383 results on '"Mason, Ashley E."'
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2. Controlled trial of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages
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Schmidt, Jamey M, Epel, Elissa S, Jacobs, Laurie M, Mason, Ashley E, Parrett, Bethany, Pickett, Amanda M, Mousli, Leyla M, and Schmidt, Laura A
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,Cardiovascular ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Good Health and Well Being ,Humans ,Sugar-Sweetened Beverages ,Beverages ,Workplace ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Obesity prevention ,Workplace interventions ,Sugar-sweetened beverages ,Diabetes prevention ,Food environments ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Nutrition & Dietetics ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
ObjectiveTo examine the effectiveness of a workplace sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) sales ban on reducing SSB consumption in employees, including those with cardiometabolic disease risk factors.DesignA controlled trial of ethnically diverse, full-time employees who consumed SSB heavily (sales ban n 315; control n 342). Outcomes included standardised measures of change in SSB consumption in the workplace (primary) and at home between baseline and 6 months post-sales ban.SettingSutter Health, a large non-profit healthcare delivery system in Northern California.ParticipantsFull-time employees at Sutter Health screened for heavy SSB consumption.ResultsParticipants were 66·1 % non-White. On average, participants consumed 34·7 ounces (about 1 litre) of SSB per d, and the majority had an elevated baseline BMI (mean = 29·5). In adjusted regression analyses, those exposed to a workplace SSB sales ban for 6 months consumed 2·7 (95 % CI -4·9, -0·5) fewer ounces of SSB per d while at work, and 4·3 (95 % CI -8·4, -0·2) fewer total ounces per d, compared to controls. Sales ban participants with an elevated BMI or waist circumference had greater post-intervention reductions in workplace SSB consumption.ConclusionsWorkplace sales bans can reduce SSB consumption in ethnically diverse employee populations, including those at higher risk for cardiometabolic disease.
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- 2023
3. Five million nights: temporal dynamics in human sleep phenotypes
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Viswanath, Varun K., Hartogenesis, Wendy, Dilchert, Stephan, Pandya, Leena, Hecht, Frederick M., Mason, Ashley E., Wang, Edward J., and Smarr, Benjamin L.
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- 2024
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4. Author Correction: Elevated body temperature is associated with depressive symptoms: results from the TemPredict Study
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Mason, Ashley E., Kasl, Patrick, Soltani, Severine, Green, Abigail, Hartogensis, Wendy, Dilchert, Stephan, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Pandya, Leena S., Siwik, Chelsea J., Foster, Simmie L., Nyer, Maren, Lowry, Christopher A., Raison, Charles L., Hecht, Frederick M., and Smarr, Benjamin L.
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- 2024
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5. Elevated body temperature is associated with depressive symptoms: results from the TemPredict Study
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Mason, Ashley E., Kasl, Patrick, Soltani, Severine, Green, Abigail, Hartogensis, Wendy, Dilchert, Stephan, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Pandya, Leena S., Siwik, Chelsea J., Foster, Simmie L., Nyer, Maren, Lowry, Christopher A., Raison, Charles L., Hecht, Frederick M., and Smarr, Benjamin L.
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- 2024
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6. Psychological Support Strategies for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in a Very Low–Carbohydrate Web-Based Program: Randomized Controlled Trial
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Saslow, Laura R, Missel, Amanda L, O’Brien, Alison, Kim, Sarah, Hecht, Frederick M, Moskowitz, Judith T, Bayandorian, Hovig, Pietrucha, Martha, Raymond, Kate, Richards, Blair, Liestenfeltz, Bradley, Mason, Ashley E, Daubenmier, Jennifer, and Aikens, James E
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Clinical Sciences ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Diabetes ,Obesity ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Clinical Research ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Good Health and Well Being ,T2D ,eHealth ,glycemic control ,self-monitoring ,text messages ,type 2 diabetes ,very low–carbohydrate diet ,weight loss ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
BackgroundA very low-carbohydrate (VLC) nutritional strategy may improve glycemic control and weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, the supplementary behavioral strategies that might be able to improve outcomes using this nutritional strategy are uncertain.ObjectiveThis study aims to compare the impact of adding 3 different supplementary behavioral strategies to a web-based VLC diet intervention. To our knowledge, this is the first trial to randomize participants to different frequencies of dietary self-monitoring.MethodsThe study included 112 overweight adults with T2D (hemoglobin A1c ≥6.5%) taking no antiglycemic medications or only metformin. They received a remotely delivered 12-month VLC diet intervention. Participants were randomly assigned through a full factorial 2×2×2 design to supplementary strategies: either daily or monthly dietary self-monitoring, either mindful eating training or not, and either positive affect skills training or not. Our research goal was to determine whether 3 different supplemental strategies had at least a medium effect size (Cohen d=0.5).ResultsOverall, the VLC intervention led to statistically significant improvements in glycemic control (-0.70%, 95% CI -1.04% to -0.35%; P
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- 2023
7. Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing a very low-carbohydrate diet or moderate-carbohydrate plate-method diet for type 2 diabetes: the LEGEND (Lifestyle Education about Nutrition for Diabetes) trial
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Saslow, Laura R, Eslamian, Adriana, Moran, Patricia, Hartogensis, Wendy, Mason, Ashley E, Kim, Sarah, Bauer, Douglas C, Griauzde, Dina Hafez, Goldman, Veronica, Liu, Vivian, Stephens, Pam, Raymond, Kate, Yeung, George, Leung, Cindy, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Comparative Effectiveness Research ,Diabetes ,Prevention ,Nutrition ,Clinical Research ,Obesity ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Cardiovascular ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adult ,Humans ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2 ,Diet ,Carbohydrate-Restricted ,Life Style ,Carbohydrates ,Blood Glucose ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,Type 2 diabetes ,Glycemic control ,Lifestyle intervention ,Randomized controlled trial ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Clinical Sciences ,Cardiovascular System & Hematology ,General & Internal Medicine ,Clinical sciences ,Epidemiology ,Health services and systems - Abstract
BackgroundOptimal carbohydrate intake is an important and controversial area in the nutritional management of type 2 diabetes. Some evidence indicates that reducing overall carbohydrate intake with a low- or very low-carbohydrate eating plan can improve glycemic control compared to following eating plans that involve greater carbohydrate intake. However, critical knowledge gaps currently prevent clear recommendations about carbohydrate intake levels.MethodsThe LEGEND (Lifestyle Education about Nutrition for Diabetes) Trial aims to compare a very low-carbohydrate diet to a moderate-carbohydrate plate-method diet for glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. This two-site trial plans to recruit 180 adults with type 2 diabetes. We will randomize participants to either a 20-session group-based diet and lifestyle intervention that teaches either a very low-carbohydrate diet or a moderate-carbohydrate plate-method diet. We will assess participants at study entry and 4 and 12 months later. The primary outcome is HbA1c, and secondary outcomes include inflammation (high sensitivity C-reactive protein), body weight, changes in diabetes medications, lipids (small particle LDL, HDL, triglycerides), skeletal metabolism (bone mineral density from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and bone turnover markers serum procollagen type I N propeptide and serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen), and body composition (percent body fat, percent lean body mass).DiscussionThe LEGEND trial is a randomized controlled trial to assess optimal carbohydrate intake in type 2 diabetes by evaluating the effects of a very low-carbohydrate diet vs. a moderate-carbohydrate plate-method diet over a year-long period. The research addresses important gaps in the evidence base for the nutritional management of type 2 diabetes by providing data on potential benefits and adverse effects of different levels of carbohydrate intake.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05237128. Registered on February 11, 2022.
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- 2023
8. Predictors of long-term neutralizing antibody titers following COVID-19 vaccination by three vaccine types: the BOOST study
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Prather, Aric A, Dutcher, Ethan G, Robinson, James, Lin, Jue, Blackburn, Elizabeth, Hecht, Frederick M, Mason, Ashley E, Fromer, Elena, Merino, Bresh, Frazier, Remi, O’Bryan, Julia, Drury, Stacy, and Epel, Elissa S
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Immunology ,Biotechnology ,Clinical Research ,Infectious Diseases ,Genetics ,Coronaviruses Vaccines ,Vaccine Related ,Immunization ,Coronaviruses ,Health Disparities ,Minority Health ,Prevention ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,3.4 Vaccines ,Good Health and Well Being ,Male ,Female ,Humans ,BNT162 Vaccine ,COVID-19 Vaccines ,2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273 ,Ad26COVS1 ,Pandemics ,COVID-19 ,Vaccination ,Vaccines ,Antibodies ,Neutralizing - Abstract
As concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue, it is critical to understand the impact of vaccination type on neutralizing antibody response durability as well as to identify individual difference factors related to decline in neutralization. This was a head-to-head comparison study following 498 healthy, community volunteers who received the BNT162b2 (n = 287), mRNA-1273 (n = 149), and Ad26.COV2.S (n = 62). Participants completed questionnaires and underwent blood draws prior to vaccination, 1 month, and 6 months after the vaccination series, and neutralizing antibody (nAB) titers at 1- and 6-months post vaccination were quantified using a high-throughput pseudovirus assay. Over 6 months of follow-up, nABs declined in recipients of BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, while nABs in recipients of Ad26.COV2.S showed a significant increase. At the 6-month time point, nABs to Ad26.COV2.S were significantly higher than nABs to BNT162b2 and equivalent to mRNA-1273. Irrespective of follow-up timing, being older was associated with lower nAB for participants who received BNT162b2 and Ad26.COV2.S but not for those who received mRNA-1273. A higher baseline BMI was associated with a lower nAB for Ad26.COV2.S recipients but not for recipients of other vaccines. Women and non-smokers showed higher nAB compared to men and current smokers, respectively. The durability of neutralizing antibody responses differed by vaccine type and several sociodemographic factors that predicted response. These findings may inform booster recommendations in the future.
