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sociocultural attitudes towards appearance scale-3 (SATAQ-3): development and validation by Thompson, J.K, Berg, P. van den, Roehrig, M, Guarda, A.S, Heinberg, L.J

“…Objective: The goal of this investigation was to develop and validate a revision of a widely used measure of societal influences on body image and eating…”
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Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program: A preliminary dismantling investigation by Roehrig, Megan, Thompson, J. Kevin, Brannick, Michael, van den Berg, Patricia

“…Objective A dissonance‐based program aimed at reducing thin‐ideal internalization has been found to significantly decrease levels of bulimic symptoms in young…”
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PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment - an RCT testing the use of technology to enhance weight loss treatment for veterans by Duncan, Jennifer M, Janke, E Amy, Kozak, Andrea T, Roehrig, Megan, Russell, Stephanie W, McFadden, H Gene, Demott, Andrew, Pictor, Alex, Hedeker, Don, Spring, Bonnie

“…Obese adults struggle to make the changes necessary to achieve even modest weight loss, though a decrease in weight by as little as 10% can have significant…”
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Healthy Lifestyle Change and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study by SPRING, Bonnie, MOLLER, Arlen C, COLANGELO, Laura A, SIDDIQUE, Juned, ROEHRIG, Megan, DAVIGLUS, Martha L, POLAK, Joseph F, REIS, Jared P, SIDNEY, Stephen, KIANG LIU

“…The benefits of healthy habits are well established, but it is unclear whether making health behavior changes as an adult can still alter coronary artery…”
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The Potential of Virtual Reality Technologies to Improve Adherence to Weight Loss Behaviors by Coons, Michael J., Roehrig, Megan, Spring, Bonnie

“…A significant proportion of the global population is obese, foreshadowing an epidemic of chronic disease. Self-monitoring (of diet, exercise, and body weight),…”
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Why patients seek bariatric surgery: a qualitative and quantitative analysis of patient motivation by Munoz, Daniel J, Lal, Mona, Chen, Eunice Y, Mansour, Mayce, Fischer, Sarah, Roehrig, Megan, Sanchez-Johnsen, Lisa, Dymek-Valenitine, Maureen, Alverdy, John, le Grange, Daniel

“…Bariatric surgery is becoming a common procedure to control the obesity problem in the United States. However, despite the prevalence of the surgery, little is…”
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Metabolic Syndrome and Behavioral Correlates in Obese Patients With Binge Eating Disorder by Roehrig, Megan, Masheb, Robin M, White, Marney A, Grilo, Carlos M

“…This study examined the frequency of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and explored behavioral eating‐ and weight‐related correlates in obese patients with binge…”
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Day-to-day body-image states: prospective predictors of intra-individual level and variability by Rudiger, Jonathan A, Cash, Thomas F, Roehrig, Megan, Thompson, J Kevin

“…Most body-image research has focused on the trait level of body-image evaluation, often neglecting the momentary fluctuations many people experience in…”
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Appearance Motives to Tan and Not Tan: Evidence for Validity and Reliability of a New Scale by Cafri, Guy, Thompson, J. Kevin, Roehrig, Megan, Rojas, Ariz, Sperry, Steffanie, Jacobsen, Paul B., Hillhouse, Joel

“…Background Risk for skin cancer is increased by UV exposure and decreased by sun protection. Appearance reasons to tan and not tan have consistently been shown…”
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Effects of dieting-related messages on psychological and weight control variables by Roehrig, Megan, Thompson, J. Kevin, Cafri, Guy

“…OBJECTIVE:: The current study sought to empirically examine the immediate and short-term effects of dieting-related psychoeducational messages on established…”
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Dieting Frequency in Obese Patients With Binge Eating Disorder: Behavioral and Metabolic Correlates by Roehrig, Megan, Masheb, Robin M, White, Marney A, Grilo, Carlos M

“…This study examined the clinical significance of self‐reported frequency of time spent dieting in obese patients with binge eating disorder (BED). A total of…”
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Female college students and cosmetic surgery: An investigation of experiences, attitudes, and body image by SARWER, David B, CASH, Thomas F, ANDERSON, Drew A, ROMANOFSKI, Michelle, MAGEE, Leanne, WILLIAMS, Emily Fleming, THOMPSON, J. Kevin, ROEHRIG, Megan, TANDEFF-DUNN, Stacey, AGLIATA, Allison Kanter, WILFLEY, Denise E, AMIDON, Amy D

“…This large, multisite study investigated female college students' experiences with and attitudes about cosmetic surgery. The study also assessed the…”
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An investigation of appearance motives for tanning: The development and evaluation of the Physical Appearance Reasons For Tanning Scale (PARTS) and its relation to sunbathing and indoor tanning intentions by Cafri, Guy, Thompson, J Kevin, Roehrig, Megan, van den Berg, Patricia, Jacobsen, Paul B, Stark, Stephen

“…Motives for UV exposure have been shown to be related to appearance concerns, yet little research has examined specific tan appearance attitudes. Given this…”
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Depressed mood in class III obesity predicted by weight-related stigma by Chen, Eunice Y, Bocchieri-Ricciardi, Lindsey E, Munoz, Daniel, Fischer, Sarah, Katterman, Shawn, Roehrig, Megan, Dymek-Valentine, Maureen, Alverdy, John C, Le Grange, Daniel

“…Greater depressed mood in Class III obese surgery-seeking clients may be due to weight-related stigma, weight-related physical disability (e.g. mobility) or…”
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Considerations for the use of the Beck Depression Inventory in the assessment of weight-loss surgery seeking patients by Munoz, Daniel J, Chen, Eunice, Fischer, Sarah, Roehrig, Megan, Sanchez-Johnson, Lisa, Alverdy, John, Dymek-Valentine, Maureen, le Grange, Daniel

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is an assessment frequently used in pre-surgical evaluation for patients seeking bariatric surgery. Items on the BDI…”
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Media exposure, mood, and body image dissatisfaction: an experimental test of person versus product priming by Birkeland, Robyn, Thompson, J Kevin, Herbozo, Sylvia, Roehrig, Megan, Cafri, Guy, van den Berg, Patricia

“…In the current study, 138 college females were randomly assigned to four media exposure conditions based on the presence or absence of an attractive person…”
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Compensatory eating disorder behaviors and gastric bypass surgery outcome by Chen, Eunice, Roehrig, Megan, Herbozo, Sylvia, McCloskey, Michael S, Roehrig, James, Cummings, Hakeemah, Alverdy, John, Le Grange, Daniel

“…OBJECTIVE:: This study prospectively examined the role of compensatory eating disorder behavior on gastric bypass (GB) surgery weight-loss outcome. METHOD::…”
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Chronic Dieting Among Extremely Obese Bariatric Surgery Candidates by Roehrig, Megan, Masheb, Robin M., White, Marney A., Rothschild, Bruce S., Burke-Martindale, Carolyn H., Grilo, Carlos M.

“…Background Extremely obese bariatric surgery candidates report numerous episodes of both successful and unsuccessful dieting attempts, but little is known…”
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Reliability assessment of the somatomorphic matrix by Cafri, Guy, Roehrig, Megan, Thompson, J. Kevin

“…Objective The appearance of muscularity is an emerging topic of research interest within the body image field. However, the most widely used measure to assess…”
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An experimental study of pro-dieting and anti-dieting psychoeducational messages: Effects on immediate and short-term psychological functioning and weight control practices in college women by Roehrig, Megan

“…While dieting is relatively normative in our society, it is controversial within the fields of eating disorders and obesity. Dieting for weight loss has been…”
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