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| Kristin L SchneiderSummaryAffiliation: University of Massachusetts Medical School Country: USA Publications
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Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eatingKristin L Schneider
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Medicine, Worcester, 01655, USA
Appetite 55:701-6. 2010..Contrary to the hypothesis, trait anger was not associated with food intake for obese or lean participants. Results suggest that trait anxiety may be a risk factor for emotional eating among obese individuals...
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating?Kristin L Schneider
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Appetite 58:563-6. 2012..Results suggest that EES anxiety is a predictor of anxiety-driven eating and may be used to assess emotional eating when direct observation of intake is not possible...
Make Better Choices (MBC): study design of a randomized controlled trial testing optimal technology-supported change in multiple diet and physical activity risk behaviorsBonnie Spring
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
BMC Public Health 10:586. 2010..The study aim is to determine which combination of two behavior change goals--one dietary, one activity--yields greatest overall healthy lifestyle change...
A comment on analyzing addictive behaviors over timeKristin L Schneider
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:445-8. 2010..This article aimed to demonstrate how ordinary use of generalized estimating equations (GEE) can be problematic if the assumption of missing completely at random (MCAR) is not met...
Design and methods for a randomized clinical trial treating comorbid obesity and major depressive disorderKristin L Schneider
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Psychiatry 8:77. 2008..Treating depression directly prior to behavioral weight loss treatment might bolster weight loss outcomes in this population, but this has not yet been tested in a randomized clinical trial...
Exercise and energy intake in overweight, sedentary individualsKristin L Schneider
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychology MC 285, 1007 W Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Eat Behav 10:29-35. 2009..Further research examining behavioral and physiological mechanisms of mood deterioration and caloric overcompensation following exercise in overweight, sedentary individuals is warranted...
Depression severity, diet quality, and physical activity in women with obesity and depressionBradley M Appelhans
Departments of Preventive Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Acad Nutr Diet 112:693-8. 2012..Future studies should identify mechanisms linking depression to diet quality and determine whether diet quality improves with depression treatment...
Design and methods for testing a simple dietary message to improve weight loss and dietary qualityPhilip A Merriam
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 9:87. 2009..g., fiber intake, may make the message much easier to comprehend and adhere, such that respondents can achieve greater weight loss, better dietary quality and overall metabolic health...
The sunless study: a beach randomized trial of a skin cancer prevention intervention promoting sunless tanningSherry L Pagoto
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01655, USA
Arch Dermatol 146:979-84. 2010..To examine the impact of a skin cancer prevention intervention that promoted sunless tanning as a substitute for sunbathing...
Association of post-traumatic stress disorder and obesity in a nationally representative sampleSherry L Pagoto
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:200-5. 2012..The present study provides support for a link between PTSD and obesity. Findings further existing literature by indicating that the association is consistent across sexes and is not statistically mediated by BED...
Socioeconomic status, energy cost, and nutrient content of supermarket food purchasesBradley M Appelhans
Department of Preventive Medicine and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Am J Prev Med 42:398-402. 2012..Although supermarkets are the largest food source in the American diet, the associations between SES and the cost and nutrient content of freely chosen food purchases have not been described...
Response style and vulnerability to anger-induced eating in obese adultsBradley M Appelhans
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Eat Behav 12:9-14. 2011..Future research should determine whether coping skills training can reduce emotional eating tendencies...
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese womenBradley M Appelhans
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Appetite 59:576-84. 2012..Impulsivity was associated with the quantity of away-from-home and ready-to-eat foods consumed, but not the frequency of their consumption. Home food preparation may be critical to weight control for impulsive individuals...
Determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in incidence of diabetes in postmenopausal women in the U.S.: The Women's Health Initiative 1993-2009Yunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Diabetes Care 35:2226-34. 2012..To examine determinants of racial/ethnic differences in diabetes incidence among postmenopausal women participating in the Women's Health Initiative...
Inhibiting food reward: delay discounting, food reward sensitivity, and palatable food intake in overweight and obese womenBradley M Appelhans
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:2175-82. 2011..Strengthening inhibitory control could enhance weight management programs...
Elevated depressive symptoms, antidepressant use, and diabetes in a large multiethnic national sample of postmenopausal womenYunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Diabetes Care 34:2390-2. 2011..To examine elevated depressive symptoms and antidepressant use in relation to diabetes incidence in the Women's Health Initiative...
A simple dietary message to improve dietary quality: Results from a pilot investigationBarbara C Olendzki
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
Nutrition 25:736-44. 2009..The present study compared the feasibility of two simple messages (a high-fiber diet or a low saturated fat diet) to a combination message (high fiber/low saturated fat) on their potential to affect dietary quality and metabolic health...
Association between adult attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obesity in the US populationSherry L Pagoto
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:539-44. 2009..Mediation analyses suggest that binge eating disorder (BED), but not depression, partially mediates the associations between ADHD and both overweight and obesity. Results suggest that adult ADHD is associated with overweight and obesity...
Development and validation of worksite weight-related social norms surveysStephenie C Lemon
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Am J Health Behav 37:122-9. 2013..To describe the development of measures of worksite descriptive social norms for weight loss, physical activity, and eating behaviors...
Male inclusion in randomized controlled trials of lifestyle weight loss interventionsSherry L Pagoto
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1234-9. 2012..Ethnic males identified composed 1.8% of total participants in US studies. Only 24% of studies that underrepresented males provided a reason. Males, especially ethnic males, are underrepresented in lifestyle weight loss trials...
Design and methods for a cluster randomized trial of the Sunless Study: a skin cancer prevention intervention promoting sunless tanning among beach visitorsSherry L Pagoto
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 9:50. 2009..Sunless tanning (self-tanners and spray tans), a method of achieving the suntanned look without UVR exposure, might be an effective supplement to prevention interventions...
Number of 24-hour diet recalls needed to estimate energy intakeYunsheng Ma
Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
Ann Epidemiol 19:553-9. 2009..Twenty-four-hour diet recall interviews (24HRs) are used to assess diet and to validate other diet assessment instruments. Therefore it is important to know how many 24HRs are required to describe an individual's intake...
Intention-to-treat analyses in behavioral medicine randomized clinical trialsSherry L Pagoto
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01655, USA
Int J Behav Med 16:316-22. 2009..Intention-to-treat (ITT) is an analytic approach where all randomized participants are included in analyses and in their originally assigned condition, regardless of adherence or protocol deviation...
Initial investigation of behavioral activation therapy for co-morbid major depressive disorder and obesitySherry Pagoto
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Psychotherapy (Chic) 45:410-5. 2008..Results support the need for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of BA for both weight loss and depression. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)...
Affective benefits of exercise while quitting smoking: influence of smoking-specific weight concernKristin L Schneider
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607 7137, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 21:255-60. 2007..Results suggest that exercise may help temper negative affect states for women with heightened smoking-specific weight concern...
