Lab Publications

Lab Publications

Below is a selection of publications by members of the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Lab.  Click on the links to learn more about the studies.

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

  1. Santiago, V., A., Cassin, S. E., Wnuk, S., Du, C., Hawa, R., Parikh, S. V., & Sockalingam, S. (2021). “If you’re offered help, take it”: Bariatric patients’ experience of telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy. Clinical Obesity, 11(2), e12431.
  2. Cassin, S. E., & Sockalingam, S. (2021).  Advances and future directions in the clinical utility of food addiction.  Nutrients, 13, 708.
  3. Montemarano, V. & Cassin, S. E. (2021). The effect of a food addiction explanatory model of eating behaviours on weight-based stigma: An experimental investigation.  Eating Behaviours, 41, 101507.
  4. Atwood, M., Cassin, S. E., Rajaratnam, T., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2021). The Bariatric Interprofessional Psychosocial Assessment of Suitability Scale (BIPASS) predicts binge eating, quality of life, and weight regain following surgery.  Clinical Obesity, 11(1), e12421.
  5. Youssef, A., Cassin, S. E., Wnuk, S., Leung, S., Jackson, T., & Sockalingam, S. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on bariatric patients’ self-management post-surgery. Appetite, 162, 105166.
  6. Cassin, S. E., Leung, S. E., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Jackson, T., & Sockalingam, S.  (2020).  Food addiction is associated with binge eating and psychiatric distress among post-operative bariatric surgery patients and may improve in response to cognitive behavioural therapy.  Nutrients, 12, 2905.
  7. Sockalingam, S. Leung, S. E., & Cassin, S. E. (2020).  The impact of COVID-19 on bariatric surgery: Redefining psychosocial care.  Obesity, 28(6), 1010-1012.
  8. David, L. A., Sijercic, I., & Cassin, S. E. (2020).  Pre- and post-operative psychosocial interventions for bariatric surgery patients: A systematic review.  Obesity Reviews, 21(4), e12926.
  9. Cassin, S. E., Sijercic, I., & Montemarano, V. (2020).  Psychosocial interventions for food addiction: A systematic review.  Current Addiction Reports, 7(1), 9-19.
  10. Costa-Dookhan, K. A., Leung, S., Cassin, S. E., & Sockalingam, S. (2020).  Predictors of response to telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy in bariatric surgery patients.  Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 44(3), 236-240.
  11. Sockalingam, S., Leung, S., Wnuk, S., Cassin, S. E., Yanofsky, R., & Hawa, R. (2020).  Psychiatric management of bariatric surgery patients: A review of psychopharmacological and psychological treatments and their impact on post-operative mental health and weight outcomes.   Psychosomatics, 61(5), 498-507.
  12. Leung, S., Wnuk, S., Jackson, T., Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2019).  Prospective study of attachment as a predictor of binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss two years after bariatric surgery.  Nutrients, 11(7), 1625.
  13. Sockalingam, S., Leung, S. E., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Parikh, S. V., Jackson, T., & Cassin, S. E. (2019).  Telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy for patients 1-year post bariatric surgery: A pilot study.  Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 13(5), 499-504.
  14. Kantarovich, K., Wnuk, S., Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2019).  Employment outcomes two years after bariatric surgery: Relationship to quality of life and psychosocial predictors.  Obesity Surgery, 29(9), 2854-2861.
  15. Nightingale, B. A., & Cassin, S. E. (2019).  Disordered eating among individuals with excess weight: A review of recent literature.  Current Obesity Reports, 8(2), 112-127.
  16. Cassin, S. E., Buchman, D. Z., Leung, S. E., Kantarovich, K., Hawa, A., Carter, A., & Sockalingam, S. (2019).  Ethical, stigma, and policy implications of food addiction: A scoping review. Nutrients, 11(4), 701.
  17. Nasirzadeh, Y., Kantarovich, K., Wnuk, S., Okrainec, A., Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2018).  Postoperative binge eating, loss of control eating, emotional eating, and night eating after bariatric surgery and their impact on weight outcomes: Results from the Toronto Bari-PSYCH cohort study.  Obesity Surgery, 28(7), 2032-2039.
