Faith, M.S., & Schare, M.L. (1992). The role of body image in sexually avoidant
behavior. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 22, 345-356.
Faith, M.S. (1993). A review of “Human obesity: Current status of scientific and
clinical progress. Health Psychologist,15, 6-7.
Faith, M.S., Wong, F. Y., & Carpenter, K.M. (1995). Group sensitivity training:
Update, meta-analysis, and recommendations. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 42,
390-399.
Allison, D.B., Faith, M.S., & Franklin, R.F. (1995). Antecedent exercise in
the treatment of disruptive behavior: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice, 2, 279-303.
Allison, D.B., Kanders, B.S., Osage, G.D., Faith, M.S., Heymsfield, S.B., Heber, D.,
Foreyt, J.P., Elashoff, R.M., & Blackburn, G.L. (1995). Weight-related attitudes
and beliefs of obese african-american women. Journal of Nutrition Education, 27,
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Allison, D.B., Faith, M.S., & Gorman, B.S. (1996). Publication bias in obesity
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Allison, D.B., Faith, M.S., & Nathan, J.S. (1996). Risch’s lambda values for human obesity. International
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Allison, D.B., & Faith, M.S. (1996). Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral
psychotherapy for obesity: A meta-analytic reappraisal. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 64, 513-516.
Allison, D.B., & Faith, M.S. (1996). On estimating the minima of BMI-mortality curves.
International Journal of Obesity, 20, 496-498.
Wilder, D.A., Simon, A.F., & Faith, M.S. (1996). Enhancing the impact of counterstereotypic
information: Dispositional attributions for deviance.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 276-287.
Faith, M.S., & Allison, D.B. (1996). Obesity and physical health: Looking for shades of
gray. Weight Control Digest, 6, 537-542.
Faith, M.S., Johnson, S. L., & Allison, D.B. (1997). Putting the “Behavior” into the
Behavior Genetics of Obesity Research. Behavior Genetics, 27, 423-439.
Allison, D.B., Allison, R., Faith, M.S., Paultre, F., & Pi-Sunyer, F.X. (1997).
Power and money: Designing statistically powerful studies while minimizing financial
costs. Psychological Methods, 2, 20-33.
Allison, D.B., Faith, M.S., Heo, M., & Kotler, D. (1997). Hypothesis concerning
the U-shaped association between BMI and mortality. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 146, 339-349.
Allison, D.B., & Faith, M.S. (1997). A proposed heuristic for communicating heritability
to the general public. Behavior Genetics, 27, 441-445.
Allison, D.B., & Faith, M.S. (1997). Issues in mapping genes for eating disorders.
Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 33, 359-368.
Allison, D.B., & Faith, M.S. (1997). Introduction to the Special Issue on the
Genetics of obesity. Behavior Genetics, 27, 273-276.
Faith M.S., & Allison, D.B. (1997). Barriers to weight control in children.
Weight Control Digest, 7, 649-654.
Faith, M.S., Leone, M., & Allison, D.B. (1997). The effects of self-generated
comparison targets, BMI, and social comparison tendencies on body image appraisal.
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 5, 128-140.
Faith, M.S., Manibay, E., Kravitz, M., Griffith, J., & Allison, D. B. (1998).
Relative body weight and self-esteem among African-Americans in four nationally
representative samples. Obesity Research, 6, 430-437.
Allison D.B., Packer-Munter, W., Pietrobelli, A., Alfonso, V.C., & Faith, M.S.
(1998). Obesity and developmental disabilities: Pathogenesis and treatment.
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 10, 215-255.
Fatih, M.S., Wong, F.Y., & Allison, D.B. (1998). Demand characteristics of the
research setting can influence indexes of negative affect-indecued eating in obese
individuals. Obesity Research, 6, 134-136.
Fontaine, K. R., Faith, M.S., Allison, D. B., & Cheskin, L. J. (1998). Body
weight and health care among women in the general population. Archives of Family
Medicine, 7, 381-385.
Heo, M, Faith, M.S., & Allison, D.B. (1998). Power and sample size for survival
analysis under the Weibull distribution when the whole lifespan is of interest.
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 1, 45-53.
Pietrobelli, A., Faith, M.S., Allison, D.B., Gallagher, D., Chiumello,G., &
Heymsfield, S.B. (1998). Body mass index as a measure of adiposity among children
and adolescents: A validation study. Journal of Pediatrics, 132, 204-210.
