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Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight-Related Problems: Measures, Theory, and Research / Edition 2

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ISBN-10:: 1412951356
ISBN-13:: 9781412951357
Pub. Date:: 07/10/2009
Publisher:: SAGE Publications

ISBN-10:: 1412951356
ISBN-13:: 9781412951357
Pub. Date:: 07/10/2009
Publisher:: SAGE Publications

Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight-Related Problems: Measures, Theory, and Research / Edition 2

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Overview

A thoroughly up-to-date reference for researchers who specialize in obesity and clinicians who specialize in working with clients with problem eating behaviors, Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Disorders and Weight-Related Problems, Second Edition, offers the field's most comprehensive collection of measures and assessment tools related to eating behaviors.

In addition to obesity (an issue that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States), the Handbook deals with problem eating behaviors, eating disorders, and the associated psychological issues that underlie these problems. This Second Edition provides the latest research and theory, along with empirically validated assessment tools for measuring attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with regard to food, including:

General personality assessment and psychopathology of persons with eating and weight-related concerns

Quality of life assessments

Measuring attitudes and beliefs about obese people

Assessment of body image

Measures of restrained eating

Measures of physical activity

Measuring food intake

Binge eating and purging

Eating and weight-related problems with children

Identification of psychological problems of patients with eating disorders

New and Continuing Features:

No other resource offers such a comprehensive collection of assessment methods for eating disorders and weight-related problems in one volume.

Contributions from highly regarded scholars and researchers in the field offer up-to-date, academically rigorous, and research-based information.

The volume's Introduction emphasizes the importance of research in this area and highlights the changes in the field over the past decade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412951357
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/10/2009
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Monica L. Baskin, Ph D, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Associate Scientist in the UAB Center for Health Promotion and the UAB Clinical Nutrition Research Center. She obtained a B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from Emory University and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Georgia State University. Her primary research interests involve behavioral interventions for the prevention and treatment of obesity, sickle cell disease, and minority health and health disparities. She is skilled in designing, implementing and evaluating theory-based and culturally-competent interventions.

Introduction - David Allison, Monica Baskin
Ch 1. Assessment of General Personality and Psychopathology Among Persons with Eating and Weight-Related Concerns - Chi C. Chan, Melissa A. Napolitano, Gary D. Foster
Ch 2. Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life in Obesity and Eating Disorders - Ronette L. Kolotkin, Steffany Haaz, Kevin R. Fontaine
Ch 3. Methods for Measuring Attitudes and Beliefs About Obese People - Todd Morrison, Sarah Roddy, Travis A. Ryan
Ch 4. Assessment of Body Image - Hermal Shroff, Rachel M. Calogero, J. Kevin Thompson
Ch 5. Measures of Restrained Eating:Conceptual Evolution and Psychmetric Update - Michael R. Lowe, Graham Thomas
Ch 6. Measures of Physical Activity and Exercise - Donna Spruijt-Metz, David Berrigan, Louise A. Kelly, Rob Mc Connell, Donna Dueker, Greg Lindsey, Audie A. Atienza, Selena Michel, Melinda L. Irwin, Jennifer Wolch, Michael Jerrett, Zaria Tatalovich, Susan Redline
Ch 7. Measuring Food Intake in Free-Living Populations—Focus on Obesity - Lauren Lissner, Nancy Potischman
Ch 8. Measuring Food Intake, Hunger, and Satiation in the Laboratory - John Blundell, Kees de Graff, Graham Finlayson, Jason C.G. Halford, Marion Hetherington, Neil King, James Stubbs
Ch 9. Measuring Food Intake in Field Studies - Brian Wansink
Ch 10. Binge Eating and Purging - George Tasca, Valerie Krysanski, Natasha Demidenko, Hany Bissada
Ch 11. Assessment of Eating Disordered Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors - Drew Anderson, Kyle P. De Young, Catherine Walker
Ch 12. Assessment of Eating and Weight-Related Problems in Children - Tanja Kral, Myles Faith, Angelo Pietrobelli
Ch 13. Assessment of Human Body Composition - Dympna Gallagher, Fahad Javed
Ch 14. Measurement of Energy Expenditure - James Levine, Ann M. Harris

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Daniel J. Goodman, MA (Rush Medical College of Rush University)
Description: This is a compendium of measurement instruments in the areas of obesity, eating disorders, and related behaviors. The author has incorporated some of the foremost authorities in these fields to review the available material in their own areas of expertise.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a comprehensive reference guide to the measurement of eating and weight-related behaviors. The contributors have, in turn, attempted to critically evaluate a broad sampling of instruments in a variety of specific, related domains. The book reviews a tremendous number of assessment methods in some detail. However, it would be more useful to the reader if clear comparisons were articulated regarding the utility of the instruments in a particular area.
Audience: Researchers are this book's primary audience, including graduate students and clinicians. In fact, it contains so much information that anyone interested in conducting investigations of eating or weight-related behaviors would benefit from at least some cursory knowledge of its contents.
Features: Perhaps the greatest asset of this book is that it is a multiauthored book, which has allowed the author to include a formidable group of experts. Second, the organization of each chapter makes it extremely easy to use. Each chapter is very comprehensive, with detailed, pragmatic information on several instruments that would be useful for individuals designing research projects. Finally, Allison has reprinted at least portions of many scales for review by readers.
Assessment: This impressive effort combines a wealth of information with a simple format, making it a very useful research aid for scientists working in this area. Additionally, clinicians would likely benefit from a text such as this when designing or assessing treatment programs to deal with eating, weight, activity, and related issues.

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Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight-Related Problems: Measures, Theory, and Research / Edition 2

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