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Overview

Gary D. Foster is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions, with a notable focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy, Physiology, and General Health Professions.

Their scholarly work extensively covers topics related to Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Obesity and Health Practices, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Nutritional Studies and Diet, as well as Empathy and Medical Education.

Frequent coauthors include Michelle I. Cardel, Rebecca M. Puhl, Leah M. Lessard, Suzanne Phelan, and Angela Marinilli Pinto, highlighting collaborative efforts within their research community.

Gary D. Foster has contributed numerous papers, some of which are highly cited. Selected recent publications include:

  • The roles of experienced and internalized weight stigma in healthcare experiences: Perspectives of adults engaged in weight management across six countries (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Effects of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity. Ten-Year Results of the Sleep AHEAD Study (2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine)
  • International comparisons of weight stigma: addressing a void in the field (2021, International Journal of Obesity)
  • Prevalence and correlates of weight bias internalization in weight management: A multinational study (2021, SSM - Population Health)
  • Weight Stigma and Weight-Related Health: Associations of Self-Report Measures Among Adults in Weight Management (2020, Annals of Behavioral Medicine)

Their publications frequently appear in venues such as Obesity, UNC Libraries, Current Developments in Nutrition, Pediatric Obesity, and Scientific Reports, indicating a consistent presence in journals related to obesity and nutrition research.

Gary D. Foster has also contributed to book literature, with a title published by Lexington Books: Alienation and Identity in Romantic Love (2024).

Best Publications

  • A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity.

    Gary D. Foster;Holly R. Wyatt;James O. Hill;Brian G. McGuckin

  • Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes): design and methods for a clinical trial of weight loss for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes.

    Donna H Ryan;Mark A Espeland;Gary D Foster;Steven M Haffner

  • Primary care physicians' attitudes about obesity and its treatment.

    Gary D. Foster;Thomas A. Wadden;Angela P. Makris;Duncan Davidson

  • Obesity: responding to the global epidemic.

    Thomas A. Wadden;Kelly D. Brownell;Gary D. Foster

  • What is a reasonable weight loss? Patients' expectations and evaluations of obesity treatment outcomes.

    Gary D. Foster;Thomas A. Wadden;Renee A. Vogt;Gail Brewer

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Gary D. Foster;Mark H. Sanders;Richard Millman;Gary Zammit

  • Behavioral treatment of obesity.

    Thomas A. Wadden;Gary D. Foster

  • A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity

    Gary D Foster;Sandy Sherman;Kelley E Borradaile;Karen M Grundy

  • Weight and metabolic outcomes after 2 years on a low-carbohydrate versus low-fat diet: a randomized trial.

    Gary D. Foster;Holly R. Wyatt;James O. Hill;Angela P. Makris

  • Association of the magnitude of weight loss and changes in physical fitness with long-term cardiovascular disease outcomes in overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD randomised clinical trial.

    Edward Gregg;John Jakicic;George Blackburn

  • Treatment of obesity by very low calorie diet, behavior therapy, and their combination: a five-year perspective.

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  • Weight Loss With Naltrexone SR/Bupropion SR Combination Therapy as an Adjunct to Behavior Modification: The COR-BMOD Trial

    Thomas A. Wadden;John P. Foreyt;Gary D. Foster;James O. Hill

  • A Randomized Study on the Effect of Weight Loss on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The Sleep AHEAD Study

    Gary D. Foster;Kelley E. Borradaile;Mark H. Sanders;Richard Millman

  • Effect of liraglutide 3.0 mg in individuals with obesity and moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea: the SCALE Sleep Apnea randomized clinical trial.

    A Blackman;G D Foster;G Zammit;R Rosenberg

  • One-Year Behavioral Treatment of Obesity: Comparison of Moderate and Severe Caloric Restriction and the Effects of Weight Maintenance Therapy.

    Thomas A. Wadden;Gary D. Foster;Kathleen A. Letizia

  • CPAP, Weight Loss, or Both for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Julio A. Chirinos;Indira Gurubhagavatula;Karen Teff;Daniel J. Rader

  • Using Facebook and text messaging to deliver a weight loss program to college students.

    Melissa A. Napolitano;Sharon Hayes;Gary G. Bennett;Allison K. Ives

  • Obesity and quality of life.

    Robert F Kushner;Gary D Foster

  • A school-based intervention for diabetes risk reduction.

    Gary D Foster;Barbara Linder;Tom Baranowski

  • Assessment of body image dissatisfaction in obese women: specificity, severity, and clinical significance.

    David B. Sarwer;Thomas A. Wadden;Gary D. Foster

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden University of Pennsylvania
James O. Hill
James O. Hill University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rena R. Wing
Rena R. Wing Brown University
Gary Zammit
Gary Zammit Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Albert J. Stunkard
Albert J. Stunkard University of Pennsylvania
David B. Sarwer
David B. Sarwer Temple University
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer Columbia University
Samuel Klein
Samuel Klein Washington University in St. Louis
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
John M. Jakicic
John M. Jakicic University of Pittsburgh

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