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- 2023
9. Impact of digital meditation on work stress and health outcomes among adults with overweight: A randomized controlled trial
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Radin, Rachel M, Epel, Elissa S, Mason, Ashley E, Vaccaro, Julie, Fromer, Elena, Guan, Joanna, and Prather, Aric A
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical and Health Psychology ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Psychology ,Minority Health ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Mind and Body ,Health Disparities ,Nutrition ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Obesity ,Mental Illness ,Mental Health ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Humans ,Meditation ,Overweight ,Occupational Stress ,Outcome Assessment ,Health Care ,General Science & Technology - Abstract
Mindfulness meditation may improve well-being at work; however, effects on food cravings and metabolic health are not well known. We tested effects of digital meditation, alone or in combination with a healthy eating program, on perceived stress, cravings, and adiposity. We randomized 161 participants with overweight and moderate stress to digital meditation ('MED,' n = 38), digital meditation + healthy eating ('MED+HE,' n = 40), active control ('HE,' n = 41), or waitlist control ('WL,' n = 42) for 8 weeks. Participants (n = 145; M(SD) BMI: 30.8 (5.4) kg/m2) completed baseline and 8-week measures of stress (Perceived Stress Scale), cravings (Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire) and adiposity (sagittal diameter and BMI). ANCOVAs revealed that those randomized to MED or MED+HE (vs. HE or WL) showed decreases in perceived stress (F = 15.19, p < .001, η2 = .10) and sagittal diameter (F = 4.59, p = .03, η2 = .04), with no differences in cravings or BMI. Those high in binge eating who received MED or MED+HE showed decreases in sagittal diameter (p = .03). Those with greater adherence to MED or MED+HE had greater reductions in stress, cravings, and adiposity (ps < .05). A brief digital mindfulness-based program is a low-cost method for reducing perceptions of stress and improving abdominal fat distribution patterns among adults with overweight and moderate stress. Future work should seek to clarify mechanisms by which such interventions contribute to improvements in health. Trial registration: Clinical trial registration http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov: identifier NCT03945214.
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- 2023
10. Association of Food Insecurity and Food Addiction Symptoms: A Secondary Analysis of Two Samples of Low-Income Female Adults
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Parnarouskis, Lindsey, Gearhardt, Ashley N, Mason, Ashley E, Adler, Nancy E, Laraia, Barbara A, Epel, Elissa S, and Leung, Cindy W
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Brain Disorders ,Nutrition ,Pediatric ,Mental Health ,Obesity ,Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Zero Hunger ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Child ,Female ,Food Addiction ,Food Insecurity ,Food Supply ,Humans ,Poverty ,Pregnancy ,United States ,Food insecurity ,Food addiction ,Low-income ,Maternal health ,Clinical Sciences ,Anthropology ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
BackgroundHousehold food insecurity persists in the United States and has important implications for health and well-being. Food insecurity in female-identified caregivers is particularly concerning, given its association with their mental health and adverse health outcomes for their children. Food insecurity is associated with disordered eating but, to our knowledge, no prior studies have examined an association between food insecurity and food addiction.ObjectiveOur aim was to examine whether food insecurity is associated with higher food addiction symptom endorsement in low-income female adults.DesignSecondary analysis of baseline data from a quasi-experimental study of a mindfulness-based intervention on gestational weight gain among low-income pregnant individuals and an observational study of low-income families.Participants/settingParticipants in study 1 (n = 208) were English-speaking, low-income pregnant individuals with overweight or obesity, recruited in California from 2011 to 2013. Participants in study 2 (n = 181) were English-speaking, low-income female caregivers for children aged 8 through 10 years, recruited in Michigan from 2018 to 2019. Both studies recruited participants from community health clinics, social service agencies, and online advertisements.Main outcome measuresThe primary outcome measure was food addiction symptoms, assessed by the Yale Food Addiction Scale.Statistical analysisMultivariate Poisson regression was used to examine the association between household food insecurity and food addiction symptoms in each sample, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics.ResultsIn study 1, pregnant individuals in food-insecure households reported 21% higher food addiction symptoms than pregnant individuals in food-secure households (incidence rate ratio 1.21; 95% CI 1.00 to 1.47; P = .047). In study 2, caregivers in food-insecure households had 56% higher food addiction symptoms than caregivers in food-secure households (incidence rate ratio 1.56; 95% CI 1.01 to 2.40; P = .045).ConclusionsThese findings provide preliminary support for a relationship between household food insecurity and food addiction. Future research should examine potential mechanisms and whether interventions to reduce food insecurity lower risk of food addiction.
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11. Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention on Long-term Psychological Well-being Among Adults with Obesity: Secondary Analyses from the Supporting Health by Integrating Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) Trial
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Hooker, Andrew R, Sagui-Henson, Sara J, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Moran, Patricia J, Hartogensis, Wendy, Acree, Michael, Kristeller, Jean, Epel, Elissa S, Mason, Ashley E, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Depression ,Clinical Research ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Mind and Body ,Mental Health ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Prevention ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,6.6 Psychological and behavioural ,Evaluation of treatments and therapeutic interventions ,Good Health and Well Being ,Mindfulness ,Psychological well-being ,Randomized controlled trial ,Anxiety ,anxiety ,depression ,mindfulness ,obesity ,psychological well-being ,randomized controlled trial ,Clinical Sciences ,Sociology ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
ObjectiveThis study tested whether a mindfulness-based intervention for obesity that included components aimed at emotion regulation and mindful eating improved psychological outcomes including stress, anxiety, positive emotion, and depression, during the intervention period and at longer-term follow-up.MethodsAdults with obesity (N=194) were randomized to a 5.5-month diet-exercise weight loss intervention with or without mindfulness training focused on emotion regulation and mindful eating. Participants completed self-report measures of mindfulness and psychological well-being, which were planned secondary outcomes, at baseline, mid-intervention (3 months), and at 6-, 12-, and 18-months post-baseline (maintenance period). Mixed effects models and linear regression were used to test between- and within-group changes in psychological well-being. Finally, this study explored whether changes in mindfulness (from baseline to each 6- and 18-months post-baseline) mediated the effects of intervention arm on changes in psychological outcomes during those respective time periods. This study explored whether changes in mindfulness from baseline to 6 months mediated the effects of intervention arm on changes in psychological outcomes from baseline to 18 months.ResultsParticipants randomized to the mindfulness arm had significant increases in positive emotions at all follow-up times compared to controls. There were statistically significant increases in mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and reflection, as well as decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms at 12 months compared to control participants. These changes remained significant for psychological flexibility and reflection at 18 months. There were no significant differences in perceived stress. Among mindfulness participants, greater increases in mindfulness from 6-18 months was associated with greater positive emotions and psychological flexibility as well as lower perceived stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and rumination at 18 months, adjusting for 6-month values. Mediation analyses indicated that randomization to the mindfulness intervention arm was associated with 6-month increases in mindfulness, and these increases were in turn associated with improved psychological outcomes at 6 months and 18 months. Changes from baseline to 18 months did not mediate 18-month changes in psychological outcomes.ConclusionsMindfulness training in emotion regulation and mindful eating may provide greater longer-term psychological well-being benefits in non-clinical populations with obesity compared to conventional diet-exercise interventions.
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12. Variability of temperature measurements recorded by a wearable device by biological sex
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Bruce, Lauryn Keeler, Kasl, Patrick, Soltani, Severine, Viswanath, Varun K., Hartogensis, Wendy, Dilchert, Stephan, Hecht, Frederick M., Chowdhary, Anoushka, Anglo, Claudine, Pandya, Leena, Dasgupta, Subhasis, Altintas, Ilkay, Gupta, Amarnath, Mason, Ashley E., and Smarr, Benjamin L.
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13. Correction: Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diets: a case series
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Carmen, Matthew, Safer, Debra Lynn, Saslow, Laura R., Kalayjian, Tro, Mason, Ashley E., Westman, Eric C., and Sethi, Shebani
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- 2023
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14. Metrics from Wearable Devices as Candidate Predictors of Antibody Response Following Vaccination against COVID-19: Data from the Second TemPredict Study.
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Mason, Ashley E, Kasl, Patrick, Hartogensis, Wendy, Natale, Joseph L, Dilchert, Stephan, Dasgupta, Subhasis, Purawat, Shweta, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Anglo, Claudine, Veasna, Danou, Pandya, Leena S, Fox, Lindsey M, Puldon, Karena Y, Prather, Jenifer G, Gupta, Amarnath, Altintas, Ilkay, Smarr, Benjamin L, and Hecht, Frederick M
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COVID-19 ,antibody responses ,heart rate ,heart rate variability ,mRNA vaccines ,skin temperature ,sleep ,wearable devices ,Immunization ,Pneumonia & Influenza ,Vaccine Related ,Prevention ,Sleep Research ,Cancer ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,3.4 Vaccines ,Good Health and Well Being - Abstract
There is significant variability in neutralizing antibody responses (which correlate with immune protection) after COVID-19 vaccination, but only limited information is available about predictors of these responses. We investigated whether device-generated summaries of physiological metrics collected by a wearable device correlated with post-vaccination levels of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD), the target of neutralizing antibodies generated by existing COVID-19 vaccines. One thousand, one hundred and seventy-nine participants wore an off-the-shelf wearable device (Oura Ring), reported dates of COVID-19 vaccinations, and completed testing for antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD during the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rollout. We found that on the night immediately following the second mRNA injection (Moderna-NIAID and Pfizer-BioNTech) increases in dermal temperature deviation and resting heart rate, and decreases in heart rate variability (a measure of sympathetic nervous system activation) and deep sleep were each statistically significantly correlated with greater RBD antibody responses. These associations were stronger in models using metrics adjusted for the pre-vaccination baseline period. Greater temperature deviation emerged as the strongest independent predictor of greater RBD antibody responses in multivariable models. In contrast to data on certain other vaccines, we did not find clear associations between increased sleep surrounding vaccination and antibody responses.
