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
- 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.
- Cassin, S. E., & Sockalingam, S. (2021). Advances and future directions in the clinical utility of food addiction. Nutrients, 13, 708.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cassin, S. E., Sijercic, I., & Montemarano, V. (2020). Psychosocial interventions for food addiction: A systematic review. Current Addiction Reports, 7(1), 9-19.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cassin, S. E., & von Ranson, K. M. (2007). Is binge eating experienced as an addiction? Appetite, 49, 687-690.
- Cassin, S. E., & von Ranson, K. M. (2005). Personality and eating disorders: A decade in review. Clinical Psychology Review, 25, 895-916.
Books
- Cassin, S. E., Hawa, R., & Sockalingam, S. (2018). Psychological care in severe obesity: A practical approach. Cambridge University Press.
Book Chapters
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Cassin, S. E., & David, L. (2015). Binge eating disorder. In R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), Encyclopedia of clinical psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.
- 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.
- 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.