  18. Mehak, A., Friedman, A., & Cassin, S. E. (2018).  Body shame and appearance anxiety mediate the relationships between self-objectification, weight bias internalization and binge eating in young women. Body Image, 24, 111-115.
  19. Atwood, M. E., Friedman, A., Meisner, B. A., & Cassin, S. E. (2018). The exchange of social support on bariatric surgery online discussion forums: A mixed-methods content analysis.  Health Communication, 33(5), 628-635.
  20. Sockalingam, S., Hawa, R., Wnuk, S., Santiago, V., Kowgier, M., Jackson, T., Okrainec, A., & Cassin, S. E. (2017).  Psychosocial predictors of quality of life and weight loss two years after bariatric surgery: Results from the Toronto Bari-PSYCH study.  General Hospital Psychiatry, 47, 7-13.
  21. Sockalingam, S., Cassin, S. E., Wnuk, S., Du, C., Jackson, T., Hawa, R., & Parikh, S. (2017).  A pilot study on telephone cognitive behavioural therapy for patients six months post-bariatric surgery. Obesity Surgery, 27(3), 670-675.
  22. MacDonald, D. E., & Cassin, S. E. (2017). Nondieting psychological interventions for individuals who are overweight or obese: A systematic review of the evidence.  Psychopathology Review, 4(3), 290-318.
  23. Thiara, G., Yanofsky, R., Abdul-Kader, S., Santiago, V. A., Cassin, S. E., Okrainec, A., Jackson, T., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2016).  Toronto Bariatric Interprofessional Psychosocial Assessment Suitability Scale (BIPASS TM): Evaluating a new clinical assessment tool for bariatric surgery candidates.  Psychosomatics, 57(2), 165-173.
  24. David, L., Sockalingam, S., Wnuk, S., & Cassin, S. E. (2016).  A pilot randomized controlled trial examining the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of adapted motivational interviewing for post-operative bariatric surgery patients.  Eating Behaviors, 22, 87-92.
  25. Cassin, S. E., Sockalingam, S., Du, C., Wnuk, S., Hawa, R., & Parikh, S. (2016).  A pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone-based cognitive behavioural therapy for preoperative bariatric surgery patients.  Behaviour Research and Therapy, 80, 17-22.
  26. Sockalingam, S., Wnuk, S., Kantarovich, K., Meaney, C., Okrainec, A., Hawa, R., & Cassin, S. E. (2015).  Employment outcomes one year after bariatric surgery: The role of patient and psychosocial factors.  Obesity Surgery, 25(3), 514 – 522.
  27. Azin, A., Zhou, C., Jackson, T., Cassin, S. E., Sockalingam, S., & Hawa, R. (2014).  Body contouring surgery after bariatric surgery:  A study of cost as a barrier and impact on psychological well-being.  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 133(6), 776e-782e.
  28. Lyons, K., Meisner, B. A., Sockalingam, S., & Cassin, S. E. (2014).  Body image after bariatric surgery: A qualitative study.  Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care, 9(1), 41-49.
  29. Sockalingam, S., Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., Khan, A., Wnuk, S., & Okrainec, A. (2013).  Predictors of post-bariatric surgery appointment attendance: The role of relationship style.  Obesity Surgery, 23(12), 2026-2032.
  30. Cassin, S. E., Sockalingam, S., Wnuk, S., Strimas, R., Royal, S., Hawa, R. & Parikh, S. (2013).  Cognitive behavioural therapy for bariatric surgery patients: Preliminary evidence for feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(4), 529-543.
  31. Sockalingam, S., Cassin, S. E., Crawford, S., Pitzul, K., Khan, A., Hawa, R., Jackson, T., & Okrainec, A. (2013). Psychiatric predictors of surgery non-completion following suitability assessment for bariatric surgery, Obesity Surgery, 23(2), 205-211.
  32. Cassin, S. E., von Ranson, K. M., Heng, K., Brar, J., & Wojtowicz, A. E. (2008). Adapted motivational interviewing for women with binge eating disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 22, 417-425.
  33. Cassin, S. E., & von Ranson, K. M. (2007). Is binge eating experienced as an addiction? Appetite, 49, 687-690.
  34. Cassin, S. E., & von Ranson, K. M. (2005). Personality and eating disorders: A decade in review. Clinical Psychology Review, 25, 895-916.