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15. Author Correction: Detection of COVID-19 using multimodal data from a wearable device: results from the first TemPredict Study
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Mason, Ashley E, Hecht, Frederick M, Davis, Shakti K, Natale, Joseph L, Hartogensis, Wendy, Damaso, Natalie, Claypool, Kajal T, Dilchert, Stephan, Dasgupta, Subhasis, Purawat, Shweta, Viswanath, Varun K, Klein, Amit, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Fisher, Sarah M, Anglo, Claudine, Puldon, Karena Y, Veasna, Danou, Prather, Jenifer G, Pandya, Leena S, Fox, Lindsey M, Busch, Michael, Giordano, Casey, Mercado, Brittany K, Song, Jining, Jaimes, Rafael, Baum, Brian S, Telfer, Brian A, Philipson, Casandra W, Collins, Paula P, Rao, Adam A, Wang, Edward J, Bandi, Rachel H, Choe, Bianca J, Epel, Elissa S, Epstein, Stephen K, Krasnoff, Joanne B, Lee, Marco B, Lee, Shi-Wen, Lopez, Gina M, Mehta, Arpan, Melville, Laura D, Moon, Tiffany S, Mujica-Parodi, Lilianne R, Noel, Kimberly M, Orosco, Michael A, Rideout, Jesse M, Robishaw, Janet D, Rodriguez, Robert M, Shah, Kaushal H, Siegal, Jonathan H, Gupta, Amarnath, Altintas, Ilkay, and Smarr, Benjamin L
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Information and Computing Sciences ,Human-Centred Computing ,Good Health and Well Being - Published
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16. Methods for detecting probable COVID-19 cases from large-scale survey data also reveal probable sex differences in symptom profiles
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Klein, Amit, Puldon, Karena, Dilchert, Stephan, Hartogensis, Wendy, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Anglo, Claudine, Pandya, Leena S, Hecht, Frederick M, Mason, Ashley E, and Smarr, Benjamin L
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Data Management and Data Science ,Information and Computing Sciences ,Information Systems ,Vaccine Related ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Biodefense ,Influenza ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Infectious Diseases ,Prevention ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,public health ,mHealth ,sex as a biological variable ,Bayesian network ,infectious disease ,Data management and data science ,Information systems - Abstract
BackgroundDaily symptom reporting collected via web-based symptom survey tools holds the potential to improve disease monitoring. Such screening tools might be able to not only discriminate between states of acute illness and non-illness, but also make use of additional demographic information so as to identify how illnesses may differ across groups, such as biological sex. These capabilities may play an important role in the context of future disease outbreaks.ObjectiveUse data collected via a daily web-based symptom survey tool to develop a Bayesian model that could differentiate between COVID-19 and other illnesses and refine this model to identify illness profiles that differ by biological sex.MethodsWe used daily symptom profiles to plot symptom progressions for COVID-19, influenza (flu), and the common cold. We then built a Bayesian network to discriminate between these three illnesses based on daily symptom reports. We further separated out the COVID-19 cohort into self-reported female and male subgroups to observe any differences in symptoms relating to sex. We identified key symptoms that contributed to a COVID-19 prediction in both males and females using a logistic regression model.ResultsAlthough the Bayesian model performed only moderately well in identifying a COVID-19 diagnosis (71.6% true positive rate), the model showed promise in being able to differentiate between COVID-19, flu, and the common cold, as well as periods of acute illness vs. non-illness. Additionally, COVID-19 symptoms differed between the biological sexes; specifically, fever was a more important symptom in identifying subsequent COVID-19 infection among males than among females.ConclusionWeb-based symptom survey tools hold promise as tools to identify illness and may help with coordinated disease outbreak responses. Incorporating demographic factors such as biological sex into predictive models may elucidate important differences in symptom profiles that hold implications for disease detection.
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17. Detection of COVID-19 using multimodal data from a wearable device: results from the first TemPredict Study
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Mason, Ashley E, Hecht, Frederick M, Davis, Shakti K, Natale, Joseph L, Hartogensis, Wendy, Damaso, Natalie, Claypool, Kajal T, Dilchert, Stephan, Dasgupta, Subhasis, Purawat, Shweta, Viswanath, Varun K, Klein, Amit, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Fisher, Sarah M, Anglo, Claudine, Puldon, Karena Y, Veasna, Danou, Prather, Jenifer G, Pandya, Leena S, Fox, Lindsey M, Busch, Michael, Giordano, Casey, Mercado, Brittany K, Song, Jining, Jaimes, Rafael, Baum, Brian S, Telfer, Brian A, Philipson, Casandra W, Collins, Paula P, Rao, Adam A, Wang, Edward J, Bandi, Rachel H, Choe, Bianca J, Epel, Elissa S, Epstein, Stephen K, Krasnoff, Joanne B, Lee, Marco B, Lee, Shi-Wen, Lopez, Gina M, Mehta, Arpan, Melville, Laura D, Moon, Tiffany S, Mujica-Parodi, Lilianne R, Noel, Kimberly M, Orosco, Michael A, Rideout, Jesse M, Robishaw, Janet D, Rodriguez, Robert M, Shah, Kaushal H, Siegal, Jonathan H, Gupta, Amarnath, Altintas, Ilkay, and Smarr, Benjamin L
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Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Aged ,Aged ,80 and over ,Algorithms ,Body Temperature ,COVID-19 ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Wearable Electronic Devices ,Young Adult - Abstract
Early detection of diseases such as COVID-19 could be a critical tool in reducing disease transmission by helping individuals recognize when they should self-isolate, seek testing, and obtain early medical intervention. Consumer wearable devices that continuously measure physiological metrics hold promise as tools for early illness detection. We gathered daily questionnaire data and physiological data using a consumer wearable (Oura Ring) from 63,153 participants, of whom 704 self-reported possible COVID-19 disease. We selected 73 of these 704 participants with reliable confirmation of COVID-19 by PCR testing and high-quality physiological data for algorithm training to identify onset of COVID-19 using machine learning classification. The algorithm identified COVID-19 an average of 2.75 days before participants sought diagnostic testing with a sensitivity of 82% and specificity of 63%. The receiving operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC) was 0.819 (95% CI [0.809, 0.830]). Including continuous temperature yielded an AUC 4.9% higher than without this feature. For further validation, we obtained SARS CoV-2 antibody in a subset of participants and identified 10 additional participants who self-reported COVID-19 disease with antibody confirmation. The algorithm had an overall ROC AUC of 0.819 (95% CI [0.809, 0.830]), with a sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 80% in these additional participants. Finally, we observed substantial variation in accuracy based on age and biological sex. Findings highlight the importance of including temperature assessment, using continuous physiological features for alignment, and including diverse populations in algorithm development to optimize accuracy in COVID-19 detection from wearables.
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18. Negative Mood and Food Craving Strength Among Women with Overweight: Implications for Targeting Mechanisms Using a Mindful Eating Intervention
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Sagui-Henson, Sara J, Radin, Rachel M, Jhaveri, Kinnari, Brewer, Judson A, Cohn, Michael, Hartogensis, Wendy, and Mason, Ashley E
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Psychology ,Clinical and Health Psychology ,Social and Personality Psychology ,Applied and Developmental Psychology ,Brain Disorders ,Mental Health ,Mental Illness ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Obesity ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Good Health and Well Being ,Negative mood ,Craving ,Meating ,Ecological momentary assessment ,Clinical Sciences ,Sociology ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
ObjectivesWhen experiencing negative mood, people often eat to improve their mood. A learned association between mood and eating may cultivate frequent food cravings, detracting from health goals. Training in mindful eating may target this cycle of emotion-craving-eating by teaching individuals to manage urges when experiencing negative mood. We examined the impact of a mobile mindful eating intervention on the link between negative mood and food cravings among overweight women.MethodsIn a single-arm trial, participants (n = 64, M age = 46.1 years, M BMI = 31.5 kg/m2) completed ecological momentary assessments of negative mood and food cravings 3 times/day for 3 days pre- and post-intervention, as well as 1-month post-intervention. Using multilevel linear regression, we compared associations between negative mood and food craving strength at pre- vs. post-intervention (model 1) and post-intervention vs. 1-month follow-up (model 2).ResultsIn model 1, negative mood interacted with time point (β = - .20, SE = .09, p = .02, 95% CI [- .38, - .03]) to predict craving strength, indicating that the within-person association between negative mood and craving strength was significantly weaker at post-intervention (β = 0.18) relative to pre-intervention (β = 0.38). In model 2, negative mood did not interact with time point to predict craving strength (β = .13, SE = .09, p = .10, 95% CI - .03, .31]); the association did not significantly differ between post-intervention and 1-month follow-up.ConclusionsTraining in mindful eating weakened the mood-craving association from pre- to post-intervention. The weakened association remained at follow-up. Our findings highlight the mood-craving link as a target-worthy mechanism of mindful eating that should be assessed in clinical trials.Trial registrationNCT02694731.Supplementary informationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12671-021-01760-z.
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19. A Brief Motivational Intervention Differentially Reduces Sugar-sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption.
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Mason, Ashley E, Schmidt, Laura, Ishkanian, Laura, Jacobs, Laurie M, Leung, Cindy, Jensen, Leeane, Cohn, Michael A, Schleicher, Samantha, Hartman, Alison R, Wojcicki, Janet M, Lustig, Robert H, and Epel, Elissa S
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Humans ,Motivation ,Commerce ,Beverages ,Workplace ,Sugar-Sweetened Beverages ,Brief intervention ,Craving strength ,Environmental intervention ,Sugar-sweetened beverages ,Clinical Research ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Prevention ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Education ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Public Health - Abstract
BackgroundEnvironmental and behavioral interventions hold promise to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage (SSBs) consumption.PurposeTo test, among frequent SSB consumers, whether motivations to consume SSBs moderated the effects of (a) a workplace SSB sales ban (environmental intervention) alone, and (b) a "brief motivational intervention" (BI) in addition to the sales ban, on changes in SSB consumption.MethodsWe assessed whether (1) baseline motivations to consume SSBs (craving, psychological stress, or taste enjoyment) impacted changes in daily SSB consumption at 6-month follow-up among frequent (>12oz of SSBs/day) SSB consumers (N = 214); (2) participants randomized to the BI (n = 109) versus to the sales ban only (n = 105) reported greater reductions in SSB consumption at follow-up; and (3) motivations to consume SSBs moderated any changes in SSB consumption.ResultsIn response to the sales ban alone, individuals with stronger SSB cravings (+1 SD) at baseline showed significantly smaller reductions in daily SSB consumption at 6-month follow-up relative to individuals with weaker (-1 SD) SSB cravings (2.5 oz vs. 22.5 oz), p < .01. Receiving the BI significantly increased reductions for those with stronger SSB cravings: Among individuals with stronger cravings, those who received the BI evidenced significantly greater reductions in daily SSB consumption [M(SE) = -19.2 (2.74) oz] than those who did not [M(SE) = -2.5 (2.3) oz, p < .001], a difference of 16.72 oz.ConclusionsFrequent SSB consumers with stronger SSB cravings report minimal reductions in daily SSB consumption with a sales ban only, but report greater reductions if they also receive a motivational intervention. Future multilevel interventions for institutions should consider both environmental and individualized multi-level interventions.Clinical trial informationNCT02585336.
