The Group-basEd Telehealth behavioral WEight Loss Program Among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot and Feasibility Study.

Objective: Obesity is related to the recurrence of breast cancer. In-person groups or individual telephone counseling currently comprise the behavioral weight loss (BWL) programs tested for cancer survivors. Group support via telehealth may be convenient and provide support from fellow survivors, but feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy testing are needed.

Our First Steps: A QI Project to Reduce NICU Admissions of Infants With NAS.

Background: In 2020, the rate of newborns diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in the United States was 6.3 for every 1000 newborn hospitalizations. Resources used to care for this population, particularly NICU beds, are being overwhelmed.

Association of psychiatric history with hypertension among adults who present for metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Background: Psychiatric diagnoses are common among adults with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg/m) and may be associated with hypertension.

Objectives: To determine the association between lifetime and current psychiatric diagnoses, separately, with hypertension, uncontrolled blood pressure (BP), and systolic BP (SBP) among adults with severe obesity undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS).

Setting: Academic medical center.

Development of the Food Addiction Symptom Inventory: The first clinical interview to assess ultra-processed food addiction.

Prior research on ultra-processed food addiction (FA) has utilized the self-report Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) measures to identify individuals who experience indicators of substance-use disorders with respect to their consumption of ultra-processed foods. Studies using the YFAS have provided insight into the clinical utility of FA as both a distinct construct and an indicator of more severe psychopathology among individuals with eating disorders. However, the absence of clinician-administered assessment tools for FA has been identified as a barrier to the evaluation of FA as a novel clinical syndrome.

Insomnia, Short Sleep, and Their Treatments: Review of Their Associations with Weight.

Purpose Of Review: Insomnia and short sleep have been linked with weight gain and obesity. However, these findings have not been consistent across studies. We review recent evidence for the association between insomnia, short sleep, and weight gain, as well as the relationship between behavioral and pharmacological treatments for sleep and weight.

Ultra-Processed Food Addiction: A Research Update.

Purpose Of Review: Detail recent advancements in the science on ultra-processed food (UPF) addiction, focusing on estimated prevalence rates and emerging health disparities; progress towards identifying biological underpinnings and behavioral mechanisms; and implications for weight management.

Recent Findings: Notable developments in the field have included: (1) estimating the global prevalence of UPF addiction at 14% of adults and 15% of youths; (2) revealing health disparities for persons of color and those with food insecurity; (3) observing altered functioning across the brain-gut-microbiome axis; (4) providing early evidence for UPF withdrawal; and (5) elucidating poorer weight management outcomes among persons with UPF addiction. The breadth of recent work on UPF addiction illustrates continued scientific and public interest in the construct and its implications for understanding and treating overeating behaviors and obesity.

The ups and downs of self-criticism and disordered eating: Complementing Paranjothy and Wade's (2024) analysis by considering both trait and state perspectives.

Paranjothy and Wade's (2024) meta-review reveals that individuals higher in the personality trait of self-criticism consistently experience more disordered eating than those lower in the trait. The clinical implications of this meta-review are important in that they suggest current theoretical models and clinical practices in the field of eating disorders should incorporate a greater focus on self-criticism. Building on this exciting contribution, we highlight conceptual, practical, and empirical reasons why the field would benefit from supplementing this research on trait self-criticism with investigations of state self-criticism.

Self-compassion promotes positive mental health in women with anorexia nervosa: A two-week daily diary study.

Despite the importance of positive mental health, little is known about its facilitators in people with eating disorders (EDs). Drawing on past research, we hypothesized that self-compassion might be a contributing factor to positive mental health in individuals with EDs. In a two-week daily diary study of women ( = 32) with anorexia nervosa, we investigated whether self-compassion levels-on average, on a given day, and from one day to the next-predicted social safeness (i.

Psychopathology, disordered eating, and impulsivity as predictors of weight loss 24 months after metabolic and bariatric surgery.

Background: The relationship between theoretically relevant psychosocial and behavioral variables and outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery remains unclear. Some studies have found that the presence of psychopathology, disordered eating, and impulsivity, either before surgery or during the early postoperative period, is associated with suboptimal postoperative weight loss. Other studies have not found these relationships.

Gamification to Promote Physical Activity in Youth and Mothers With Obesity.

Purpose: Physical inactivity and sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption are associated with obesity. Gamification and self-monitoring to promote physical activity in youth is unknown, but evidence of effectiveness is present in adults. This study examined the effects of a gamification intervention on increased steps per day among parent-adolescent dyads with obesity compared with digital self-monitoring and if self-monitored SSB intake differed between these arms.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts: A qualitative investigation of body-dissatisfied college women's experiences of relational body image.

Research on relational body image suggests that women's body image changes across their important relationships, with women most at risk for maladaptive body image reporting the most extreme changes. To enrich our understanding of relational body image beyond that offered by prior psychologically-based quantitative research, the present study integrated critical-feminist approaches. Eighteen female-identified university students participated in a one-on-one semi-structured interview.