Faith, M.S., Pietrobelli, A., Nuñez, C., Heo, M., Heymsfield, S.B., & Allison,
D.B. (1998). Evidence for independent genetic influences on fat mass and body
mass index in a child and adolescent twin sample. Pediatrics, 104, 61-67.
Pinelli L, Elerdini N, Faith MS, Angello D, Ambruzzi A, De Simone M, Leggeri G, Livieri C, Monetti N, Peverelli P, Salvatoni A, Seminara S, Uasone R, Pietrobelli A. (1999). Childhood obesity: Results of a multicenter study of obesity treatment in Italy. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 12, 795-799.
Allison, D.B., Faith, M.S., Heo, M., Townsend-Butterworth D., & Williamson, D.F.
(1999). Meta-analysis of the effect of excluding early deaths on the estimated
relationship between body mass index and mortality. Obesity Research, 7, 342-354.
Bartlett SJ, Faith MS, Fontaine KR, Cheskin LJ, Allison DB. (1999). Is the prevalence of successful weight loss and maintenance higher in the general community than the research clinic? Obesity Research, 7, 407-414.
Faith, M.S., Rha, S., Neale, M.C., & Allison, D.B. (1999). Evidence for genetic
influence on human energy intake: Results from a twin study using measured
observations. Behavior Genetics, 29,145-154.
Carpenter KM, Hasin DS, Allison DB, Faith MS. (2000). The relationships between obesity and DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder, suicide ideation, and suicide attempts: Results from a general population study. American Journal of Public Health, 90, 251-257.
Allison DB, Faith MS. (2000). Genetic and environmental influences on human body weight: Implications for the behavior therapist. Nutrition Today, 35, 18-21.
Faith, M.S., Fontaine, K.R., Cheskin, L.J., & Allison, D.B. (2000). Behavioral approaches to the problems of obesity. Behavior Modification, 24, 459-493.
Faith MS, Berman N, Heo M, Pietrobelli A, Gallagher D, Epstein LH, Eiden MT, Allison DB. (2001). Effects of Contingent-TV on physical activity and TV-Viewing in obese children. Pediatrics, 107, 1043-1048.
Faith MS, Flint J, Fairburn CG, Goodwin GM, Allison DB. (2001). Gender differences in the relationship between psychological well-being and relative body weight: Results from a British population-based sample. Obesity Research, 9, 647-650.
Pietrobelli A, Faith MS, Wang J, Brambilla P, Chiumello G, Heymsfield SB. (2002). Association of lean tissue and fat mass with bone mineral contrent and density in Italian children and adolescents. Obesity Research, 10, 56-60.
Keller KL, Pietrobelli A, Must S, Faith MS. (2002). Genetics of eating and its relation to obesity. Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 4, 176-182.
Heo M, Faith MS, Allison DB. (2002). Power and sample sizes for linkage with extreme sampling under an oligogenic model for quantitative traits. Behavior Genetics, 32, 23-36.
Faith MS, Goldstein R, Pietrobelli A. (2002). Defining obesity and weight disturbance in children: Researchers, health professionals, and parents. Pediatric Nutrition, 4, 14-17.
Faith MS, Matz PE, Jorge MA. (in press). Obesity depression covariations in the population. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
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Allison DB, Zhu S, Plankey M, Faith MS, Heo M. (in press). Differential Associations of Body Mass Index and Adiposity With All-Cause Mortality Among Men in The First and Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES I & NHANES II) Follow-up Studies. International Journal of Obesity.
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Faith, M.S., Allison, D.B., & Geliebter, A. (1997). Emotional eating and obesity: Theoretical considerations and practical recommendations. In S. Dalton (ed.), Obesity and Weight Control: The Health Professional’s Guide to Understanding and Treatment (pp. 439-465). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
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Faith, M.S., Pietrobelli, A., Allison, D.B. & Heymsfield, S.B. (1997). Prevention of pediatric obesity: Examining the Issues and Forecasting Research Directions. In A. Bednich & R. Deckelbaum (eds.), Preventive Nutrition (pp. 471-486). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
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Faith, M.S., Saelens, B.E., Wilfley, D.E., & Allison, D.B. (2001). Behavioral treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity: Current status, challenges, and future directions. In: Thompson, J.K., & Smolak, L. (Eds.). Body Image, Eating Disorders, & Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention (pp. 3123-340). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
David B. Allison1, Angelo Pietrobelli1,2, Myles S. Faith1, Kevin R. Fontaine3, Eva Gropp1, José R. Fernández1 Genetics Influences on Obesity (in press).