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20. Longer Leukocyte Telomere Length Predicts Stronger Response to a Workplace Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales Ban: An Exploratory Study
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Wojcicki, Janet M, Lustig, Robert H, Jacobs, Laurie M, Mason, Ashley E, Hartman, Alison, Leung, Cindy, Stanhope, Kimber, Lin, Jue, Schmidt, Laura A, and Epel, Elissa S
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Obesity ,Prevention ,Nutrition ,Clinical Research ,Metabolic and endocrine ,telomere ,SSB ,sugar-sweetened beverages ,lipids ,adiposity ,waist circumference ,community level intervention ,Animal production ,Food sciences ,Nutrition and dietetics - Abstract
BackgroundShorter leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with increased risk of a number of metabolic diseases including insulin resistance and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Shorter LTL is also associated with stress reactivity suggestive of a possible role for LTL to predict response to behavioral interventions. However, few studies have evaluated how interventions, such as weight loss or dietary changes, are associated with LTL changes or whether LTL can predict behavioral responses to interventions.ObjectivesWe evaluated metabolic changes in relation to LTL changes and LTL at baseline in a cohort of at-risk adults in response to a 10-mo workplace-based sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intervention.MethodsAt baseline, metabolic health and LTL measurements were assessed through standard blood draws on 212 participants. Multivariable linear regression models were used to assess changes in anthropometrics, SSB consumption, and 13 blood-based metabolic risk factors, in relation to LTL at baseline and changes in LTL.ResultsLonger LTL at baseline was associated with decreases in SSB consumption over the 6-mo follow-up period (B = -29.67; P = 0.04). Slower LTL attrition rates were associated with decreases in waist circumference (B = -0.27; P = 0.03), HDL cholesterol (B = -0.20; P = 0.05), and apoA1 (B = -0.09; P = 0.01).ConclusionsLonger LTL at baseline predicted a favorable overall response to a behavioral intervention: decreases in SSB consumption. Abdominal adiposity losses paralleled slower declines in LTL suggestive of overall health benefits, but we found differences in the relations between metabolic changes and LTL at baseline compared with LTL attrition rates. Longer LTL may be a proxy marker of a positive behavioral response.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02585336.
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21. A Pilot Study Comparing the Effects of Consuming 100% Orange Juice or Sucrose-Sweetened Beverage on Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Disease in Women.
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Price, Candice Allister, Medici, Valentina, Nunez, Marinelle V, Lee, Vivien, Sigala, Desiree M, Benyam, Yanet, Keim, Nancy L, Mason, Ashley E, Chen, Shin-Yu, Parenti, Mariana, Slupsky, Carolyn, Epel, Elissa S, Havel, Peter J, and Stanhope, Kimber L
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Humans ,Citrus sinensis ,Insulin Resistance ,Uric Acid ,Sucrose ,Lipoproteins ,Body Mass Index ,Area Under Curve ,Pilot Projects ,Postprandial Period ,Adult ,Female ,Overweight ,Fruit and Vegetable Juices ,Metabolic Syndrome ,Sugar-Sweetened Beverages ,Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ,fruit juice ,insulin sensitivity ,lipids ,sugar-sweetened beverage ,uric acid ,Obesity ,Diabetes ,Clinical Research ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Cardiovascular ,Food Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics - Abstract
Overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases risk factors associated with cardiometabolic disease, in part due to hepatic fructose overload. However, it is not clear whether consumption of beverages containing fructose as naturally occurring sugar produces equivalent metabolic dysregulation as beverages containing added sugars. We compared the effects of consuming naturally-sweetened orange juice (OJ) or sucrose-sweetened beverages (sucrose-SB) for two weeks on risk factors for cardiometabolic disease. Healthy, overweight women (n = 20) were assigned to consume either 3 servings of 100% orange juice or sucrose-SB/day. We conducted 16-hour serial blood collections and 3-h oral glucose tolerance tests during a 30-h inpatient visit at baseline and after the 2-week diet intervention. The 16-h area under the curve (AUC) for uric acid increased in subjects consuming sucrose-SB compared with subjects consuming OJ. Unlike sucrose-SB, OJ did not significantly increase fasting or postprandial lipoproteins. Consumption of both beverages resulted in reductions in the Matsuda insulin sensitivity index (OJ: -0.40 ± 0.18, p = 0.04 within group; sucrose-SB: -1.0 ± 0.38, p = 0.006 within group; p = 0.53 between groups). Findings from this pilot study suggest that consumption of OJ at levels above the current dietary guidelines for sugar intake does not increase plasma uric acid concentrations compared with sucrose-SB, but appears to lead to comparable decreases of insulin sensitivity.
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22. Feasibility of continuous fever monitoring using wearable devices.
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Smarr, Benjamin L, Aschbacher, Kirstin, Fisher, Sarah M, Chowdhary, Anoushka, Dilchert, Stephan, Puldon, Karena, Rao, Adam, Hecht, Frederick M, and Mason, Ashley E
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Humans ,Fever ,Monitoring ,Physiologic ,Feasibility Studies ,Telemedicine ,Adult ,Aged ,Middle Aged ,Female ,Male ,Young Adult ,Self Report ,Thermometry ,Wearable Electronic Devices ,COVID-19 ,Monitoring ,Physiologic - Abstract
Elevated core temperature constitutes an important biomarker for COVID-19 infection; however, no standards currently exist to monitor fever using wearable peripheral temperature sensors. Evidence that sensors could be used to develop fever monitoring capabilities would enable large-scale health-monitoring research and provide high-temporal resolution data on fever responses across heterogeneous populations. We launched the TemPredict study in March of 2020 to capture continuous physiological data, including peripheral temperature, from a commercially available wearable device during the novel coronavirus pandemic. We coupled these data with symptom reports and COVID-19 diagnosis data. Here we report findings from the first 50 subjects who reported COVID-19 infections. These cases provide the first evidence that illness-associated elevations in peripheral temperature are observable using wearable devices and correlate with self-reported fever. Our analyses support the hypothesis that wearable sensors can detect illnesses in the absence of symptom recognition. Finally, these data support the hypothesis that prediction of illness onset is possible using continuously generated physiological data collected by wearable sensors. Our findings should encourage further research into the role of wearable sensors in public health efforts aimed at illness detection, and underscore the importance of integrating temperature sensors into commercially available wearables.
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23. Intervention Enhancement Strategies Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes in a Very Low-Carbohydrate Web-Based Program: Evaluating the Impact With a Randomized Trial.
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Saslow, Laura R, Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie, Mason, Ashley E, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Liestenfeltz, Bradley, Missel, Amanda L, Bayandorian, Hovig, Aikens, James E, Kim, Sarah, and Hecht, Frederick M
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diet ,ketogenic ,self-management ,text messages ,type 2 diabetes ,diet ,ketogenic - Abstract
BackgroundAdults with type 2 diabetes may experience health benefits, including glycemic control and weight loss, from following a very low-carbohydrate, ketogenic (VLC) diet. However, it is unclear which ancillary strategies may enhance these effects.ObjectiveThis pilot study aims to estimate the effect sizes of 3 intervention enhancement strategies (text messages, gifts, and breath vs urine ketone self-monitoring) that may improve outcomes of a 12-month web-based ad libitum VLC diet and lifestyle intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes. The primary intervention also included other components to improve adherence and well-being, including positive affect and mindfulness as well as coaching.MethodsOverweight or obese adults (n=44; BMI 25-45 kg/m2) with type 2 diabetes (glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c] ≥6.5%), who had been prescribed either no glucose-lowering medications or metformin alone, participated in a 12-month web-based intervention. Using a 2×2×2 randomized factorial design, we compared 3 enhancement strategies: (1) near-daily text messages about the intervention's recommended behaviors (texts n=22 vs no texts n=22), (2) mailed gifts of diet-relevant foods and cookbooks (6 rounds of mailed gifts n=21 vs no gifts n=23), and (3) urine- or breath-based ketone self-monitoring (urine n=21 vs breath n=23). We assessed HbA1c and weight at baseline and at 4, 8, and 12 months. We evaluated whether each strategy exerted a differential impact on HbA1c and weight at 12 months against an a priori threshold of Cohen d of 0.5 or greater.ResultsWe retained 73% (32/44) of the participants at 12 months. The intervention, across all conditions, led to improvements in glucose control and reductions in body weight at the 12-month follow-up. In intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses, the mean HbA1c reduction was 1.0% (SD 1.6) and the mean weight reduction was 5.3% (SD 6.0), whereas among study completers, these reductions were 1.2% (SD 1.7) and 6.3% (SD 6.4), respectively, all with a P value of less than .001. In ITT analyses, no enhancement strategy met the effect size threshold. Considering only study completers, 2 strategies showed a differential effect size of at least a d value of 0.5 or greater.ConclusionsText messages, gifts of food and cookbooks, and urine-based ketone self-monitoring may potentially enhance the glycemic or weight loss benefits of a web-based VLC diet and lifestyle intervention for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Future research could investigate other enhancement strategies to help create even more effective solutions for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02676648; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02676648.
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24. Do Stress Eating or Compulsive Eating Influence Metabolic Health in a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention?
