DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY
Center for Weight and Eating Disorders

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Sarwer DB, Allison KC, Berkowitz RI (In press).
Assessment and treatment of obesity in the primary care setting.
In: LJ Haas (ed).
Handbook of Primary-Care Psychology. Oxford University Press.

Sarwer DB, Foster GD, Wadden TA (In press).
Treatment of obesity I: Adult obesity.
In: JK Thompson (ed).
Handbook of eating disorders and obesity. Wiley.

Wadden TA, Brownell KD, Foster GD.
Obesity: Managing the global epidemic.
J Consult Clin Psychol 2002;70:510-525

Phelan S, Wadden TA.
Combining behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for obesity.
Obes Res 2002;10:560-574

Wadden TA, Stunkard AJ, eds.
Handbook of Obesity Treatment.
New York, NY. Guilford Press, 2002

Foster GD, Wadden TA, Phelan S, Sarwer DB, Sanderson RS.
Obese patients' perceptions of treatment outcomes and the factors that influence them.
Arch Int Med. 2002;161:2133-2139

Foster GD, McGuckin BG.
Nondieting Approaches: Principles, Practices, and Evidence
In: Wadden TA, Stunkard AJ, eds.
Handbook of Obesity Treatment. New York, NY. Guilford Press, 2002.

Foster GD, Matz PE.
Weight Loss and Changes in Body Image
In: Cash TF, Pruzinsky T, eds.
Body Image. New York, NY. Guilford Press, 2002.

Welch KC, Foster GD, Ritter CT, Wadden TA, Arens R, Maislin G, Schwab RJ.
A novel volumetric magnetic resonance imaging paradigm to study upper airway anatomy.
Sleep. 2002;25:532-542.

Sarwer DB. Thompson JK.
Obesity and body image disturbance. (pp. 447-464).
In: Wadden TA, Stunkard AJ (eds).
Handbook of Obesity Treatment. New York: Guilford Press: 2002.

Wadden TA, Berkowitz RI, Sarwer DB, Prus-Wisniewski R, Steinberg C.
Benefits of lifestyle modification in the pharmacologic treatment of obesity.
Arch Int Med, 2001;161:218-227

Wadden TA, Sarwer DB, Womble LG, Foster GD, McGuckin BG, Schimmel A.
Psychological aspects of obesity and obesity surgery.
Surgical Clinics of North America 2001;81:1001-1024

Sarwer DB, Womble LG, Berkowitz RI.
Behavioral Treatment of Obesity. (pp. 202-220).
In: Gumbiner B (ed.). Obesity. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 2001.

Wadden TA, Sarwer DB, Womble LG, Foster GD, McGuckin BG, Schimmel A.
Psychosocial Aspects of Obesity and Obesity Surgery. Surg Clin N Am, 2001;81:1001-1024.

Birketvedt GS, Florholmen J, Sundsfjne J, Osterud B, Dinges D, Bilken W, Stunkard AJ.
Behavioral and neuroendocrine characteristics of the night eating syndrome.
JAMA, 1999; 282: 657-663.

Foster GD, Wadden TA, Swain RM, Anderson DA, Vogt RA.
Changes in resting energy expenditure after weight loss in obese African American and Caucasian women.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999;69:13-17.

Wadden TA, Sarwer DB, Berkowitz RI.
Behavioural treatment of the overweight patient.
Clin Endo Meta, 1999; 13: 93-107.

Foster GD, Wadden TA, Swain RM, Stunkard AJ, Platte P, Vogt RA.
The Eating Inventory in obese women: Clinical correlates and relationship to weight loss.
International Journal of Obesity 1998;22:778-785.

Sarwer DB, Wadden TA, Foster GF.
Assessment of body image dissatisfaction in obese women: Specificity, severity, and clinical significance.
J Consult Clin Psychol,1998;66,651-654.

Wadden TA, Berkowitz RI, Silvestry F, Vogt RA, St. John Sutton MG, Stunkard AJ, Foster GD, Aber JL.
The Fen-Phen finale: A study of weight loss and valvular heart disease.
Obesity Research, 1998;6(4):278-284.

Wadden, T.A., Berkowitz, R.I., Vogt, R.A., Steen, S.N., Stunkard, A.J.
Lifestyle Modification in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Obesity: A Pilot Investigation of a Primary Care Approach.
Obesity Research, 1997; 5: 218-226.

Berkowitz, RI. Treating Adolescent Obesity.
Adolescent Medicine. 1997;8(1):181-195.
Stunkard, A., Berkowitz, R., Wadden, T., Tanrikut, C., Reiss, E., Young, L.
Binge Eating Disorder and the Night-Eating Syndrome.
International Journal of Obesity, 1996; 20:1-6.

Stunkard, A.J., Berkowitz, R.I., Tanrikut, C., Reiss, E., Young, L.
d-Fenfluramine Treatment in Binge Eating Disorder.
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1996; 153: 1455-1459.

Berkowitz, RI. Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Obesity
In: Obesity: Pathophysiology, Psychology and Treatment. Blackburn, G.L. and Kanders, B.S. (Eds.) Chapman & Hall, New York, 1994. pp. 312-323.

Stunkard AJ, Harris JR, Pedersen NL, McClearn GE.
The body mass index of twins who have been reared apart.
New England Journal of Medicine, 1990; 322: 1483-1487.