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Overview

Katie A. Loth is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Health Professions, with a significant focus on subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics of Katie A. Loth's work include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on food insecurity, eating disorders, and the impact of socioeconomic factors on health. Notable papers include:

  • Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders: a Review of Emerging Evidence (2020), published in Current Psychiatry Reports
  • Associations between parental stress, parent feeding practices, and child eating behaviors within the context of food insecurity (2020), published in Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study (2021), published in Preventive Medicine
  • Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stress, mood, and substance use among young adults in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area: Findings from project EAT (2021), published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating are prevalent problems among U.S. young people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds: Findings from the EAT 2010-2018 study (2021), published in Eating Behaviors

Katie A. Loth has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
  • Jerica M. Berge
  • Amanda Trofholz
  • Allan Tate
  • Vivienne M. Hazzard

Their work has been published in a variety of journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Appetite
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Preventive Medicine
  • The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

The intersection of public health, clinical psychology, and nutrition is evident throughout the research, as is a consistent emphasis on the relationships between food insecurity, eating behaviors, and mental and physical health outcomes across diverse populations.

Best Publications

  • Dieting and Disordered Eating Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Findings from a 10-Year Longitudinal Study

    Dianne R NeumarkSztainer;Melanie M Wall;Nicole I Larson;Marla E Eisenberg

  • Parenting Style as a Predictor of Adolescent Weight and Weight-Related Behaviors

    Jerica M Berge;Melanie Wall;Katie Loth;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer

  • Family Functioning: Associations With Weight Status, Eating Behaviors, and Physical Activity in Adolescents

    Jerica M. Berge;Melanie Wall;Nicole Larson;Katie A. Loth

  • Intuitive eating in young adults. Who is doing it, and how is it related to disordered eating behaviors?

    Kara N. Denny;Katie Loth;Marla E Eisenberg;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer

  • Feeding a Family in a Recession: Food Insecurity Among Minnesota Parents

    Meg Bruening;Richard F Maclehose;Katie Loth;Mary Story

  • Parent conversations about healthful eating and weight associations with adolescent disordered eating behaviors

    Jerica M Berge;Richard F Maclehose;Katie Loth;Marla E Eisenberg

  • Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders: a Review of Emerging Evidence.

    Vivienne M. Hazzard;Katie A. Loth;Laura Hooper;Carolyn Black Becker

  • Predictors of Dieting and Disordered Eating Behaviors From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Katie Loth;Richard F Maclehose;Michaela Bucchianeri;Scott J Crow

  • Food-Related Parenting Practices and Adolescent Weight Status: A Population-Based Study

    Katie A. Loth;Richard F. MacLehose;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Scott Crow

  • Preventing Eating Disorder Pathology: Common and Unique Features of Successful Eating Disorders Prevention Programs

    Anna C. Ciao;Katie Loth;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer

  • Eat this, not that! Parental demographic correlates of food-related parenting practices

    Katie A. Loth;Richard F. MacLehose;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Scott Crow

  • Food availability, modeling and restriction: How are these different aspects of the family eating environment related to adolescent dietary intake?

    Katie Loth;Richard F Maclehose;Nicole I Larson;Jerica M Berge

  • Family meals. Associations with weight and eating behaviors among mothers and fathers.

    Jerica M. Berge;Richard F. MacLehose;Katie A. Loth;Marla E. Eisenberg

  • What's for dinner? Types of food served at family dinner differ across parent and family characteristics

    Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Richard F Maclehose;Katie Loth;Jayne Fulkerson

  • Body dissatisfaction: Do associations with disordered eating and psychological well-being differ across race/ethnicity in adolescent girls and boys?

    Michaela M. Bucchianeri;Nisha Fernandes;Katie Loth;Peter J. Hannan

  • Body satisfaction during pregnancy.

    Katie Loth;Katherine W. Bauer;Melanie Wall;Jerica M Berge

  • The unique and additive associations of family functioning and parenting practices with disordered eating behaviors in diverse adolescents

    Jerica M. Berge;Melanie Wall;Nicole Larson;Marla E. Eisenberg

  • Parenting style and child feeding practices: potential mitigating factors in the etiology of childhood obesity.

    Jamie Stang;Katie A. Loth

  • Which Dieters Are at Risk for the Onset of Binge Eating? A Prospective Study of Adolescents and Young Adults

    Andrea B. Goldschmidt;Melanie Wall;Katie A. Loth;Daniel Le Grange

  • Are food restriction and pressure-to-eat parenting practices associated with adolescent disordered eating behaviors?

    Katie A. Loth;Richard F. MacLehose;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Scott Crow

Frequent Co-Authors

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota
Jerica M. Berge
Jerica M. Berge University of Minnesota
Marla E. Eisenberg
Marla E. Eisenberg University of Minnesota
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Andrea B. Goldschmidt
Andrea B. Goldschmidt University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Michael H. Miner
Michael H. Miner University of Minnesota
Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University
Rachel F. Rodgers
Rachel F. Rodgers Northeastern University
Carol B. Peterson
Carol B. Peterson University of Minnesota
Tyler B. Mason
Tyler B. Mason University of Southern California

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