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Radin, Rachel M, Epel, Elissa S, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Moran, Patricia, Schleicher, Samantha, Kristeller, Jean, Hecht, Frederick M, and Mason, Ashley E
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Clinical Research ,Mental Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Obesity ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Prevention ,Nutrition ,Stroke ,Cardiovascular ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Aged ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Food Addiction ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Mindfulness ,Weight Loss ,Weight Reduction Programs ,Young Adult ,mindfulness ,compulsive eating ,metabolic outcomes ,mindful eating ,obesity management ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Education ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Health sciences - Abstract
ObjectiveWe aimed to understand the associations of compulsive eating (CE) and stress eating (SE) with metabolic health among adults with obesity and whether mindfulness-based weight loss training may buffer these associations.MethodWe used data from a trial in which we randomized 194 participants with obesity to a diet-exercise weight loss intervention with either mindful eating training plus mindfulness-based eating awareness and stress management training (n = 100) or active control components (n = 94). We measured CE, SE, weight, and fasting blood glucose (FBG) at baseline, and 6, 12 months, and 18 months. We tested CE and SE as both moderators and mediators of intervention effects on changes in metabolic health.ResultsParticipants higher (+ 1 SD) in CE at baseline randomized to the mindfulness (vs. control) intervention had greater improvements in FBG at 18 months (p = .05). Twelve-month reductions in CE mediated the effect of the intervention on changes in FBG and weight at 12 and 18 months postbaseline (p ≤ .05). Furthermore, those higher (+ 1 SD) in SE at baseline were nearly 2 BMI points higher than those lower (-1 SD) in SE (p < .01). Decreases in SE (B = 3.42; p < .001; 95% CI [2.55, 4.30]) and CE (B = 0.45; p < .001; 95% CI [0.36, 0.54]) in all participants at 6 months were associated with greater weight loss at 18 months.ConclusionsThose with greater compulsive eating may reduce risk for metabolic decline by participating in a mindfulness-based weight loss program. Future obesity interventions should consider tailoring treatment toward trait-level characteristics, such as compulsive eating. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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25. Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages With Employee Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Health
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Epel, Elissa S, Hartman, Alison, Jacobs, Laurie M, Leung, Cindy, Cohn, Michael A, Jensen, Leeane, Ishkanian, Laura, Wojcicki, Janet, Mason, Ashley E, Lustig, Robert H, Stanhope, Kimber L, and Schmidt, Laura A
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Clinical Research ,Prevention ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote wellbeing ,Prevention of disease and conditions ,and promotion of well-being ,Cancer ,Cardiovascular ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Aged ,Beverages ,Commerce ,Dietary Sucrose ,Energy Intake ,Female ,Health Promotion ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Motivation ,Retrospective Studies ,Sugar-Sweetened Beverages ,Sweetening Agents ,United States ,Workplace ,Young Adult ,Clinical Sciences ,Opthalmology and Optometry ,Public Health and Health Services ,Clinical sciences ,Health services and systems - Abstract
ImportanceReductions in sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) intake can improve health, but are difficult for individuals to achieve on their own.ObjectivesTo evaluate whether a workplace SSB sales ban was associated with SSB intake and cardiometabolic health among employees and whether a brief motivational intervention provides added benefits to the sales ban.Design, setting, and participantsThis before-after study and additional randomized trial conducted from July 28, 2015, to October 16, 2016, at a Northern California university and hospital assessed SSB intake, anthropometrics, and cardiometabolic biomarkers among 214 full-time English-speaking employees who were frequent SSB consumers (≥360 mL [≥12 fl oz] per day) before and 10 months after implementation of an SSB sales ban in a large workplace, with half the employees randomized to receive a brief motivational intervention targeting SSB reduction.InterventionsThe employer stopped selling SSBs in all workplace venues, and half the sample was randomized to receive a brief motivational intervention and the other half was a control group that did not receive the intervention. This intervention was modeled on standard brief motivational interventions for alcohol used in the workplace that promote health knowledge and goal setting.Main outcomes and measuresOutcomes included changes in SSB intake, Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), and measures of abdominal adiposity. The primary associations tested were the correlation between changes in SSB intake and changes in HOMA-IR.ResultsAmong the 214 study participants, 124 (57.9%) were women, with a mean (SD) age of 41.2 (11.0) years and a baseline mean (SD) body mass index of 29.4 (6.5). They reported a mean daily intake of 1050 mL (35 fl oz) of SSBs at baseline and 540 mL (18 fl oz) at follow-up-a 510-mL (17-fl oz) (48.6%) decrease (P
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26. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention on Cardiovascular Reactivity to Social-Evaluative Threat Among Adults with Obesity
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Daubenmier, Jennifer, Epel, Elissa S, Moran, Patricia J, Thompson, Jason, Mason, Ashley E, Acree, Michael, Goldman, Veronica, Kristeller, Jean, Hecht, Frederick M, and Mendes, Wendy B
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Obesity ,Clinical Research ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Minority Health ,Prevention ,Cardiovascular ,Aging ,Health Disparities ,Neurosciences ,Nutrition ,Mental Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Mind and Body ,Good Health and Well Being ,Mindfulness ,Trier Social Stress Test ,Cardiovascular reactivity ,Stress ,Randomized controlled trial ,Clinical Sciences ,Sociology ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
ObjectiveMindfulness-based interventions have been found to reduce psychological and physiological stress reactivity. In obesity, however, stress reactivity is complex, with studies showing both exaggerated and blunted physiological responses to stressors. A nuanced view of stress reactivity is the "challenge and threat" framework, which defines adaptive and maladaptive patterns of psychophysiological stress reactivity. We hypothesized that mindfulness training would facilitate increased challenge-related appraisals, emotions, and cardiovascular reactivity, including sympathetic nervous system activation paired with increased cardiac output (CO) and reduced total peripheral resistance (TPR) compared to a control group, which would exhibit an increased threat pattern of psychophysiological reactivity to repeated stressors.MethodsAdults (N=194) with obesity were randomized to a 5.5-month mindfulness-based weight loss intervention or an active control condition with identical diet-exercise guidelines. Participants were assessed at baseline and 4.5 months later using the Trier Social Stress Task. Electrocardiogram, impedance cardiography, and blood pressure were acquired at rest and during the speech and verbal arithmetic tasks to assess pre-ejection period (PEP), CO, and TPR reactivity.ResultsMindfulness participants showed significantly greater maintenance of challenge-related emotions and cardiovascular reactivity patterns (higher CO and lower TPR) from pre to post-intervention compared to control participants, but groups did not differ in PEP. Findings were independent of changes in body mass index.ConclusionsMindfulness training may increase the ability to maintain a positive outlook and mount adaptive cardiovascular responses to repeated stressors among persons with obesity though findings need to be replicated in other populations and using other forms of mindfulness interventions.
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27. Lipid findings from the Diabetes Education to Lower Insulin, Sugars, and Hunger (DELISH) Study
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Mason, Ashley E, Saslow, Laura R, Moran, Patricia J, Kim, Sarah, Abousleiman, Hiba, Richler, Robert, Schleicher, Samantha, Goldman, Veronica M, Hartman, Alison, Leung, Cindy, Hartogensis, Wendy, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Atherosclerosis ,Obesity ,Clinical Research ,Cardiovascular ,Nutrition ,Heart Disease ,Prevention ,Aging ,Diabetes ,Stroke ,Metabolic and endocrine ,LDL-C cholesterol ,LDL-P cholesterol ,Low-carbohydrate diet ,Physiology ,Human Movement and Sports Sciences ,Nutrition & Dietetics ,Nutrition and dietetics - Abstract
BackgroundA carbohydrate-restricted (CR) diet can improve glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). There are concerns, however, that the high dietary fat content of CR diets can increase low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), thus increasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Quantifying CVD risk associated with changes in LDL-C in the context of CR diets is complicated by the fact that LDL-C reflects heterogeneous lipids. For example, small LDL particle number (sLDL-P) is more closely associated with CVD risk than is total LDL-C, and CR diets tend to decrease the proportion of sLDL-C in LDL-C, which standard lipid measures do not indicate. Advanced lipoprotein assays, such as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) testing, can subfractionate lipoproteins by size and density and may better depict the effects of CR diets on CVD risk.MethodsAdults (N = 58) with T2DM (n = 37 women; baseline HbA1c ≥ 6.5%) completed a 6-month group-based CR diet intervention. We obtained a standard lipid panel, advanced lipoprotein assays (NMR testing), and two 24-h diet recalls at baseline and post-intervention (6 months). Participants also completed home-based blood ketone testing (a biological index of dietary adherence) during the final five weeks of the intervention.ResultsFrom baseline to post-intervention, participants had increased mean HDL-C, decreased triglycerides and triglyceride/HDL ratio, decreased mean sLDL-P, and increased LDL size, which reflect reductions in CVD risk (ps
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28. COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Long-Term Neutralizing Antibody Response
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Dutcher, Ethan G., primary, Epel, Elissa S., additional, Mason, Ashley E., additional, Hecht, Frederick M., additional, Robinson, James E., additional, Drury, Stacy S., additional, and Prather, Aric A., additional
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29. Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
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Mason, Ashley E., primary, Chowdhary, Anoushka, additional, Hartogensis, Wendy, additional, Siwik, Chelsea J., additional, Lupesko-Persky, Osnat, additional, Pandya, Leena S., additional, Roberts, Stefanie, additional, Anglo, Claudine, additional, Moran, Patricia J., additional, Nelson, J. Craig, additional, Lowry, Christopher A., additional, Patrick, Rhonda P., additional, Raison, Charles L., additional, and Hecht, Frederick M., additional
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30. Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status
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Mason, Ashley E, Jhaveri, Kinnari, Schleicher, Samantha, Almeida, Carlos, Hartman, Alison, Wackerly, Angela, Alba, Diana, Koliwad, Suneil K, Epel, Elissa S, and Aschbacher, Kirstin
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Biological Psychology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Psychology ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Neurosciences ,Clinical Research ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Stroke ,Adult ,Attentional Bias ,Body Mass Index ,Cognition ,Female ,Glucose ,Humans ,Male ,Memory ,Short-Term ,Middle Aged ,Neuropsychological Tests ,Food cues ,Cognitive performance ,Eating behavior ,Oral glucose tolerance task ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology ,Biological sciences ,Biomedical and clinical sciences - Abstract
In general, glucose consumption improves cognitive performance; however, it is unknown whether glucose specifically alters attentional food bias, and how this process may vary by BMI status. We hypothesized that glucose consumption would increase attentional food bias among individuals of obese BMI status more so than among individuals of lean BMI status. Participants (N = 35) completed the n-back, a working memory task modified to assess attentional food bias (ATT-Food), under fasting and glucose challenge conditions. We computed pre-post changes in ATT-Food, blood glucose and insulin (∆BG & ∆BI), and perceived task-stress (∆stress). After the second cognitive test and blood draw, participants ate lunch and completed a "taste test" of highly palatable foods, and we recorded food consumption. Pre-post changes in ATT-Food were greater among participants of obese (relative to lean) BMI status (F(1,33) = 5.108, p = .031). Greater ∆ATT-Food was significantly associated with greater ∆BG (r = .462, p = .007) and reduced ∆stress (r =-.422, p = .011), and marginally associated with greater taste-test eating (r =.325, p = .057), but was not associated with ∆BI. Our findings suggest that individuals of obese BMI status may exhibit "sweet cognition," as indexed by greater attentional food bias following glucose ingestion, relative to individuals of lean BMI status. Among individuals of obese BMI status, sweet cognition may arise from difficulty broadening attention toward non-food cues after consuming a high glucose load, thereby potentially perpetuating sugar consumption. If confirmed by further research, measures of sweet cognition may help identify individuals with a phenotype of risk for obesity and greater sugar consumption, who may benefit from tailored interventions.
