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Journal of Obesity Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity Guest Editors: Kristin L. Schneider, Austin S. Baldwin, Devin M. Mann, and Norbert Schmitz Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity Journal of Obesity Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity Guest Editors: Kristin L. Schneider, Austin S. Baldwin, Devin M. Mann, and Norbert Schmitz Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Journal of Obesity.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is prop- erly cited. Editorial Board David Allison, USA Alfredo Halpern, Brazil Denis Richard, Canada B. J. Ammori, UK Xu Feng Huang, Australia Robert Ross, Canada Marco Anselmino, Italy Terr y Huang , USA Jonatan R. Ruiz, Sweden Molly S. Bray, USA Gianluca Iacobellis, Canada Jordi Salas-Salvado’, Spain Bernhard Breier, NewZealand Lauren E. Lissner, Sweden Francesco S. Papadia, Italy Eliot Brinton, USA Yannis Manios, Greece J. C. Seidell, TheNetherlands Yvon Chagnon, Canada Claude Marcus, Sweden Gianfranco Silecchia, Italy Karen Charlton, Australia Ron F. Morrison, USA Laurence Tecott, USA Eric Doucet, Canada Michael M. Murr, USA Rob M. Van Dam, Singapore Pietro Forestieri, Italy Tomoo Okada, Japan Youfa Wang, USA Jayne Fulkerson, USA Renato Pasquali, Italy Aron Weller, Israel Jesus´ M. Garagorri, Spain Mark A. Pereira, USA Aimin Xu, HongKong Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, USA Angelo Pietrobelli, Italy Andras Hajnal, USA R. Prager, Austria Contents Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity, Kristin L. Schneider, Austin S. Baldwin, Devin M. Mann, and Norbert Schmitz Volume 2012, Article ID 517358, 2 pages Effect of Hypericum perforatum Extract in an Experimental Model of Binge Eating in Female Rats, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura, Giovanni Vitale, Maurizio Massi, and Carlo Cifani Volume 2012, Article ID 956137, 10 pages Increased Mesohippocampal Dopaminergic Activity and Improved Depression-Like Behaviors in Maternally Separated Rats Following Repeated Fasting/Refeeding Cycles, Jeong Won Jahng, Sang Bae Yoo, Jin Young Kim, Bom-Taeck Kim, and Jong-Ho Lee Volume 2012, Article ID 497101, 9 pages Mental Health, Wellness, and Childhood Overweight/Obesity, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Gail McVey, Angela Bardick, and Alana Ireland Volume 2012, Article ID 281801, 9 pages Binge Eating Disorder Mediates Links between Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Caloric Intake in Overweight and Obese Women, Roseann E. Peterson, Shawn J. Latendresse, Lindsay T. Bartholome, Cortney S. Warren, and Nancy C. Raymond Volume 2012, Article ID 407103, 8 pages Associations between Overall and Abdominal Obesity and Suicidal Ideation among US Adult Women, Guixiang Zhao, Chaoyang Li, Earl S. Ford, James Tsai, Satvinder S. Dhingra, Janet B. Croft, Lela R. McKnight-Eily, and Lina S. Balluz Volume 2012, Article ID 263142, 9 pages Maternal Distress during Pregnancy and Offspring Childhood Overweight, Katja Glejsted Ingstrup, Camilla Schou Andersen, Teresa Adeltoft Ajslev, Pernille Pedersen, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, and Ellen A. Nohr Volume 2012, Article ID 462845, 7 pages Evaluation of Personal and Built Environment Attributes to Physical Activity: A Multilevel Analysis on Multiple Population-Based Data Sources, Wei Yang, Karen Spears, Fan Zhang, Wai Lee, and Heidi L. Himler Volume 2012, Article ID 548910, 9 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Obesity Volume 2012, Article ID 517358, 2 pages doi:10.1155/2012/517358 Editorial Depression, Obesity, Eating Behavior, and Physical Activity Kristin L. Schneider,1 Austin S. Baldwin,2 Devin M. Mann,3 and Norbert Schmitz4 1 Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA 2 Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0442, USA 3 Department of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA 4 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H4H 1R3 Correspondence should be addressed to Kristin L. Schneider, [email protected] Received 29 August 2012; Accepted 29 August 2012 Copyright © 2012 Kristin L. Schneider et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1. Introduction to Special Issue In adults, the positive association observed between depression and obesity is relatively robust, though the My coeditors and I are delighted to share this special issue relationship between suicidal ideation and obesity, partic- of the Journal of Obesity focused on understanding the ularly in women, is less clear. G. Zhao and colleagues comorbidity between obesity and depression. Depression used NHANES data to examine the relationship between is highly comorbid with obesity [1–3] and may impede suicide and obesity, waist-hip ratio, and waist circumference. weight loss treatment [4–9]. Just as a successful reduction Though depression may not necessarily hinder weight loss in the obesity epidemic must entail a multilevel approach to treatment [15, 16], the increased suicidal ideation observed obesity, the papers contained in this special issue represent in obese women suggests that depression symptoms should a diverse examination of the depression and obesity comor- not be ignored during weight loss treatment. bidity. Papers include an examination of individual and Thefactthatnegativemoodscanbothpromptand environmental factors relevant to depression and obesity, result from binge eating episodes, and that binge eating child and adult samples, animal models, and laboratory is associated with obesity, suggests that a conversation and epidemiological studies. A brief overview of the papers about depression and obesity would be remiss if it did not follows. include binge eating. R. F. Petersen and colleagues examined Obesity in childhood is highly predictive of adult obesity the relationship between binge eating disorder, depression, [10, 11]. Thus, there has been an increasing focus on the anxiety, and caloric intake in overweight and obese adult prevention of obesity in children to address the epidemic. women to elucidate how negative mood states impact food Research suggests that in utero factors can contribute to intake in the context of binge eating disorder. The work childhood obesity (e.g., [12–14]). Expanding on this work, of J. W. Jahng and colleagues provides additional insight K. G. Ingstrup and colleagues explored whether symptoms into why negative moods may result in binge eating by of maternal distress during pregnancy predict childhood exploring the dopaminergic activity of rats during fasting obesity at age 7 in a large prospective cohort study in and refeeding cycles. These papers nicely set the stage for the Denmark. Parents are one source of influence discussed study by C. Cifani and colleagues who explored a potential in the review article by S. Russell-Mayhew and colleagues treatment agent for binge eating, Hypericum perforatum, regarding mental health issues in childhood obesity. They more commonly known as St. John’s Wort, in rats. raise important questions about the challenges overweight Lastly, as physical activity may serve as a protective factor and obese children face that can contribute to poorer health for obesity and depression, it is important to understand the outcomes. barriers and facilitators to engagement in physical activity. 2 Journal of Obesity W. Yang and colleagues explore some of the individual and [13] K. E. Rhee, S. Phelan, and J. McCaffery, “Early determinants environmental variables that are associated with engagement of obesity: genetic, epigenetic, and in utero influences,” Inter- in leisure time physical activity. These factors may serve national Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 2012, Article ID 463850, 9 as important treatment targets for interventions that seek pages, 2012. to increase physical activity as a potentially parsimonious [14] C. J. Stocker, J. R. S. Arch, and M. A. Cawthorne, “Fetal origins treatment for comorbid obesity and depression. of insulin resistance and obesity,” Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 143–151, 2005. Although the articles in this special issue address a range [15] L. Faulconbridge, T. Wadden, R. I. Berkowitz, M. Pulcini, of topics relevant to the depression and obesity comorbidity, and T. Treadwell, “Treatment of comorbid obesity and there is clearly much more work to be done to reduce major depressive disorder: a prospective pilot study for their the comorbidity. We hope that this special issue stimulates combined treatment,” Journal of Obesity, vol. 2011, Article ID ideas for future research and facilitates interventions for 870385, 2011. prevention and treatment. [16] J. A. Linde, G. E. Simon, E. J. Ludman et al., “A randomized controlled trial of behavioral weight loss treatment versus Kristin L. Schneider combined weight loss/depression treatment among women Austin S. Baldwin with comorbid obesity and depression,” Annals of Behavioral Devin M. Mann Medicine, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 119–130, 2011. Norbert Schmitz References [1] E. Atlantis and M. Baker, “Obesity effects on depression: systematic review of epidemiological studies,” International Journal of Obesity, vol. 32, no. 6, pp.