Publications by authors named "Ross Sonnenblick"
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- Weight stigma, particularly negative views about fatness, is linked to disordered eating behaviors in men, specifically muscle dysmorphia (MD), which is a preoccupation with achieving a muscular ideal.
- A study involving 269 U.S. men examined how these anti-fat attitudes relate to symptoms of MD over time, using multiple surveys spaced a month apart.
- Findings showed that beliefs about fat people lacking willpower were connected to desires for greater muscle size, and struggles with MD symptoms could lead to fears of gaining weight, suggesting treating weight stigma may help alleviate MD issues in male patients.
Objective: Understanding the perspectives of behavioral weight loss (BWL) participants could inform whether, how, and for whom BWL should be offered.
Method: All 126 participants in a clinical trial of BWL for adults with binge-eating disorder (BED) and overweight/obesity were contacted about a qualitative study. 45 participants, 11 of whom had dropped out of the parent study, completed qualitative interviews.
Using data from 165 adult participants who enrolled in four studies of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for binge-spectrum eating disorders (EDs), this secondary analysis examined 1) whether pretreatment hopelessness predicted posttreatment eating pathology, loss-of-control (LOC) eating frequency, and purging frequency; 2) whether treatment had an indirect effect on those outcomes through change in hopelessness; and 3) whether treatment had an indirect effect on hopelessness through those ED measures. The Eating Disorder Examination was used to assess overall eating pathology, LOC frequency, and purging frequency. Hopelessness was measured with one item from the Beck Depression Inventory-II.
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- - This study compared dietary restraint and restriction in adolescents seeking weight control, specifically looking at differences between those with loss-of-control (LOC) eating and those without.
- - 37 adolescents participated in a week-long assessment, with results showing that 41% engaged in LOC eating and those individuals practiced more forms of dietary restraint than those without LOC eating.
- - The findings indicate that while attempting to restrain eating correlates with LOC eating, actual food restriction does not, suggesting the need for further research on this relationship to improve weight control interventions.
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- The study investigates exercise behaviors in individuals with binge-spectrum eating disorders, focusing on distinguishing between maladaptive (driven or compensatory) and adaptive (enjoyment or health-focused) exercise.
- Using latent profile analysis, researchers analyzed 661 exercise episodes from 84 individuals to understand pre-exercise emotions and motivations.
- Findings reveal two distinct exercise profiles: one associated with positive feelings and enjoyment, and another linked to negative feelings and weight-related goals, indicating potential intervention paths for treating eating disorders.
Background: Adults with mental illnesses are more likely to have low income and diet-related chronic diseases.
Objective: This study examined associations of mental illness diagnosis status with food insecurity and diet quality and whether the relationship between food security status and diet quality differed by mental illness diagnosis status in adult Medicaid beneficiaries.
Design: This was a secondary cross-sectional analysis of baseline (2019-2020) data collected as part of the LiveWell study, a longitudinal study evaluating a Medicaid food and housing program.
Background: The Greater Boston Food Bank's (GBFB) Healthy Pantry Program (HPP) is an online training that teaches food pantry staff to implement behavioral nudges (e.g., traffic-light nutrition labels, choice architecture) to promote healthier client choices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSocial Determinants of Health and Hypertension Control in Adults with Medicaid.
J Prim Care Community Health
December 2022
Background: Social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with cardiovascular disease, but little is known about mechanisms underlying those relationships. We hypothesized that SDOH would be associated with uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) in adults with Medicaid.
Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of adults in a Medicaid accountable care organization who had HTN diagnoses, received regular care at community health centers, and enrolled in a cohort study between December 2019 and December 2020.
Background: Employed adults may skip meals due to time or financial constraints, challenging work schedules, or limited workplace food choices. Little is known about the relationship between employees' meal skipping patterns and workplace dietary choices and health.
Objective: To examine whether hospital employees' meal skipping patterns were associated with workplace food purchases, dietary quality, and cardiometabolic risk factors (ie, obesity, hypertension, and prediabetes/diabetes).