A5012431155- Obesity and Health Practices
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Humor Studies and Applications
- Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Vitamin D Research Studies
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2019-2025
Salisbury University
2022
University of California, Los Angeles
2014-2017
Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí
2014-2016
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2014-2016
Deleted Institution
2014-2016
Hospital Virgen de la Concha
2013
Cornell University
2008
Uppsala University
2006
University of Illinois Chicago
1996-2004
Objectives To assess levels of two types anti‐fat bias in obesity specialists, explicit bias, or consciously accessible attitudes, and implicit attitudes that are activated outside conscious awareness, were examined. This study also assessed changes over time by comparing 2013 to published data from 2001. Methods In 232 attendees at the ObesityWeek conference, we measured conducted Implicit Association Test. These compared those a 2001 meeting this group. Results Participants exhibited...
Objective To investigate the association of maternal circulating 25‐hydroxyvitamin D3 [25( OH )D3] concentration with pregnancy and birth outcomes. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Four geographical areas Spain, 2003–2008. Population Of 2382 mother–child pairs participating in IN fancia y Medio Ambiente ( INMA ) Project. Methods Maternal 25( )D3 was measured (mean [ SD ] 13.5 [2.2] weeks gestation). We tested associations Main outcome measures Gestational diabetes mellitus GDM ),...
Objective Rates of weight-based stigmatization have steadily increased over the past decade. The psychological and physiological consequences weight stigma remain understudied. Methods This study examined effects experimentally manipulated on stress-responsive hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPA) in 110 female undergraduate participants (BMI: M = 19.30, SD 1.55). BMI self-perceived body were as moderators relationship between HPA reactivity. Results indicated participants' perceptions...
Abstract Background Weight stigma is a societal phenomenon that very prevalent in healthcare, precipitating poor patient-provider relationships, discontinuity of care, and delayed cancer screening. Little research, though, has investigated weight prenatal postpartum healthcare. To address this gap, study examined the prevalence frequency weight-stigmatizing experiences Methods 501 pregnant women responded to an online survey where they reported whether had experienced or healthcare and, if...
Weight stigma adversely affects the health of general population, but almost no studies have examined possible negative consequences weight in context pregnancy. The present study tested whether experiencing pregnancy is inversely related to mental and physical mothers during first postpartum year.This associations between weight-related experiences discrimination everyday life, measured at 1 month after birth a child, outcomes concurrently 6 months year sample 214 women Community Child...
Abstract Background Weight bias is a global health challenge and community members are endorsed as the most common source of weight bias. The nature biases specifically against preconception, pregnant, postpartum (PPP) women from perspective not known, especially in terms cross-cultural trends. We investigated magnitude explicit implicit profiles characteristics associated with harbouring Methods conducted multinational investigation clusters factors PPP (May–July 2023). Community Australia,...
The integration of technology throughout daily life has become a pervasive environmental influence with wide-ranging implications, including on how we eat. Previous research demonstrates that simultaneously eating and watching television (TV) leads to increased food consumption. However, the effects smartphone use are still uncertain as limited existing yielded conflicting findings. Under guise being study about multitasking, this experimentally tested using (either TV or smartphone) while...
Objective The media often contain weight‐stigmatizing material. However, little is known about pregnant and postpartum women’s experiences with media‐based weight stigma. Methods Two studies investigated stigma in the from multiple perspectives. Study 1 analyzed open‐response examples of coming media, broadly defined, 123 women (from a larger sample 501). 2 identified online news‐media articles pregnancy published during study data collection period (August to November 2017). Results...
Latina mothers, who have one of the highest fertility rates among ethnic groups in United States (US), often experience discrimination. Psychosocial influences during pregnancy, such as discrimination stress, promotes inflammation. However, role epigenetic markers inflammation a mediator between, and predictor of, maternal stress neuropsychiatric outcomes has not been extensively studied. The current study investigates DNA methylation at FOXP3 Treg-cell-specific demethylated region (TSDR),...
Objective Although a considerable amount of research has revealed connections between weight stigma and mental physical health outcomes, no studies to date have experimentally manipulated the experience obesity understand how causally affects eating behavior, physiology, psychological well‐being. Research also not yet identified effective strategies for reducing stigma. Methods In this research, effect on unhealthy stress hormone cortisol was examined by randomly assigning participants...