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Behavioral Determinants Of Obesity: Research Findings And Policy Implications., R Striegel, S Affenito, D Franko, D Thompson

Ruth H Striegel

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Youth Health-Risk Behavior Assessment In Fiji: The Reliability Of Global School-Based Student Health Survey Content Adapted For Ethnic Fijian Girls, R Striegel, A Becker, A Roberts, A Perloe, A Bainivualiku, L Richards, S Gilman

Ruth H Striegel

OBJECTIVE:

The Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) is an assessment for adolescent health-risk behaviors and exposures, supported by the World Health Organization. Although already widely implemented - and intended for youth assessment across diverse ethnic and national contexts - no reliability data have yet been reported for GSHS-based assessment in any ethnicity or country-specific population. This study reports test-retest reliability for GSHS content adapted for a female adolescent ethnic Fijian study sample in Fiji.

DESIGN:

We adapted and translated GSHS content to assess health-risk behaviors as part of a larger study investigating the impact of social transition on ethnic …

Nocturnal Eating: Association With Binge Eating, Obesity, And Psychological Distress, R Striegel, F Rosselli, G Wilson, N Perrin, K Harvey, L Debar

Ruth H Striegel

OBJECTIVE:

To examine clinical correlates of nocturnal eating, a core behavioral symptom of night eating syndrome.

METHOD:

Data from 285 women who had participated in a two-stage screening for binge eating were utilized. Women (n = 41) who reported one or more nocturnal eating episodes in the past 28 days on the eating disorder examination and women who did not report nocturnal eating (n = 244) were compared on eating disorder symptomatology, body mass index (BMI), and on measures of psychosocial adjustment.

RESULTS:

Nocturnal eaters were significantly more likely to report binge eating and differed significantly from non-nocturnal eaters (with …

Screening For Binge Eating Disorders Using The Patient Health Questionnaire In A Community Sample, R Striegel, N Perrin, L Debar, G Wilson, F Rosselli, H Kraemer

Ruth H Striegel

Objective

To examine the operating characteristics of the Patient Health Questionnaire eating disorder module (PHQ-ED) for identifying bulimia nervosa/binge eating disorder (BN/BED) or recurrent binge eating (RBE) in a community sample, and to compare true positive (TP) versus false positive (FP) cases on clinical validators.

Method

259 screen positive individuals and a random sample of 89 screen negative cases completed a diagnostic interview. Sensitivity, specificity, and Positive Predictive Value (PPV) were calculated. TP and FP cases were compared using t-tests and Chi-Square tests.

Results

The PHQ-ED had high sensitivity (100%) and specificity (92%) for detecting BN/BED or RBE, but PPV …

Recruitment For A Guided Self-Help Binge Eating Trial: Potential Lessons For Implementing Programs In Everyday Practice Settings, R Striegel, L Debar, B Yarborough, F Rosselli, N Perrin, G Wilson, H Kraemer, R Green, F Lynch

Ruth H Striegel

Objective

To explore effects of various recruitment strategies on randomized clinical trial (RCT)-entry characteristics for patients with eating disorders within an everyday health-plan practice setting.

Methods

Randomly selected women, aged 25-50, in a Pacific Northwest HMO were invited to complete a self-report binge-eating screener for two treatment trials. We publicized the trials within the health plan to allow self-referral. Here, we report differences on eating-disorder status by mode and nature of recruitment (online, mail, self-referred) and assessment (comprehensive versus abbreviated) and on possible differences in enrollee characteristics between those recruited by strategy (self-referred versus study-outreach efforts).

Results

Few differences emerged …

Prevalence And Correlates Of Eating Disorders In Latinos In The U.S., R Striegel, M Alegria, M Woo, Z Cao, M Torres, X Meng

Ruth H Striegel

Objective

To present national estimates and correlates of lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV eating disorders for Latinos.

Method

Data come from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS), a national epidemiological household survey of Latinos in the Unied States.

Results

Latinos have elevated rates of any binge eating and binge eating disorder but low prevalence of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The US born and those living a greater percentage of their lifetime in the US evidenced higher risk for certain eating disorders while severe obesity and low levels of education were significant correlates. Rates of treatment utilization were exceedingly …

Antecedent Life Events Of Binge-Eating Disorder, R Striegel, K Pike, D Wilfley, A Hilbert, C Fairburn, F Dohm

Ruth H Striegel

The present study investigated the occurrence of life events preceding the onset of disturbed eating in binge-eating disorder (BED). In a case-control design, 162 matched pairs of black and white women with BED and women with no current psychiatric disorder, and 107 matched pairs of women with BED and a current general psychiatric disorder were recruited from the community for the New England Women's Health Project. Life events in the year before the onset of disturbed eating were assessed retrospectively with an investigator-based interview. Women with BED reported exposure to a significantly greater number of life events during the year …

“Papa, Patriarchy And Power: Snapshots Of A Good Haitian Girl, Feminism And, Gina Athena Ulysse

Gina Athena Ulysse

No abstract provided.

Vampires: Social Constructivism, Realism, And Other Philosophical Undead, Joseph Rouse

Joseph Rouse

No abstract provided.

Cultural Studies Of Science, Joseph Rouse

Joseph Rouse

No abstract provided.

The Advent Of The Prosperous Society: The Rise Of The Guardian State And Structural Change In The World Economy, Giulio M. Gallarotti

Giulio M Gallarotti

Over the last century there has been a fundamental change in the economic orientation of industrially advanced democracies, and this has had a pervasive impact on both their macroeconomies and their international economic relations. Put more starkly, changing expectations about prosperity and the role of government as an economic guardian have fundamentally reshaped the economic geography of the world economy. In humorous tone, it might even be called a cowardly new world, one in which societies refuse to brave the vagaries of unrestrained markets. This argument presents an alternative to traditional explanations of economics processes and relations in which scholars …

Understanding Scientific Practices: Cultural Studies Of Science As A Philosophical Program, Joseph Rouse

Joseph Rouse

No abstract provided.