Eating Disorders and Obesity

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he also serves as Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. An internationally known expert on eating disorders, obesity, and body weight regulation, he has served as president of several national organizations and has received numerous awards and honors for his work. His recent publications include [ital]Behavioral Medicine and Women[ital] (coedited with Elaine A. Blechman). Christopher G. Fairburn, DM, FRCPsych., is Wellcome Trust Senior Lecturer and Honorary Clinical Reader in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. A well-known international authority on eating disorders with research programs in Britain and the United States, he is coeditor (with G. Terence Wilson) of Binge Eating and author of Overcoming Binge Eating. Longer version for Brownell: Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., is an internationally known expert on eating disorders, obesity, and body weight regulation. He is Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he also serves as Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and as Co-Director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. In 1994, he became Master of Silliman College at Yale. He has served as President of several national organizations, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award from the New York Academy of Sciences and the award for Outstanding Contribution to Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association. He has published 12 books and more than 150 scientific articles. One book received the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Book from the American Library Association, and his paper on "Understanding and Preventing Relapse" published in the American Psychologist has been listed as one of the ten most frequently cited papers in psychology.

K.D. Brownell, C.G. Fairburn, Preface. Part I: Regulation of Eating and Weight. S.F. Leibowitz, Central Physiological Determinants of Eating Behavior and Body Weight. G.P. Smith, J. Gibbs, Peripheral Physiological Determinants of Eating and Body Weight. J.E. Blundell, The Psychobiological Approach to Appetite and Weight Control. C. Bouchard, Genetic Influences on Body Weight and Shape. A.L. Albright, J.S. Stern, Energy Intake and Body Weight. J.S. Garrow, Effects of Energy Imbalance on Energy Stores and Body Weight. J.H. Wilmore, Body Composition. R.E. Keesey, A Set-Points Model of Body Weight and Weight Gain. K.D. Brownwell, Effects of Weight Cycling on Metabolism, Health, and Psychological Factors. R.C. Klesges, Cigarette Smoking and Body Weight. R. Andres, Body Weight and Age. Part II: Dieting and Body Image. J. Sobal, Social Influences on Body Weight. D.E. Wifley, J. Rodin, Cultural Influences on Eating Disorders. J. Polivy, C.P. Herman, Dieting and Its Relation to Eating Disorders. G.T. Wilson, The Controversy Over Dieting. Part III: Measurement. T.G. Lohman, Measurement of wwdy Energy Stores. S.T. St Jeor, Measurement of Food Intake. E.T. Pehlman, E.S. Horton, Measurement of Energy Expenditure. S.N. Blair, Measurement of Physical Activity. D.M. Garner, Measurement of Eating Disorder Psychopathology. Part IV. Classification, Clinical Characteristics, and History of Eating Disorders. P.E. Garfinkel, Classification and Diagnosis of Eating Disorders. C.G. Fairburn, B.T. Walsh, Atypical Eating Disorders. J.A. Silverman, History of Anorexia. B. Parry Jones, W.L. Parry-Jones, The History of Bulimia and Bulimia Nervosa. P.J.V, Beumont, The Clinical Presentation of Anorexia and Bulima Nervosa. P.J. Cooper, Eating Disroders and Their Relation to Mood and Anxiety. G.T. Wilson, Eating Disorders and Addictive Disorders. S.A. Wonderlich, Personality and Eating Disorders. A.E. Andersen, Eating Disorders in Males. R. Bryant-Waugh, B. Lask, Childhood-Onset Eating Disorders. A. Stein, Eating Disorders and Childrearing. K.D. Brownell, Eating Disorders in Athletes. Part V: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Course of Eating Disorders. Z. Cooper, The Development and Maintenance of Eating Disorders. H.W. Hoek, The Distribution of Eating Disorders. M. Strober, Family-Genetic Perspectives on Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa. W. Vandereycken, The Families of Patients With and Eating Disorder. R.H. Striegel-Moore, A Feminist Perspective on the Etiology of Eating Disorders. R.L. Palmer, Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders. H.C. Steinhausen, The Course and Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa. L.K.G. Hsu, Outcome of Bulimia Nervo