Overview
Sports Nutrition
Eating Disorders
Integrative Medicine
Health Coaching
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
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2021 - Present
Family Medicine and Community Health,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Internal states and interoception along a spectrum of eating disorder symptomology.
Journal Article Physiol Behav · March 1, 2021 OBJECTIVE: Recent studies on atypical interoceptive capabilities have focused on clinical populations, including anorexia nervosa[1,2]. The present exploratory study aims to characterize the influence of disordered eating symptomology on interoceptive capa ... Full text Link to item CiteMeal skipping and cognition along a spectrum of restrictive eating.
Journal Article Eating behaviors · December 2020 ObjectiveInadequate nutrition adversely impacts brain development and cognitive functioning (Pollitt et al., 1983). Studies examining the acute impact of eating regular meals on cognition have reported inconsistent findings, necessitating the expl ... Full text CiteReduction of atherogenic risk factors by short-term weight reduction. Evidence of the efficacy of National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for the obese.
Journal Article Klin Wochenschr · February 26, 1991 Five hundred and ninety-nine overweight patients participated for at least 4 weeks in the weight reducing and physical activity promoting Diet and Fitness Center program at Duke University. Twenty-three percent were diabetic and 49% hypertensive. With only ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
1989
M.P.H.
University of Maryland, College Park ·
1986
B.S.