Sharon Akabas - Textbook of obesity: Biological, psychological and cultural influences

Contributors

Editors

Sharon R. Akabas, PhD , Director, MS Program, Associate Director of Educational Initiatives, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Sally Ann Lederman, PhD , Special Lecturer, Institute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Barbara J. Moore, PhD , President and CEO, Shape Up America!, Clyde Park, MT, USA

Contributors

Jeanine B. Albu, MD , Associate Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, NY, USA

David B. Allison, PhD , Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA

Georgina Ankra-Badu , Whitehaven, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Louis J. Aronne, MD , Clinical Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, Director, Weill Cornells Comprehensive Weight Control Program, New York City, NY, USA

Jamile A. Ashmore, PhD , Director, Behavioral Medicine Center, Plano, TX, USA

Ninia Baehr, MA, RN , Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

Tesfaye M. Baye, PhD , Assistant Professor, Divison of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Leora Benson, MS , Research Technician, New York Obesity Research Center, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital & Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Bonnie Bernstein, PhD , Adjunct Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Marc Bessler, MD , Professor of Clinical Surgery, Chief, Division of Minimal Access/Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Steven N. Blair, PED , Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

George A. Bray, MD , Boyd Professor, Chief, Division of Clinical Obesity and Metabolism, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Meghan L. Butryn, PhD , Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Angela Calabrese-Barton, PhD , Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, USA

Susan Carnell, PhD , Research Fellow, PhD New York Obesity Research Center, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital & Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Vicki L. Clark, PhD , Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Maria C. Coletta, PhD , Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Isobel R. Contento, PhD , Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education, and Coordinator, Program in Nutrition, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Issa Coulibaly, PhD , Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biostatistics, Section on Statistical Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA

Sharron Dalton, PhD, RD , Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York City, NY, USA

Daniel Davis, DO , Chief of Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT, USA

Nichola Davis, MD, MS , Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA

Mary DiGiorgi, MS, MPH , Columbia University Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, NY, USA

Michael Eriksen, ScD , Professor and Director, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Anthony W. Ferrante Jr. MD, PhD , Dorothy & Daniel Silberberg Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

Gary D. Foster, PhD , Professor, Medicine and Public Health, Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

I. J. Frame, MS , MD/PhD Candidate Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA