Bradley M Appelhans
Biographic Data
| ID | 78133 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bradley M Appelhans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bradley M |
| FAMILY NAME | Appelhans |
| SIGNATURE | APPELHANS B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rush University Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5195-802X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Association between Use of Tobacco, Alcohol, or Cannabis and Metabolic Syndrome
Objectives: In this study, we describe the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and tobacco use and other behavioral and socio-economic characteristics. Methods: We collected demographic, anthropometric, and bioclinical data on 961 individuals at risk of MetS. We categorized frequency of use of tobacco product and other substances (alcohol and cannabis) as never, occasional, and regular. We used regression models to assess th…
Leveraging recreational activities to reduce obesity-related behaviors in children from lower-income households
Which aspects of education are health protective? a life course examination of early education and adulthood cardiometabolic health in the 30-year study of early child care and Youth Development (Secc…
Findings point to the potential significance of early student social competence as a link to long-term health, possibly via the acquisition of resources needed for the maintenance of health, as well as through engagement in health behaviors supporting healthy eating. However, more research is needed to replicate these findings and to elaborate on the role of early student social competence and the pathways explaining its effects on cardiometaboli…
Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation
Weight Loss Program Preferences of Men Working in Blue-Collar Occupations
Men who work in blue-collar occupations (skilled and unskilled trades) experience high rates of obesity and comorbid conditions. This group is underrepresented in behavioral interventions for weight management, which may stem from a mismatch between the features of available programs and these men’s preferences. This qualitative study explored the views of these men, their experiences with weight loss, their preferences for weight loss programs, …
The relative contributions of adiposity and activity levels to physical performance in children with excess weight
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigor…
Pre- and Early Peri-menopausal Physical Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Participants were N = 2950 pre-/early peri-menopausal women (median age 46, (25th-75th percentile: 43-48 years). Physical function was assessed at baseline using the Physical Function subscale of the SF-36 and scores were trichotomized (no, some, or substantial limitations). Clinical CVD events were ascertained at annual/biennial clinical assessments through the 15th follow-up visit. Risk of CVD was determined with Cox proportional hazards models…
Early life predictors of positive change during the coronavirus disease pandemic
Findings suggest that neighborhood disadvantage in childhood may shape prosocial responses to stress in adulthood, potentially through early life adaptions to stress that are protective when facing adversity. There are several notable implications of the study findings. Although adversity in early life has clear negative impacts, it is possible that adversity experiences may also provide opportunities to develop adaptive strategies that foster re…
Behavioural interventions for CVD risk reduction for blue-collar workers
Disparities in Covid‐19–related stressful life events in the United States
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States have been exacerbated by pre-existing inequities in resources and opportunities, leaving the most vulnerable to face a multitude of hardships. The goal of the current study was to characterise COVID-19-related stressful life events in specific life domains and to identify the sociodemographic characteristics of individuals who are more likely to experience such events. Participants (n = 372, 5…
Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02073643
Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Performance in Midlife Women
Addressing issues of poverty, racial inequality, pain, and obesity could reduce some racial/ethnic disparity in functional limitations as women age
Leveraging delay discounting for health
Achieving Health Equity
In the United States, racial/ethnic minority, rural, and low-income populations continue to experience suboptimal access to and quality of health care despite decades of recognition of health disparities and policy mandates to eliminate them. Many health care interventions that were designed to achieve health equity fall short because of gaps in knowledge and translation. We discuss these gaps and highlight innovative interventions that help addr…
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
The home environment and childhood obesity in low-income households
This study adds to the existing literature by identifying aspects of the home environment that influence childhood weight status via indirect effects on screen time and sleep duration in children from low-income households. Pediatric weight management interventions for low-income households may be improved by targeting aspects of the physical and social home environment associated with sleep
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women
Objectives: The body adiposity index (BAI) is a proposed alternative to the body mass index (BMI) that has shown good cross‐sectional agreement with percent body fat (%BF) in validation studies. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of BAI to track adiposity change over time in a biracial sample of midlife women. Methods: African‐American ( n = 159) and Caucasian ( n = 206) women, aged 42–60 years, at the Chicago site of the Stud…
