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Kelly C. Allison is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and psychology, emphasizing clinical psychology and public health-related fields.

The main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, Kelly C. Allison has contributed significantly to various subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Surgery
  • Oncology

Their work focuses on topics that largely address behavioral and physiological aspects related to health, including:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Kelly C. Allison's recent scholarly contributions include:

  • "Prolonged, Controlled Daytime versus Delayed Eating Impacts Weight and Metabolism," 2020, Current Biology
  • "A pilot randomized controlled trial of liraglutide 3.0 mg for binge eating disorder," 2022, Obesity Science & Practice
  • "Trends in US Patients Receiving Care for Eating Disorders and Other Common Behavioral Health Conditions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Psychopathology, disordered eating, and impulsivity in patients seeking bariatric surgery," 2020, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
  • "An evaluation of food addiction as a distinct psychiatric disorder," 2020, International Journal of Eating Disorders

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Thomas A. Wadden
  • Courtney McCuen-Wurst
  • David B. Sarwer
  • Macy Goldbach
  • Julia Tchou

Publication venues where Kelly C. Allison has published multiple works are:

  • Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • SLEEP Advances
  • Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Depression and obesity.

    Albert J Stunkard;Myles S Faith;Kelly C Allison

  • Night eating syndrome and binge eating disorder among persons seeking bariatric surgery: prevalence and related features

    Kelly C. Allison;Thomas A. Wadden;David B. Sarwer;Anthony N. Fabricatore

  • The Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ): psychometric properties of a measure of severity of the Night Eating Syndrome.

    Kelly C. Allison;Jennifer D. Lundgren;John P. O'Reardon;Nicole S. Martino

  • Proposed diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome.

    Kelly C. Allison;Jennifer D. Lundgren;John P. O'Reardon;Allan Geliebter

  • Disordered eating and obesity: associations between binge-eating disorder, night-eating syndrome, and weight-related comorbidities.

    Courtney McCuen-Wurst;Madelyn Ruggieri;Kelly C. Allison

  • Two forms of disordered eating in obesity: binge eating and night eating.

    Albert J Stunkard;Kelly Costello Allison

  • Binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome: a comparative study of disordered eating.

    Kelly C. Allison;Carlos M. Grilo;Robin M. Masheb;Albert J. Stunkard

  • Circadian eating and sleeping patterns in the night eating syndrome.

    John P. O'Reardon;Brenda L. Ringel;David F. Dinges;Kelly Costello Allison

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Preconception Interventions in Infertile Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

    Richard S. Legro;William C. Dodson;Penny M. Kris-Etherton;Allen R. Kunselman

  • Circadian Rhythm Profiles in Women with Night Eating Syndrome

    Namni Goel;Albert J. Stunkard;Naomi L. Rogers;Naomi L. Rogers;Hans P.A. Van Dongen;Hans P.A. Van Dongen

  • Overvaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder and overweight controls: Refinement of a diagnostic construct.

    Carlos M. Grilo;Joshua I. Hrabosky;Marney A. White;Kelly C. Allison

  • Prevalence of the night eating syndrome in a psychiatric population.

    Jennifer D. Lundgren;Kelly C. Allison;Scott J Crow;John P. O'Reardon

  • Binge Eating Disorder and Night Eating Syndrome in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

    Kelly C. Allison;Scott J. Crow;Rebecca R. Reeves;Delia Smith West

  • Night eating syndrome among nonobese persons

    Heidi M. Marshall;Kelly C. Allison;John P. O'Reardon;Grethe Birketvedt

  • Psychopathology, disordered eating, and impulsivity as predictors of outcomes of bariatric surgery

    David B. Sarwer;Kelly C. Allison;Thomas A. Wadden;Rebecca Ashare

  • Binge eating disorder: Disorder or marker?

    Albert J. Stunkard;Kelly C. Allison

  • Sleep and Eating Disorders.

    Kelly C. Allison;Andrea Spaeth;Christina M. Hopkins

  • Neuroendocrine profiles associated with energy intake, sleep, and stress in the night eating syndrome.

    Kelly C. Allison;Rexford S. Ahima;John P. O'Reardon;David F. Dinges

  • Pregnancy and obesity: a review and agenda for future research.

    David B. Sarwer;Kelly C. Allison;Lauren M. Gibbons;Jessica Tuttman Markowitz

  • A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Sertraline in the Treatment of Night Eating Syndrome

    John P. O’Reardon;Kelly C. Allison;B.A. Nicole S. Martino;Jennifer D. Lundgren

  • Weight loss and lowering androgens predict improvements in health-related quality of life in women with PCOS

    Anuja Dokras;David B. Sarwer;Kelly C. Allison;Lauren Milman

Frequent Co-Authors

Martina de Zwaan
Martina de Zwaan Hannover Medical School
Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Penny M. Kris-Etherton Pennsylvania State University
Adrian Meule
Adrian Meule University of Regensburg
Carlos M. Grilo
Carlos M. Grilo Yale University
Robin M. Masheb
Robin M. Masheb Yale University
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Mark W. Mahowald
Mark W. Mahowald University of Minnesota
Ruben C. Gur
Ruben C. Gur University of Pennsylvania
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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