Acclaimed for its encyclopedic coverage, this is the only handbook that synthesizes current knowledge and clinical practices in the fields of both eating disorders and obesity. Like the prior editions, the significantly revised third edition features more than 100 concise, focused chapters with lists of key readings in place of extended references. All aspects of eating disorders and obesity are addressed by foremost clinical researchers: classification, causes, consequences, risk factors, and pathophysiology, as well as prevention, treatment, assessment, and diagnosis.
New to This Edition
*Reflects 15 years of important advances in both fields, including state-of-the-art intervention approaches and a growing focus on how the brain regulates eating behavior.
*Dozens of entirely new chapters.
*New topics: epigenetics, body weight and neurocognitive function, stress and emotion regulation, the gut microbiome, surgical devices for obesity, food labeling and marketing, and more.
*Expanded coverage of prevention and policy.
Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, is Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, where he is also Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, Brownell was at Yale University, where he was the James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, and Director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. His work focuses on obesity and food policy. Dr. Brownell has been named to the National Academy of Medicine (Institute of Medicine); has received numerous awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association; and in 2006 was named by Time magazine as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential People.
B. Timothy Walsh, MD, is Ruane Professor of Pediatric Psychopharmacology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and Director of the Division of Clinical Therapeutics at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. The clinical research group he founded and has led at Columbia has conducted studies of the etiology and treatment of eating disorders, with a particular focus on underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Dr. Walsh has served as president of the Academy for Eating Disorders and of the Eating Disorders Research Society, and chaired the Eating Disorders Work Group for DSM-5. He has received awards from the American Psychiatric Association, the Academy for Eating Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
I. Foundations
Regulation of Body Weight
1. Central Neural Pathways and Integration in the Control of Food Intake and Energy Balance, Gary J. Schwartz
2. Decreased Peripheral Hormonal Negative-Feedback Control of Food Intake and Body Weight in Obesity, Gerard P. Smith
3. Leptin and Body Weight, Yiying Zhang & Rudolph L. Leibel
4. Genetics of Obesity and Related Traits, Ruth J. F. Loos & Rudolph L. Leibel
5. The Epigenetics of Obesity, Alexis C. Frazier-Wood & David B. Allison
6. Prenatal Effects on Body Weight, Emily Oken
7. Taste, Eating, and Body Weight, Linda M. Bartoshuk
8. Physiological Adaptations Following Weight Reduction, Michael Rosenbaum & Rudolph L. Leibel
9. Body Composition, Nerys Astbury & Dympna Gallagher
10. Energy Expenditure and the Regulation of Energy Balance, Eric Ravussin
11. Macronutrients, Energy Balance, and Body Weight Regulation, Kevin D. Hall
12. Cognitive Neuroscience and the Risk for Weight Gain, Eric Stice & Sonja Yokum
13. Body Weight and Neurocognitive Function, Misty A. W. Hawkins & John Gunstad
Psychological and Social Factors
14. Acquisition of Food Preferences and Eating Patterns in Children, Jennifer Orlet Fisher & Leann L. Birch
15. Parental Food Rules and Children’s Eating: Intended and Unintended Consequences, Myles S. Faith
16. Prevalence and Demographics of Dieting, Andrew J. Hill
17. The Impact of Dieting, Dianne Neumark-Sztainer & Katie A. Loth
18. Weight Suppression, Michael R. Lowe
19. Origins of Binge Eating: Pediatric Loss-of-Control Eating, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff
20. Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Eating Disturbance, Anne E. Becker
21. Stigma, Discrimination, and Obesity, Rebecca M. Puhl
22. Body Image, Obesity, and Eating Disorders, J. Kevin Thompson and Lauren Schaefer
23. Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Katharine A. Phillips
24. Does Addressing Obesity Create Risk for Eating Disorders?, Kendrin R. Sonneville & S. Bryn Austin
II. Eating Disorders
Clinical Characteristics of Eating Disorders
25. The History of Eating Disorders, Richard A. Gordon
26. Classification of Eating Disorders, B. Timothy Walsh
27. Anorexia Nervosa, Evelyn Attia
28. Severe and Enduring Anorexia Nervosa, Stephen W. Touyz & Phillipa J. Hay
29. Bulimia Nervosa, Pamela K. Keel
30. Binge-Eating Disorder, Michael J. Devlin
31. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Rachel Bryant-Waugh
32. Night Eating Syndrome, Kelly C. Allison
33. Eating Disorders in Males, Theodore E. Weltzin
34. Medical Complications of Anorexia Nervosa, Philip S. Mehler
35. Medical Complications of Bulimia Nervosa, Philip S. Mehler
36. Medical Complications of Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Neville H. Golden
37. Connections between Eating Disorders and Obesity, Marsha D. Marcus
Epidemiology and Etiology of Eating Disorders
38. Epidemiology of Eating Disorders, Hans W. Hoek
39. Global Mental Health and Priorities for Eating Disorders, Kathleen M. Pike
40. The Genetics of Eating Disorders, Cynthia M. Bulik & Gerome Breen
41. Risk Factors for Eating Disorders, Karina L. Allen & Ulrike Schmidt
42. Emotion Regulation and Eating Disorders, Stephen A. Wonderlich & Jason M. Lavender
43. Disturbances of the Central Nervous System in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Laura A. Berner & Walter H. Kaye
44. Cognitive Neuroscience and Eating Disorders, Joanna E. Steinglass
Treatment and Prevention of Eating Disorders
45. Assessment of Feeding and Eating Disorders, Jennifer J. Thomas
46. Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders, Christopher G. Fairburn
47. Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Denise E. Wilfley & Dawn M. Eichen
48. Family Therapy and Eating Disorders, Daniel Le Grange & Ivan Eisler
49. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Laurel E. S. Mayer
50. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder, James I. Hudson & Harrison G. Pope, Jr.
