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Allison A Holgerson, PhD, ABPP

Clinical Health Psychologist

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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Feeding and Eating Disorders , 4 publications
  • Bariatric Surgery , 3 publications
  • Weight Loss , 3 publications
  • Feeding Behavior , 3 publications

Research activity

15 publications

171 citations

Why is this important?

Focus

Dr. Holgerson's research involvement can be categorized into three main areas: (1) psychological factors affecting bariatric surgery candidacy and outcomes, (2) eating patterns, and (3) clinical interventions for obesity prevention and treatment of binge eating disorder.

Dr. Holgerson has investigated psychological factors and the potential impact on bariatric surgery readiness and outcome, execution and evaluation of large clinical trials for childhood obesity prevention and treatment of binge eating disorder, weight stigma, the impact of cultural factors on attitudes surrounding eating and food, and the potential connections between stress, impulsivity, and weight

My publications

15 publications

2016

Culturally-Based Communication about Health, Eating, and Food: Development and validation of the CHEF scale.

Appetite

PubMed Publisher's site

2016

Development and preliminary effectiveness of an innovative treatment for binge eating in racially diverse adolescent girls.

Eating behaviors

PubMed Publisher's site

2016

Does this Tweet make me look fat? A content analysis of weight stigma on Twitter.

Eating and weight disorders : EWD

PubMed Publisher's site

2015

Young Adults’ Food Selection Patterns: Relations With Binge Eating and Restraint

Journal of College Student Development

Publisher's site

2014

Adolescent Girls and Their Mothers Talk About Experiences of Binge and Loss of Control Eating.

Journal of child and family studies

PubMed