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Selected Recent Publications, 2002-2012

2012

• Ranzenhofer LM. Columbo KM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Cassidy O, Matheson BE, Kolotkin RL, Checchi JM, Keil M, McDuffie JR, Yanovski JA. Binge Eating and Weight-Related Quality of Life in Obese Adolescents. Nutrients, 4: 167-180, 2012.
• Vannucci A, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Ranzenhofer LM, Matheson BE, Cassidy OL, Zocca JM, Kozlosky M, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Construct Validity of the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents. Int J Obes (Lond) 36:938-943, 2012.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Zocca JM, Field SE, Drinkard B, Yanovski JA. Depressive Symptoms and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Obese Adolescents. J Adolesc Health 50:87-92, 2012.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Stern EA, Miller R, Sebring NG, Dellavalle D, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA. Children's Binge Eating and Development of Metabolic Syndrome. Int J Obes (Lond) 36:956-962, 2012.
• Myers MG, Jr., Heymsfield SB, Haft C, Kahn BB, Laughlin M, Leibel RL, Tschop MH, Yanovski JA. Challenges and opportunities of defining clinical leptin resistance. Cell Metab 15:150-156, 2012.

2011

• Wolkoff LE, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Kozlosky M, Columbo KM, Elliott CA, Ranzenhofer LM, Osborn RL, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Self-reported vs. actual energy intake in youth with and without loss of control eating. Eat Behav 12:15-20, 2011.
• Zocca JM, Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Columbo KM, Raciti G, Brady SM, Crocker MK, Ali AH, Matheson BE, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Links among mothers' disinhibited eating, children's disinhibited eating, and children's adiposity. Appetite; 56: 324–331, 2011.
• Heikens MJ, Gorbach AM, Eden HS, Savastano DM, Skarulis MC Yanovski JA. Core Body Temperature in Obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 93:963-7, 2011.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Olsen C, Roza CA, Wolkoff LE, Columbo KM, Raciti G, Zocca JM, Wilfley DE, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. A prospective study of pediatric loss of control eating and psychological outcomes. J Abnorm Psychol; 120:108-18, 2011.
• Feuillan PP, Ng D, Han JC, Sapp JC, Wetsch K, Spaulding E, Zheng YC, Caruso RC, Brooks B, Johnston J, Yanovski JA, Biesecker LG. Patients with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Have Hyperleptinemia Suggestive of Leptin Resistance. J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 96:E528-35, 2011.
• Mirza NM, Klein CJ, Palmer MG, McCarter R, He J, Ebbeling CB, Ludwig DS, He J, Yanovski JA. Effects of high and low glycemic load meals on energy intake, satiety and hunger in obese Hispanic-American youth. Int J Pediatr Obes; 6:e523-31, 2011.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Stern EA, Miller R, Zocca JM, Field SE, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA. Longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and progression of insulin resistance in youth at risk for adult obesity. Diabetes Care; 34:2458-63, 2011.
• Yanovski JA, Krakoff J, Salaita CG, McDuffie JR, Kozlosky M, Sebring NG, Reynolds JC, Brady SM, Calis KA. Effects of metformin on body weight and body composition in obese insulin-resistant children: a randomized clinical trial. Diabetes 60:477-85, 2011.
• Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA, Horlick MN. Re: Murtagh L and Ludwig DS. Life-threatening childhood obesity and legal intervention. JAMA; 306:1763-4, 2011.
• Yanovski SZ and Yanovski JA. Perspective: Obesity Prevalence in US Children and Adults: Up, Down, or Sideways? N Engl J Med. 364(11):987-989, 2011.

