it... - Strength training for obesity prevention in midlife womenK H Schmitz
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:326-33. 2003.... - Using signs, artwork, and music to promote stair use in a public buildingK N Boutelle
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Public Health 91:2004-6. 2001..This study assessed the impact on stair use of improving the attractiveness of a stairwell... - Reported food choices in older women in relation to body mass index and depressive symptomsRobert W Jeffery
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454 1015, USA
Appetite 52:238-40. 2009..These findings suggest that the positive association between BMI and depression in women may be mediated by sweets consumption. This is consistent with the hypothesis that eating sweet foods reduces negative affect... - A platform for population-based weight management: description of a health plan-based integrated systems approachNicolaas P Pronk
Center for Health Promotion, HealthPartners, Minneapolis, Minn 55440, USA
Am J Manag Care 8:847-57. 2002..To describe an integrated, operational platform from which mail- and telephone-based health promotion programs are implemented and to specifically relate this approach to weight management programming in a managed care setting... - The effects of outcome expectations and satisfaction on weight loss and maintenance: correlational and experimental analyses--a randomized trialEmily A Finch
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA
Health Psychol 24:608-16. 2005..Independent of treatment message, positive outcome expectations and satisfaction were both associated with weight loss... - Understanding weight stigmatization: a focus group studyN H Cossrow
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454 1015, USA
J Nutr Educ 33:208-14. 2001..The purpose of this research was to investigate, in a nonclinical sample of adults, thoughts on and experiences with weight stigmatization... - The impact of expectations and satisfaction on the initiation and maintenance of smoking cessation: an experimental testAndrew W Hertel
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Psychol 27:S197-206. 2008..These hypotheses were tested in the context of a smoking cessation intervention... - Pilot study of AIDS risk in the general populationR W Jeffery
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454-1015
Public Health Rep 107:105-9. 1992..Success of the methodology employed in this survey gives reason for optimism that population-based surveys of behavioral risks for HIV infection are feasible... - Overgeneralization from limited data: A commentary on Cooper et al., 2010Robert W Jeffery
University of Minnesota Obesity Prevention Center, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55104 1015, USA
Behav Res Ther 48:714-6. 2010..We briefly outline areas we believe remain exciting new research directions in this field... - Nutrition labeling and value size pricing at fast-food restaurants: a consumer perspectiveLisa J Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:247-50. 2006..More research is needed with larger samples on whether point-of-purchase nutrition labeling at fast-food restaurants raises perceived importance of nutrition when eating out... - Insurance coverage and incentives for weight loss among adults with metabolic syndromeDavid Arterburn
Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:70-6. 2008..To describe how insured adults with metabolic syndrome respond to various options for insurance coverage and financial incentives for weight management... - Prescribed "breaks" as a means to disrupt weight control effortsRena R Wing
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
Obes Res 11:287-91. 2003..We sought to determine whether relapses could be induced earlier by intentionally interrupting the momentum of weight loss during a treatment program and thus provide a model for weight maintenance research... - Reduction in weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes: one-year results of the look AHEAD trialXavier Pi-Sunyer
St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1374-83. 2007..This report describes 1-year changes in CVD risk factors in a trial designed to examine the long-term effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention on the incidence of major CVD events... - Binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome in adults with type 2 diabetesKelly C Allison
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3535 Market Street, Suite 3021, Philadelphia, PA 19104 3309, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:1287-93. 2007..To determine the prevalence of binge eating disorder (BED) and night eating syndrome (NES) among applicants to the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study... - Is dietary fat intake related to liking or household availability of high- and low-fat foods?Hollie A Raynor
Department of Psychiatry, and Human Behavior, Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Obes Res 12:816-23. 2004..This investigation examined relationships between liking and household availability of high- and low-fat foods and their association with dietary fat intake... - The association of gastrointestinal symptoms with weight, diet, and exercise in weight-loss program participantsRona L Levy
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:992-6. 2005..This study assessed rates of GI symptoms in a sample of obese patients in a weight-loss program and explored relationships among GI symptoms and obesity, binge eating, dieting (fat and fruit/fiber consumption), and physical activity... - Amount of food group variety consumed in the diet and long-term weight loss maintenanceHollie A Raynor
The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, 196 Richmond Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Obes Res 13:883-90. 2005..2 +/- 18.0 kg (70.9 +/- 39.5 lbs) and maintained a weight loss of at least 13.6 kg (30 lbs) for 6.1 +/- 7.7 years... - Weight loss strategies associated with BMI in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes at entry into the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trialHollie A Raynor
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Diabetes Care 31:1299-304. 2008.... - Association between obesity and depression in middle-aged womenGregory E Simon
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 30:32-9. 2008..Evaluate the association between obesity and depression among middle-aged women... - Behavioral intervention for the treatment of obesity: strategies and effectiveness dataRona L Levy
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 102:2314-21. 2007..Gastroenterologists are encouraged to use it as a first line of treatment for most obese patients, and as a key component of therapies that involve pharmacologic and surgical components...
Research Grants
- THEORY-BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR SMOKING AND OBESITYRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2002..Because unmet expectations are thought to pose a greater problem for weight control, this manipulation is expected to have a greater effect on weight loss than on smoking cessation. ..
- OBESITY TREATMENT IN A MANAGED CARE SETTINGRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2003..It also addresses important issues of cost and population outreach, and would provide a basis for determining whether such weight management systems are economically viable for primary health care providers. ..
- Maintenance Tailored Obesity TreatmentRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Health Outcomes of Weight loss: Look AHEAD -Action for Health in DiabetesRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2007..These procedures will enable us to analyze the effects of the intervention on serious cardiovascular- related factors and complications, and cost-effectiveness of the intervention. ..
- DIETARY INTERVENTION METHODS FOR CLINICAL TRIALSRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2001..Outcome measures will be obesity reflected in changes in weight, body composition, body fat distribution, and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), with the latter assessed only on subjects at the Pittsburgh Center, ..
- DIETARY INTERVENTION METHODS FOR CLINICAL TRIALSRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 1991
- DIETARY INTERVENTION METHODS FOR CLINICAL TRIALSRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 1993..The proposed studies will provide important data on the effect of these interventions on eating behavior, activity, and body weight, and hopefully result in a more successful long-term weight loss intervention...
- Environmental Intervention for Weight Gain PreventionRobert Jeffery; Fiscal Year: 2009..It is also anticipated that the effects of the intervention on behavior and weight will be related to degree of exposure to intervention activities. ..