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Eating Disorders and Obesity

Third Edition
A Comprehensive Handbook

Edited by Kelly D. Brownell and B. Timothy Walsh

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Acclaimed for its encyclopedic coverage, this is the only handbook that synthesizes current knowledge and clinical practices in the fields of both eating disorders and obesity. Like the prior editions, the significantly revised third edition features more than 100 concise, focused chapters with lists of key readings in place of extended references. All aspects of eating disorders and obesity are addressed by foremost clinical researchers: classification, causes, consequences, risk factors, and pathophysiology, as well as prevention, treatment, assessment, and diagnosis.

New to This Edition

“An exceptional amalgamation of current literature regarding the causes, consequences, and risk factors associated with eating disorders and obesity. This edition provides insight from sociological, psychological, biological, and genetic stances, while also supplying the reader with information related to policy, prevention, and treatment on an individual, community, and global scale….Constructs a landscape for readers that allows them to view both eating disorders and obesity from a variety of perspectives, demonstrating a more complex and intricate problem than what is often portrayed by the popular press….Serves as a timely resource and will be appropriate for scholars and professionals who wish to examine the topic in further detail. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.”

Choice Reviews


“This book assembles world-class authors to cover the state of science in eating and weight disorders providing an up-to-date and comprehensive review of these fields….This [third] edition has added dozens of new chapters and authors to reflect the advances in state-of-the-art treatments over the past 15 years….It is an authoritative work and a central book for a rapidly evolving and complicated field. *****!”

Doody's Review Service


“This handbook is an excellent resource for clinicians and researchers. It serves as an encyclopedia of current knowledge on everything having to do with eating disorders and obesity.”

Cognitive Therapy Today (on the second edition)


“This tome is truly comprehensive and certainly will serve as a handbook for clinicians and researchers for many years to come….The breadth of topics covered in this volume guarantees that it will be the book to be consulted when a question on any issue in eating disorders or obesity is raised by a student, a client, or another professional....Eating Disorders and Obesity is the book that Academy members will likely turn to often for reference, since it addresses virtually every topic in the fields of eating disorders and obesity. I would strongly urge all AED members to add this one to their bookshelf.”

Academy for Eating Disorders Newsletter (on the second edition)


“An astonishingly comprehensive work, and one that efficiently facilitates the search for further information should more in-depth knowledge be required. The brevity of each chapter makes it highly readable, and the eminence of the contributors gives the reader great confidence in the accuracy of the information.”

Nutrition Bulletin (on the second edition)


“A book that should be one of the main resources for anyone who has to deal with patients with eating disorders or obesity....This book should be required reading for all medical students, who will soon be dealing with patients with all of these eating disorders in their many disguises. It is also a wonderful quick reference book for anyone treating patients with eating disorders because the chapters are well written, short, and to the point. Each chapter is limited to specific aspects of each disorder, so one can easily find the relevant information they are seeking.”

Psychosomatics (on the second edition)


“The term handbook is commonly misused in science and health. Attracted by books claiming to be both practical and comprehensive, the all too frequent result is disappointment. This handbook is an exception....Breadth of coverage is what makes this special, together with a genuine interest in bringing together two clinical fields that remain apart, occasionally in conflict. This is a book that will make many journeys from my bookshelf to desk. And I recommend it to anyone with an interest in obesity or eating disorders, student or professor, who is curious to find out about what lies beyond their own specialty.”

International Association for the Study of Obesity Newsletter (on the second edition)


“This scholarly synthesis of knowledge reflects high-quality writing and editorial work, and is a must-have for researchers and academics and for clinicians involved in the care of clients with eating disorders and/or obesity.”

Journal of Addiction and Mental Health (on the second edition)


“Although the fields of obesity and eating disorders still sit side by side with only tentative tendrils combining them, this handbook, over subsequent editions, is helping to foster needed integration. The brief, easily read chapters in the third edition provide an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of both fields.”

—W. Stewart Agras, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Emeritus), Stanford University


“This thoroughly updated handbook once again assembles a world-class roster of authors to cover the state of the science in eating and weight disorders. The third edition features important new discoveries across a broad disciplinary spectrum. Grounded in research and offering well-selected recommendations for follow-up reading, this is a valuable text for courses in eating disorders, obesity, and behavioral health (to name a few). Written in clear and compelling prose, the book is a 'must read' for anyone who wants to understand and find practical solutions to the challenges and suffering that arise from eating and weight disorders.”