2010

• Elliott CA, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Shomaker LB, Columbo KM, Wolkoff LE, Ranzenhofer LM, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. An examination of the interpersonal model of loss of control eating in children and adolescents. Behav Res Ther. 48:424-28, 2010.
• Drinkard BE, Keyser RE, Paul SM, Area R, Plehn J, Yanovski JA, Diprospero NA. Aerobic Capacity and Idebenone Intervention in Children and Adolescents with Friedreich's Ataxia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 91:1044-50, 2010.
• Adler-Wailes DC, Guiney EL, Wolins NE, Yanovski JA. Long-term ritonavir exposure increases fatty acid and glycerol recycling in 3T3-L1 adipocytes as compensatory mechanisms for increased triacylglycerol hydrolysis. Endocrinology 151(5): 2097-105, 2010.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Savastano DM, Kozlosky MS, Columbo KM, Wolkoff LE, Zocca JM, Brady SM, Yanovski SZ, Crocker MK, Ali A, Yanovski JA. Puberty and Observed Energy Intake. Am J Clin Nutr. 92(1):123-9, 2010.
• Hudson JI, Lalonde JK, Coit CE, Tsuang MT, McElroy SL, Crow SJ, Bulik CM, Hudson MS, Yanovski JA, Rosenthal NR, Pope HG. Longitudinal study of the diagnosis of components of the metabolic syndrome in individuals with binge eating disorder. Am J Clin Nutr 91:1568-73, 2010.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Young-Hyman D, Han JC, Yanoff LB, Brady SM, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Psychological symptoms and insulin sensitivity in adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes 11:417-23, 2010.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Zocca JM, Courville A, Kozlosky M, Columbo KM, Wolkoff LE, Brady SM, Crocker MK, Ali AH, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Eating in the absence of hunger in adolescents: intake after a large-array meal compared with that after a standardized meal. Am J Clin Nutr 92(4):697-703, 2010.
• Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Yanovski JA, Freedman DS, Shepherd JA, Braubard BI, Borrud LG. High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group. Am J Clin Nutr. 91(4):1020-6, 2010.
• Shomaker LB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Elliott C, Wolkoff LE, Columbo KM, Ranzenhofer LM, Roza CA, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Salience of loss of control for pediatric binge episodes: Does size really matter? Int J Eat Disord 43:707-16, 2010.
• Ali AH, Yanoff LB, Stern EA, Akomeah A, Courville A, Kozlosky M, Brady SM, Calis KA, Reynolds JC, Crocker MK, Barak N, Yanovski JA. Acute effects of betahistine hydrochloride on food intake and appetite in obese women: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 92(6):1290-1297, 2010.

2009

• Tanofsky-Kraff M, McDuffie JR, Yanovski SZ, Kozlosky MS, Schvey NA, Shomaker LB, Salaita C, Yanovski JA. Laboratory Assessment of the Food Intake of Children and Adolescents with Loss of Control Eating. Am J Clin Nutr. 89(3):738-45, 2009.
• Savastano DM, Gorbach AM, Eden HS, Brady SM, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA. Adiposity and Human Regional Body Temperature. Am J Clin Nutr. 90:1124–31, 2009.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski SZ, Schvey NA, Olsen CH, Gustafson J, Yanovski JA. A prospective study of loss of control eating for body weight gain in children at high risk for adult obesity. Int J Eat Disord. 42(1):26-30, 2009.
• Schvey NA, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanoff LB, Checchi JM, Shomaker LB, Brady S, Savastano DM, Ranzenhofer LM, Yanovski SZ, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA. Disordered Eating Attitudes in Relation to Bone Mineral Density and Markers of Bone Turnover in Overweight Adolescents. J Adolesc Health 45(1):33-9, 2009.
• Roberts MD, Drinkard B, Ranzenhofer LM, Salaita CG, Sebring NG, Brady SM, Pinchbeck C, Hoehl J, Yanoff LB, Savastano DM, Han JC, Yanovski JA. Prediction of maximal oxygen uptake by bioelectrical impedance analysis in overweight adolescents. J Sports Med Phys Fitn. 49(3):240-5, 2009.
• Gustafson JK, Yanoff LB, Easter BD, Brady SM, Keil MF, Roberts MD, Sebring NG, Han JC, Yanovski SZ, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA. The stability of metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:4828-4834, 2009.
• Yanovski JA, Parikh S, Yanoff L, Denkinger B, Calis K, Reynolds JC, Sebring N, McHugh T. Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Body Weight and Adiposity in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Ann Intern Med. 150(12):821-829, 2009.
• Savastano DM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Han JC, Ning C, Sorg RA, Roza CA, Wolkoff LE, Anandalingam K, Jefferson-George KS, Figueroa RE, Sanford EL, Brady S, Kozlosky M, Schoeller DA, Yanovski JA. Energy intake and energy expenditure among children with polymorphisms of the melanocortin-3 receptor. Am J Clin Nutr. 90(4):912-20, 2009.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Han JC, Anandalingam K, Shomaker LB, Columbo K, Wolkoff L, Kozlosky M, Elliott C, Ranzenhofer LM, Roza CA, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. The FTO Gene rs9939609 obesity risk allele and loss of control over eating. Am J Clin Nutr; 90(6):1483–8, 2009.

