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| Delia S WestSummaryAffiliation: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Country: USA Publications
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Differences in home food availability of high- and low-fat foods after a behavioral weight control program are regional not racialRebecca A Krukowski
Fay W, Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 7:69. 2010..abstract:..- A motivation-focused weight loss maintenance program is an effective alternative to a skill-based approachD S West
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 7205, USA
Int J Obes (Lond) 35:259-69. 2011..Individuals often indicate that waning motivation prompts cessation of effective weight management behaviors. Therefore, a novel weight loss maintenance program that specifically targets motivational factors was evaluated... 
Self-reported sugar-sweetened beverage intake among college studentsDelia Smith West
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, 820, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1825-31. 2006..To characterize sugar-sweetened beverage intake of college students...- Pretreatment weight change is associated with obesity treatment outcomesDelia Smith West
Health Behavior, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1791-5. 2011.... 
Parental recognition of overweight in school-age childrenDelia S West
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:630-6. 2008..Examine the accuracy of parental weight perceptions of overweight children before and after the implementation of childhood obesity legislation that included BMI screening and feedback...- Lay health educators translate a weight-loss intervention in senior centers: a randomized controlled trialDelia Smith West
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:385-91. 2011..The goal of this study was to determine whether a translation of the DPP Lifestyle program delivered by lay health educators and conducted in senior centers is effective in promoting weight loss among older adults... - Weight loss of black, white, and Hispanic men and women in the Diabetes Prevention ProgramDelia S West
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1413-20. 2008.... - Motivational interviewing improves weight loss in women with type 2 diabetesDelia Smith West
UAMS College of Public Health, 4301 West Markham St, 820, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1081-7. 2007..We sought to determine whether adding motivational interviewing to a behavioral weight control program improves weight loss outcomes and glycemic control for overweight women with type 2 diabetes... - Changes in school environments with implementation of Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003Martha M Phillips
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S54-61. 2010..We conclude that Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003 is associated with a number of changes in school environments and policies, resulting from both statewide and local initiatives spawned by the Act... - Comparing behavioral weight loss modalities: incremental cost-effectiveness of an internet-based versus an in-person conditionRebecca A Krukowski
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1629-35. 2011..When participant time costs are included in an economic evaluation of a behavioral weight loss intervention, Internet-based weight loss delivery may be a more cost-effective approach to obesity treatment... - Readiness to change sugar sweetened beverage intake among college studentsLaura Huffman
University of Central Arkansas, Honors College, Conway, Arkansas, USA
Eat Behav 8:10-4. 2007.... - The evaluation of Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003 to reduce childhood obesity: conceptualization, design, and special challengesMartha M Phillips
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham Street, Mail Slot 820, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Community Psychol 51:289-98. 2013.... - Impact of USPSTF practice guidelines on clinician weight loss counseling as reported by obese patientsHolly Felix
University of Arkansas at Medical Sciences, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, Health Behavior and Health Education, USA
Prev Med 47:394-7. 2008..This study assessed the impact of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) guidelines recommending that clinicians provide weight loss counseling (WLC) to all their obese patients... - Stepped-care, community clinic interventions to promote mammography use among low-income rural African American womenDelia Smith West
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, College of Public Health, 4301West Markham Street, 820, Little Rock, AR72205, USA
Health Educ Behav 31:29S-44S. 2004..Further research into this strategy may facilitate efforts to reduce health disparities in underserved low-income rural African American populations... - No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implementedRebecca A Krukowski
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:936-42. 2008.... - The impact of a family history of breast cancer on screening practices and attitudes in low-income, rural, African American womenDelia Smith West
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 7199, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:779-87. 2003..Alternatively, women with a family history may avoid thinking about cancer and have attitudes and practices that do not promote early detection... - Neighborhood impact on healthy food availability and pricing in food storesRebecca A Krukowski
Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham Street, 820 Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
J Community Health 35:315-20. 2010..Furthermore, increasing access to larger stores that can offer lower prices for healthier foods may provide another avenue for enhancing food environments to lower disease risk... - Consideration of the food environment in cancer risk reductionRebecca A Krukowski
Center for the Study of Obesity, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:842-4. 2010..Nutrition professionals will be a crucial element in designing and implementing food environment-based individual, family, and community interventions, which could be potent strategies for cancer prevention... - Stress, race, and body weightKaren Hye cheon Kim
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
Health Psychol 28:131-5. 2009..Stress has been identified as a significant factor in health and in racial/ethnic health disparities. A potential mediator in these relationships is body weight... - Altering TV viewing habits: an unexplored strategy for adult obesity intervention?Jill A Foster
College of Public Health, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:3-14. 2006..To review literature evaluating whether television (TV) viewing reduction is a promising behavioral target for obesity treatment programs for adults... - Effectiveness of weight loss interventions for obese older adultsHolly C Felix
Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Slot 820, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
Am J Health Promot 27:191-9. 2013..This paper reviews the evidence on intentional weight loss and effective weight loss interventions for obese older adults to help dispel concerns and guide health promotion practice... - 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... - The Look AHEAD study: a description of the lifestyle intervention and the evidence supporting itThomas A Wadden
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA [corrected
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:737-52. 2006..After Year 4, participants are offered monthly individual visits. The intervention is delivered by a multidisciplinary team that includes medical staff who monitor participants at risk of hypoglycemic episodes... - Do long-term HDL-C declines associated with a first birth vary by apo E phenotype? The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) studyErica P Gunderson
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Etiology and Prevention, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94612, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 14:917-28. 2005..Because endogenous sex hormones markedly increase during pregnancy, we examined whether HDL-C declines after a first birth varied by apo E polymorphisms... - Relationship of social support and social burden to repeated breast cancer screening in the women's health initiativeCatherine R Messina
Stony Brook University, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794 8036, USA
Health Psychol 23:582-94. 2004..01) and may be particularly important among low-income older women, especially those burdened by caregiving... - The role of postpartum weight retention in obesity among women: a review of the evidenceStacy A Gore
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Ann Behav Med 26:149-59. 2003..Particular attention to the needs of minority mothers is warranted given the likelihood of greater weight retention in this group...