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Junilla K. Larsen

Junilla K. Larsen

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Psychology

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4543
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Overview

Junilla K. Larsen is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses on public health with a particular emphasis on obesity, nutrition, and behavioral interventions.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Psychology, supported by extensive work in the subfields of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, General Health Professions, and Applied Psychology.

The core topics that Larsen has explored across their publications are:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Junilla K. Larsen has published numerous papers in several journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Appetite
  • Nutrients
  • BMJ Open
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers by Larsen cover various aspects of obesity prevention, nutritional behaviors, and early childhood development. Some notable publications are:

  • "Food parenting practices and children's weight outcomes: A systematic review of prospective studies" (2020, Appetite)
  • "Transforming Obesity Prevention for CHILDren (TOPCHILD) Collaboration: protocol for a systematic review with individual participant data meta-analysis of behavioural interventions for the prevention of early childhood obesity" (2022, BMJ Open)
  • "Is Adolescents' Food Intake Associated with Exposure to the Food Intake of Their Mothers and Best Friends?" (2020, Nutrients)
  • "Unpacking the behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions in the TOPCHILD Collaboration: a systematic review and intervention coding protocol" (2022, BMJ Open)
  • "Obesogenic Programming Effects during Lactation: A Narrative Review and Conceptual Model Focusing on Underlying Mechanisms and Promising Future Research Avenues" (2021, Nutrients)

Larsen frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jacqueline M. Vink
  • William J. Burk
  • Levie T Karssen
  • Kayla de la Haye
  • Nina van den Broek

Best Publications

  • Cognitive and emotional characteristics of alexithymia: a review of neurobiological studies.

    Junilla K Larsen;Nico Brand;Bob Bermond;Ron Hijman

  • How parental dietary behavior and food parenting practices affect children's dietary behavior. Interacting sources of influence?

    Junilla K. Larsen;Roel C.J. Hermans;Ester F.C. Sleddens;Rutger C.M.E. Engels

  • Gender differences in the association between alexithymia and emotional eating in obese individuals

    Junilla K. Larsen;Tatjana van Strien;Rob Eisinga;Rutger C.M.E. Engels

  • Peer influence on snacking behavior in adolescence.

    Eveline J. Wouters;Junilla K. Larsen;Stef P. Kremers;Pieter C. Dagnelie

  • Construct validation of the Restraint Scale in normal-weight and overweight females.

    Tatjana van Strien;C. Peter Herman;Rutger C.M.E. Engels;Junilla K. Larsen

  • Emotion Regulation in Adolescence: A Prospective Study of Expressive Suppression and Depressive Symptoms

    Junilla K. Larsen;Ad A. Vermulst;Rinie Geenen;Henriët van Middendorp

  • Validity of self-reported weight and height and predictors of weight bias in female college students.

    Junilla K. Larsen;Machteld Ouwens;Rutger C.M.E. Engels;Rob Eisinga

  • Mimicry of food intake: The dynamic interplay between eating companions

    Roel C. J. Hermans;Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff;Kirsten E. Bevelander;C. Peter Herman

  • The Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: psychometric features within a clinical population and a cut-off point to differentiate clinical patients from healthy controls.

    Manon A. M. Krabbenborg;Unna N. Danner;Junilla K. Larsen;Nienke van der Veer

  • Binge Eating and its Relationship to Outcome after Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

    Junilla K Larsen;Bert van Ramshorst;Rinie Geenen;Nico Brand

  • Similarity in Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents' Friendship Dyads: Selection or Socialization?

    Matteo Giletta;Ron H. J. Scholte;William J. Burk;Rutger C. M. E. Engels

  • The prevalence of food addiction in a large sample of adolescents and its association with addictive substances.

    Gabry W. Mies;Jorien L. Treur;Junilla K. Larsen;Jutka Halberstadt

  • Obesity-related beliefs predict weight loss after an 8-week low-calorie diet.

    Erika W. Wamsteker;Rinie Geenen;Jolein Iestra;Junilla K. Larsen

  • Psychosocial functioning before and after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding: a cross-sectional study.

    Junilla K Larsen;Rinie Geenen;Bert van Ramshorst;Nico Brand

  • Personality as a Predictor of Weight Loss Maintenance after Surgery for Morbid Obesity

    Junilla K. Larsen;Junilla K. Larsen;Rinie Geenen;Cora Maas;Pieter de Wit

  • Dietary restraint: intention versus behavior to restrict food intake.

    Junilla K. Larsen;Tatjana van Strien;Rob Eisinga;C. Peter Herman

  • Social Coping by Masking? Parental Support and Peer Victimization as Mediators of the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Expressive Suppression in Adolescents

    Junilla K. Larsen;Ad A. Vermulst;Rob Eisinga;Tammy English

  • Emotion processing and regulation in women with morbid obesity who apply for bariatric surgery

    Hanna Zijlstra;Henriët van Middendorp;Lieselot Devaere;Junilla K. Larsen

  • Physical Activity After Surgery for Severe Obesity: The Role of Exercise Cognitions

    Eveline J. Wouters;Eveline J. Wouters;Junilla K. Larsen;Hanna Zijlstra;Bert van Ramshorst

  • Modeling of palatable food intake. The influence of quality of social interaction.

    R.C.J. Hermans;R.C.M.E. Engels;J.K. Larsen;C.P. Herman

  • Modeling of palatable food intake in female young adults. Effects of perceived body size

    Roel C.J. Hermans;Junilla K. Larsen;C. Peter Herman;Rutger C.M.E. Engels

  • Research report Construct validation of the Restraint Scale in normal-weight and overweight females

    Tatjana van Strien;C. Peter Herman;Junilla K. Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Rutger C. M. E. Engels
Rutger C. M. E. Engels Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rinie Geenen
Rinie Geenen Utrecht University
C. Peter Herman
C. Peter Herman University of Toronto
Tatjana van Strien
Tatjana van Strien Radboud University
Ron H. J. Scholte
Ron H. J. Scholte Radboud University
Roy Otten
Roy Otten Radboud University
William J. Burk
William J. Burk Radboud University
Wolfgang Stroebe
Wolfgang Stroebe University of Groningen
Catharine Evers
Catharine Evers Utrecht University
Louise A. Baur
Louise A. Baur University of Sydney

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