2008

• Ranzenhofer LM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Menzie CM, Gustafson JK, Rutledge MS, Keil MF, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Structure analysis of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test in overweight and at-risk-for-overweight children and adolescents. Eating Behav. 9(2): 218–227, 2008.
• Merideth MA, Gordon LB, Clauss S, Sachdev V, Smith ACM, Perry M, Brewer C, Zalewski CK, Kim J, Solomon B, Brooks B, Gerber LH, Turner M, Domingo DL, Hart TC, Graf J. Reynolds JC, Gropman A, Yanovski JA, Collins F, Nabel E, Cannon RO, Gahl WA, Introne WJ. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS): Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: Phenotype and Course. New Engl. J. Med. 358:592-604, 2008.
• Menzie CM, Yanoff LB, Denkinger BI, McHugh T, Sebring NG, Calis KA, Yanovski JA. Obesity-related hypoferremia is not explained by differences in reported intake of heme and non-heme iron or intake of dietary factors that can affect iron absorption. J Am Diet Assoc. 108(1):145-8, 2008.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Ranzenhofer LM, Yanovski SZ, Schvey NA, Faith M, Gustafson JK, Yanovski JA. Psychometric Properties of a New Questionnaire to Assess Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Children and Adolescents. Appetite 51:148-55, 2008.
• Dugas LR, Ebersole K, Schoeller D, Yanovski JA, Barguera S, Rivera J, Durazo-Arzivu R, Guichan C, Cooper RS, Luke A. Very low levels of energy expenditure among pre-adolescent Mexican-American girls. Int J Pediatr Obes 3(2):123-6, 2008.
• Goldschmidt AB, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Goossens L, Eddy KT, Ringham R, Yanovski SZ, Braet C, Marcus MD, Wilfley DE, Yanovski JA. Subtyping Children and Adolescents with Loss of Control Eating by Negative Affect and Dietary Restraint. Behaviour Research and Therapy 46: 777–787, 2008.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Marcus MD, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Loss of Control Eating Disorder in Children Age 12y and Younger: Proposed Research Criteria. Eat Behav. 9:360-365, 2008.
• Han JC, Rutledge MS, Kozlosky M, Salaita CG, Gustafson JK, Keil MF, Fleisch AF, Roberts MD, Ning C, Yanovski JA. Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia, and Energy Intake in Overweight Children. J Pediatr. 152:612-7, 2008.
• Adler-Wailes DC, Guiney EL, Koo J, Yanovski, JA. Effects of Ritonavir on Adipocyte Gene Expression: Evidence for a Stress-Related Response. Obesity, 16:2379-2387, 2008.
• Han JC, Liu AR, Jones, MP, Levinn RL, Menzie CM, Jefferson-George KS, Adler-Wailes DC, Sanford EL, Lacbawan FL, Uhl GR, Rennert OM, Yanovski JA. Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Obesity in WAGR Syndrome. New Engl J Med., 359:918-27, 2008.

