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Myles S. Faith, Ph.D.
Curriculum Vitae, 12/2010
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Curriculum Vitae
Myles S. Faith, Ph.D.
December 1, 2011
PERSONAL
Business Address: 2204 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461
919-966-7230 (voice)
919-966-7216 (fax)
Education:
1995 Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Clinical/School Psychology
Hofstra University
Dissertation: “Emotional Eating and Obesity: Stress-induced
Eating or Experimental Artifact?”
Advisor: Dr. Frank Y. Wong
1992 Masters of Arts Degree:
Psychology
Hofstra University
Advisor: Dr. Frank Y. Wong
1989 Bachelor of Arts Degree: (graduated with honors, 4.0 GPA)
Psychology
Rutgers University
Honors Thesis (Henry Rutgers Scholar): Effect on recall of
partner-completed interrupted tasks.
Advisor: Dr. David Wilder
Specialty certification: Licensed Psychologist New York (NY-012903-1)
Licensed Psychologist Pennsylvania (PS-016492)
Myles S. Faith, Ph.D.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor
2011-present Department of Nutrition
Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
2204 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7461
(919) 966-7230 (Voice)
(919) 966-7216 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Professor 2004-2011 Department of Psychiatry
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3535 Market Street – 3rd
Floor.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-2953 (Voice)
(215) 898-2878 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Instructor
2002-2004 Department of Psychiatry
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
3535 Market Street – 3rd
Floor.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-2953 (Voice)
(215) 898-2878 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Professor 1998-2002 Department of Psychiatry and
New York Obesity Research Center
St. Luke‟s-Roosevelt Hospital and
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
1290 Amsterdam Avenue – 14th
Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 523-2603 (Voice)
(212) 523-3751 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
Myles S. Faith, Ph.D.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
1995-1995 Department of Psychiatry and
New York Obesity Research Center
St. Luke‟s-Roosevelt Hospital and
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
1290 Amsterdam Avenue – 14th
Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 523-2603 (Voice)
(212) 523-3751 (Fax)
Email: [email protected]
HONORS
1997 New Investigator Award. Funded to attend the NAASO-sponsored
conference, “Advancing the Genetics of Obesity: Strategies & Methods.”
New Paltz, New York.
1997 The Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society. $1000
1995 Robinson Award for Exceptional Doctoral Dissertation, Hofstra
University, December, $800
1994 American Psychological Association Dissertation Award. $500.
1993 Young Investigator Award. Presented at the NATO/NIH sponsored
conference, “Obesity Treatment: Establishing Goals, Improving
Outcomes, and Reviewing the Research Agenda.” New York
MEMBERSHIPS
Scientific Associations
2009-present American Heart Association
2007-present Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
2004-present Eating Disorders Research Society
2004-present Society for Study of Research in Child Development
2002-present Behavior Genetics Association
1997-present North American Association for the Study of Obesity/The Obesity Society
1995-present American Psychological Association (1995-present)
University Affiliations
2005-present Assistant Director, Obesity Unit, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and
Metabolism
2004-present Secondary appointment, Department of Pediatrics
2002-present Member, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
Myles S. Faith, Ph.D.
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PUBLICATIONS
Invited Book Chapters
1. Sanderson SC, Faith MS. 2010. Obesity risk. In: Handbook of Genomics and the
Family. (Tercyak, KP, ed.). Washington, DC: Springer. Pages: 329-343.
2. Faith MS. 2010. Development of child taste and food preferences: The role of
exposure. In: The Oxford Handbook of Eating Disorders. (Agras WS, ed.). New
York: Oxford University Press. Pages: 137-147.
3. Kral TVE, Faith MS, Pietrobelli A. 2009. Assessment of eating and weight-related
problems in children. In: Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and
Weight-Related Problems – Measures, Theory, and Research (2nd
Edition). (Allison
DB, Baskin ML, eds.). Washington DC: Sage. Pages: 447-479.
4. Faith MS, Wrotniak BH. 2009. Family-based behavioral strategies to modify diet,
physical activity, and parenting behavior in childhood obesity treatment. In: Obesity
in Youth: Causes, Consequences, and Cures. (Heinberg LJ, Thompson JK, eds.).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Pages: 158-181.
5. Faith MS, Kerns J, Diewald L. Behavioral Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent
Obesity. 2009 In: Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth: Assessment,
Prevention, and Treatment, 2nd
Edition. (Smolak L, Thompson JK, eds.). Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association. Pages: 281-301.
6. Diewald L, Faith MS. 2008. Parent Feeding Practices and Child Overweight. In:
Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity Treatment. (O‟Donohue WT, Moore
BA, Scott BJ., eds.). New York: Routledge. Pages: 117-129.
7. Dolan MS, Henderson M, Faith MS. 2007. Development of child food preferences:
The role of age, experience, and exposure. In: Flamebaum, R.K. (Ed.). Global
Dimensions of Childhood Obesity. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Pages: 155-
168.
8. Faith MS, Epstein E. 2007. Individual behavior change. In: Handbook of Obesity
Prevention – A Resource for Health Professionals. (Kumanyika S, Brownson RC,
eds.). New York: Springer. Pages: 377-402.
9. Faith MS, Kral TVE. 2006. Social environment and genetic influences on obesity
and obesity-promoting behaviors: Fostering research integration. In: Genes, Behavior,
and the Social Environment – Moving Beyond the Nature/Nurture Debate.
(Hernandez LM, Blazer DG, eds.). Washington, D.C.: Institute of Medicine, National
Academies Press. Pages: 236-280.
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10. Stunkard AJ, Faith MS, Allison KC. 2006. Depression and Obesity. In: The
Physician‟s Guide to Depression & Bipolar Disorders. (Evans DL, Charney DS,
Lewis L., eds.). New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Pages: 169-178.
11. Kral TVE, Dolan MS, Kerns J, Faith MS. 2006. Behavioral Aspects of Food Intake:
Implications and Potential Targets for Overweight Prevention. In: Handbook of
Pediatric Obesity: Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Prevention. (Goran MI, Sothern
MS, eds.). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. Pages: 209-225.
12. Faith MS, Calamaro CJ, Pietrobelli A., Dolan MS, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB.
2001. Prevention of Pediatric Obesity: Examining the Issues and Forecasting
Research Directions. In: Preventive Nutrition: The Comprehensive Guide for Health
Professionals. (Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ., eds.). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press Inc.
Pages: 321-345.
13. Cooperberg J, Faith MS. 2004. Treatment of Obesity II: Childhood and Adolescent
Obesity. In: Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity. (Thompson JK, ed.).