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Zhu S, Wang Z, Park Y-W, Heo M, Faith MS, Heymsfield SB. (2002). Waist circumference cutoff-points based on the relationship with obesity-associated risk fators in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 75, 365S.
Faith MS, Heshka S, Weiss L, Pietrobelli A. (2001). Relationship between mother-child feeding patterns and child body mass index: results from a US Population-based sample. Obesity Research, 9, 76S.
Matz PE, Hoffman DJ, Pizer A, Pietrobelli A, Rose E, Allison DB, Faith MS. (2001). Maternal control during feeding: Development and validation of a self-report inventory. Obesity Research, 9, 76S.
Faith MS, Francis L, Sherry B, Scanlon K, Birch LL. (2001). Relationship between maternal feeding style and child energy intake and body composition: Findings from a quantitative and qualitative literature review. Obesity Research, 9, 123S.
Matz PE, Foster GD, Faith MS, Wadden TA. (2001). Correlates of body dissatisfaction among obese women seeking weight loss. Obesity Research, 9, 130S.
Heo M, Faith MS, Pietrobelli A. (2001). Development of sex-specific and age-specific auto correlation equations of body mass index: Framingham Heart Study. Obesity Research, 9, Obesity Research, 9, 139S.
Faith MS, Matz PE, Johnson SL, Pietrobelli A, Jorge MA, Allison DB. (2000). Evidence for caloric compensation in young siblings: Associations with maternal feeding styles and familiality. Obesity Research, 8, 58S.
Faith MS, Kermanshah M, Kissileff HR. (2000). Development and preliminary validation of pictorial silhouettes to quantify satiety in children. Obesity Research, 8, 58S.
Faith MS, Heshka S, Matz PE, Pietrobelli A, Allison DB. (2000). Distribution of maternal feeding practices in the United States: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Obesity Research, 8, 108S.
Pietrobelli A, Leone MA, Heymfield SB, Faith MS. (1998). Association of physical-activity-teasing with reported activity and activity-attitudes in a pediatric sample. Int J Obesity, 22 (Supl. 4), S8.
De Lorenzo A, Pietrobelli A, Faith MS, Wang A, Andreoli SB, Heymsfield SB. (1998). Predicting fat-free mass in children using bioimpedance analysis. FASEB Journal, 12, A867.
Faith, M.S., Rha, S., Pietrobelli A., & Allison, D.B. (1997). Genetic and environmental influences on caloric intake and caloric compensation at a test meal among a sample of adult twins. Obesity Research, 5 (Suppl. 1), 10S.
Faith M.S., Manibay E.P., Griffith, J.L., & Allison, D.B. (1997). Body weight is unrelated to self-esteem in African-American adults. Obesity Research, 5 (Suppl. 1), 10S.
Pietrobelli A., Faith M.S., Battistini, N., Morini, P., Chiumello G., & Heymsfield, S.B. (1997). Validation of a new system of impedance plethysmography at multi-frequency for assessment of fat-free mass (FFM). International Journal of Obesity, 21 (Suppl. 2), S94.
Pietrobelli A, Vasselli J, Faith, M.S., Allison, D.B., et al. (1997). Is the relationship between leptin and insulin levels the same for individuals with and without Prader Willi Syndreome (PWS)? Hormone Research,48 (Suppl 2), 182.
Faith, M.S., Fontaine, K.R., Cheskin, L.J., & Allison, D.B. (1996). Obesity and preventive health care examinations among a nationally representative sample of women. Obesity Research, 4 (Suppl 1), 35S.
Pietrobelli, A., Gallagher, D., Faith, M.S., Allison, D.B., Beccaria, L., Chiumello, G., & Heymsfield, S. B. (1996). Association between central fat desposition and health risk indicators among obese male and female children. Hormone Research, 46 (S2), 68.
Pietrobelli, A., Gallagher, D., Faith, M.S., Brambilla, P., Chiumello, G., & Heymsfield, S.B. (1996). Validation of BMI as a measure of adiposity among children and adults. International Journal of Obesity, 20,155 [abstract].