Handbook of Obesity Treatment

Naji Alamuddin, MD, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Ali Aminian, MD, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Learner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Aviva H. Ariel-Donges, MA, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Louis J. Aronne, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

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

Zayna M. Bakizada, BA, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Katherine N. Balantekin, PhD, RD, Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

Andrew J. Beamish, MBBCh, MSc, MD, Department of Gastrosurgical Research, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; and Department of Research, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, United Kingdom

Robert I. Berkowitz, MD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; and Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Claude Bouchard, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

George A. Bray, MD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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

Johannes Brug, PhD, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Meghan L. Butryn, PhD, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ariana M. Chao, PhD, CRNP, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jeanne M. Clark, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Graham A. Colditz, DrPH, MD, MPH, Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

Hank Dart, MS, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

David F. Dinges, PhD, Division of Sleep and Chronobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Morgan Downey, JD, The Downey Obesity Report, Washington, DC

Kristoffel R. Dumon, MD, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Leonard H. Epstein, PhD, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York

I. Sadaf Farooqi, MD, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Marcela Rodriguez Flores, MD, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico

Evan M. Forman, PhD, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) Center and Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Stephanie Gomez-Rubalcava, BS, Kinesiology Department, College of Science and Mathematics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

Edward W. Gregg, PhD, Epidemiology and Statistics Branch, Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

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

Kimberly A. Gudzune, MD, MPH, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Casey H. Halpern, MD, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California

Matthew R. Hayes, PhD, Translational Neuroscience Program and Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

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

Carol A. Johnson, MA, Largely Positive, Inc., Ashtabula, Ohio

Scott Kahan, MD, MPH, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Peter T. Katzmarzyk, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sara J. Kovacs, MS, Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tanja V. E. Kral, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rebecca A. Krukowski, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rekha B. Kumar, MD, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York

Robert F. Kushner, MD, Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Theodore K. Kyle, RPh, MBA, ConscienHealth.org, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jeroen Lakerveld, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chelsea A. Larsen, MPH, Technology Center for Healthful Lifestyles, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Hannah G. Lawman, PhD, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rudolph L. Leibel, MD, Division of Molecular Genetics and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York

Joreintje Dingena Mackenbach, MSc, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kara L. Marlatt, PhD, MPH, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Corby K. Martin, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Courtney McCuen-Wurst, PsyD, LCSW, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Candice A. Myers, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Brooke T. Nezami, PhD, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Zubaidah Nor Hanipah, MD, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, Leonard Davis Institute Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Department of Health Care Management, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, University of Pennsylvania; and Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rebecca L. Pearl, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Michael G. Perri, PhD, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Suzanne Phelan, PhD, Kinesiology Department, College of Science and Mathematics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

Heather M. Polonsky, BS, Center for Obesity Research and Education, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

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

W. Jack Rejeski, PhD, Translational Science Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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

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

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

Robert Ross, PhD, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Donna H. Ryan, MD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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

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

Leah M. Schumacher, BS, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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

Sally A. Sherman, PhD, Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, Department of Health and Physical Activity, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jacqueline M. Soegaard Ballester, MD, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Andrea M. Spaeth, PhD, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kaitlin Stabbert, BS, Kinesiology Department, College of Science and Mathematics, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

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

Colleen M. Tewksbury, MPH, RD, LDN, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jena Shaw Tronieri, PhD, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Adam G. Tsai, MD, MSc, Center for Human Nutrition, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado

Carmina G. Valle, PhD, Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Kevin G. M. Volpp, MD, PhD, Leonard Davis Institute Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, Departments of Medicine and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Department of Health Care Management, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation, University of Pennsylvania; and Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Steven Z. Wadden, AB, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, 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; and Department of Psychology, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania

Delia S. West, PhD, Technology Center for Healthful Lifestyles, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

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

Noel N. Williams, MD, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Donald A. Williamson, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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