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pages: 443-460.
14. Faith MS, Thompson JK. 2003. Obesity and Body Image Disturbance. In: The
Health Psychology Handbook: Practical Issues for the Behavioral Medicine
Specialist. (Cohen LM, McChargue DE, Collins Jr. FL, eds.). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications, Inc., Pages: 125-145.
15. Faith MS, Saelens BE, Wilfley DE, Allison DB. 2001. Behavioral treatment of
childhood and adolescent obesity: Current status, challenges, and future directions.
In: Body Image, Eating Disorders, & Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Theory,
Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention. (Thompson JK, Smolak L, eds). Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association. Pages: 313-340.
16. Pietrobelli A, Heo M, Faith MS. 2001. Assessment of childhood and adolescence
body composition: a practical guide. In: Perspectives in Human Growth,
Development and Maturation. (Dasgupta P, Hauspie R, eds.). The Netherlands,
Kluwer Academic Publisher. Pages: 67-75.
17. Allison DB, Matz PE, Pietrobelli A, Zannolli
R, Faith MS. 2001. Genetic and
environmental influences on obesity. In: Preventive Nutrition, Volume 2: Primary
and Secondary Prevention. (Bendich A, Deckelbaum RJ, eds.). Totowa, NJ: Humana
Press. Pages: 147-164.
18. Allison DB, Faith MS. 2000. The concept of genome-wide power and a
consideration of its potential use in mapping polygenic traits: the example of sib-
pairs. In: Advances in Twin and Sib-pair Analysis. (Spector TD, Snieder H,
MacGregor AJ, eds.). Greenwich Medical Media Ltd., London. Pages: 182-187.
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19. Faith MS, Allison DB, Geliebter A. 1997. Emotional eating and obesity: Theoretical
considerations and practical recommendations. In: Obesity and Weight Control: The
Health Professional‟s Guide to Understanding and Treatment. (Dalton S, ed.).
Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen. Pages: 439-465.
20. Faith MS, Gorman BG, Allison DB. 1997. Meta-analytic evaluations of single-case
designs. In: Methods for the Design and Analysis of Single Case Research. (Allison
DA, Gorman B, Franklin R, eds.). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence-Erlbaum. Pages: 245-277.
21. Faith MS, Pietrobelli A, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB. 1997. Prevention of pediatric
obesity: Examining the issues and forecasting research directions. In: Preventive
Nutrition. (Bednich A, Deckelbaum R, eds.). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. Pages: 471-
486.
22. Faith MS, Allison DB. 1996. Assessment of psychological status in obese persons.
In: Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity: A Practical Guide for Assessment
and Treatment. (Thompson JK, ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association, 1996. Pages: 365-387.
23. Yuker HE, Allison DB, Faith MS. 1996. Methods for measuring attitudes and beliefs
about obese persons. In: Handbook of Methods for the Measurement of Eating
Behavior and Weight Related Problems. (Allison DB, ed.). Pages: 214-231.
Books
1. Faith, MS, Carpenter, K.M. Community Psychology: Instructor‟s Manual and Test
Bank. F.Y. Wong & K Duffy. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.
Published Peer Reviewed Articles
†Indicates that the first author is a student or Post doctoral fellow for which I am the
primary mentor.
*Indicates that I am the senior author.
1. * Kral TVE, Moore RH, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Tanaka
LM, Kabay AC, Faith MS.. Adolescent eating in the absence of hunger and relation
to discretionary calorie allowance. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. In
press, 18 pages, 2010.
2. Sud S, Tamayo NC, Faith MS, Keller KL. Increased restrictive feeding practices are
associated with reduced energy density in 4-6-year-old, multi-ethnic children at ad
libitum laboratory test-meals. Appetite 55:201-207, 2010.
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3. Tsukayama E, Toomey SL, Faith MS, Duckworth AL. Self-control as a protective
factor against overweight status in the transition from childhood to adolescence.
Archive of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 164:631-635, 2010.
4. Pemberton VL, McCrindle BW, Barkin S, Daniels SR, Barlow SE, Binns HJ, Cohen
MS, Economos C, Faith MS, Gidding SS, Goldberg CS, Kavey RE, Longmuir P,
Rocchini AP, Van Horn L, Kaltman JR. Report of the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute‟s Working Group on obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors in
congenital heart disease. Circulation 121:1153-1159, 2010.
5. *Spivack JG, Swietlik M, Alessandrini E, Faith MS. Primary care providers‟
knowledge, practices, and perceived barriers to the treatment and prevention of
childhood obesity. Obesity 18:1341-1347, 2010.
6. Allison DB, Elobeid MA, Cope MB, Brock DW, Faith MS, Vander Veur S,
Berkowitz RI, Cutter G, McVie T, Gadde KM, Foster GD. Sample size in obesity
trials: patient perspective versus clinical practice. Medical Decision Making 30:68-75,
2010.
7. Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Wang D, Heymsfield SB, Faith MS. Obesity and functional
impairment: Influence of comorbidity, joint pain, and mental health. Obesity 18:2030-
2038, 2010.
8. Berkowitz RI, Moore RH, Faith MS, Stallings VA, Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ.
Identification of an obese eating style in 4-year old children at high and low risk for
obesity. Obesity 18:505-512, 2010.
9. Gidding SS, Lichtenstein AH, Faith MS, Karpyn A, Mennella JA, Popkin B, Rowe
J, Van Horn L, Whitsel L. Implementing American Heart Association pediatric and
adult nutrition guidelines: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association
Nutrition Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism,
Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Arteriosclerosis,
Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on
Epidemiology and Prevention, and Council for High Blood Pressure Research.
Circulation 119: 1161-1175, 2009.
10. Venditti EM, Elliot DL, Faith MS, Firrell LS, Giles CM, Goldberg L, Marcus MD,
Schneider M, Solomon S, Thompson D, Yin Z. Rationale, design, and methods of the
HEALTHY study behavior intervention component. International Journal of Obesity
33 (Suppl. 4):S44-51, 2009.
11. *Kral TV, Faith MS, Influences on Child Eating and Weight Development from a
Behavioral Genetics Perspective. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 34:596-605, 2009.
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12. *Kral TVE., Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Kabay A, Faith
MS. Energy density at a buffet-style lunch differs for adolescents born at high and
low risk of obesity. Eating Behaviors 10: 209-214, 2009.
13. †*Leibowitz KL, Moore RH, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N,
Chittams JL, Faith MS. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor (CVDRF) Associated
Waist Circumference Patters in Obese-Prone Children. International Journal of
Pediatric Obesity 4:150-159, 2009.