A pilot randomized controlled trial of liraglutide 3.0 mg for binge eating disorder.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of liraglutide 3.0 mg, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, for binge eating disorder (BED).

Methods: Adults with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 27 kg/m enrolled in a pilot, 17-week double-blind, randomized controlled trial of liraglutide 3.

Collaborative care in eating disorders treatment: exploring the role of clinician distress, self-compassion, and compassion for others.

Background: Collaborative care is described as showing curiosity and concern for patient experiences, providing choices, and supporting patient autonomy. In contrast, in directive care, the clinician has authority and the patient is expected to adhere to a treatment plan over which they have limited influence. In the treatment of eating disorders, collaborative care has been shown to be more acceptable and produce better outcomes than directive care.

A daily diary study of self-compassion and adaptive coping behaviours in women with symptoms of bulimia nervosa.

Background: Mental health is more than the absence of illness and includes the ability to cope adaptively with stress. To shed light on the factors that promote mental health in people with eating disorders, this daily diary study examined whether daily and trait levels of self-compassion predict adaptive coping behaviours in women with symptoms of bulimia nervosa (BN).

Methods: Women (N = 124) who met the DSM-5 criteria for BN completed 2 weeks of nightly measures assessing their daily level of self-compassion and their daily adaptive coping behaviours, namely, their use of problem-solving strategies, seeking and receiving of instrumental social support, and seeking and receiving of emotional social support.

Improvements in Compassion and Fears of Compassion throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multinational Study.

During large-scale disasters, social support, caring behaviours, and compassion are shown to protect against poor mental health outcomes. This multi-national study aimed to assess the fluctuations in compassion over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents (Time 1 = 4156, Time 2 = 980, Time 3 = 825) from 23 countries completed online self-report questionnaires measuring the flows of compassion (i.

Changes in Eating Behaviors and Their Relation to Weight Change 6 and 12 Months After Bariatric Surgery.

Introduction: Identifying eating behaviors associated with suboptimal weight loss following bariatric surgery remains important. This study assessed the relationship between eating behaviors and weight loss following bariatric surgery in a racially diverse sample.

Methods: Participants were assessed before surgery and 6 and 12 months postoperatively, with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5, the Eating Disorder Examination-Bariatric Surgery Version, and validated measures assessing a range of eating behaviors.

An Implementation Roadmap for Establishing Remote Infectious Disease Specialist Support for Consultation and Antibiotic Stewardship in Resource-Limited Settings.

Infectious Disease (ID)-trained specialists, defined as ID pharmacists and ID physicians, improve hospital care by providing consultations to patients with complicated infections and by leading programs that monitor and improve antibiotic prescribing. However, many hospitals and nursing homes lack access to ID specialists. Telehealth is an effective tool to deliver ID specialist expertise to resource-limited settings.

Alkaline State of the Domain-Swapped Dimer of Human Cytochrome : A Conformational Switch for Apoptotic Peroxidase Activity.

A 2.08 Å structure of an alkaline conformer of the domain-swapped dimer of K72A human cytochrome (Cyt) crystallized at pH 9.9 is presented.

In silico analysis of soil, sediment and groundwater microbial communities to predict biodegradation potential.

This study examined soil, sediment and groundwater microbial communities for a set of key functional genes important for contaminant biodegradation. This involved PICRUSt2 (Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States) predictions based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon datasets from three separate studies with different inocula and incubation conditions, as follows: aerobic soils, oxygen-limited microcosms containing sediments and groundwater, as well as methanogenic microcosms with different inocula. PICRUSt2 predicts functional profiles of microbial communities based on marker gene (16S rRNA gene) data.

Individual differences in relational body image: Within-person variability predicts maladaptive trait body image.

Findings have been mixed as to whether individual differences in within-person variability in body image predict maladaptive body image and eating behaviors. The current study aimed to resolve this ambiguity by addressing limitations of past research. First, we measured within-person variability in body image across the context-sensitive domain of relationships.

Self-compassion and its barriers: predicting outcomes from inpatient and residential eating disorders treatment.

Background: Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) experience barriers to self-compassion, with two recently identified in this population: Meeting Standards, or concerns that self-compassion would result in showing flaws or lead to loss of achievements or relationships, and Emotional Vulnerability, or concerns that self-compassion would elicit difficult emotions such as grief or anger. This exploratory study examined the utility of self-compassion and two barriers to self-compassion in predicting clinical outcomes in intensive ED treatments.

Method: Individuals in inpatient (n = 87) and residential (n = 68) treatment completed measures of self-compassion and fears of self-compassion, and ten clinical outcome variables at pre- and post-treatment.

Adaptive body image can be contagious: An examination of college women facing situational body image threats.

The present research examined whether and which adaptive body image displays in peers can promote more adaptive body image in self. In two studies, female-identified undergraduates recalled a personally distressing body image event. In Study 1, participants (N = 158) then heard an alleged female-identified peer responding to her own distressing body image event with either self-compassion, self-esteem enhancement, or distraction.