Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity
1Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
2Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
3Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
4Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity
Description
Depression is highly comorbid with obesity, and obese individuals with depression typically fare worse than those without comorbid depression in behavioral, surgical, and pharmacological weight loss treatment. After years of excluding obese individuals with comorbid depression from clinical trials, research is only beginning to elucidate our understanding and treatment of obesity in the context of depression. Hence, basic and applied research is needed to better understand obesity in the context of depression and to improve prevention and treatment of this comorbidity. This call for papers seeks to expand our understanding of the relationship between depressed mood, obesity, eating behavior, and/or physical activity from behavioral, environmental, and biological perspectives. The submission of original and review articles are encouraged. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- The relationship between emotional eating, depression, and obesity
- Understanding how exercise can positively influence mood and weight loss in obese individuals
- Psychosocial and physiological mechanisms that may elucidate the effects of depression on obesity-related behaviors
- Novel and/or parsimonious treatment approaches for treating obesity when comorbid with depression
- Mechanisms that facilitate the development of comorbid obesity and depression
- Strategies from evidence-based depression treatments that could be applied to obesity
- The role of stigma in obesity and depression
- Cultural issues in obesity and depression (e.g., health disparities and cross-cultural differences)
- Technological approaches (e.g., health media, games, internet-based, and mobile health) to understanding and treating obesity and depression
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