14. *Keller KL, Kirzer J, Pietrobelli A, St-Onge MP, Faith MS. Increased sweetened
beverage intake is associated with reduced milk and calcium intake in 3- to 7-year-old
children at multi-item laboratory lunches. Journal of the American Dietetic
Association 109: 497-501, 2008.
15. Tanofsky-Kraff M, Ranzenhofer LM, Yanovski SZ, Schvey NA, Faith MS,
Gustofson J, Yanovski JA. Psychometric Properties of a New Questionnaire to Assess
Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children and Adolescents. Appetite 51: 148-155,
2008.
16. *Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Faith MS. Beverage
consumption patterns of children born at different risk for obesity. Obesity 16: 1802-
1808, 2008.
17. Faith MS, Storey M, Kral TVE, Pietrobelli A. The Feeding Demands Questionnaire
(FEEDS): Assessment of parental demand cognitions concerning parent-child feeding
relations. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 108: 624-630, 2008.
18. Faith MS, Rhea SA, Corley RP, Hewitt JK. Genetic and shared environmental
influences on children‟s 24-hour eating patterns: Gender differences at age 7 years.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 87: 903-911, 2008.
19. Wang Z, Ray R, Faith MS, Tang K, Wileyto EP, Detre JA, Lerman C. Nicotine
abstinence-induced cerebral blood flow changes by genotype. Neuroscience Letters
438: 275-280, 2008.
20. Faith MS. Behavioral science and the study of gene-nutrition and gene-physical
activity interactions in obesity research. Obesity 16 (Suppl): S82-84, 2008.
21. Wang Z, Faith MS, Patterson F, Tang K, Kerrin K, Wileyto EP, Detre JA, Lerman C.
Neural substrates of abstinence-induced cigarette cravings in chronic smokers.
Journal of Neuroscience 27: 14035-14040, 2008.
22. †*Kral TVE, Berkowitz RI, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Brown DD, Faith MS.
Dietary energy density increases during early childhood irrespective of familial
predisposition to obesity: Results from a prospective cohort study. International
Journal of Obesity 31: 1061-1067, 2007.
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23. Faith MS, Fontaine KR, Baskin ML, Allison DB. Toward the reduction of population
obesity: Macrolevel environmental approaches to the problems of food, eating, and
obesity. Psychological Bulletin 133: 205-226, 2007.
24. Epstein LH, Leddy JJ, Temple JL, Faith MS. Food reinforcement and eating: A
multilevel analysis. Psychological Bulletin 133: 884-906, 2007.
25. †*Kral TVE, Faith MS. Child eating patterns and weight regulation: A
developmental behaviour genetics framework. Acta Paediatrica 96: 29-34, 2007.
26. Pietrobelli A, Malavolti M, Fuiano N, Faith MS. The invisible fat. Acta Paediatrica
(Suppl) 96:S35-S38, 2007.
27. Faith MS, Fontaine KR, Baskin ML, Allison DB. Toward the reduction of population
obesity: macrolevel environmental approaches to the problems of food, eating, and
obesity. Psychological Bulletin 133: 205-226, 2007.
28. †*Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Brown DD, Faith MS. Daily
food intake in relation to dietary energy density in the free-living environment: a
prospective analysis of children born at different risk of obesity. American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition 86: 41-47, 2007.
29. Faith MS, Rose E, Matz PE, Pietrobelli A, Epstein LH. Co-twin control designs for
testing behavioral economic theories of child nutrition: methodological note.
International Journal of Obesity. 30: 1501-1505, 2006.
30. Faith MS, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Kerns J, Storey M, Stunkard AJ.
Eating in the Absence of Hunger: A Genetic Marker for Childhood Obesity in
Prepubertal Boys? Obesity Research 14:131-138, 2006.
31. Faith MS, Dennison BA, Edmunds LS, Stratton HH. Fruit juice intake predicts
increased adiposity gain in children from low-income families: weight status-by-
environment interaction. Pediatrics 118:2066-75, 2006.
32. Keller KL, Assur SA, Torres M, Lofink HE, Thornton JC, Faith MS, Kissileff HR.
Potential of an analog scaling device for measuring fullness in children: development
and preliminary testing. Appetite 47:233-43, 2006.
33. Faith MS. Development and modification of child food preferences and eating
patterns: behavior genetics strategies. International Journal of Obesity 29:
549-56, 2005.
34. Faith MS, Kerns J. Infant and child feeding practices and childhood overweight: the
role of restriction. Maternal and Child Nutrition 1: 164-168, 2005.
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35. Faith MS, Weiss LA, Lewis RA, Pietrobelli A, Heo M, Faith MS. “Take the stairs
instead of the escalator: effect of environmental prompts on community stair use and
implications for a national „Small Steps‟ campaign. Obesity Reviews 7: 25-32, 2006.
36. †*Keller KL, Pietrobelli A, Johnson SL, Faith MS. Maternal restriction of children's
eating and encouragements to eat as the 'non-shared environment': a pilot study using
the child feeding questionnaire. International Journal of Obesity 30:1670-5, 2006.
37. Audrain-McGovern J, Rodriguez D, Patel V, Faith MS, Rodgers K, Cuevas J.
How do psychological factors influence adolescent smoking progression? The
evidence for indirect effects through tobacco advertising receptivity. Pediatrics
117: 1216-25, 2006.
38. Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Fontaine KR, Sirey JA, Faith MS. Depressive
mood and obesity in US adults: comparison and moderation by sex, age, and
race. International Journal of Obesity 30: 513-9, 2006.
39. Faith MS, Stettler N, Stallings VA. Obesity in Children: Nature or Nurture?
Unhealthy Patterns Discovered as Early as Four Months. Journal of Pediatric
Nutrition and Development, Pediatric Basics 111: 2-8, 2005.
40. Fabricatore AN, Wadden TA, Sarwer DB, Faith MS. Health-related quality of
life and symptoms of depression in extremely obese persons seeking bariatric
surgery. Obesity Surgery 15: 304-309, 2005.
41. Cole TJ, Faith MS, Pietrobelli A, Heo M. What is the best measure of adiposity
change in growing children: BMI, BMI%, BMI Z-score, or BMI Centile? European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59:419-425, 2005.
42. Faith MS, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Kerns J, Storey M, Stunkard AJ. Parental
feeding styles and child body mass index: Prospective analysis of a gene-
environment interaction. Pediatrics 114: e429-436, 2004.
