control of their weight and their lives
Research
We are currently conducting research on a number of topics, including long-term outcome of weight loss treatment, psychological profile of the bariatric surgery patient, effects of weight loss on psychological well-being, pharmacological treatment of obesity, fitness and nutritional evaluation of the morbidly obese and the development of a self-regulatory model of weight management and obesity.
Some of our recent publications...
Christou, N.V., Sampalis, J.S., Liberman, M., Look, D., Auger, S.., McLean, A.P.H., MacLean, L.D. (2004). Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients. Annals of Surgery, 240, 416 – 423.
Christou, N.V. (2005). The effect of bariatric surgery on mortality, morbidity, and health care costs. Surgery for Obesity and Related Disorders, 1, 39 – 41.
Christou, N.V., Look, D., & McLean, A.P. (2005). Pre- and post-prandial plasma ghrelin levels do not correlate with satiety or failure to achieve a successful outcome after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Obesity Surgery, 15, 1017-23.
Desilets, M.C., Garrel, D., Couillard, C., Tremblay, A., Despres, J.P., Bouchard, C., Delisle, H. (2006). Ethnic differences in body composition and other markers of cardiovascular disease risk: study in matched Haitian and White subjects from Quebec. Obesity, 14, 1019-27.
El Shobary, H., Christou, N., Backman, S.B., Gvocdic, B., Schricker, T. (2006). Effect of laparoscopic versus open gastric bypass surgery on postoperative pain and bowel function. Obesity Surgery, 16, 437-42.
Garrel, D.R. (2004). The effect of supplemental enteral glutamine on plasma levels, gut function, and outcome in severe burns. Journal of Parenteral Enteral Nutrition, 28(2), 123
Malita, F.M., Karelis, A.D., St-Pierre, D.H., Garrel, D., Bastard, J.P., Tardif, A., Prud'homme, D., Rabasa-Lhoret, R. (2006). Surrogate indexes vs. euglycaemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp as an indicator of insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese postmenopausal women. Diabetes & Metabolism, 32, 251-5.
Lopez, P., Ledoux, M., Garrel, D.R. (2000). Increased thermogenic response to food and fat oxidation in female athletes relationship with VO(2 max). American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 279(3), E601-7.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. (2003). Use of a web-based psychological assessment in obesity treatment: Association with treatment continuation vs. dropout. American Journal of Bariatric Medicine, 18, 11-14.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. (2004). Convergent validation of the Larocque Obesity Questionnaire and behavioral observations. Psychological Reports, 95, 1031-1042.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. (2005). Early treatment response as a predictor of ongoing weight loss in obesity treatment. British Journal of Health Psychology. 10, 601-614.
Stotland, S. C., Larocque, M., & Kronick, I. (2006). Self-regulation of weight: Basic processes and treatment implications. In A. T. Prescott (ed.), The concept of self in psychology. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.