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Overview

Michael P. Levine is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their academic work primarily lies at the intersection of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions to Clinical Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Additional subfields include Sociology and Political Science, Pharmacy, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientific research conducted by Michael P. Levine encompasses various topics, notably Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, and Obesity and Health Practices. Other areas of investigation include the Diversity and Impact of Dance, the Impact of Technology on Adolescents, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

The frequent venues for their published papers reflect a focus on eating disorders and related health issues and include:

  • Eating Disorders
  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion
  • Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity

Michael P. Levine maintains collaborative relationships with multiple co-authors, among the most frequent are:

  • Omar A. Alhaj
  • Dima H. Sweidan
  • Hadeel Ghazzawi
  • Haitham Jahrami
  • Megan J. Peterson Williams

Recent publications by Michael P. Levine illustrate the scope of their research:

  • The prevalence and risk factors of screen-based disordered eating among university students: a global systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression (2022), Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • Ruxolitinib in addition to standard of care for the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RUXCOVID): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial (2022), The Lancet Rheumatology
  • The heat is on: Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod and climate-ready fisheries (2021), ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • The Toxicology Investigators Consortium 2020 Annual Report (2021), Journal of Medical Toxicology
  • The global prevalence of screen-based disordered eating and associated risk factors among high school students: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression (2023), Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • The effect of experimental presentation of thin media images on body satisfaction: a meta-analytic review.

    Lisa M. Groesz;Michael P. Levine;Sarah K. Murnen

  • The Relation of Sociocultural Factors to Eating Attitudes and Behaviors among Middle School Girls.

    Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak;Helen Hayden

  • Parental input and weight concerns among elementary school children.

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine;Florence Schermer

  • “Everybody Knows That Mass Media Are/Are Not [pick one] a Cause of Eating Disorders”: A Critical Review of Evidence for a Causal Link Between Media, Negative Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Females

    Michael P. Levine;Sarah K. Murnen

  • Media as a context for the development of disordered eating.

    Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak

  • Normative developmental challenges and dieting and eating disturbances in middle school girls.

    Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak;F B A Anne Moodey;D B A Melissa Shuman

  • Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes

    Gemma López-Guimerà;Michael P. Levine;David Sánchez-carracedo;Jordi Fauquet

  • The Prevention of Eating Problems and Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, and Practice

    Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak

  • The use of the sociocultural attitudes towards appearance questionnaire with middle school boys and girls.

    Linda Smolak;Michael Levine;Joel Kevin Thompson

  • The role of body image in the prevention of eating disorders

    Michael P Levine;Niva Piran

  • Psychometric properties of the children's eating attitudes test

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine

  • Body image in children.

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine

  • Prevention of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating: What next?

    Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Michael P. Levine;Susan J. Paxton;Linda Smolak

  • A controlled evaluation of an elementary school primary prevention program for eating problems

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine;Florence Schermer

  • Media's Role in the Perpetuation and Prevention of Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating.

    Michael P. Levine;Kristen Harrison

  • Adolescent transitions and the development of eating problems.

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine

  • Media effects of experimental presentation of the ideal physique on eating disorder symptoms: a meta-analysis of laboratory studies.

    Heather A. Hausenblas;Anna Campbell;Jessie E. Menzel;Jessica Doughty

  • Toward a Model of the Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders: The Example of Early Adolescence

    Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak

  • The Developmental Psychopathology of Eating Disorders : Implications for Research, Prevention, and Treatment

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine;Ruth Striegel-Moore

  • Embodying experiences and the promotion of positive body image: The example of competitive athletics.

    Jessie E. Menzel;Michael P. Levine

  • Dieting and disordered eating during early and middle adolescence: Do the influences remain the same?

    J B A Sarah Gralen;Michael P. Levine;Linda Smolak;Sarah K. Murnen

  • The Impact of Puberty and Dating on Eating Problems Among Middle School Girls

    Linda Smolak;Michael P. Levine;Sarah Gralen

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda Smolak
Linda Smolak Kenyon College
Niva Piran
Niva Piran University of Toronto
Lawrence D. Brown
Lawrence D. Brown Cornell University
J. Kevin Thompson
J. Kevin Thompson University of South Florida
Sarah K. Murnen
Sarah K. Murnen Kenyon College
Predrag Radivojac
Predrag Radivojac Northeastern University
Rachel M. Calogero
Rachel M. Calogero University of Western Ontario
Kristen Harrison
Kristen Harrison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan J. Paxton
Susan J. Paxton La Trobe University
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer University of Minnesota

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