—Ruth Striegel Weissman, PhD, Walter A. Crowell University Professor of the Social Sciences, Wesleyan University


“An exceptionally well-crafted work. The fields addressed are covered broadly and deeply, yet surprisingly succinctly—a remarkable amount of material is packed into these pages. The third edition has been updated and expanded considerably, and covers developing areas of growing importance, as well as clinical and research questions that are often overlooked. The authors are the leaders in their disciplines, often the primary contributors in each field. This handbook will remain a central text for many years; I highly recommend it for practitioners, researchers, and students in various clinical and basic science fields.”

—James E. Mitchell, MD, The Lee A. Christoferson Chair in Neuroscience Research and Chester Fritz Distinguished University Professor, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences


“This authoritative work examines multiple rapidly evolving facets of a highly complex area. The volume takes a 'deep dive' into the concepts and latest developments pertaining to understanding and treatment of eating disorders and obesity, including advances across medical disciplines and the behavioral sciences. It is a 'must have' for students and clinicians.”

—Louis J. Aronne, MD, FACP, DABOM, Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research, Weill Cornell College of Medicine; Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Table of Contents

I. Foundations

Regulation of Body Weight

1. Central Neural Pathways and Integration in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance, Gary J. Schwartz

2. Decreased Peripheral Hormonal Negative-Feedback Control of Food Intake and Body Weight in Obesity, Gerard P. Smith

3. Leptin and Body Weight, Yiying Zhang & Rudolph L. Leibel

4. Genetics of Obesity and Related Traits, Ruth J. F. Loos & Rudolph L. Leibel

5. The Epigenetics of Obesity, Alexis C. Frazier-Wood & David B. Allison

6. Prenatal Effects on Body Weight, Emily Oken

7. Taste, Eating, and Body Weight, Linda M. Bartoshuk

8. Physiological Adaptations Following Weight Reduction, Michael Rosenbaum & Rudolph L. Leibel

9. Body Composition, Nerys Astbury & Dympna Gallagher

10. Energy Expenditure and the Regulation of Energy Balance, Eric Ravussin

11. Macronutrients, Energy Balance, and Body Weight Regulation, Kevin D. Hall

12. Cognitive Neuroscience and the Risk for Weight Gain, Eric Stice & Sonja Yokum

13. Body Weight and Neurocognitive Function, Misty A. W. Hawkins & John Gunstad

Psychological and Social Factors

14. Acquisition of Food Preferences and Eating Patterns in Children, Jennifer Orlet Fisher & Leann L. Birch

15. Parental Food Rules and Children’s Eating: Intended and Unintended Consequences, Myles S. Faith

16. Prevalence and Demographics of Dieting, Andrew J. Hill

17. The Impact of Dieting, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer & Katie A. Loth

18. Weight Suppression, Michael R. Lowe

19. Origins of Binge Eating: Pediatric Loss-of-Control Eating, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff

20. Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Eating Disturbance, Anne E. Becker

21. Stigma, Discrimination, and Obesity, Rebecca M. Puhl

22. Body Image, Obesity, and Eating Disorders, J. Kevin Thompson & Lauren Schaefer

23. Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Katharine A. Phillips

24. Does Addressing Obesity Create Risk for Eating Disorders?, Kendrin R. Sonneville & S. Bryn Austin

II. Eating Disorders

Clinical Characteristics of Eating Disorders

25. The History of Eating Disorders, Richard A. Gordon

26. Classification of Eating Disorders, B. Timothy Walsh

27. Anorexia Nervosa, Evelyn Attia

28. Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa, Stephen W. Touyz & Phillipa J. Hay