51. Psychological Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder, Carlos M. Grilo
52. Intensive Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, Janet Treasure
53. Weight Restoration in Anorexia Nervosa, Angela S. Guarda & Graham W. Redgrave
54. Self-Help Treatments for Eating Disorders, Robyn Sysko
55. Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatment, G. Terence Wilson
56. Prevention of Eating Disorders, Tracey D. Wade
57. Does Advocacy for Eating Disorders Really Work?, Kitty Westin & Scott Crow
III. Obesity
Epidemiology and Etiology of Obesity
58. Obesity as a Global Issue, Tim Lobstein
59. Connections between Undernutrition and Obesity, Juan A. Rivera, Claudia Ivonne Ramirez-Silva, & Lilia S. Pedraza
60. Prevalence and Demographics of Obesity in the United States, Hannah G. Lawman & Cynthia L. Ogden
61. Early-Life Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity, Elsie M. Taveras
62. Health Risks Associated with Obesity, Adela Hruby & Frank B. Hu
63. Obesity in U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations, Shiriki K. Kumanyika
64. Epidemiology and Causes of Obesity in Children and Young Adults, Timothy Gill
65. Economic Causes and Consequences of Obesity, John Cawley
66. Dietary Drivers of Obesity, Adela Hruby & Frank B. Hu
67. Physical Activity and Prevention of Obesity, Russell R. Pate & Jennifer I. Flynn
68. The Gut Microbiome and Obesity, Philip Chuang & Ilseung Cho
69. Stress and Obesity, Ashley E. Mason & Elissa S. Epel
70. Food, Addiction, and Obesity, Erica M. Schulte, Michelle A. Joyner, & Ashley N. Gearhardt
71. Food and Addiction: Reasons to Be Cautious, Hisham Ziauddeen & Paul C. Fletcher
Clinical Characteristics of Obesity
72. Definition and Classification of Obesity, June Stevens
73. Medical Complications of Obesity in Adults, Tirissa J. Reid & Judith Korner
74. Medical Consequences of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence, William H. Dietz
75. Effects of Weight Loss on Health Outcomes, Rena R. Wing
76. Social and Psychological Effects of Weight Loss, Lucy F. Faulconbridge
Treatment of Obesity
77. Clinical Assessment of Patients with Obesity, Robert F. Kushner
78. Macronutrient Composition and Obesity Treatment, Arne Astrup & Jennie Brand-Miller
79. Treatment of Obesity in Primary Care Practice, Adam G. Tsai & Thomas A. Wadden
80. Treatments for Childhood Obesity, Denise E. Wilfley & Dorothy J. Van Buren
81. Weight Loss Approaches for Black Populations, Gary G. Bennett & Bryan C. Batch
82. Portion Size and Energy Density, Barbara J. Rolls & Samantha M. R. Kling
83. Behavioral Treatment of Obesity, Meghan L. Butryn & Thomas A. Wadden
84. Pharmacological Treatments for Obesity, Rekha B. Kumar & Louis J. Aronne
85. Surgery for Obesity: Roux-en-Y and Sleeve Gastrectomy Procedures, Christopher R. Daigle & Philip R. Schauer
86. Surgical Devices for Obesity, Bruce M. Wolfe & Elizaveta Kvach
87. The Role of Scalable, Community-Based Weight Management Programs, Gary D. Foster, Angela Makris McCulloch, & Alexis C. Wojtanowski
88. Exercise in the Management of Obesity, John M. Jakicic & Renee J. Rogers
89. Body Image Issues in Obesity, David B. Sarwer
90. Improving Maintenance of Weight Loss, Delia Smith West
91. Using Digital Media to Address Obesity, Deborah F. Tate
Obesity Prevention and Policy
92. The Role of Government in Contributing to and Addressing the Obesity Epidemic, Thomas A. Farley
93. Closing the Energy Gap to Address Obesity, Y. Claire Wang
94. Global Efforts to Address Obesity, Corinna Hawkes
95. Are National Food Policies Helping or Hurting Obesity?, Marion Nestle
96. The Role of Advocacy in Preventing Obesity, Roberta R. Friedman
97. Strategies for Creating Obesity Policy Change, Margo G. Wootan
98. Legal Approaches to Addressing Obesity, Jennifer L. Pomeranz
99. Stealth Interventions for Obesity: Strategies for Behavioral, Social, and Policy Changes, Thomas N. Robinson
100. Slim by Design: Using the CAN Approach to Develop Effective Obesity Policies, Brian Wansink
101. Behavioral Economics and Obesity, Lizzy Pope, Stephen T. Higgins, & Leonard H. Epstein
102. Taxes as a Means for Addressing Obesity, Tatiana Andreyeva, Frank J. Chaloupka, & Jamie F. Chriqui
103. Schools, Child Care, and Obesity Policy, Marlene B. Schwartz & Meghan L. O’Connell
104. Addressing the Influence of Food Marketing to Children, Jennifer L. Harris
105. Changing Physical Activity Environments, James F. Sallis
106. Food Labeling and Obesity, Christina A. Roberto, Neha Khandpur, & Eric M. VanEpps
107. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Role as a Federal Agency in Reversing U.S. Trends in Obesity, Heidi M. Blanck
108. Modeling the Impact of Public Policies, Steven L. Gortmaker
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