43. Faith MS, Calamaro CJ, Dolan MS, Pietrobelli A. Mood disorders and obesity.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry 17:9-13, 2004.
44. Faith MS, Keller KL. Genetic Architecture of Ingestive Behavior in Humans.
Nutrition 20:127-133, 2004.
45. Faith MS, Calamaro CJ, Dolan MS, Pietrobelli A. Mood disorders and obesity.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry 17:9-13, 2004.
46. Faith MS, Scanlon K, Birch LL, Francis LA, Sherry B. Parent-child feeding
strategies and their relationships to child eating and weight status. Obesity Research
12:1711-1722, 2004.
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47. Faith MS, Keller KL, Johnson SL, Pietrobelli A, Matz PE, Must S, Jorge MA,
Cooperberg J, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB. Familial aggregation of energy intake
in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 79:844-50, 2004.
48. Zhu SK, Heo M, Plankey M, Faith MS, Allison DB. Associations of body mass
index and anthropometric indicators of fat mass and fat free mass with all-cause
mortality among women in the first and second national health and nutrition
examination surveys follow up studies. Annals of Epidemiology 13: 286-293, 2003.
49. Stunkard AJ, Faith MS, Allison K. Depression and obesity. Biological Psychiatry 54:
330-337, 2003.
50. †*Keller, KL, Pietrobelli A, Faith MS. Genetics of food intake and body
composition: Lessons from twin studies. Acta Diabetologica 40(Suppl):S95-S100,
2003.
51. Heo M, Faith MS, Mott JW, Gorman BS, Allison DB. Tutorial on hierarchical linear
models for the development of growth curves: An example with body mass index in
overweight/obese adults. Statistics in Medicine 22:1911-1942, 2003.
52. Heo M, Allison DB, Faith MS, Zhu S, Fontaine KR. Obesity and quality of life:
Mediating effects of pain and comorbidities. Obesity Research 11: 209-216, 2003.
53. Faith MS, Heshka S, Keller KL, Sherry B, Matz PE, Pietrobelli A, Allison
DB. Maternal-child feeding patterns and child body weight: Findings from a
population-based sample. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 157:926-
932, 2003.
54. Zhu SK, Wang ZM, Heshka S, Heo M, Faith MS, Heymsfield SB. Waist
circumference and obesity-associated risk factors among Whites in the third National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: clinical action thresholds. American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 76: 743-749,2002
55. Faith MS, Leone M, Ayers TS, Heo M, Pietrobelli A. Weight-criticism during
physical activity coping skills, and reported physical activity in children. Pediatrics
110: e23, 2002.
56. Faith MS, Kermanshah M, Kissileff HR. Development and preliminary validation of
an ordinal silhouette scale to quantify satiety in children. Physiology and Behavior
76: 173-178, 2002.
57. Matz PE, Foster GD, Faith MS, Wadden TA. Correlates of body image
dissatisfaction among overweight women seeking weight loss. Journal of
Consulting and Clinical Psychology 70:1040-1044, 2002.
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58. Allison DB, Zhu S, Plankey M, Faith MS, Heo M. Differential associations of body
mass index and adiposity with all-cause mortality among men in the first and second
National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES I & NHANES II)
follow-up studies. International Journal of Obesity 26:410-416, 2002.
59. Heo M, Faith MS, Allison DB. Power and sample sizes for linkage with extreme
sampling under an oligogenic model for quantitative traits. Behavior Genetics 32:23-
36, 2002.
60. Faith MS, Goldstein R, Pietrobelli A. Defining obesity and weight disturbance in
children: Researchers, health professionals, and parents. Pediatric Nutrition 4:14-17,
2002.
61. Faith MS, Keller KL, Matz PE, Lewis R, Jorge MA, Ridley C, Han H,
Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB. “Project Grow-2-gether:” A study
of the genetic and environmental influences on child eating and obesity. Twin
Research 5:472-475, 2002.
62. Faith MS, Tepper BJ, Hoffman DJ, Pietrobelli A. Genetic and environmental
influences on childhood obesity. Clinics Family Practice 4:277-294, 2002.
63. Faith MS, Matz PE, Jorge MA. Obesity – depression covariations in the
population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 53:935-942, 2002.
64. †*Keller KL, Pietrobelli A, Must S, Faith MS. Genetics of eating and its relation to
obesity. Current Atherosclerosis Reports 4: 176-182, 2002.
65. Pietrobelli A, Faith MS, Wang J, Brambilla P, Chiumello G, Heymsfield SB.
Association of lean tissue and fat mass with bone mineral contrent and density in
Italian children and adolescents. Obesity Research 10:56-60, 2002.
66. Faith MS, Flint J, Fairburn CG, Goodwin GM, Allison DB. Gender
differences in the relationship between psychological well-being and relative body
weight: Results from a British population-based sample. Obesity Research 9:647-650,
2001.
67. Faith MS, Berman N, Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Gallagher D, Epstein LH,
Eiden MT, Allison DB. Effects of Contingent-TV on physical activity and TV-
Viewing in obese children. Pediatrics 107:1043-1048, 2001.
68. Faith MS, Fontaine KR, Cheskin LJ, Allison DB. Behavioral approaches to
the problems of obesity. Behavior Modification 24:459-493, 2000.
69. Allison DB, Faith MS. Genetic and environmental influences on human body
weight: Implications for the behavior therapist. Nutrition Today 35:18-21, 2000.
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70. Carpenter KM, Hasin DS, Allison DB, Faith MS. The relationships between
obesity and DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder, suicide ideation, and suicide
attempts: Results from a general population study. American Journal of Public Health
90:251-257, 2000.
71. Allison DB, Heo M, Flanders DW, Faith MS, Carpenter KM, Williamson DF.
Simulation study of the effects of excluding early deaths on risk factor-mortality
analyses in the presence of confounding due to occult disease: The example of body
mass index. Annals of Epidemiology 9: 132-142, 1999.
72. Wang W, Wang ZM, Faith MS, Kotler D, Shih R, Heymsfield SB. Regional skeletal
muscle measurement: Evaluation of new dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry model.
Journal of Applied Physiology 87: 1163-1171, 1999.
73. Allison DB, Zannolli R, Faith MS, Heo M, Pietrobelli A, VanItallie TB, Pi-Sunyer
FX, Heymsfield SB. Weight loss increases and fat loss decreases all-cause mortality
rate: Results from two independent cohort studies. International Journal of Obesity
23: 603-611, 1999.
74. Faith MS, Rha S, Neale MC, Allison DB. Evidence for genetic influence on
human energy intake: Results from a twin study using measured observations.