2007

• Glasofer DR, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Eddy KT, Yanovski SZ, Theim KR, Mirch MC, Ghorbani S, Ranzenhofer LM, Haaga D, Yanovski JA. Binge eating in overweight, treatment-seeking, adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol 32(1): 95-105, 2007.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Haynos AF, Kotler LA, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Laboratory-Based Studies of Eating during Meals among Children and Adolescents. Curr. Nutr. Food Sci. 3, 55-74, 2007.
• Theim, K, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Salaita CG, Haynos AF, Mirch MC, Ranzenhofer LM, Yanovski SZ, Wilfley DE, Yanovski JA. Children's descriptions of the foods consumed during episodes of loss of control eating. Eat Behav 8:258-265, 2007.
• Fleisch AF, Agarwal N, Roberts MD, Han JC, Theim KR, Vexler A, Troendle J, Yanovski SZ, Yanovski JA. Influence of serum leptin on weight and body fat growth in children at high risk for adult obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:948-954, 2007.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Theim KR, Yanovski SZ, Bassett AM, Burns NP, Ranzenhofer LM, Glasofer DR, Yanovski JA. Validation of the emotional eating scale adapted for use in children and adolescents (EES-C). Int J Eat Disord 40:232-240, 2007.
• Sebring, NG, Denkinger BI, Menzie CM, Yanoff LB, Parikh SJ, Yanovski JA. Validation of three food frequency questionnaires to assess dietary calcium intake in adults. J Am Diet Assoc. 107: 752-9, 2007.
• Yanoff LB, Menzie CM, Denkinger BI, Sebring NG, McHugh T, Remaley AT, Yanovski, JA. Inflammation and iron deficiency in the hypoferremia of obesity. Int J Obes. 31:1412-19, 2007.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Goossens L, Eddy KT, Ringham R, Goldsmith A, Yanovski SZ, Braet C, Marcus MD, Wilfley DE, Olsen C, Yanovski JA. A Multi-Site Investigation of Binge Eating Behaviors in Children and Adolescents. J Consult Clin Psychol 75:901-13, 2007.
• Drinkard B, Roberts MD, Ranzenhofer LM, Han JC, Yanoff LB, Merke DP, Savastano DM, Brady S, Yanovski JA. Oxygen-Uptake Efficiency Slope as a Determinant of Fitness in Overweight Adolescents. Med Sci Sports Exerc 39:1811-1816, 2007.

2006

• Robotham DR, Schoeller DA, Mercado AB, Mirch MC, Theim KR, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA. Estimates of Body Fat in Children by Hologic QDR-2000 and QDR-4500A Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometers Compared With Deuterium Dilution. J Ped Gastroenterol Nutr. 42: 331-335, 2006.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Cohen ML, Yanovski SZ, Cox C, Theim KR, Keil M, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA. A prospective study of psychological predictors of body fat gain among children at high risk for adult obesity. Pediatrics 117: 1203-1209, 2006.
• Yanoff LB, Parikh SJ, Spitalnik A, Denkinger B, Sebring NG, Remaley AT, Yanovski JA. High Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Obese Black Americans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf);64(5):523-9, 2006.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Rahimi A, Yanovski S, Ranzenhofer L, Roberts M, Theim K, Menzie C, Mirch M, Yanovski JA. Differences between the Perceived and Actual Age of Overweight Onset in Children and Adolescents. Medscape General Medicine Clinical Nutrition and Obesity; 8(3):1-5, 2006.
• Taylor ED, Theim KR, Mirch MC, Ghorbani S, Tanofsky-Kraff M., Adler-Wailes DC, Brady S, Reynolds JC, Calis KA, Yanovski JA. Orthopedic complications of overweight in children and adolescents. Pediatrics, 117:2167-2174, 2006.
• Mirch M, McDuffie J, Yanovski S, Schollnberger M, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Theim K, Krakoff, J, Yanovski JA. Effects of binge eating on satiation, satiety, and energy intake of overweight children. Am J Clin Nutr.84:732-8, 2006.
• El-Gharbawy A, Adler-Wailes DC, Mirch MC, Theim KR, Ranzenhofer LM, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski JA. Serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentrations in lean and overweight children and adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 91(9): 3548-52, 2006.
• Young-Hyman D, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski SZ, Keil M, Cohen ML, Peyrot M, Yanovski JA. Psychological status and weight-related distress in overweight or at risk for overweight children. Obesity 14(12):2249-58, 2006.
• Ning C, Yanovski JA. Endocrine disorders associated with pediatric obesity. Handbook of Pediatric Obesity. Goran MI and Sothern MS, eds. CRC Press,Boca Raton, FL, Chapter 9: 135-155, 2006.
• Gray J, Yeo GSH, Cox JJ, Morton J, Adlam ALR, Keogh JM, Yanovski JA, El Gharbawy A, Han JC, Tung YCL, Hodges JR, Raymond FL, O'Rahilly S, Farooqi IS. Hyperphagia, severe obesity, impaired cognitive function and hyperactivity associated with functional loss of one copy of the BDNF gene. Diabetes 55:3366–3371, 2006.

