Levine

In this secondary data analysis of a prospective cohort during pregnancy, Dr. Michele Levine and her team examined the impact of sleep characteristics in the second trimester of pregnancy on the association between physical activity change and gestational weight gain. Based on findings from this study, weight management interventions in pregnancy should consider screening for and addressing poor sleep in the second trimester.

Read more about Dr. Levine's findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35870008/

Dr. Michele Levine and her team examined associations between WIC participation and disordered eating in pregnancy, covarying for depressive symptoms. Findings show that WIC participation was associated with higher scores on overall eating pathology as well as dieting and oral control subscales, but not bulimic or food preoccupation subscales, or a binge-eating item. Patterns of findings did not change when depressive symptom severity was included in models.

In their recent study, Drs. Lisa Bodnar, Michele Levine, and Esa Davis found that multidimensional sleep health was more strongly associated with gestational weight gain than individual sleep domains. Future research is needed to determine whether sleep health is a valuable intervention target for optimizing gestational weight gain.

Read more findings here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36891291/

According to Drs. Jill Demirci and Michele Levine recent research, detection of postpartum anxiety in clinical settings can be improved through addition of the Postpartum Specific Anxiety Scale (PSAS) in routine screening. Timing of anxiety assessment should be considered between 6 to 8 weeks after birth.

Faculty member Dr. Michele Levine recently published findings on the relationship between loss of control eating during pregnancy and traumatic events during childhood.

Faculty member Michele Levine, PhD, recently published on body dissatisfaction and disordered eating experienced as a result of dissonance between physical bodies and felt sense of gender in transgender adolescents.