Eating Disorders and Obesity

Karina L. Allen, PhD, Eating Disorders Service, Maudsley Hospital, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; School of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

David B. Allison, PhD, Nutrition Obesity Research Center and Office of Energetics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Kelly C. Allison, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tatiana Andreyeva, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Louis J. Aronne, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

Nerys Astbury, PhD, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Arne Astrup, MD, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Evelyn Attia, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York

S. Bryn Austin, ScD, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Linda M. Bartoshuk, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Bryan C. Batch, MD, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Gary G. Bennett, PhD, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and Duke Global Health Institute and Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Laura A. Berner, PhD, Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Leann L. Birch, PhD, Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Heidi M. Blanck, PhD, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gerome Breen, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Rachel Bryant-Waugh, MSc, DPhil, Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Cynthia M. Bulik, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Meghan L. Butryn, PhD, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

John Cawley, PhD, Department of Policy Analysis and Management and Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Frank J. Chaloupka, PhD, Health Policy Center, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Ilseung Cho, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Philip Chuang, MD, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York

Scott Crow, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Christopher R. Daigle, MD, FRCSC, The Bariatric Center, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, Ohio

Michael J. Devlin, MD, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Dawn M. Eichen, PhD, Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research Center, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Ivan Eisler, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Elissa S. Epel, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Christopher G. Fairburn, DM, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, and Warneford Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Myles S. Faith, PhD, Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Department of Public Health, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lucy F. Faulconbridge, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paul C. Fletcher, MD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jennifer I. Flynn, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Gary D. Foster, PhD, Weight Watchers International, New York, New York; Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alexis C. Frazier-Wood, PhD, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Roberta R. Friedman, ScM, RFriedman Consulting, Hamden, Connecticut

Dympna Gallagher, EdD, New York Obesity Research Center, Columbia University, New York, New York

Ashley N. Gearhardt, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Timothy Gill, PhD, Boden Institute and the Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Neville H. Golden, MD, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Richard A. Gordon, PhD, Psychology Program, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. F. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, Program for Obesity, Weight, and Eating Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Angela S. Guarda MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

John Gunstad, PhD, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Kevin D. Hall, PhD, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Jennifer L. Harris, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Applied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Corinna Hawkes, PhD, Centre for Food Policy, City University of London, London, United Kingdom

Misty A. W. Hawkins, PhD, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Phillipa J. Hay, DPhil, MD, Centre for Health Research, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen T. Higgins, PhD, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Andrew J. Hill, PhD, Institute of Health Sciences, Leeds University School of Medicine, Leeds, United Kingdom

Hans W. Hoek, MD, PhD, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, Netherlands; Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

Adela Hruby, PhD, MPH, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD, MPH, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

James I. Hudson, MD, ScD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

John M. Jakicic, PhD, Physical Activity and Weight Management Center, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Michelle A. Joyner, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Walter H. Kaye, MD, Eating Disorder Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

Pamela K. Keel, PhD, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Neha Khandpur, ScD, Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Samantha M. R. Kling, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Judith Korner, MD, PhD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

Robert F. Kushner, MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Jason M. Lavender, PhD, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, North Dakota

Hannah G. Lawman, PhD, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel Le Grange, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Rudolph L. Leibel, MD, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Tim Lobstein, PhD, World Obesity Federation, London, United Kingdom; Public Health Advocacy Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia

Ruth J. F. Loos, PhD, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine and Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Katie A. Loth, PhD, MPH, RD, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Michael R. Lowe, PhD, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Angela Makris, PhD, RD, private practice, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Marsha D. Marcus, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ashley E. Mason, PhD, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California

Laurel E. S. Mayer, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED, Eating Recovery Center, ACUTE at Denver Health, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, New York, New York

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Meghan L. O’Connell, MPH, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut

Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, MRP, Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland

Emily Oken, MD, MPH, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Russell R. Pate, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Lilia S. Pedraza, MSc, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Katharine A. Phillips, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Program, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

Kathleen M. Pike, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York

Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH, College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York

Harrison G. Pope, Jr., MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Lizzy Pope, PhD, RD, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

Rebecca M. Puhl, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Claudia Ivonne Ramirez-Silva, PhD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Eric Ravussin, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Graham W. Redgrave, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Tirissa J. Reid, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Juan A. Rivera, PhD, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Morelos, Mexico

Christina A. Roberto, PhD, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Stanford Solutions Science Lab, Division of General Pediatrics, and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Renee J. Rogers, PhD, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Barbara J. Rolls, PhD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania

Michael Rosenbaum, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

James F. Sallis, PhD, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

David B. Sarwer, PhD, Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lauren Schaefer, MA, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Philip R. Schauer, MD, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, and Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Ulrike Schmidt, MD, PhD, FRCPsych, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Erica M. Schulte, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Gary J. Schwartz, PhD, Departments of Medicine and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York

Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD, UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Hartford, Connecticut; Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Gerard P. Smith, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York

Kendrin R. Sonneville, ScD, RD, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Joanna E. Steinglass, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

June Stevens, PhD, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global

Public Health, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Eric Stice, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Robyn Sysko, PhD, Eating and Weight Disorders Program, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York

Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, PhD, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

Deborah F. Tate, PhD, Departments of Health Behavior and Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts

Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD, Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Stephen W. Touyz, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Janet Treasure, OBE, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Department of Psychological Medicine, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam G. Tsai, MD, MSCE, Kaiser Permanente of Colorado and Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

Dorothy J. Van Buren, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Eric M. VanEpps, PhD, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion and Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tracey D. Wade, PhD, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Elizaveta Walker, MPH, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

B. Timothy Walsh, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Y. Claire Wang, MD, ScD, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York

Brian Wansink, PhD, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Theodore E. Weltzin, MD, FAED, CEDS, FAPA, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Delia Smith West, PhD, Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Kitty Westin, MA, LP, The Emily Program Foundation, St. Paul, Minnesota

Denise E. Wilfley, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

G. Terence Wilson, PhD, Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Rena R. Wing, PhD, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Alexis C. Wojtanowski, BS, Weight Watchers International, New York, New York

Bruce M. Wolfe, MD, FACS, Division of Bariatric Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

Stephen A. Wonderlich, PhD, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, North Dakota

Margo G. Wootan, DSc, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, DC

Sonja Yokum, PhD, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, Oregon

Yiying Zhang, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York

Hisham Ziauddeen, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom