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Donald A. Williamson
Researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Publications - 259
Citations - 17236
Donald A. Williamson is an academic researcher from Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Weight loss. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 253 publications receiving 15979 citations. Previous affiliations of Donald A. Williamson include Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center & Louisiana State University.
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Body image assessment for obesity (BIA-O) : development of a new procedure
Donald A. Williamson,LG Womble,Nancy Zucker,Deborah L. Reas,Marney A. White,DC Blouin,Frank L. Greenway +6 more
TL;DR: The reliability and validity of the BIA-O were supported and greater body size dissatisfaction in obese Caucasians, relative to African-Americans of the same size, may be a function of biased estimates of current body size.
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Psychosocial variables associated with binge eating in obese males and females.
Leslie G. Womble,Donald A. Williamson,Corby K. Martin,Nancy Zucker,Jean M. Thaw,Richard G. Netemeyer,Jennifer C. Lovejoy,Frank L. Greenway +7 more
TL;DR: Weight cycling, teasing about weight and shape, body dissatisfaction, negative affect, and dietary restraint comprised the best fitting models ( original and cross-validation) for binge eating in women and men.
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Categorical versus dimensional models of eating disorders: An examination of the evidence
TL;DR: Findings from a series of taxometric studies found that binge eating was identified as a factor that does not occur on a continuum with anorexia nervosa, restricting subtype, however.
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Duration of illness predicts outcome for bulimia nervosa: A long-term follow-up study
TL;DR: This finding suggests that early identification of bulimia nervosa may be a very important factor in preventing a chronic eating disorder.
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Digital photography: a new method for estimating food intake in cafeteria settings.
Donald A. Williamson,Helen Allen,P. Davis Martin,Anthony Alfonso,Bonnie Gerald,Alice E. Hunt +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that the digital photography method is an alternative to the traditional method of estimating food intake via direct observation, which yielded comparable estimates of food selections, plate waste, and total food intake for seven of nine comparisons.