Behavior Genetics 29:145-154, 1999.
75. Bartlett SJ, Faith MS, Fontaine KR, Cheskin LJ, Allison DB. Is the
prevalence of successful weight loss and maintenance higher in the general
community than the research clinic? Obesity Research 7:407-414, 1999.
76. Allison DB, Faith MS, Heo M, Townsend-Butterworth D, Williamson DF.
Meta-analysis of the effect of excluding early deaths on the estimated relationship
between body mass index and mortality. Obesity Research 7:342-354, 1999.
77. Pinelli L, Elerdini N, Faith MS, Angello D, Ambruzzi A, De Simone M,
Leggeri G, Livieri C, Monetti N, Peverelli P, Salvatoni A, Seminara S, Uasone R,
Pietrobelli A. Childhood obesity: Results of a multicenter study of obesity treatment
in Italy. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism 12:795-799, 1999.
78. Faith MS, Pietrobelli A, Nunez C, Heo M, Heymsfield, SB, Allison DB.
Evidence for independent genetic influences on fat mass and body mass index in a
child and adolescent twin sample. Pediatrics 104: 61-67, 1999.
79. Pietrobelli A, Allison DB, Faith MS, Beccaria L, Bosio L, Chiumello G, Campfield
LA, Heymsfield SB. Prader-Willi syndrome: Relationship of adiposity to plasma
leptin levels. Obesity Research 6: 196-201, 1998.
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80. Pietrobelli A, Faith MS, Allison DB, Gallagher D, Chiumello G, Heymsfield
SB. Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children and adolescents: A
validation study. Journal of Pediatrics 132: 204-210, 1998.
81. Heo M, Faith MS, Allison DB. Power and sample size for survival analysis
under the Weibull distribution when the whole lifespan is of interest. Mechanisms of
Ageing and Development 1:45-53, 1998.
82. Fontaine KR, Faith MS, Allison DB, Cheskin LJ. Body weight and
health care among women in the general population. Archives of Family Medicine
7:381-385, 1998.
83. Faith MS, Wong FY, Allison DB. Demand characteristics of the
research setting can influence indexes of negative affect-induced eating in obese
individuals. Obesity Research 6: 134-136, 1998.
84. Faith MS, Manibay E, Kravitz M, Griffith J, Allison DB. Relative
body weight and self-esteem among African-Americans in four nationally
representative samples. Obesity Research 6:430-437, 1998.
85. Allison DB, Packer-Munter W, Pietrobelli A, Alfonso VC, Faith MS.
Obesity and developmental disabilities: Pathogenesis and treatment. Journal of
Developmental and Physical Disabilities 10: 215-255, 1998.
86. Allison DB, Heo MS, Flanders DW, Faith MS, Williamson DF. Examination of
“early morality exclusion” as an approach to control for confounding by occult
disease in epidemiologic studies of mortality risk factors. American Journal of
Epidemiology 146: 672-680, 1997.
87. Faith MS, Leone M, Allison DB. The effects of self-generated
comparison targets, BMI, and social comparison tendencies on body image appraisal.
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention 5:128-140, 1997.
88. Allison DB, Faith MS. A proposed heuristic for communicating
heritability to the general public. Behavior Genetics 27:441-445, 1997.
89. Allison DB, Faith MS, Heo M, Kotler D. Hypothesis concerning the U-
shaped association between BMI and mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology
146:339-349, 1997.
90. Allison DB, Faith MS. Issues in mapping genes for eating disorders.
Psychopharmacology Bulletin 33:359-368, 1997.
91. Faith MS, Johnson SL, Allison DB. Putting the “behavior” into the
behavior genetics of obesity research. Behavior Genetics 27:423-439, 1997.
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92. Allison DB, Allison R, Faith MS, Paultre F, Pi-Sunyer FX. Power
and money: Designing statistically powerful studies while minimizing financial costs.
Psychological Methods 2:20-33, 1997.
93. Wilder DA, Simon AF, Faith MS. Enhancing the impact of
counterstereotypic information: Dispositional attributions for deviance. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology 71:276-287, 1996.
94. Allison DB, Faith MS. On estimating the minimal of BMI-mortality
curves. International Journal of Obesity 20:496-498, 1996.
95. Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy for obesity: A meta-analytic reappraisal. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology 64:513-516, 1996.
96. Allison DB, Faith MS, Nathan JS. Risch‟s lambda values for human
obesity. International Journal of Obesity 20:990-999, 1996.
97. Allison DB, Faith MS, Gorman BS. Publication bias in obesity treatment
trials? International Journal of Obesity 20:931-937, 1996.
98. Allison DB, Kanders BS, Osage GD, Faith MS, Heymsfield SB, Heber D,
Foreyt JP, Elashoff RM, Blackburn GL. Weight-related attitudes and beliefs of obese
African-American women. Journal of Nutrition Education 27:18-23, 1995.
99. Faith MS, Wong FY, Carpenter KM. Group sensitivity training: Update,
meta-analysis, and recommendations. Journal of Counseling Psychology 42:390-399,
1995.
100. Allison DB, Faith MS, Franklin RF. Antecedent exercise in the treatment
of disruptive behavior: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice 2:279-303, 1995.
101. Faith MS, Schare ML. The role of body image in sexually avoidant behavior.
Archives of Sexual Behavior 22:345-356, 1992.
Submitted
1. Fabricatore AN, Wadden TA, Higginbotham AJ, Faulconbridge LF, Nguyen AM,
Heymsfield SB, Faith MS. (submitted 07/2010 – 40 pages). Intentional weight loss
and changes in symptoms of depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
International Journal of Obesity.
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2. Faith MS, Butryn M, Wadden TA, Fabricatore AN, Nguyen A, Heymsfield SB.
(submitted 07/2010 – 32 pages). Evidence for prospective associations among
depression and obesity in population-based studies. Obesity Reviews.
3. Faith MS, Pietrobelli A, Heo M, Johnson SL, Keller KL, Heymsfield SB, Allison
DB. (submitted 09/2010 – 29 pages). A twin study of self-regulatory eating in early
childhood: Estimates of genetic and environmental influence, and measurement
considerations. Health Psychology.
4. *Kral TVE, Heo M, Whiteford L, Faith MS. (submitted 07/2010 – 24 pages).
Effects of eating versus skipping breakfast on ratings of appetite and intake at
subsequent meals in 8- to 10-year-old children. American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition.
