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60
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12897
World Ranking
3553
National Ranking
1998

Overview

Marian Tanofsky-Kraff is affiliated with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions to Clinical Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Other areas of focus include Pharmacy, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Applied Psychology.

The core topics of Marian Tanofsky-Kraff's work relate to Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Obesity and Health Practices. Additional areas explored include Behavioral Health and Interventions, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, as well as Birth, Development, and Health.

Recent published papers include:

  • A developmental framework of binge-eating disorder based on pediatric loss of control eating, 2020, American Psychologist
  • Bridging executive function and disinhibited eating among youth: A network analysis, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Executive functioning and disinhibited eating in children and adolescents, 2020, Pediatric Obesity
  • Associations between weight-based teasing and disordered eating behaviors among youth, 2021, Eating Behaviors
  • Inhibitory control and negative affect in relation to food intake among youth, 2020, Appetite

Frequent coauthors in Marian Tanofsky-Kraff's work include:

  • Jack A. Yanovski
  • Lisa M. Shank
  • Natasha A. Schvey
  • Sheila M. Brady
  • Megan N. Parker

Primary publication venues where this scientist has contributed extensively are:

  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Eating Behaviors
  • Appetite
  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Nutrients

Best Publications

  • Orthopedic complications of overweight in children and adolescents.

    Erica D. Taylor;Kelly R. Theim;Margaret C. Mirch;Samareh Ghorbani

  • Eating-disordered behaviors, body fat, and psychopathology in overweight and normal-weight children.

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Susan Z. Yanovski;Denise E. Wilfley;Cheri Marmarosh

  • A prospective study of pediatric loss of control eating and psychological outcomes.

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Lauren B. Shomaker;Cara Olsen;Caroline A. Roza

  • A Prospective Study of Psychological Predictors of Body Fat Gain Among Children at High Risk for Adult Obesity

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Marc L. Cohen;Susan Z. Yanovski;Christopher Cox

  • An eating disorder-specific model of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-ED): causal pathways and treatment implications.

    Elizabeth Rieger;Dorothy J. Van Buren;Monica Bishop;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff

  • The FTO gene rs9939609 obesity-risk allele and loss of control over eating

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Joan C Han;Kavitha Anandalingam;Lauren B Shomaker;Lauren B Shomaker

  • Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in overweight youth.

    Andrea B. Goldschmidt;Vandana Passi Aspen;Meghan M. Sinton;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff

  • A prospective study of loss of control eating for body weight gain in children at high risk for adult obesity.

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Susan Z. Yanovski;Susan Z. Yanovski;Natasha A. Schvey;Natasha A. Schvey;Cara H. Olsen

  • Binge Eating in Overweight Treatment-Seeking Adolescents

    Deborah R. Glasofer;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Kamryn T. Eddy;Kamryn T. Eddy;Susan Z. Yanovski

  • Validation of the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Use in Children and Adolescents (EES-C)

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Kelly R. Theim;Susan Z. Yanovski;Allison M. Bassett

  • The Yale Interpersonal Stressor (YIPS): affective, physiological, and behavioral responses to a novel interpersonal rejection paradigm.

    Laura R. Stroud;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Denise E. Wilfley;Peter Salovey

  • Psychological Status and Weight-Related Distress in Overweight or At-Risk-for-Overweight Children

    Deborah Young-Hyman;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Susan Z. Yanovski;Margaret Keil

  • A multisite investigation of binge eating behaviors in children and adolescents.

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Lien Goossens;Kamryn T. Eddy;Rebecca Ringham

  • Salience of loss of control for pediatric binge episodes: does size really matter?

    Lauren B. Shomaker;Lauren B. Shomaker;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Camden Elliott;Camden Elliott;Laura E. Wolkoff;Laura E. Wolkoff

  • The perceived onset of dieting and loss of control eating behaviors in overweight children.

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Dara Faden;Susan Z. Yanovski;Denise E. Wilfley

  • Health-related quality of life in overweight and nonoverweight black and white adolescents.

    Erica M. Fallon;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Anne-Caroline Norman;Jennifer R. McDuffie

  • Loss of control eating disorder in children age 12 years and younger: proposed research criteria

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Marsha D. Marcus;Susan Z. Yanovski;Jack A. Yanovski

  • Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modeling.

    Kamryn T. Eddy;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Heather Thompson-Brenner;David B. Herzog

  • Psychometric Properties of a New Questionnaire to Assess Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children and Adolescents

    Marian Tanofsky-Kraff;Lisa M. Ranzenhofer;Lisa M. Ranzenhofer;Susan Z. Yanovski;Natasha A. Schvey;Natasha A. Schvey

  • Long-term efficacy of psychological treatments for binge eating disorder

    Anja Hilbert;Monica E. Bishop;Richard I. Stein;Marian Tanofsky-Kraff

Frequent Co-Authors

Denise E. Wilfley
Denise E. Wilfley Washington University in St. Louis
Jami F. Young
Jami F. Young Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Scott G. Engel
Scott G. Engel University of North Dakota
Kamryn T. Eddy
Kamryn T. Eddy Harvard University
Eric Stice
Eric Stice Stanford University
Kerri N. Boutelle
Kerri N. Boutelle University of California, San Diego
Daniel S. Pine
Daniel S. Pine National Institutes of Health
Cynthia M. Bulik
Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Eric E. Nelson
Eric E. Nelson The Ohio State University
Laura Mufson
Laura Mufson Columbia University

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