29. Bulimia Nervosa, Pamela K. Keel

30. Binge Eating Disorder, Michael J. Devlin

31. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Rachel Bryant-Waugh

32. Night Eating Syndrome, Kelly C. Allison

33. Eating Disorders in Males, Theodore E. Weltzin

34. Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa, Philip S. Mehler

35. Medical Complications of Bulimia Nervosa, Philip S. Mehler

36. Medical Complications of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Neville H. Golden

37. Connections between Eating Disorders and Obesity, Marsha D. Marcus

Epidemiology and Etiology of Eating Disorders

38. Epidemiology of Eating Disorders, Hans W. Hoek

39. Global Mental Health and Priorities for Eating Disorders, Kathleen M. Pike

40. The Genetics of Eating Disorders, Cynthia M. Bulik & Gerome Breen

41. Risk Factors for Eating Disorders, Karina L. Allen & Ulrike Schmidt

42. Emotion Regulation and Eating Disorders, Stephen A. Wonderlich & Jason M. Lavender

43. Disturbances of the Central Nervous System in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Laura A. Berner & Walter H. Kaye

44. Cognitive Neuroscience and Eating Disorders, Joanna E. Steinglass

Treatment and Prevention of Eating Disorders

45. Assessment of Feeding and Eating Disorders, Jennifer J. Thomas

46. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders, Christopher G. Fairburn

47. Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Denise E. Wilfley & Dawn M. Eichen

48. Family Therapy and Eating Disorders, Daniel Le Grange & Ivan Eisler

49. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Laurel E. S. Mayer

50. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder, James I. Hudson & Harrison G. Pope, Jr.

51. Psychological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder, Carlos M. Grilo

52. Intensive Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Janet Treasure

53. Weight Restoration in Anorexia Nervosa, Angela S. Guarda & Graham W. Redgrave

54. Self-Help Treatments for Eating Disorders, Robyn Sysko

55. Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatment, G. Terence Wilson

56. Prevention of Eating Disorders, Tracey D. Wade

57. Does Advocacy for Eating Disorders Really Work?, Kitty Westin & Scott Crow

III. Obesity

Epidemiology and Etiology of Obesity

58. Obesity Is a Global Issue, Tim Lobstein

59. Connections between Undernutrition and Obesity, Juan A. Rivera, Claudia Ivonne Ramirez-Silva, & Lilia S. Pedraza

60. Prevalence and Demographics of Obesity in the United States, Hannah G. Lawman & Cynthia L. Ogden

61. Early-Life Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity, Elsie M. Taveras

62. Health Risks Associated with Obesity, Adela Hruby & Frank B. Hu

63. Obesity in U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations, Shiriki K. Kumanyika

64. Epidemiology and Causes of Obesity in Children and Young Adults, Timothy Gill

65. Economic Causes and Consequences of Obesity, John Cawley

66. Dietary Drivers of Obesity, Adela Hruby & Frank B. Hu

67. Physical Activity and Prevention of Obesity, Russell R. Pate & Jennifer I. Flynn

68. The Gut Microbiome and Obesity, Philip Chuang & Ilseung Cho

69. Stress and Obesity, Ashley E. Mason & Elissa S. Epel

70. Food, Addiction, and Obesity, Erica M. Schulte, Michelle A. Joyner, & Ashley N. Gearhardt

71. Food and Addiction: Reasons to Be Cautious, Hisham Ziauddeen & Paul C. Fletcher

Clinical Characteristics of Obesity

72. Definition and Classification of Obesity, June Stevens

73. Medical Complications of Obesity in Adults, Tirissa J. Reid & Judith Korner

74. Medical Consequences of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence, William H. Dietz

75. Effects of Weight Loss on Health Outcomes, Rena R. Wing

76. Social and Psychological Effects of Weight Loss, Lucy F. Faulconbridge

Treatment of Obesity

77. Clinical Assessment of Patients with Obesity, Robert F. Kushner

78. Macronutrient Composition and Obesity Treatment, Arne Astrup & Jennie Brand-Miller

79. Treatment of Obesity in Primary Care Practice, Adam G. Tsai & Thomas A. Wadden

80. Treatments for Childhood Obesity, Denise E. Wilfley & Dorothy J. Van Buren

81. Weight Loss Approaches for Black Populations, Gary G. Bennett & Bryan C. Batch

82. Portion Size and Energy Density, Barbara J. Rolls & Samantha M. R. Kling

83. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity, Meghan L. Butryn & Thomas A. Wadden

84. Pharmacological Treatments for Obesity, Rekha B. Kumar & Louis J. Aronne

85. Surgery for Obesity: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Procedures, Christopher R. Daigle & Philip R. Schauer