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31. Stress resilience: Narrative identity may buffer the longitudinal effects of chronic caregiving stress on mental health and telomere shortening
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Mason, Ashley E, Adler, Jonathan M, Puterman, Eli, Lakmazaheri, Ava, Brucker, Matthew, Aschbacher, Kirstin, and Epel, Elissa S
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Biological Psychology ,Psychology ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Research ,Mental Health ,Mind and Body ,Neurosciences ,Depression ,Mental health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Caregivers ,Cellular Senescence ,Female ,Humans ,Leukocytes ,Mothers ,Narration ,Narrative Therapy ,Parenting ,Prospective Studies ,Reproducibility of Results ,Resilience ,Psychological ,Stress ,Physiological ,Stress ,Psychological ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Telomere ,Telomere Shortening ,Narrative identity ,Leukocyte telomere length ,Stress resilience ,Cellular aging ,Parenting stress ,Immunology ,Neurology & Neurosurgery ,Biological psychology - Abstract
BackgroundChronic caregiving stress may accelerate biological aging; however, the ability to integrate the meaning of caregiving through self-awareness, adaptation, and growth can buffer the negative effects of stress. Narrative researchers have shown that people who coherently integrate difficult experiences into their life story tend to have better mental health, but no prior study has examined the prospective association between narrative identity and biological indicators, such as telomere length. We tested whether narrative identity might be prospectively associated with resilience to long-term parenting stress, depressive symptoms, and protection from telomere shortening, especially among caregivers.MethodsWe conducted a semi-structured interview about parenting and quantified narrative themes by applying well-validated, standardized coding systems with high inter-rater reliability among 88 mothers: 32 "caregivers" (mothers with a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder), and 56 "controls" (mothers with a neurotypical child). To assess longitudinal changes, we measured mental health (parenting stress [PS], depressive symptoms [DS]) and leukocyte telomere length [LTL], a biomarker of aging, at baseline and again 18 months later. We examined whether narrative identity themes were related to these outcomes and whether associations differed across caregivers versus controls.ResultsCaregivers exhibited significantly higher basal levels of PS and DS relative to controls (all p's .05). Caregivers rated higher in the narrative theme of integration showed healthier future 18-month trajectories in PS (B = -0.832, 99% CI: [-1.315, -0.155], p .05), adjusting for age and antidepressant use. Analyses examining affective themes in caregiver narratives did not demonstrate significant associations. Narrative themes did not predict outcomes in controls.ConclusionsThe data suggest that narratives reflecting coherent integration, but not necessarily affect, prospectively relate to psychological and biological stress resilience. Maternal caregivers' ability to tell an integrated story of their parenting experiences forecasts lower parenting stress and telomere shortening over time. This study suggests the possibility that helping individuals better integrate the meaning of stressful experiences, but not necessarily to affectively redeem them, may constitute a potential novel target for intervention among chronically stressed populations such as caregivers.
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32. Rapid Assessment of Reward‐Related Eating: The RED‐X5
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Vainik, Uku, Han, Jung Eun, Epel, Elissa S, Tomiyama, A Janet, Dagher, Alain, and Mason, Ashley E
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Clinical Research ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,Adult ,Eating ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Psychometrics ,Reward ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Endocrinology & Metabolism - Abstract
ObjectiveThe prevalence of obesity has created a plethora of questionnaires characterizing psychological aspects of eating behavior, such as reward-related eating (RRE). The Reward-based Eating Drive questionnaires (RED-9, RED-13) broadly and deeply assess the RRE construct. However, large-sample research designs require shorter questionnaires that capture RRE quickly and precisely. This study sought to develop a brief, reliable, and valid version of the RED questionnaire.MethodsAll-subset correlation was used to find a subset that maximally associated with the full RED-13 in two separate samples. Results were validated in a third independent sample. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and ability to explain variance in external outcomes were also assessed.ResultsA five-item questionnaire (RED-X5) correlated strongly with RED-13 in the independent sample (r = 0.95). RED-X5 demonstrated high internal consistency (omega total ≥ 0.80) and 6-month test-retest reliability (r = 0.72). RED-X5 accurately reproduced known associations between RED-13 and BMI, diabetes status, and craving for sweet and savory foods. As a novel finding, RED questionnaires predicted laboratory intake of chips.ConclusionsRED-X5 is a short, reliable, and valid measure of the RRE construct and can be readily implemented in large-sample research designs in which questionnaire space is limited.
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33. Correction: Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health
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Radin, Rachel M, Mason, Ashley E, Laudenslager, Mark L, and Epel, Elissa S
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Reproductive Medicine ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Health Sciences ,Good Health and Well Being ,General Science & Technology - Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216541.].
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34. Correction to: Lipid findings from the Diabetes Education to Lower Insulin, Sugars, and Hunger (DELISH) Study.
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Mason, Ashley E, Saslow, Laura R, Moran, Patricia J, Kim, Sarah, Wali, Priyanka K, Abousleiman, Hiba, Richler, Robert, Schleicher, Samantha, Goldman, Veronica M, Hartman, Alison, Leung, Cindy, Hartogensis, Wendy, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Metabolic and endocrine ,Quality Education ,Physiology ,Human Movement and Sports Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Nutrition & Dietetics - Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s12986-019-0383-2.].
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35. Maternal caregivers have confluence of altered cortisol, high reward-driven eating, and worse metabolic health.
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Radin, Rachel M, Mason, Ashley E, Laudenslager, Mark L, and Epel, Elissa S
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Hair ,Humans ,Hydrocortisone ,Body Mass Index ,Case-Control Studies ,Prospective Studies ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Mothers ,Premenopause ,Adult ,Middle Aged ,Caregivers ,Female ,Male ,Abdominal Fat ,Young Adult ,Autism Spectrum Disorder ,General Science & Technology - Abstract
Animal models have shown that chronic stress increases cortisol, which contributes to overeating of highly palatable food, increased abdominal fat and lower cortisol reactivity. Few studies in humans have simultaneously examined these trajectories. We examined premenopausal women, either mothers of children with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (n = 92) or mothers of neurotypical children (n = 91). At baseline and 2-years, we assessed hair cortisol, metabolic health, and reward-based eating. We compared groups cross-sectionally and prospectively, accounting for BMI change. Caregivers, relative to controls, had lower cumulative hair cortisol at each time point, with no decreases over time. Caregivers also had stable levels of poor metabolic functioning and greater reward-based eating across both time points, and evidenced increased abdominal fat prospectively (all ps ≤.05), independent of change in BMI. This pattern of findings suggest that individuals under chronic stress, such as caregivers, would benefit from tailored interventions focusing on better regulation of stress and eating in tandem to prevent early onset of metabolic disease, regardless of weight status.
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36. Author Correction: Feasibility of continuous fever monitoring using wearable devices
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Smarr, Benjamin L., Aschbacher, Kirstin, Fisher, Sarah M., Chowdhary, Anoushka, Dilchert, Stephan, Puldon, Karena, Rao, Adam, Hecht, Frederick M., and Mason, Ashley E.
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37. Impact of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation on Consumer Sleep Technology Metrics and Patient Symptoms.
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Cai, Yi, Zheng, Yixuan James, Cheng, Chloe M., Strohl, Kingman P., Mason, Ashley E., and Chang, Jolie L.
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Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is usually assessed at discrete and infrequent timepoints. Wearable consumer sleep technologies (CST) may allow for more granular and longitudinal assessments of OSA therapy responses and OSA‐related symptoms. Methods: In this case series, we enrolled hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HGNS) patients who had an effective treatment response for an 8‐week study using a wearable CST. Participants started with "HGNS‐on," were randomized to turn off HGNS therapy during either week 4 or 5 ("HGNS‐off"), followed by a return to therapy, "HGNS‐resume." Participants completed validated symptom questionnaires assessing sleepiness, insomnia symptoms, functional status, and overall sleep health (Satisfaction, Alertness, Timing, Efficiency, and Duration, SATED) each week. CST metrics and survey scores were compared between HGNS treatment phases. Associations between CST metrics and survey scores were assessed. Results: Seven participants with a total of 304 nights of CST data showed no statistically significant changes in total sleep time (TST), wake time after sleep onset, or sleep efficiency (SE) across the study periods. During HGNS‐off, survey scores indicated significantly worsened OSA‐related symptom scores. Two participants had significantly higher heart rate variability (HRV) during HGNS‐off (by 3.3 and 6.3 ms) when compared to HGNS active therapy periods. Amongst CST metrics, SATED scores correlated with TST (r = 0.434, p < 0.0001), HRV (r = −0.486, p < 0.0001), and SE (r = 0.320, = 0.0014). In addition, FOSQ‐10 scores correlated with average HR during sleep (r = −0.489, p < 0.001). Conclusion: A 1‐week HGNS therapy withdrawal period impacted OSA‐related sleep symptoms. Sleep‐related metrics measured by a wearable CST correlated with symptom scores indicating potential value in the use of CSTs for longitudinal sleep‐tracking in OSA patients. Level of Evidence: 4 Laryngoscope, 134:3406–3411, 2024 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Weight Loss Maintenance and Cellular Aging in the Supporting Health Through Nutrition and Exercise Study
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Mason, Ashley E, Hecht, Frederick M, Daubenmier, Jennifer J, Sbarra, David A, Lin, Jue, Moran, Patricia J, Schleicher, Samantha G, Acree, Michael, Prather, Aric A, and Epel, Elissa S
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39. Comfort Eating and All-Cause Mortality in the US Health and Retirement Study
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Cummings, Jenna R, Mason, Ashley E, Puterman, Eli, and Tomiyama, A Janet
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Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Aging ,Nutrition ,Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Obesity ,Aetiology ,2.3 Psychological ,social and economic factors ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Generic health relevance ,Good Health and Well Being ,Aged ,Aged ,80 and over ,Body Mass Index ,Eating ,Exercise ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Humans ,Longitudinal Studies ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Mortality ,Retirement ,Body mass index ,High-fat/sugar food ,Older adults ,Stress ,Public Health and Health Services ,Psychology ,Curriculum and pedagogy ,Public health ,Biological psychology - Abstract
PurposeComfort eating is a prevalent behavior. Prior research shows that comfort eating is associated with reduced stress responses and increased metabolic risk across adolescence, young adulthood, and middle adulthood. The purpose of the current research was to test if comfort eating prospectively predicted all-cause mortality in older adulthood.MethodThe US Health and Retirement Study is an ongoing, nationally representative, longitudinal study of older adults. The final sample for the present study (N = 1445) included participants randomly selected to report how often they comfort ate. Comfort eating data were collected in 2008 and all-cause mortality data were collected in 2014. Participants also reported how often they consumed high-fat/sugar food as well as their height and weight in 2008.ResultsFor each 1-unit increase in comfort eating, the expected odds of all-cause mortality (n = 255 deceased) decreased by 14%, OR = 0.86, p = 0.048, 95% CI [0.74, 0.99]. This analysis statistically accounted for other predictors of mortality in the sample including age, biological sex, race, highest educational degree attained, moderate and vigorous exercise, smoking, and cumulative illness. High-fat/sugar intake did not mediate (or diminish) the association but body mass index did.ConclusionComfort eating-irrespective of consuming high-fat/sugar food-may be associated with reduced mortality in older adults because it may promote greater body mass, and greater body mass is associated with lower risk of mortality in nationally representative samples. Interventionists might consider both beneficial and detrimental aspects of comfort eating across the lifespan.