Books

  1. Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2018). Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach.  Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

  1. Sogg, S., Atwood, M. E., & Cassin, S. E. (2018).  The role of psychosocial interventions to support medical and surgical treatments for severe obesity.  In S. E. Cassin, S. Sockalingam, and R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach (pp. 18-41). Cambridge University Press.
  2. David, L. & Cassin, S. E. (2018).  Motivational interviewing for behavioural and lifestyle changes in severe obesity.  In S. E. Cassin, S. Sockalingam, and R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach (pp. 79-104). Cambridge University Press.
  3. Friedman, A. & Cassin, S. E. (2018).  Cognitive behavioural therapy for behavioural and lifestyle changes in severe obesity.  In S. E. Cassin, S. Sockalingam, and R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach (pp. 133-160). Cambridge University Press.
  4. Cassin, S. E., Mehak, A., & Sockalingam, S. (2018).  Telephone based psychological interventions in severe obesity.  In S. E. Cassin, S. Sockalingam, and R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach (pp. 249-263). Cambridge University Press.
  5. Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2018). An integrated psychological approach to obesity care. In S. E. Cassin, S. Sockalingam, and R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach (pp. 299-310). Cambridge University Press.
  6. Cassin, S. E., & Atwood, M. E. (2017). Cognitive behavioural therapy for severe obesity.  In S. Sockalingam & R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychiatric care in severe obesity: An interdisciplinary guide to integrated care (pp. 245-256).
  7. Cassin, S. E., & Friedman, A. (2017). Weight-based stigma and body image in severe obesity.  In S. Sockalingam & R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychiatric care in severe obesity: An interdisciplinary guide to integrated care (pp. 93-105).
  8. Taube-Schiff, M., David, L, & Cassin, S. E. (2017). Motivational interviewing for severe obesity.  In S. Sockalingam & R. Hawa (Eds.), Psychiatric care in severe obesity: An interdisciplinary guide to integrated care (pp. 221-230).
  9. Atwood, M. E., & Cassin, S. E. (2016). Surgery for obesity and impact on disordered eating.  In T. Wade (Ed.), Encyclopedia of feeding and eating disorders.  New York, NY: Springer.  DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_199-1
  10. Atwood, M. E., David, L., & Cassin, S. E. (2016). Cognitive behavioural therapy for bariatric surgery patients. In R. Rajendram, C. Martin, & V. R. Preedy (Eds.), Pathophysiology of bariatric surgery: Metabolism, nutrition, procedures, outcomes and adverse effects. Academic Press.
  11. Cassin, S. E. & Geller, J. (2015). Motivational interviewing in the treatment of disordered eating.  In H. Arkowitz, W. R. Miller, & S. Rollnick (Eds.), Motivational interviewing in the treatment of psychological problems (2nded, pp. 344-364).  Guilford Press.
  12. Cassin, S. E., & David, L. (2015). Binge eating disorder.  In R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical psychology.  Wiley-Blackwell.
  13. Killeen, T. T., Cassin, S. E., & Geller, J. (2014). Motivational interviewing in the treatment of addictions and eating disorders. In T. D. Brewerton & Baker-Dennis, A. (eds.), Eating disorders, addictions, and substance use disorders: Research, clinical, and treatment perspectives (pp.491-507). New York, NY: Springer Publishers.
  14. von Ranson, K. M., & Cassin, S. E. (2007). Eating disorders and addiction: Theory and evidence. In J.S. Rubin (ed.), Eating disorders and weight loss research (pp.1-37). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.