86. Surgical Devices for Obesity, Bruce M. Wolfe & Elizaveta Walker

87. The Role of Scalable, Community-Based Weight Management Programs, Gary D. Foster, Angela Makris, & Alexis C. Wojtanowski

88. Exercise in the Management of Obesity, John M. Jakicic & Renee J. Rogers

89. Body Image Issues in Obesity, David B. Sarwer

90. Improving Maintenance of Weight Loss, Delia Smith West

91. Using Digital Media to Address Obesity, Deborah F. Tate

Obesity Prevention and Policy

92. The Role of Government in Contributing to and Addressing the Obesity Epidemic, Thomas A. Farley

93. Closing the Energy Gap to Address Obesity, Y. Claire Wang

94. Global Efforts to Address Obesity, Corinna Hawkes

95. Are National Food Policies Helping or Hurting Obesity Prevention?, Marion Nestle

96. The Role of Advocacy in Preventing Obesity, Roberta R. Friedman

97. Strategies for Creating Obesity Policy Change, Margo G. Wootan

98. Legal Approaches to Addressing Obesity, Jennifer L. Pomeranz

99. Stealth Interventions for Obesity: Strategies for Behavioral, Social, and Policy Changes, Thomas N. Robinson

100. Slim by Design: Using the CAN Approach to Develop Effective Obesity Policies, Brian Wansink

101. Behavioral Economics and Obesity, Lizzy Pope, Stephen T. Higgins, & Leonard H. Epstein

102. Taxes as a Means for Addressing Obesity, Tatiana Andreyeva, Frank J. Chaloupka, & Jamie F. Chriqui

103. Schools, Child Care, and Obesity Policy, Marlene B. Schwartz & Meghan L. O’Connell

104. Addressing the Influence of Food Marketing to Children, Jennifer L. Harris

105. Changing Physical Activity Environments, James F. Sallis

106. Food Labeling and Obesity, Christina A. Roberto, Neha Khandpur, & Eric M. VanEpps

107. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Role as a Federal Agency in Reversing U.S. Trends in Obesity, Heidi M. Blanck

108. Modeling the Impact of Public Policies, Steven L. Gortmaker


About the Editors

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, is Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he is also Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, Dr. Brownell was the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University. His work focuses on obesity and food policy. Dr. Brownell has been named to the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine); has received numerous awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association; and in 2006 was named by Time magazine as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People.

B. Timothy Walsh, MD, is Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and Director of the Division of Clinical Therapeutics at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. The clinical research group he founded and has led at Columbia has conducted studies of the etiology and treatment of eating disorders, with a particular focus on underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Dr. Walsh has served as president of the Academy for Eating Disorders and of the Eating Disorders Research Society, and chaired the Eating Disorders Work Group for DSM-IV and DSM-5. He has received awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.

Contributors

Karina L. Allen, PhD, Eating Disorders Service, Maudsley Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

David B. Allison, PhD, Nutrition Obesity Research Center and Office of Energetics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Kelly C. Allison, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tatiana Andreyeva, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Louis J. Aronne, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

Nerys Astbury, PhD, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Arne Astrup, MD, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Evelyn Attia, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York

S. Bryn Austin, ScD, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Linda M. Bartoshuk, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Bryan C. Batch, MD, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Gary G. Bennett, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Duke Global Health Institute and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Laura A. Berner, PhD, Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Leann L. Birch, PhD, Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Heidi M. Blanck, PhD, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gerome Breen, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Rachel Bryant-Waugh, MSc, DPhil, Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Meghan L. Butryn, PhD, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Cawley, PhD, Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Ilseung Cho, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Philip Chuang, MD, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Scott Crow, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Christopher R. Daigle, MD, FRCSC, The Bariatric Center, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio

Michael J. Devlin, MD, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Dawn M. Eichen, PhD, Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research Center, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Ivan Eisler, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Elissa S. Epel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Christopher G. Fairburn, DM, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Myles S. Faith, PhD, Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Department of Public Health, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lucy F. Faulconbridge, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paul C. Fletcher, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jennifer I. Flynn, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Gary D. Foster, PhD, Weight Watchers International, New York, New York; Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alexis C. Frazier-Wood, PhD, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Roberta R. Friedman, ScM, RFriedman Consulting, Hamden, Connecticut