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
Inhibiting Food Reward
Overeating is believed to result when the appetitive motivation to consume palatable food exceeds an individual's capacity for inhibitory control of eating. This hypothesis was supported in recent studies involving predominantly normal weight women, but has not been tested in obese populations. The current study tested the interaction between food reward sensitivity and inhibitory control in predicting palatable food intake among energy‐replete o…
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating
Emotional and cardiovascular sensitization to daily stress following childhood parental loss
Adverse childhood events can influence the development of emotional and physiological self-regulatory abilities, with significant consequences for vulnerability to psychological and physical illness. This study evaluated stress sensitization and inoculation models of the impact of early parental death on stress exposure and reactivity in late adolescence/young adulthood. Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and diary reports of minor stress were collec…
Heart Rate Variability as an Index of Regulated Emotional Responding
The study of individual differences in emotional responding can provide considerable insight into interpersonal dynamics and the etiology of psychopathology. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is emerging as an objective measure of regulated emotional responding (generating emotional responses of appropriate timing and magnitude). This review provides a theoretical and empirical rationale for the use of HRV as an index of individual difference…
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
Never far from home
An emerging line of research suggests that characteristics of the early family environment such as parent–child relationships, parental affection, and family conflict may contribute to vulnerability to stress-related illnesses in adulthood. An important long-term mechanism linking early family experiences to risk of illness later in life may lie in the ability to regulate physiological responses to environmental challenges. The current study prov…
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Disparities in Covid‐19–related stressful life events in the United States
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States have been exacerbated by pre-existing inequities in resources and opportunities, leaving the most vulnerable to face a multitude of hardships. The goal of the current study was to characterise COVID-19-related stressful life events in specific life domains and to identify the sociodemographic characteristics of individuals who are more likely to experience such events. Participants (n = 372, 5…
Emotional and cardiovascular sensitization to daily stress following childhood parental loss
Adverse childhood events can influence the development of emotional and physiological self-regulatory abilities, with significant consequences for vulnerability to psychological and physical illness. This study evaluated stress sensitization and inoculation models of the impact of early parental death on stress exposure and reactivity in late adolescence/young adulthood. Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and diary reports of minor stress were collec…
Leveraging delay discounting for health
Cardiovascular Stress Responses in Young Adulthood Associated With Family-of-Origin Relationship Experiences
OBJECTIVE: The impact of relationships within the family-of-origin on the development of physiological stress responses has significant consequences for long-term vulnerability to stress-related illness. METHODS: The current study evaluated systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rate (HR) responses to a challenge task in 150 young adults from families characterized by parental loss, divorce, or intact marriages. …
Heart Rate Variability as an Index of Regulated Emotional Responding
The study of individual differences in emotional responding can provide considerable insight into interpersonal dynamics and the etiology of psychopathology. Heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is emerging as an objective measure of regulated emotional responding (generating emotional responses of appropriate timing and magnitude). This review provides a theoretical and empirical rationale for the use of HRV as an index of individual difference…
Never far from home
An emerging line of research suggests that characteristics of the early family environment such as parent–child relationships, parental affection, and family conflict may contribute to vulnerability to stress-related illnesses in adulthood. An important long-term mechanism linking early family experiences to risk of illness later in life may lie in the ability to regulate physiological responses to environmental challenges. The current study prov…
Emotional and cardiovascular sensitization to daily stress following childhood parental loss
Adverse childhood events can influence the development of emotional and physiological self-regulatory abilities, with significant consequences for vulnerability to psychological and physical illness. This study evaluated stress sensitization and inoculation models of the impact of early parental death on stress exposure and reactivity in late adolescence/young adulthood. Ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and diary reports of minor stress were collec…
HPA axis response to stress predicts short-term snack intake in obese women
Trait anxiety, but not trait anger, predisposes obese individuals to emotional eating
