- Sleep and related disorders
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Diabetes and associated disorders
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Language Development and Disorders
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
University of Chicago
2014-2023
University of Chicago Medical Center
2022
University College Cork
2014
Objective Phonemic verbal fluency (PVF) is a cognitive function that involves serial processes termed clustering and switching which impacted in both normal aging dementia. The reserve hypothesis suggests appropriate stimulation could maintain or improve performance. This study examines the effect on PVF performance of brief crossword-based intervention cognitively normal, community-based sample. Methods Thirty-seven members active retirement groups volunteered to participate were randomly...
Abstract Objective Loss‐of‐control (LOC) eating is associated with disorders and obesity, thus it imperative to understand its momentary risk factors in order improve intervention efforts. Negative affect has been proposed as a factor for LOC eating, but the evidence effects children adolescents mixed. Short sleep duration (which very common youth), may be one variable that moderates relation between negative subsequent eating. As such, we aimed examine moderating role of within‐person on...
An individual's chronotype, or preference in the timing of sleep food intake, may have metabolic implications. Late chronotype has been associated with higher body mass index (BMI) and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) adults greater BMI, portion sizes, lower HDL cholesterol levels adolescents. Our objective is to examine associations between risk factors for insulin resistance type 2 diabetes preadolescents ages 10–13 years. We hypothesize that late associates glucose levels. Twenty-four (13...