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40. Chronic Stress and Impulsive Risk-Taking Predict Increases in Visceral Fat over 18 Months
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Mason, Ashley E, Schleicher, Samantha, Coccia, Michael, Epel, Elissa S, and Aschbacher, Kirstin
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41. Testing a mobile mindful eating intervention targeting craving-related eating: feasibility and proof of concept
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Mason, Ashley E, Jhaveri, Kinnari, Cohn, Michael, and Brewer, Judson A
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Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Nutrition ,Clinical Research ,Mental Illness ,Mental Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Obesity ,Eating Disorders ,Brain Disorders ,Cancer ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Stroke ,Adult ,Behavior Therapy ,Craving ,Eating ,Ecological Momentary Assessment ,Feasibility Studies ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Mindfulness ,Overweight ,Smartphone ,Smartphone intervention ,Food craving ,Emotional eating ,Weight loss ,Mindful eating ,Stress ,Reward ,Reinforcement ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Clinical Psychology ,Public health ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
Theoretically driven smartphone-delivered behavioral interventions that target mechanisms underlying eating behavior are lacking. In this study, we administered a 28-day self-paced smartphone-delivered intervention rooted in an operant conditioning theoretical framework that targets craving-related eating using mindful eating practices. At pre-intervention and 1-month post-intervention, we assessed food cravings among adult overweight or obese women (N = 104; M age = 46.2 ± 14.1 years; M BMI = 31.5 ± 4.5) using ecological momentary assessment via text message (SMS), self-reported eating behavior (e.g., trait food craving), and in-person weight. Seventy-eight participants (75.0%) completed the intervention within 7 months ('all completers'), and of these, 64 completed the intervention within 3 months ('timely completers'). Participants experienced significant reductions in craving-related eating (40.21% reduction; p
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42. Twelve-month outcomes of a randomized trial of a moderate-carbohydrate versus very low-carbohydrate diet in overweight adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus or prediabetes.
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Saslow, Laura R, Daubenmier, Jennifer J, Moskowitz, Judith T, Kim, Sarah, Murphy, Elizabeth J, Phinney, Stephen D, Ploutz-Snyder, Robert, Goldman, Veronica, Cox, Rachel M, Mason, Ashley E, Moran, Patricia, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Humans ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Type 2 ,Prediabetic State ,Obesity ,Weight Loss ,Cholesterol ,Dietary Carbohydrates ,Blood Glucose ,Treatment Outcome ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Middle Aged ,Female ,Male ,Diet ,Carbohydrate-Restricted ,Young Adult ,Glycated Hemoglobin A ,Diet ,Ketogenic ,Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Anthropology - Abstract
Dietary treatment is important in management of type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, but uncertainty exists about the optimal diet. We randomized adults (n = 34) with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) > 6.0% and elevated body weight (BMI > 25) to a very low-carbohydrate ketogenic (LCK) diet (n = 16) or a moderate-carbohydrate, calorie-restricted, low-fat (MCCR) diet (n = 18). All participants were encouraged to be physically active, get sufficient sleep, and practice behavioral adherence strategies based on positive affect and mindful eating. At 12 months, participants in the LCK group had greater reductions in HbA1c levels (estimated marginal mean (EMM) at baseline = 6.6%, at 12 mos = 6.1%) than participants in MCCR group (EMM at baseline = 6.9%, at 12 mos = 6.7%), p = .007. Participants in the LCK group lost more weight (EMM at baseline = 99.9 kg, at 12 mos = 92.0 kg) than participants in the MCCR group (EMM at baseline = 97.5 kg, at 12 mos = 95.8 kg), p
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43. Utilizing Wearable Device Data for Syndromic Surveillance: A Fever Detection Approach
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Kasl, Patrick, primary, Keeler Bruce, Lauryn, additional, Hartogensis, Wendy, additional, Dasgupta, Subhasis, additional, Pandya, Leena S., additional, Dilchert, Stephan, additional, Hecht, Frederick M., additional, Gupta, Amarnath, additional, Altintas, Ilkay, additional, Mason, Ashley E., additional, and Smarr, Benjamin L., additional
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44. Improving Assessment of the Spectrum of Reward-Related Eating: The RED-13
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Mason, Ashley E, Vainik, Uku, Acree, Michael, Tomiyama, A Janet, Dagher, Alain, Epel, Elissa S, and Hecht, Frederick M
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Biological Psychology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Psychology ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Research ,Nutrition ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Prevention ,Obesity ,Eating Disorders ,Metabolic and endocrine ,reward-related eating ,obesity ,assessment ,eating behavior ,uncontrolled eating ,reward-driven eating ,item response theory ,Cognitive Sciences ,Biomedical and clinical sciences - Abstract
A diversity of scales capture facets of reward-related eating (RRE). These scales assess food cravings, uncontrolled eating, addictive behavior, restrained eating, binge eating, and other eating behaviors. However, these scales differ in terms of the severity of RRE they capture. We sought to incorporate the items from existing scales to broaden the 9-item Reward-based Eating Drive scale (RED-9; Epel et al., 2014), which assesses three dimensions of RRE (lack of satiety, preoccupation with food, and lack of control over eating), in order to more comprehensively assess the entire spectrum of RRE. In a series of 4 studies, we used Item Response Theory models to consider candidate items to broaden the RED-9. Studies 1 and 2 evaluated the abilities of additional items from existing scales to increase the RED-9's coverage across the spectrum of RRE. Study 3 evaluated candidate items identified in Studies 1 and 2 in a new sample to assess the extent to which they accounted for more variance in areas less well-covered by the RED-9. Study 4 tested the ability of the RED-13 to provide consistent coverage across the range of the RRE spectrum. The resultant RED-13 accounted for greater variability than the RED-9 by reducing gaps in coverage of RRE in middle-to-low ranges. Like the RED-9, the RED-13 was positively correlated with BMI. The RED-13 was also positively related to a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes as well as cravings for sweet and savory foods. In summary, the RED-13 is a brief self-report measure that broadly captures the spectrum of RRE and may be a useful tool for identifying individuals at risk for overweight or obesity.
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45. Information theory reveals physiological manifestations of COVID-19 that correlate with symptom density of illness.
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Ryan, Jacob M., Navaneethan, Shreenithi, Damaso, Natalie, Dilchert, Stephan, Hartogensis, Wendy, Natale, Joseph L., Hecht, Frederick M., Mason, Ashley E., and Smarr, Benjamin L.
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Algorithms for the detection of COVID-19 illness from wearable sensor devices tend to implicitly treat the disease as causing a stereotyped (and therefore recognizable) deviation from healthy physiology. In contrast, a substantial diversity of bodily responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported in the clinical milieu. This raises the question of how to characterize the diversity of illness manifestations, and whether such characterization could reveal meaningful relationships across different illness manifestations. Here, we present a framework motivated by information theory to generate quantified maps of illness presentation, which we term "manifestations," as resolved by continuous physiological data from a wearable device (Oura Ring). We test this framework on five physiological data streams (heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, metabolic activity, and sleep temperature) assessed at the time of reported illness onset in a previously reported COVID-19-positive cohort (N = 73). We find that the number of distinct manifestations are few in this cohort, compared to the space of all possible manifestations. In addition, manifestation frequency correlates with the rough number of symptoms reported by a given individual, over a several-day period prior to their imputed onset of illness. These findings suggest that information-theoretic approaches can be used to sort COVID-19 illness manifestations into types with real-world value. This proof of concept supports the use of information-theoretic approaches to map illness manifestations from continuous physiological data. Such approaches could likely inform algorithm design and real-time treatment decisions if developed on large, diverse samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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46. Reduced reward-driven eating accounts for the impact of a mindfulness-based diet and exercise intervention on weight loss: Data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial.
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Mason, Ashley E, Epel, Elissa S, Aschbacher, Kirstin, Lustig, Robert H, Acree, Michael, Kristeller, Jean, Cohn, Michael, Dallman, Mary, Moran, Patricia J, Bacchetti, Peter, Laraia, Barbara, Hecht, Frederick M, and Daubenmier, Jennifer
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Humans ,Obesity ,Obesity ,Morbid ,Weight Loss ,Hyperphagia ,Body Mass Index ,Combined Modality Therapy ,Exercise ,Diet ,Reducing ,Feeding Behavior ,Stress ,Psychological ,Patient Compliance ,Group Processes ,Reward ,Appetite Regulation ,Adult ,Middle Aged ,San Francisco ,Female ,Male ,Patient Education as Topic ,Mindfulness ,Behavioral intervention ,Mindful eating ,Reward-driven eating ,Weight loss ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Nutrition ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Prevention ,Mental Health ,Brain Disorders ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Research ,2.3 Psychological ,social and economic factors ,Cardiovascular ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Stroke ,Cancer ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Nutrition & Dietetics - Abstract
Many individuals with obesity report over eating despite intentions to maintain or lose weight. Two barriers to long-term weight loss are reward-driven eating, which is characterized by a lack of control over eating, a preoccupation with food, and a lack of satiety; and psychological stress. Mindfulness training may address these barriers by promoting awareness of hunger and satiety cues, self-regulatory control, and stress reduction. We examined these two barriers as potential mediators of weight loss in the Supporting Health by Integrating Nutrition and Exercise (SHINE) randomized controlled trial, which compared the effects of a 5.5-month diet and exercise intervention with or without mindfulness training on weight loss among adults with obesity. Intention-to-treat multiple mediation models tested whether post-intervention reward-driven eating and psychological stress mediated the impact of intervention arm on weight loss at 12- and 18-months post-baseline among 194 adults with obesity (BMI: 30-45). Mindfulness (relative to control) participants had significant reductions in reward-driven eating at 6 months (post-intervention), which, in turn, predicted weight loss at 12 months. Post-intervention reward-driven eating mediated 47.1% of the total intervention arm effect on weight loss at 12 months [β = -0.06, SE(β) = 0.03, p = .030, 95% CI (-0.12, -0.01)]. This mediated effect was reduced when predicting weight loss at 18 months (p = .396), accounting for 23.0% of the total intervention effect, despite similar weight loss at 12 months. Psychological stress did not mediate the effect of intervention arm on weight loss at 12 or 18 months. In conclusion, reducing reward-driven eating, which can be achieved using a diet and exercise intervention that includes mindfulness training, may promote weight loss (clinicaltrials.gov registration: NCT00960414).