5. †*Leibowitz KL, Moore RH, Ahima RS, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Berkowitz RI,
Chittams JL, Faith MS, Stettler N. (submitted 06/2010 – 26 pages). Inflammatory
markers among adolescents differentiated by weight status and obesity risk. World
Journal of Pediatrics.
6. Hittner JB, Faith MS. (submitted 09/2010 – 22 pages). Typology of emergent eating
patterns in early childhood. Journal of Pediatrics.
Published Abstracts
† Indicates that the first author is a student or Post doctoral fellow for which I am the
primary mentor.
* Indicates that I am the senior author.
1. Faith MS, Diewald LK, Hoffer K, Tanaka LM, Sgrenci A, Davies R, Pietrobelli A.
Obese children‟s preferences for Stop Light Food categories and their associations
with BMI and metabolic profile. Obesity 17: S316-S316, 2009.
2. Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Wang D, Faith MS. Functional impairments and obesity in US
adults. Obesity 17: S228-S228, 2009.
3. *Kral TVE, Moore RH, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Kabay
AC, Tanaka LM, Faith MS. Two-year increases in narcolepsylike symptoms are
associated with increases in body mass index in adolescents born at high-risk and
low-risk for obesity. Obesity 17: S226-S226, 2009.
4. †*Leibowitz KL, Moore RH, Ahima RS, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Berkowitz RI,
Chittams JL, Faith MS. Inflammatory markers among adolescents differentiated by
weight status and obesity risk. Obesity 17: S209-209, 2009.
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5. Polinichka P, Rukstalis MR, Diewald LK, Hoffer K, Berkowitz RI, Faith MS.
Electronic Health Records (HER) recruitment for early childhood overweight
intervention research. Obesity 17: S190-S190, 2009.
6. Lee H, Faith MS, MacDougall M, Shud S, Tamayo NC, Keller KL. The association
between pressuring children to eat and actual intake at ad libitum test-meals in 4-6
year-olds. Obesity 17: S63-S63, 2009.
7. *Kral TVE, Whiteford LM, Heo M, Faith MS. Effects of breakfast consumption on
satiety and energy intake in 8-10 year old children. Annual meeting of the Society for
the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), Pittsburgh, PA, 2009.
8. *Kral TVE, Faith MS. Eating behaviors of children in the context of the family
environment. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
(SSIB), Portland, OR, 2009.
9. Faith MS, Heo M, Pietrobelli A. Public attitudes towards restricting food
advertisements during children‟s TV programs: Results from a population-based
study. Obesity 16: S319-S319, 2008.
10. Wilson CI, Wadden T, P-Sunyer X, Capozzoli M, Maggio C, Kovacs B, Weil R,
Wolper C, Faith MS. Addition of chewing gum to a behavioral weight control
program. Obesity 16: S307-S307, 2008.
11. †*Diewald L, Hoffer K, Pietrobelli A, Wadden T, Berkowitz RI, Faith MS. Accuracy
of parental perceptions of an “appropriate” child body weight. Obesity 16: S211-
S211, 2008.
12. *Kral TVE, Moore R, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Kabay
AC, Faith MS. Weight- and sex-specific differences in eating in the absence of
hunger among teens. Obesity 16: S130-S130, 2008.
13. *Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stettler N, Stallings VA, Kabay AC, Faith
MS. Associations between teens‟ consumption patterns of foods with different energy
densities and their adiposity. Obesity 16: S130-S130, 2008.
14. Sud S, Tamayo NC, Faith MS, Keller K. Association between parental feeding styles
and dietary energy density by children at a controlled laboratory buffet meal. Obesity
16: S56-S56, 2008.
15. Faith MS, Diewald L, Wadden T, Berkowitz RI, Hoffer K, Dolan M, Pietrobelli A.
Parent perceptions of “appropriate” child weight status and BMI percentile during
treatment. Obesity 15: A221-A221, 2007.
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16. Pietrobelli A, Keller K, Henderson M, Leibowitz K, Faith MS. Heritability of food
neophobia and its association with body fat in children. Obesity 15: A193-A193,
2007.
17. Reid A, Faith MS¸ Keller K. Ethnic variations in reported parental feeding strategies
as measured by the child feeding questionnaire. Obesity 15: A171-A171, 2007.
18. La Monica S, Wrotniak B, Faith MS, Leff S, Stettler N. Changing pediatric primary
care providers‟ skill-proficiency in obesity prevention with intense behavioral
training: The smart steps study. Obesity 15: A165-A165, 2007.
19. Ranzenhofer L, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Schvey N, Yanovski S, Faith MS, Gustafson J,
Keil M, Brady S, Savastano D, Yanovski J. Development and validation of the eating
in the absence of hunger-eating past satiation (EAH-EPS) questionnaire in children
and adolescents. Obesity 15: A139-A139, 2007.
20. *Kral TVE, Berkowitz RI, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Stettler N, Faith MS. Energy
density and calorie intake from a self-selected meal differ for children born at high-
and low-risk for obesity. Obesity 15: A35-A35, 2007.
21. Wrotniak B, Shults J, Butts S, Faith MS, Stettler N. Gestational weight gain and
offspring‟s overweight status at age seven years in a multicenter, multiethnic cohort
study. Obesity 15: A27-A27, 2007.
22. †*Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Faith MS. Associations
between eating frequency, energy intake, and body weight among 6-year-old
children. Appetite 49:305, 2007.
23. Heo M, Kral TVE, Pietrobelli A, Faith MS. Transitions in sibling BMI z-score
discordance status during childhood. Obesity 14: A262-A262, 2006.
24. Allison D, Faith MS¸ Sargent S, Berkowitz RI, Cutter G, McVie T, Gadde KM,
Foster G. Sample size and risk assessment in obesity trials: Patient perspective vs.
current practice. Obesity 14: A212-A212, 2006.
25. Berkowitz RI, Cronquist J, Lirio SK, Faith MS, Gehrman C, Wadden T. Pretreatment
assessment of school performance and self-monitoring of food intake: Predictors of
adolescent weight loss? Obesity 14: A154-A154, 2006.
26. †*Kral TVE, Stunkard AJ, Berkowitz RI, Stallings VA, Faith MS. Eating frequency
is inversely related to weight status in a cohort of children born at low-risk and high-
risk for obesity. Obesity 14: A146-A146, 2006.
27. Pietrobelli A, Henderson M, Brown D, Dolan M, Faith MS. Mothers‟ decisions for
fast food dining and home food choices: Associations with parental feeding practices
and child weight status. Obesity 14: A37-A37, 2006.
