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Title: A Lifestyle Intervention for Women with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes and Disordered Eating
Author: Vela, Alyssa
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Rates of type 2 (T2) diabetes continue to rise in the United States and around the world, with growth to epidemic proportions largely attributed to health behaviors such as poor diet, overeating, and lack of physical activity. T2 diabetes manageme...

Title: Associations between food choice values of parental guardians, socioeconomic status, home food availability, and child dietary intake
Author: Lyerly, Jordan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Previous research has found that food choice values (FCVs), socioeconomic status (SES), and home food availability (HFA) are associated with child dietary intake. However, the relationships between these variables have been poorly studied. Therefo...

Title: Diagnostic and Psychosocial Predictors of Excessive Exercise Use among Adolescents with Symptoms of Anorexia or Bulimia
Author: Alexander, Darcy
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: This study examined the ability of several diagnostic and psychological indicators to predict the use of excessive exercise as a weight loss or compensatory behavior for adolescent patients with symptoms of anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa...

Title: THE INFLUENCE OF WEIGHT CYCLING AND CHRONIC OBESITY EXPOSURE ON SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION: A LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS
Author: Hardin, Abigail
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Psychophysiology
Description: Pediatric obesity is a growing public health concern while cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death among women. As a result, research is seeking to illuminate the links among obesity and chronic diseases in later life, and whe...

Title: The Role of Overvaluation of Shape and Weight in Latinas with Binge Eating Disorder
Author: Palmer, Brooke
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Binge eating disorder (BED) is characterized by episodes of eating unusually large amounts of food while experiencing a sense of loss of control. Binge eating behavior occurs in all ethnic/racial groups, yet the majority of research has focused on...

Title: Treating type 2 diabetes using shared medical appointments: Patient satisfaction and perspectives
Author: Milling, Sandra
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: In the U.S., more than 30 million people are living with diabetes. Given the scope of the problem, it is necessary to identify effective, lower cost alternatives to individual medical appointments for diabetes care. Shared medical appointments (SM...

Title: Weight and social norms: Predicting palatable food intake in first-year college women
Author: Hardin, Abigail
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Weight gain in first year university students may be of particular concern in the development of lifelong overweight or obesity. Both Social Facilitation Theory and the Norms Matching Approach have been invoked to explain the augmentation of calor...