A5112478397- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Magnesium in Health and Disease
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Muscle metabolism and nutrition
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Sports Performance and Training
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Biochemical effects in animals
- Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Drexel University
2011-2025
Columbia University
2001-2015
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
2001-2008
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2004
Lehigh University
1981
Visual self-expression helps with attention and improves health well-being. Few studies have examined reward pathway activation during different visual art tasks. This pilot study is the first to examine brain via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) three distinct drawing tasks—coloring, doodling, free drawing. Participants (11 men, 15 women; 8 artists, 16 non-artists) engaged in each task separated by equal intervals of rest a block design experimental protocol. Additional data...
ABSTRACT Introduction During exercise, substrate utilization is characterized by “crossover point,” a term representing the predominant transition from fat to carbohydrate. Exercise intensity highly influences crossover point, but there paucity of research on sport-specific differences. The purpose this study was examine differences in time crossover, heart rate (HR), and percent maximal oxygen consumption (%V˙O 2max ) at point between combat athletes runners during submaximal tests....
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the utility food-reinforced operant task performance in modeling binge-eating disorder (BED). We hypothesized that food reinforcement after a caloric preload would be related BED status, but not hunger.We investigated association between reports hunger, binge tendency, and sample 18 women (12 non-BED, 7 lean, 5 obese, 6 obese BED). Participants completed two sessions consuming 600 ml flavored water or 1 kcal/ml liquid meal.Under condition, did...
The sense of 'loss control' (LOC), or a feeling being unable to stop eating control what how much one is eating, the most salient aspect binge eating. However, neural alterations that may contribute this experience and behavior remain poorly understood.
Chocolate elicits unique brain activity compared to other foods, activating similar regions and neurobiological substrates with potentially psychoactive effects as substances of abuse. We sought determine the relationship between chocolate varying combinations its main constituents (sugar, cocoa, fat) effects. Participants consumed 5 g a commercially available increasing amounts sugar (90% 85% 70% milk chocolates). After each sample, participants completed Psychoactive Effects Questionnaire...
Coated tube enzyme immunoassay using alkaline phosphatase conjugated to rabbit (anti-human IgG) antiserum was studied determine conditions of maximum sensitivity. The competitive binding assay utilized showed a large increase in sensitivity with immobilized antigen levels below the giving rise coating-antigen dilution series. effects reversible solid phase were investigated by comparison untreated polystyrene tubes, tubes treated glutaraldehyde and glass activated an aminosilane. use...
The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA) is a community-based organization providing home-delivered meals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to individuals at acute nutritional risk and experiencing life-threatening illness, independent of age or income. challenge MANNA faces, like other organizations, demonstrate effective services by benchmarking with organizations. This article reports how benchmarked results their annual satisfaction survey against the 2013 National...
Background: Bone-regulating hormones and nutrients play an important role in influencing metabolic health. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine whether bone-regulating nutrients, such as parathyroid hormone (PTH), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), magnesium (Mg) could be used characterize the metabolically healthy obese (MHO) phenotype. Methods: This included 27 overweight or participants (14 men/13 women) classified MHO ( n = 14) unhealthy (MUO) 13) based on presence absence...
Abstract Objective : Intracellular calcium (Ca) is increased in obese humans, and magnesium (Mg)‐ATPase activity monosodium glutamate‐induced rats. The aims of this study were to test the hypotheses that Ca‐ATPase negatively correlated with BMI, Mg‐ATPase positively BMI women. Research Methods Procedures Thirty healthy adult women, BMIs 20 40, donated a single sample whole blood interviewed as medical history family obesity. Erythrocyte membranes isolated assayed for Mg‐ATPase. Weight height...