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28. Faith MS, Henderson M, Berkowitz RI, Rozin P, Pietrobelli A. Heritability of video-
recorded child appetitive behaviors. Obesity 14: A20-A20, 2006.
29. †*Kral TVE, Berkowitz RI, Stunkard AJ, Stallings VA, Faith MS. Caloric beverage
consumption in children: A behavioral phenotype for obesity? Appetite 46:364, 2006.
INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Speaker at National and International Scientific Conferences
1. “Family Influences on the Development of Child Food Preferences and Eating
Patterns” International Meeting in Nutrition and Obesity, Cancun, Mexico. July 17,
2008
2. “Psychosocial Factors Influencing Behavior Change” American Heart Association
Sponsored Meeting, Arlington, VA. December 7, 2007.
3. “Behavioral Science and the Study of Gene-Nutrition and Gene-Physical Activity
Interactions in Obesity Research” National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Sponsored
Meeting, Bethesda, MD. September 25, 2007.
4. “Effectiveness of Primary School Interventions for Childhood Obesity” - The
University of Kansas 9th Annual Conference on the Prevention and Treatment of
Obesity, Kansas City, MI. September 14, 2007.
5. “How Does One Cope with Weight Teasing?” – Body Image Special Interest Group,
Academy of Eating Disorders Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. May 3, 2007.
6. “Parental Determinants of Childhood Obesity” –Lecture to the Canadian Obesity
Group, Vancouver, BC (Continuing Medical Education). April 6, 2006
7. “Child Eating Patterns and Weight Regulation” Scandinavian Pediatric Obesity
Conference (SPOC), Malmo, Sweden. March 10, 2006.
8. “The „shared‟ and the „non-shared‟ environment in the development of childhood
obesity” Satellite Symposium to the 2006 Scandinavian Pediatric Obesity Conference
(SPOC), Copenhagen, Denmark. March 8, 2006.
9. “Dietary influences on childhood obesity onset” Children‟s Hospital of Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou, China. November 13, 2005.
10. “Treatment of Childhood Obesity” Shanghai JiaoTong University School of
Medicine and Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai, China. November 18, 2005.
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11. “Family-based approaches for childhood obesity treatment and prevention” Zhejiang
University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. November 11, 2005.
12. “Parental Feeding Attitudes and Behaviors and the Development of Childhood
Obesity” European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG), Vienna, Austria. September
29, 2005
13. “Psychological Consequences of Childhood Obesity” The 44th
Annual Conference on
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, San Francisco, CA. March 6, 2004
14. “Importance of Mental Energy in Weight Management” Mental Energy: Defining the
Science, North American Branch of the International Life Sciences Institute, Food,
Nutrition and Safety Program, Washington, DC. November 9, 2004
15. “Genetic Environmental Architecture of percent body fat measured by bioimpedance
analysis in pediatric twin sample” Childhood Obesity Satellite Symposium of the 8th
International Congress on Obesity, Paris, France. September 4, 1998
Invited Special Presentation/Seminar
1. “Genetic Contributions to Pediatric Obesity” – Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at
the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. February 3, 2009
2. “Obesity and Depression” – Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA. April 22, 2009.
3. “Eating Phenotypes in the Development of Childhood Obesity” – Social and
Behavioral Research Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI), Bethesda, MD. January 22, 2009.
4. “Family, Feeding, and Eating Phenotypes in Childhood Obesity” – University of
Georgia‟s Department of Foods and Nutrition, Athens, GA. October 15, 2008.
5. “Family Risk, Eating Patterns, and the Development of Childhood Obesity” –
Arkansas Children‟s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR. June 11, 2008.
6. “Eating Phenotypes in the Development of Childhood Obesity” – Carolina Population
Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. March 14,
2008.
7. “Behavioral Modification of Childhood Overweight: Translating Strategies from the
Clinic to Public Health Settings” – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta,
GA. October 25, 2007.
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8. “Obesity and Lifestyle Interventions” – Medical Grand Rounds Conference, The
University Medical Center, Princeton, NJ. October 31, 2006.
9. “Child Eating Patterns and the Treatment/Prevention of Childhood Obesity” – The
Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY. October 30,
2006.
10. “Behavioral Genetic Contributions to Child Feeding and Body Composition” –The
Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior, Columbia University, New
York, NY. April 26, 2006.
11. “Behavioral Strategies for Family-Based Prevention” – Pennsylvania Council of
Children, Youth and Family Services Education and Professional Development
Institute, Harrisburg, PA. March 15, 2006.
12. “Behavioral Treatment of Obesity” – New Jersey Conference on Childhood Obesity,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. May 18, 2005.
13. “Treating Obesity in Children and Adolescents” – Retreat Healthcare, Brattleboro,
VT (Continuing Medical Education). April 8, 2005.
14. “Hot Topics in Pediatric Obesity” – Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia,
PA. December 9, 2004.
15. “Infant and Child Feeding Practices” – The University of Montreal, Department of
Nutrition, Montreal, Canada. June 08, 2004.
16. “Genetic and Environmental Influences on Child Eating Behavior” – Pennington
Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA. February 19, 2004.
Book Reviews
Faith MS. 2001. Book review of Body Image Disturbance: A Silent Epidemic.
Thompson JK, Heinberg LJ, Altabe M, Tantleff-Dunn S. (eds.). 1999. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association. Contemporary Psych 46: 409-412.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
University of Pennsylvania (courses for the past three years)
Guest Lead Instructor
Course: „Obesity and Society‟
Program: School of Nursing
Topic: Heritability, Genetics, and Human Obesity
Semester(s): Fall 2007-2010
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Guest Lead Instructor
Course: „Behavioral Genetics
Program: Biological Bases of Behavior/Psychology
Topic: Genetics of Human Eating Behavior
Semester(s): Spring 2007
Student Advising
A. Member of Doctoral Committee (Project title, Anticipated/Past Graduation date)
1. Shawn Katterman [Psychology, Drexel University] (An examination of an acceptance-
based behavioral intervention for obesity prevention in non-obese college females, May
2011).
2. Julie Hormes [Psychology] (Towards a Socio-cultural Model of Food Cravings:
Evidence from the Case of Perimenstrual Chocolate Craving, May 2009).
B. Supervisor for Undergraduate Independent Research Course (Project Title, Year)
1. Teri Kirby [Psychology] (Effect of bowl and cup size and caregivers‟ food and
beverage portioning for children, September 2008-May 2009).
C. Supervisor for Post-doctoral/Medical Fellows (Research Focus, Current Position)
1. Tanja V.E. Kral, Ph.D. [2007-present] (Behavioral predictors of weight status and
excess weight gain in obese-prone vs. resistant infants. Currently Assistant Professor of
Nutrition in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania).
