- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Physical Activity and Health
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
University of California, San Francisco
2016-2025
University of California System
2021-2025
University of the Witwatersrand
2024
Jackson College
2024
Vector Test Systems (United States)
2024
Universidad Católica de Santa Fe
2024
Texas Christian University
2023
University of Toronto
2023
University of Oslo
2022
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
2021-2022
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to laws and policies that include national school closures, lockdown or shelter-in-place laws, social-distancing recommendations may translate higher overall screen time among children adolescents for the duration of enforcement these policies. These need be periodically reinstated control future COVID-19 recurrences other emergencies. Excessive is associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure,...
PurposeThis study aimed to estimate the associations between job insecurity and symptoms of anxiety depression among U.S. young adults amidst COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsWe analyzed data on aged 18–26 years from June 15 30, 2020, weekly, cross-sectional Household Pulse Survey (n = 4,852) conducted by Census Bureau. Two measures four were using multivariable Poisson regression models adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, marital status.ResultsFifty-nine percent participants...
Transgender men and women may be at risk for eating disorders, but prior community norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) are based on presumed cisgender woman have not intentionally included transgender people. The objective this study was to develop disorder attitudes disordered behaviors in using EDE-Q. Participants were 312 172 participants PRIDE Study, an existing cohort sexual gender minority We present mean scores, standard deviations, percentile ranks Global...
Food insecurity is a considerable challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, disproportionately affecting persons living with HIV/AIDS. This study investigates the lived experience, determinants, and consequences of food hunger among individuals HIV/AIDS on shore Lake Victoria Suba District, Kenya. Parallel mixed methods included semi-structured interviews administration Household Insecurity Access Scale systematic sample 67 (49 whom were receiving antiretroviral therapy [ART]). All respondents either...
Abstract Objective Body dissatisfaction is intricately linked to the development of disordered eating. However, as male body appears more oriented toward muscularity, versus thinness per se, existing measures eating disorder psychopathology may lack sensitivity in capturing that muscularity‐focused. The aim present study was develop a specific measure muscularity‐oriented eating—the test (MOET). Method Candidate items were generated and refined consultation with disorder‐focused researchers...
Abstract Objective To determine adolescent predictors of muscularity‐oriented disordered eating behaviors in young men and women using a nationally representative longitudinal sample the United States to examine differences by sex. Method We used cohort data collected from baseline (11–18 years old, 1994–1995) 7‐year follow‐up (18–24 2001–2002) National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Adult Health. examined demographic, behavioral, mental health adult defined as more or differently gain weight...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of food insecurity and mental illness have been projected to increase in U.S. owing significant social economic disruption. This study aims estimate prevalence insufficiency (often most extreme form insecurity), correlates insufficiency, associations between symptoms poor health during pandemic.Cross-sectional data from 63,674 participants Census Household Pulse Survey were collected analyzed 2020. Multiple Poisson regression models used with...
Abstract Purpose Gender-expansive individuals (i.e., those who identify outside of the binary system man or woman) are a marginalized group that faces discrimination and have high burden mental health problems, but there is paucity research on eating disorders in this population. This study aimed to describe community norms for Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) gender-expansive populations. Methods The participants were 988 (defined as neither exclusively cisgender nor...
To determine sociodemographic correlates of contemporary screen time use among a diverse population-based sample 9- and 10-year-old children.In 2021, we analyzed cross-sectional baseline (2016-2018) data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study (n = 10 755). Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to estimate associations between factors (sex, race/ethnicity, country birth, household income, parental education) 6 forms (television, videos [eg, YouTube], video games,...