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47. Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on mindful eating, sweets consumption, and fasting glucose levels in obese adults: data from the SHINE randomized controlled trial
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Mason, Ashley E, Epel, Elissa S, Kristeller, Jean, Moran, Patricia J, Dallman, Mary, Lustig, Robert H, Acree, Michael, Bacchetti, Peter, Laraia, Barbara A, Hecht, Frederick M, and Daubenmier, Jennifer
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Psychology ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Nutrition ,Mental Health ,Prevention ,Obesity ,Clinical Research ,Mind and Body ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adult ,Awareness ,Blood Glucose ,Dietary Carbohydrates ,Eating ,Exercise ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Follow-Up Studies ,Food Preferences ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Mindfulness ,Mindful eating ,Fasting glucose ,Sweet foods ,Obese adults ,Mindfulness intervention ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Clinical Psychology ,Public health ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
We evaluated changes in mindful eating as a potential mechanism underlying the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention for weight loss on eating of sweet foods and fasting glucose levels. We randomized 194 obese individuals (M age = 47.0 ± 12.7 years; BMI = 35.5 ± 3.6; 78% women) to a 5.5-month diet-exercise program with or without mindfulness training. The mindfulness group, relative to the active control group, evidenced increases in mindful eating and maintenance of fasting glucose from baseline to 12-month assessment. Increases in mindful eating were associated with decreased eating of sweets and fasting glucose levels among mindfulness group participants, but this association was not statistically significant among active control group participants. Twelve-month increases in mindful eating partially mediated the effect of intervention arm on changes in fasting glucose levels from baseline to 12-month assessment. Increases in mindful eating may contribute to the effects of mindfulness-based weight loss interventions on eating of sweets and fasting glucose levels.
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48. Putting the brakes on the “drive to eat”: Pilot effects of naltrexone and reward-based eating on food cravings among obese women
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Mason, Ashley E, Laraia, Barbara, Daubenmier, Jennifer, Hecht, Frederick M, Lustig, Robert H, Puterman, Eli, Adler, Nancy, Dallman, Mary, Kiernan, Michaela, Gearhardt, Ashley N, and Epel, Elissa S
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Biological Psychology ,Psychology ,Clinical Research ,Eating Disorders ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Obesity ,Mental Health ,Mental Illness ,Basic Behavioral and Social Science ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Brain Disorders ,Nutrition ,Neurosciences ,6.1 Pharmaceuticals ,Cancer ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Craving ,Eating ,Female ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Naltrexone ,Narcotic Antagonists ,Pilot Projects ,Reward ,Treatment Outcome ,Young Adult ,Craving intensity ,Reward-Based Eating Drive ,Opioidergic blockade ,Other Studies in Human Society ,Clinical Psychology ,Applied and developmental psychology ,Clinical and health psychology ,Social and personality psychology - Abstract
PurposeObese individuals vary in their experience of food cravings and tendency to engage in reward-driven eating, both of which can be modulated by the neural reward system rather than physiological hunger. We examined two predictions in a sample of obese women: (1) whether opioidergic blockade reduced food-craving intensity, and (2) whether opioidergic blockade reduced an association between food-craving intensity and reward-driven eating, which is a trait-like index of three factors (lack of control over eating, lack of satiation, preoccupation with food).MethodsForty-four obese, pre-menopausal women completed the Reward-Based Eating Drive (RED) scale at study start and daily food-craving intensity on 5 days on which they ingested either a pill-placebo (2 days), a 25 mg naltrexone dose (1 day), or a standard 50mg naltrexone dose (2 days).ResultsCraving intensity was similar under naltrexone and placebo doses. The association between food-craving intensity and reward-driven eating significantly differed between placebo and 50mg naltrexone doses. Reward-driven eating and craving intensity were significantly positively associated under both placebo doses. As predicted, opioidergic blockade (for both doses 25mg and 50mg naltrexone) reduced the positive association between reward-driven eating and craving intensity to non-significance.ConclusionsOpioidergic blockade did not reduce craving intensity; however, blockade reduced an association between trait-like reward-driven eating and daily food-craving intensity, and may help identify an important endophenotype within obesity.
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49. Acute responses to opioidergic blockade as a biomarker of hedonic eating among obese women enrolled in a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention trial
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Mason, Ashley E, Lustig, Robert H, Brown, Rashida R, Acree, Michael, Bacchetti, Peter, Moran, Patricia J, Dallman, Mary, Laraia, Barbara, Adler, Nancy, Hecht, Frederick M, Daubenmier, Jennifer, and Epel, Elissa S
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Biological Psychology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Psychology ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Health Disparities ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Prevention ,Mind and Body ,Nutrition ,Obesity ,Substance Misuse ,Clinical Research ,Neurosciences ,Minority Health ,Brain Disorders ,Complementary and Integrative Health ,Women's Health ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adult ,Behavior ,Addictive ,Binge-Eating Disorder ,Body Mass Index ,Body Weight ,Bulimia ,Eating ,Emotions ,Female ,Humans ,Hydrocortisone ,Middle Aged ,Mindfulness ,Motivation ,Naltrexone ,Narcotic Antagonists ,Nausea ,Opioid Peptides ,Receptors ,Opioid ,Reward ,Stress ,Psychological ,Weight Reduction Programs ,Hedonic eating ,Mindfulness intervention ,Cortisol ,Nutrition & Dietetics - Abstract
There are currently no commonly used or easily accessible 'biomarkers' of hedonic eating. Physiologic responses to acute opioidergic blockade, indexed by cortisol changes and nausea, may represent indirect functional measures of opioid-mediated hedonic eating drive and predict weight loss following a mindfulness-based intervention for stress eating. In the current study, we tested whether cortisol and nausea responses induced by oral ingestion of an opioidergic antagonist (naltrexone) correlated with weight and self-report measures of hedonic eating and predicted changes in these measures following a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention. Obese women (N = 88; age = 46.7 ± 13.2 years; BMI = 35.8 ± 3.8) elected to complete an optional sub-study prior to a 5.5-month weight loss intervention with or without mindfulness training. On two separate days, participants ingested naltrexone and placebo pills, collected saliva samples, and reported nausea levels. Supporting previous findings, naltrexone-induced cortisol increases were associated with greater hedonic eating (greater food addiction symptoms and reward-driven eating) and less mindful eating. Among participants with larger cortisol increases (+1 SD above mean), mindfulness participants (relative to control participants) reported greater reductions in food addiction symptoms, b = -0.95, SE(b) = 0.40, 95% CI [-1.74, -0.15], p = .021. Naltrexone-induced nausea was marginally associated with reward-based eating. Among participants who endorsed naltrexone-induced nausea (n = 38), mindfulness participants (relative to control participants) reported greater reductions in food addiction symptoms, b = -1.00, 95% CI [-1.85, -0.77], p = .024, and trended toward reduced reward-based eating, binge eating, and weight, post-intervention. Single assessments of naltrexone-induced cortisol increases and nausea responses may be useful time- and cost-effective biological markers to identify obese individuals with greater opioid-mediated hedonic eating drive who may benefit from weight loss interventions with adjuvant mindfulness training that targets hedonic eating.
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50. Excessive Sugar Consumption May Be a Difficult Habit to Break: A View From the Brain and Body
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Tryon, Matthew S, Stanhope, Kimber L, Epel, Elissa S, Mason, Ashley E, Brown, Rashida, Medici, Valentina, Havel, Peter J, and Laugero, Kevin D
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,Obesity ,Nutrition ,Neurosciences ,Clinical Research ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Prevention ,Mental health ,Oral and gastrointestinal ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Stroke ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Beverages ,Brain ,Dietary Carbohydrates ,Energy Intake ,Feeding Behavior ,Female ,Humans ,Hydrocortisone ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Stress ,Psychological ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Sweetening Agents ,Weight Gain ,Young Adult ,Clinical Sciences ,Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine ,Endocrinology & Metabolism ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
ContextSugar overconsumption and chronic stress are growing health concerns because they both may increase the risk for obesity and its related diseases. Rodent studies suggest that sugar consumption may activate a glucocorticoid-metabolic-brain-negative feedback pathway, which may turn off the stress response and thereby reinforce habitual sugar overconsumption.ObjectiveThe objective of the study was to test our hypothesized glucocorticoid-metabolic-brain model in women consuming beverages sweetened with either aspartame of sucrose.DesignThis was a parallel-arm, double-masked diet intervention study.SettingThe study was conducted at the University of California, Davis, Clinical and Translational Science Center's Clinical Research Center and the University of California, Davis, Medical Center Imaging Research Center.ParticipantsNineteen women (age range 18-40 y) with a body mass index (range 20-34 kg/m(2)) who were a subgroup from a National Institutes of Health-funded investigation of 188 participants assigned to eight experimental groups.InterventionThe intervention consisted of sucrose- or aspartame-sweetened beverage consumption three times per day for 2 weeks.Main outcome measuresSalivary cortisol and regional brain responses to the Montreal Imaging Stress Task were measured.ResultsCompared with aspartame, sucrose consumption was associated with significantly higher activity in the left hippocampus (P = .001). Sucrose, but not aspartame, consumption associated with reduced (P = .024) stress-induced cortisol. The sucrose group also had a lower reactivity to naltrexone, significantly (P = .041) lower nausea, and a trend (P = .080) toward lower cortisol.ConclusionThese experimental findings support a metabolic-brain-negative feedback pathway that is affected by sugar and may make some people under stress more hooked on sugar and possibly more vulnerable to obesity and its related conditions.
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