2. Karen Leibowitz, M.D. [2007-2009]. (Metabolic characteristics of adolescents who
were obese-prone vs. resistant infants. Currently Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Medicine and Density of New Jersey).
CONTRACTS & GRANTS
Current Funding
A Test of Nutritional Interventions to Enhance Weight Loss Maintenance.
(R01HL084056) National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator, Subcontract).
Principal Investigator: Michael Lowe. May 01, 2009-March 31, 2014. Direct Costs:
$197,997.
Beverage Choice and Lifestyle Modification for Childhood Overweight (R21
DK079075) National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). June 01, 2008 –
August 31, 2010. Direct Costs: $281,353.
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Treatment of Early Childhood Overweight in Primary Care: Pilot Study (R34
DK080473). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). June 01, 2008 –
March, 31 2011. Direct Costs: $414,281.
Lifestyle Modification for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in Young Children American
Diabetes Association Clinical Research Award. (Principal Investigator). January 01,
2008 – December 31, 2010. Direct Costs: $542,206.
Primary Care Obesity Prevention: One or Multiple Targets (R01-HL084056). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator, Subcontract). Principal Investigator:
Nicolas Stettler. March 23, 2005 – Mary 31, 2011. Direct Costs: $201,291.
Under Review or Pending Funding
Modifying Eating Pace for Early Childhood Obesity Treatment (R21-DK089272-
01). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). Review Score= 22.
Family Based Lifestyle Modification for Early Childhood Obesity Treatment (R01-
DK090085-01). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). Review Score: 44;
35th
percentile.
Completed Funding
Maternal Control Feeding Style: Effects on Eating/Obesity in Children (K08
MH01530). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). July 01, 1998-June 03,
2003. Direct Costs: $492,910.
Food Substitution for Child Nutrition/Obesity Prevention (R01-HD042169). National
Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). July 01, 2003-June 30, 2008. Direct Costs:
$1,050,000.
Maternal Feeding Overcontrol: Influences on Child BMI. (TS#318). Centers for
Disease Control and the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine. (Principal
Investigator). September 30, 1999 – September 21, 2001. Direct Costs: $87,000.
Clinical and Experimental Study of Human Obesity (R01 DK068899). National
Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator). August 01, 2004 – July 31, 2010. Direct
Costs: $1,114,548.
School Based Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents STOPP-
T2D (U01 DK 61230-02). National Institutes of Health. (Principal Investigator,
Subcontract). Principal Investigator: Gary D. Foster. March 01, 2006 – February 27,
2010. Direct Costs: $425,925.
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PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Service to the Department, School, University, state and national levels.
Assistant Director, Obesity Unit of the Institute for Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
(IDOM), Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2005-present.
Director of Research, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania, 2006-present.
Service to the Profession
Study Sections
NIH, Standing Study Section Member. Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention Study
Section [PRDP] (2007-2010).
NIH, 2009/06 ZRG1 RPHB-L (95) Chronic Disease Prevention: ARRA Renewal
Applications. Special Emphasis Panel.
NIH, 2009/02 ZRG1 RPHB-K (50) PAR-07-379-380: Health Disparities. Special
Emphasis Panel.
NIH, 2008/09 ZRG1 RPHB-A (02) Stress, Fitness and Obesity. Special Emphasis Panel.
NIH, 2008/02 ZRG1 RPHB-K (50) PAR-07-379-380: Health Disparities. Special
Emphasis Panel.
NIH, 2005/02 EMNR-E (10): Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Applications. Special Emphasis Panel.
CHEO Research Institute Science Sub-Committee (Canada), 2004/011: 04/16S(E)
Feasibility Review of the Canadian Learning to be Active School Study. Invited
Reviewer.
NIH, 2004/08 ZHL1 CSR-G (S1): Overweight and Obesity Control at Worksites. Special
Emphasis Panel.
NIH, 2004/07 ZDK1 GRB-D (O1): Short Programs for Interdisciplinary Research
Training. Special Emphasis Panel.
CDC, Invited Chair for 2004/06 2004-R-04: Evaluation of Existing or Planned Obesity
prevention and Control Programs. Special Emphasis Panel.
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NIH, 2004/05 1P01 HD031921-11 CSR Program Project Site Visit – The National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Special Emphasis Panel.
Editorial Positions
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 2005-present
Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Obesity. 2006-present
Associate Editor, Obesity (Formerly Obesity Research). 2006-2007
Editorial Board Member, Obesity (Formerly Obesity Research). 2004-2006
Editorial Board Member, Evidence-Based Medicine. 2004-2005
Ad-Hoc Reviewer, Journals
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Appetite
Behaviour Research and Therapy
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Health Psychology
International Journal of Obesity
International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Pediatrics
New England Journal of Medicine
Obesity
Obesity Research
Obesity Reviews
Pediatrics
Psychological Bulletin
Elected Offices, National Scientific Committees
Governing Council. The Obesity Society. North American Association for the Study of
Obesity, 2008-2011.
National Scientific Committees
Abstract Review & Selection, Scientific Presentations for the Annual Scientific Meeting
of The Obesity Society. The North American Association for the Study of Obesity, 2008-
2011.
Chair, Ethics Committee. The Obesity Society. North American Association for the
Study of Obesity, 2008-2010.
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Member, Nutrition Committee for the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and
Metabolism (NPAM) of the American Heart Association, 2007-present.
Chair, Pediatric Obesity Interest Group, Pediatric Section. The Obesity Society. North
American Association for the Study of Obesity, 2007-2008.
Member, Publications Committee. The Obesity Society. North American Association for
the Study of Obesity, 2007.
Steering Committees/Expert Panels
Member, Working Group on Obesity and other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children
with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
Bethesda, MD. May, 2009.
Member, Advisory Committee to Working Group on Genetics for Social and Behavioral
Scientists. Office of Behavior and Social Sciences Research and National Coalition for
Health Professional Education in Genetics. Bethesda, MD, May 2009.
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Dannon Institute, 2007-2009.
Member, Expert Panel for Community Obesity Prevention and Control. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, January 2008
Member, Working Group on Future Research Directions in Childhood Obesity
Prevention and Treatment. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Bethesda, MD.
August, 2007.
Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Second Scandinavian Pediatric Conference,
Stockholm, Sweden. July 3, 2006.
Session Chair, National Scientific Meetings
Session Co-Chair. Measuring appetite phenotypes in children. The Obesity Society, 2010.
