South Florida Reporter: Dr. Sapna Batheja comments on the limitations of research in an article on the weight loss method of front-loading calories

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South Florida Reporter: Dr. Sapna Batheja comments on the limitations of research in an article on the weight loss method of front-loading calories eander6 Tue, 09/13/2022 - 11:59

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Sapna Batheja, PhD, RDN, LDN

Why Front-Loading Calories May Not Help You Lose Weight.

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Nutrition

Nutrition Faculty

Weight Control

Nutrition and Weight Management

CHHS in the Media

College of Health and Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Department of Nutrition and Food Studies

San Francisco Chronicle: Picks up the Washington Post story in which Dr. Larry Cheskin comments on gaining weight over the holidays.

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San Francisco Chronicle: Picks up the Washington Post story in which Dr. Larry Cheskin comments on gaining weight over the holidays. eander6 Tue, 12/14/2021 - 09:57

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Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD

A holiday gift that no one wants: More weight.

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College of Health and Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Department of Global and Community Health

Northern Virginia Magazine: Dr. Elisabeth de Jonge comments on a diet tailored to your circadian rhythms.

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Northern Virginia Magazine: Dr. Elisabeth de Jonge comments on a diet tailored to your circadian rhythms. eander6 Thu, 11/11/2021 - 13:54

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Lilian de Jonge, PhD

The Time You Eat at Could Make You Gain Weight, This Mason Professor Says.

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College of Health and Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Department of Nutrition and Food Studies

Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD

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Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD tguingab Wed, 01/09/2019 - 09:22

Professor, Nutrition and Food Studies

Contact Information

Email: lcheskin@gmu.edu

Phone: 703-993-6264
Building: Peterson Hall
Room 4114

CV

Download Lawrence J. Cheskin curriculum vitae (CV) here.

Personal Websites

ORCID

Biography

Dr. Cheskin is Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Principal Investigator of the Mason Cohort: Health Starts Here study, and an adjunct professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Dartmouth, and postdoctoral training at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

He has dedicated his career to research, education, and program building to enhance people’s diets and combat obesity. He founded the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, a multidisciplinary clinical research and treatment program. His work has impacted the problem of obesity through innovative treatment programs, and in community-based participatory research among the underserved in urban areas. He also developed mHealth tailored to the behavioral characteristics of the recipient to combat obesity.

He is the author of ~250 peer-reviewed journal articles and 8 books.

Publication

Has the prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity leveled off in the United States? Trends, patterns, disparities, and future projections for the obesity epidemic Y Wang, MA Beydoun, J Min, H Xue, LA Kaminsky, LJ Cheskin, International journal of epidemiology 49 (3), 810-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyz273
Association between obesity and kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis Y Wang, X Chen*, Y Song, B Caballero, LJ Cheskin, Kidney international 73 (1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ki.5002586
Body weight and health care among women in the general population KR Fontaine, MS Faith, DB Allison, LJ Cheskin, Archives of family medicine 7 (4), 381.
Weight change in the first 2 months of a lifestyle intervention predicts weight changes 8 years later, JL Unick, RH Neiberg, PE Hogan, LJ Cheskin, GR Dutton, R Jeffery, et al. Obesity 23 (7), 1353-6. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21112.
Effectiveness of mobile health interventions on diabetes and obesity treatment and management: systematic review of systematic reviews, Y Wang, J Min, J Khuri, H Xue, B Xie, LA Kaminsky, LJ Cheskin JMIR mHealth and uHealth 8 (4), e15400. doi: 10.2196/15400.
White paper AGA: POWER—practice guide on obesity and weight management, education, and resources A Acosta, S Streett, MD Kroh, LJ Cheskin, KH Saunders, M Kurian, Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology 15 (5), 631-649. e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2016.10.023.
A systematic review of childhood obesity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: prevalence and risk factors meta-analysis. NS Farrag, LJ Cheskin, MK Farag, Advances in pediatric research 4:8. doi: 10.12715/apr.2017.4.8.
Tailored, interactive text messages for enhancing weight loss among African American adults: the TRIMM randomized controlled trial, M Lin*, Z Mahmooth*, N Dedhia, R Frutchey, CE Mercado*, DH Epstein, The American journal of medicine 128 (8), 896-904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.013
Appearance vs health as motivators for weight loss. LJ Cheskin, LF Donze, JAMA 286 (17), 2160-2160. doi:10.1001/jama.286.17.2160-JMS1107-4-1.
Methods for evaluating natural experiments in obesity: a systematic review WL Bennett, RF Wilson, A Zhang, E Tseng, EA Knapp, H Kharrazi, Annals of internal medicine 168 (11), 791-800.https://doi.org/10.7326/M18-0309.

Research Interest:

Obesity
Nutrition
Behavior change
Exercise

Honors and Awards

Physician Nutrition Specialist Award, American Society for Clinical Nutrition, 2004-2006.
Listee, Who’s Who in America, 2010-date.
Top Doctors: U.S. News & World Report, 2012- date. http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors/lawrence-cheskin-gastroenterologist-103CC000307.
Top Doctors: Baltimore Magazine, 2018, 2022, 2023. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/about/awards/baltimore-top-doctors/general-medicine.html.

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

Fellow, American College of Physicians, (FACP)
Fellow, American College of Gastroenterology (FACG)
Fellow, The Obesity Society (FTOS);
Chair, Clinical Affairs Committee, 2011- 2013.
Graduate and Professional Education Committee, American Society for Nutrition, 2009 – 2012.

Degrees

MD, medicine, Dartmouth Medical School