Dympna Gallagher, EdD, New York Obesity Research Center, Columbia University, New York, New York

Ashley N. Gearhardt, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Timothy Gill, PhD, Boden Institute and the Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Neville H. Golden, MD, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Richard A. Gordon, PhD, Psychology Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. F. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Angela S. Guarda MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

John Gunstad, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Kevin D. Hall, PhD, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Corinna Hawkes, PhD, Centre for Food Policy, City University of London, London, United Kingdom

Misty A. W. Hawkins, PhD, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Phillipa J. Hay, DPhil, MD, Centre for Health Research, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Andrew J. Hill, PhD, Institute of Health Sciences, Leeds University School of Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom

Hans W. Hoek, MD, PhD, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, Netherlands; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

Adela Hruby, PhD, MPH, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

James I. Hudson, MD, ScD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

John M. Jakicic, PhD, Physical Activity and Weight Management Center, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michelle A. Joyner, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Walter H. Kaye, MD, Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Pamela K. Keel, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Neha Khandpur, ScD, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Samantha M. R. Kling, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Judith Korner, MD, PhD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

Robert F. Kushner, MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Jason M. Lavender, PhD, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, North Dakota

Hannah G. Lawman, PhD, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Rudolph L. Leibel, MD, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Tim Lobstein, PhD, World Obesity Federation, London, United Kingdom; Public Health Advocacy Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Ruth J. F. Loos, PhD, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Katie A. Loth, PhD, MPH, RD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michael R. Lowe, PhD, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Angela Makris, PhD, RD, private practice, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Marsha D. Marcus, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ashley E. Mason, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Laurel E. S. Mayer, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, Eating Recovery Center, ACUTE at Denver Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, New York

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Meghan L. O’Connell, MPH, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut

Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, MRP, Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland

Emily Oken, MD, MPH, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Russell R. Pate, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Lilia S. Pedraza, MSc, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Katharine A. Phillips, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Program, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York

Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH, College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York

Harrison G. Pope, Jr., MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Lizzy Pope, PhD, RD, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Rebecca M. Puhl, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Claudia Ivonne Ramirez-Silva, PhD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Eric Ravussin, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Graham W. Redgrave, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Tirissa J. Reid, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Juan A. Rivera, PhD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Christina A. Roberto, PhD, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Stanford Solutions Science Lab, Division of General Pediatrics, and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Renee J. Rogers, PhD, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Barbara J. Rolls, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania

Michael Rosenbaum, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

James F. Sallis, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

David B. Sarwer, PhD, Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lauren Schaefer, MA, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Philip R. Schauer, MD, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, and Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Erica M. Schulte, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Gary J. Schwartz, PhD, Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York

Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Gerard P. Smith, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Joanna E. Steinglass, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

June Stevens, PhD, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global

Public Health, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Eric Stice, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Robyn Sysko, PhD, Eating and Weight Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, PhD, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Deborah F. Tate, PhD, Departments of Health Behavior and Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts

Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Stephen W. Touyz, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Janet Treasure, OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam G. Tsai, MD, MSCE, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Dorothy J. Van Buren, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Eric M. VanEpps, PhD, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tracey D. Wade, PhD, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Elizaveta Walker, MPH, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

B. Timothy Walsh, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

Brian Wansink, PhD, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Theodore E. Weltzin, MD, FAED, CEDS, FAPA, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Delia Smith West, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Kitty Westin, MA, LP, The Emily Program Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota

Denise E. Wilfley, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

G. Terence Wilson, PhD, Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Rena R. Wing, PhD, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Alexis C. Wojtanowski, BS, Weight Watchers International, New York, New York

Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Stephen A. Wonderlich, PhD, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota

Margo G. Wootan, DSc, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC

Sonja Yokum, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Yiying Zhang, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Hisham Ziauddeen, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Audience

Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, dietitians, and other health professionals who treat patients with eating disorders and weight concerns.

Course Use

May serve as a supplemental text in graduate-level courses.
Previous editions published by Guilford:

Second Edition, © 2002
ISBN: 9781593852368

First Edition, © 1998
ISBN: 9781572303805
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