We help people take back
control of their weight and their lives
control of their weight and their lives
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 and presentations...
Publications
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.
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.
Presentations
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. Predictors of initial vs. later weight loss: The role of eating habit change. Presented at the annual convention of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Quebec City, Quebec, October 2001.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. Health-related and psychological motives for weight loss: Relations to age, degree of obesity, and psychological variables. Presented at the annual convention of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Quebec City, Quebec, October 2001.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. Primary care patients’ preferences for very-low calorie vs. low- calorie diets. Presented at the 9th International Congress on Obesity, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2002.
Stotland, S., Cousset, F., Tranchant, T., & Larocque, M. Improvement in eating behaviour and emotional state predicts weight loss in obesity treatment. Presented at the 10th International Congress on Obesity, Sydney, Australia, September 2006.
Stotland, S. & Christou, N. The relation between pre-surgical weight gain and behavioural variables in gastric bypass patients. Presented at the annual scientific meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2006.
Stotland, S. & Christou, N. A two-dimensional model of weight control motivation in pre-surgical gastric bypass patients. Presented at the annual scientific meeting of NAASO, The Obesity Society, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2006.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. Changes over time in positive and negative dimensions of weight control motivation. Presented at the 11th International Congress on Obesity, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2010.
Stotland, S., & Larocque, M. A measure of behavioural, cognitive and emotional factors in adolescent obesity: The Behaviour-Nutrition Index. Presented at the 11th International Congress on Obesity, Stockholm, Sweden, July 2010.