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...
Using Pietromonaco and colleagues’ (2013) model as a guiding framework, I designed an empirically testable model that integrates theory and constructs from relationship science, affective science, and health psychology to explore the impact of soc...
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...
Exercise video games have a recognized potential for widespread use as tools for effective exercise. Current exergames do not consistently strike a successful balance between the "fun gameplay" and "effective exercise" aspects of the ideal exergam...
Women’s health behaviors during pregnancy have long-lasting effects for both mother and child. One common consequence of health-compromising behaviors is excess gestational weight gain (GWG), or gaining more weight than recommended by the Institut...
The underrepresentation of ethnically diverse women in the binge eating literature contributes to the false assumption that eating disorders are less prevalent among these women. This thesis represents the first known study examining a sample of e...
Obesity is a significant public health concern that is associated with poorer mental and physical health outcomes and approximately 41% of college men are overweight or obese. Given the impact of obesity in this population, research should focus o...
Obesity remains one of the greatest public health threats in the 21st century, increasing the risk for many chronic illnesses, including Type 2 diabetes and CVD, with economic costs associated with treatments for obesity reaching $147 billion/year...
The goal of this study was to gain an improved understanding of binge eating disorder (BED) in Latina women by creating a rich description of their symptoms and related experiences, while also considering the influence of culture and acculturation...
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...