Inhibiting Food Reward
Overeating is believed to result when the appetitive motivation to consume palatable food exceeds an individual's capacity for inhibitory control of eating. This hypothesis was supported in recent studies involving predominantly normal weight women, but has not been tested in obese populations. The current study tested the interaction between food reward sensitivity and inhibitory control in predicting palatable food intake among energy‐replete o…
How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women
Objectives: The body adiposity index (BAI) is a proposed alternative to the body mass index (BMI) that has shown good cross‐sectional agreement with percent body fat (%BF) in validation studies. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of BAI to track adiposity change over time in a biracial sample of midlife women. Methods: African‐American ( n = 159) and Caucasian ( n = 206) women, aged 42–60 years, at the Chicago site of the Stud…
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
Delay discounting and intake of ready-to-eat and away-from-home foods in overweight and obese women
The home environment and childhood obesity in low-income households
This study adds to the existing literature by identifying aspects of the home environment that influence childhood weight status via indirect effects on screen time and sleep duration in children from low-income households. Pediatric weight management interventions for low-income households may be improved by targeting aspects of the physical and social home environment associated with sleep
Food preparation supplies predict children’s family meal and home-prepared dinner consumption in low-income households
Achieving Health Equity
In the United States, racial/ethnic minority, rural, and low-income populations continue to experience suboptimal access to and quality of health care despite decades of recognition of health disparities and policy mandates to eliminate them. Many health care interventions that were designed to achieve health equity fall short because of gaps in knowledge and translation. We discuss these gaps and highlight innovative interventions that help addr…
Managing temptation in obesity treatment
Leveraging delay discounting for health
Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02073643
Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Performance in Midlife Women
Addressing issues of poverty, racial inequality, pain, and obesity could reduce some racial/ethnic disparity in functional limitations as women age
Early life predictors of positive change during the coronavirus disease pandemic
Findings suggest that neighborhood disadvantage in childhood may shape prosocial responses to stress in adulthood, potentially through early life adaptions to stress that are protective when facing adversity. There are several notable implications of the study findings. Although adversity in early life has clear negative impacts, it is possible that adversity experiences may also provide opportunities to develop adaptive strategies that foster re…
Behavioural interventions for CVD risk reduction for blue-collar workers
Disparities in Covid‐19–related stressful life events in the United States
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States have been exacerbated by pre-existing inequities in resources and opportunities, leaving the most vulnerable to face a multitude of hardships. The goal of the current study was to characterise COVID-19-related stressful life events in specific life domains and to identify the sociodemographic characteristics of individuals who are more likely to experience such events. Participants (n = 372, 5…
Weight Loss Program Preferences of Men Working in Blue-Collar Occupations
Men who work in blue-collar occupations (skilled and unskilled trades) experience high rates of obesity and comorbid conditions. This group is underrepresented in behavioral interventions for weight management, which may stem from a mismatch between the features of available programs and these men’s preferences. This qualitative study explored the views of these men, their experiences with weight loss, their preferences for weight loss programs, …
The relative contributions of adiposity and activity levels to physical performance in children with excess weight
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigor…
Pre- and Early Peri-menopausal Physical Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
Participants were N = 2950 pre-/early peri-menopausal women (median age 46, (25th-75th percentile: 43-48 years). Physical function was assessed at baseline using the Physical Function subscale of the SF-36 and scores were trichotomized (no, some, or substantial limitations). Clinical CVD events were ascertained at annual/biennial clinical assessments through the 15th follow-up visit. Risk of CVD was determined with Cox proportional hazards models…
Which aspects of education are health protective? a life course examination of early education and adulthood cardiometabolic health in the 30-year study of early child care and Youth Development (Secc…
Findings point to the potential significance of early student social competence as a link to long-term health, possibly via the acquisition of resources needed for the maintenance of health, as well as through engagement in health behaviors supporting healthy eating. However, more research is needed to replicate these findings and to elaborate on the role of early student social competence and the pathways explaining its effects on cardiometaboli…
Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation
Medicine (23 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Obesity (12 works) · Gerontology (10 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works)