Publications and Presentations

Recent Publications:
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1. *Dixon, B. N., *Ugwoaba, U., *Brockmann, A., & Ross, K. M. (2020). Associations between the built environment and dietary intake, physical activity, and obesity: A scoping review of reviews. Obesity Reviews, [epub ahead of print]. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13171
   Summary: Researchers conducted a scoping review of reviews and meta-analyses to examine the association between built environmental factors and dietary intake, physical activity, and/or weight to identify current gaps in the literature and provide an agenda for future research.
2. Ross, K. M., *Eastman, A., *Ugwoaba, U. A., Demos, K. E., Lillis, J., & Wing, R. R. (2020). Food reward sensitivity, impulsivity, and weight change during and after a 3-month weight loss program. PLOS One, 15 (12), e0243530. PMCID: PMC7732120 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.024353
   Summary: The aim of this study was to examine associations between sensitivity to food rewards, impulsivity, and weight change both during and after participation in a 12-week, Internet-based behavioral weight loss program. Results showed that there were decreases in food reward sensitivity and impulsivity during the 3-month weight loss program and that these improvements were not related to weight change.
3. *Eastman, A. E., *Dixon, B. N., & Ross, K. M. (2020). Associations between effort, importance, and self-monitoring during and after a 12-week behavioral weight management program. Obesity Science & Practice, 6(5), 447-453. PMCID: PMC7556417 https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.431
   Summary: Researchers examined the week-to-week associations between perceived effort, importance of weight loss goals, and adherence to self-monitoring dietary intake and weight during and after a behavioral weight loss program. Results demonstrated that higher levels of effort were associated with fewer days of self-monitoring weight and caloric intake but greater importance of weight loss goals was associated with greater number of days self-monitoring weight and dietary intake.
4. *Brockmann, A. N., *Eastman, A., & Ross, K. M. (2020). Frequency and consistency of self-weighing to promote weight loss maintenance. Obesity, 28, 1215-1218. PMCID: PMC7311265 https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22828
   Summary: This study examined the associations of the frequency of self-weighing, consistency of self-weighing, and weight change for participants enrolled in a behavioral weight loss program during a weight loss maintenance period where no intervention was provided. Findings showed that greater consistency of self-weighing was associated with less weight regain but that frequency did not play a significant role in weight change during this period.

Recent Presentations:

1. Arroyo, K.M., Ugwoaba, U.A., Brockmann, A.N., Carpenter C.A., Bauman, V., Eastman, A. Scarlett, C.A., & Ross, K.M. (April, 2021). Examining individual variability in days of self-monitoring and weight loss. Accepted as a Virtual Research Spotlight at the 42^nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Virtual Conference.
2. Scarlett, C.A., Bauman, V., Brockmann, A.N., Ugwoaba, U.A., Eastman, A., Arroyo, K.M., & Carpenter, C.A. (April, 2021). Associations between changes in weight, fitness, and health-related quality of life during weight loss and weight maintenance. Accepted as a Virtual Research Spotlight at the 42^nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Virtual Conference.
3. Ugwoaba, U.A., Carpenter, C.A., Bauman, V., Eastman A., Brockmann, A.N., Scarlett, C.A., Arroyo, K.M., & Ross, K.M. (April, 2021). Development of a meal planning questionnaire: Preliminary validation and descriptive statistics. Accepted as a Virtual Research Spotlight at the 42^nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Virtual Conference.