2005

• Adler-Wailes DC, Liu H, Ahmad F, Feng N, Londos C, Manganiello V, Yanovski JA. Effects of the HIV-protease inhibitor ritonavir on catecholamine-stimulated lipolysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Jun;90(6):3251-61.
• Norman AC, Drinkard B, McDuffie JR, Ghorbani S, Yanoff LB, Yanovski JA. The Influence of Excess Adiposity on Exercise Fitness and Performance in Overweight Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics 115(6): e690-6, 2005.
• Cohen ML, Tanofsky Kraff M, Young-Hyman D, Yanovski JA. Weight and Its Relationship to Adolescent Perceptions of their Providers (WRAP): A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Teen Weight-Related Preferences and Concerns. J Adol Health 37(2): 163e9-16, 2005.
• Feng NP, Young SF, Aguilera G, Puricelli E, Adler-Wailes DC, Sebring NG, Yanovski JA. Co-occurrence of Two Partially Inactivating Polymorphisms of MC3R Is Associated With Pediatric-Onset Obesity. Diabetes 54:2663–2667, 2005.

2004

• Freedman RJ, Aziz N, Albanes D, Hartman T, Danforth D, Hill S, Sebring N, Reynolds JC, Yanovski, JA. Weight and Body Composition Changes During and After Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Women with Breast Cancer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88(5): 2248-53, 2004.
• Mirza, NM, Kadow K, Palmer M, Solano H, Rosche C, Yanovski JA. Prevalence of Overweight Among Inner City Latino Children and Adolescents. Obes Res. Aug;12(8):1298-310, 2004.
• McDuffie JR, Riggs PA, Calis KA, Freedman RJ, Oral EA, DePaoli AM, Yanovski JA. Effects of exogenous leptin on satiety and satiation in patients with lipodystrophy and leptin insufficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 89: 4258-4263, 2004.
• McDuffie J, Adler-Wailes D, Elberg J, Fallon E, Steinberg E, Tershakovec A, Arslanian S, Delany J, Bray G, Yanovski JA. Prediction equations for resting energy expenditure in overweight and non-overweight Black and White children. Am J Clin Nutr. 80: 365-373, 2004.
• McDuffie JR, Calis KA, Uwaifo GI, Freedman, RJ, Sebring NG, Fallon EM, Frazer TE, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA. Efficacy of orlistat as an adjunct to behavioral treatment in overweight African American and Caucasian adolescents with obesity-related co-morbid conditions. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 17:307-319, 2004.
• Tanofsky-Kraff M, Yanovski SZ, Wilfley DE, Marmarosh, C, Morgan, CM, Yanovski JA. Eating disordered behaviors, body fat, and psychopathology in overweight and normal weight children. J Consult Clin Psychol. 72(1): 53–61, 2004.
• Parikh SJ, Edelman M, Uwaifo GI, Freedman, RJ, Semega-Janneh M, Reynolds J, Yanovski JA. The relationship between obesity and serum 1, 25 dihydroxy Vitamin D concentrations in healthy adults. J Clin Endo Metab 89(3): 1196-9, 2004.

2003

• Yanovski JA, Rose SR, Municchi G, et al. Treatment with a Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Agonist-in Adolescents with Short Stature. New Engl. J. Med, 348: 908-917, 2003.
• Feng NP, Adler-Wailes D, Elberg J, Chin J, Fallon E, Carr A, Fraser del Llado T, Yanovski JA. Sequence Variants of the Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) Gene and Their Associations with Body Composition in Lean and Overweight Children. Obes Res 11:619-24, 2003.
• Yanovski JA, Yanovski SZ. Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. JAMA. 289:1851-1852, 2003.

2002

• Yanovski, SZ, Yanovski, JA. Obesity. N Engl J Med 346:591-602, 2002.

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