Jean Harvey, PhD, RDN, is currently the Robert L. Bickford, Jr. Endowed Professor, the Associate Dean for Research, and the Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont.[1] Her specialty is behavioral weight management with a specific focus on technology-based programs.
Biography
editHarvey received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Pennsylvania State University. She completed her fellowship in Adolescent Nutrition at the University of Washington in 1984. She received her doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991, advised by Rena Wing, PhD. She has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science since 1991.[2]
Research
editHarvey is known for her work on technology-based weight management programs such as the Vtrim and iREACH programs.[3][4][5][6] She also co-authored the Eating Well Diet book (with the editors of Eating Well magazine).[7]
Technology-Based Weight Management Research
editHarvey found that participants in the interactive television program (VTrim) were as successful at losing weight as participants in the standard in-person program, and the television approach was more cost-effective.[8] She found that participants who received internet-based support had similar weight maintenance to those who continued to meet in person.[9]
In the first iREACH trial, she and her colleagues compared an internet-based program (based on VTrim) to an in-person program and to a hybrid approach.[10] They found that the internet-based approach achieved lower weight losses compared to the in-person condition, with no difference between the internet and hybrid approaches.[11][12] In the second trial, they examined the potential of motivational interviewing to close the gap they found in weight loss in the first iREACH trial between weight losses in the internet-based program compared to the in-person program, but found no difference in weight losses[13][14] The third trial investigates whether the addition of financial incentives for weight management behaviors and weight management outcomes will enhance online outcomes.[15]
Research on Dietary Self-Monitoring
editHarvey and colleagues compared monitoring with personal digital assistants to paper-and-pencil monitoring.[16] They found that neither method produced better weight loss or self-monitoring adherence. In later research, they examined patterns of dietary self-monitoring in an online behavioral weight management program, and they found that different patterns of self-monitoring adherence emerged in the first four weeks of the program, such that those who had many continuous runs of self-monitoring log-ins were more likely to achieve clinically significant weight loss (>5%).[17] In addition, they found no evidence of disparities in online dietary self-monitoring based on race or education level. In further research, theyfound that those who logged foods in a dietary monitoring website at least 2 times per day and at least 20 days within the month were more likely to achieve clinically significant weight loss (>5%).[18][19]
Awards
edit- The Eating Well Diet book, co-authored by Harvey, received the James Beard Foundation book award in the Healthy Focus category in 2008.[20]
- Harvey received the Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar Award in August 2012. She was hosted as a visiting scholar by the University of Newcastle and Monash University in Australia.[21][22]
References
edit- ^ "Jean Harvey appointed interim dean of Agriculture at UVM". Vermont Business Magazine. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ "Jean Harvey, PhD, RD". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ "Research-Tested Intervention Programs: Program Details". rtips.cancer.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Vermont diet venture fails in crowded marketplace". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ O'Brien, Pat Goudey. "VTrim launched as commercial venture". Times Argus. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "UMaine, UVM Partner for Unique Online Weight Management Course - UMaine News - University of Maine". UMaine News. 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ "Healthy Recipes, Healthy Eating". EatingWell. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Harvey-Berino, J (1998). "Changing health behavior via telecommunications technology: Using interactive television to treat obesity". Behavior Therapy. 29 (3): 505–519. doi:10.1016/S0005-7894(98)80046-4.
- ^ Harvey-Berino, J; et al. (2004). "The effect of Internet support on the long-term maintenance of weight loss". Obesity Research. 12 (2): 320–329. doi:10.1038/oby.2004.40. PMID 14981225.
- ^ Harvey-Berino, Jean; West, Delia; Krukowski, Rebecca; Prewitt, Elaine; VanBiervliet, Alan; Ashikaga, Takamaru; Skelly, Joan (2010). "Internet delivered behavioral obesity treatment". Preventive Medicine. 51 (2): 123–128. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.04.018. ISSN 1096-0260. PMC 3101104. PMID 20478333.
- ^ Krukowski, Rebecca A.; Tilford, J. Mick; Harvey-Berino, Jean; West, Delia S. (2011). "Comparing behavioral weight loss modalities: incremental cost-effectiveness of an internet-based versus an in-person condition". Obesity. 19 (8): 1629–1635. doi:10.1038/oby.2010.341. ISSN 1930-739X. PMC 3137759. PMID 21253001.
- ^ Hutchesson, M. J.; Rollo, M. E.; Krukowski, R.; Ells, L.; Harvey, J.; Morgan, P. J.; Callister, R.; Plotnikoff, R.; Collins, C. E. (2015). "eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis: eHealth interventions for obesity in adults" (PDF). Obesity Reviews. 16 (5): 376–392. doi:10.1111/obr.12268. PMID 25753009. S2CID 45195408.
- ^ West, Delia Smith; Harvey, Jean R.; Krukowski, Rebecca A.; Prewitt, T. Elaine; Priest, Jeffrey; Ashikaga, Takamaru (2016). "Do individual, online motivational interviewing chat sessions enhance weight loss in a group-based, online weight control program?". Obesity. 24 (11): 2334–2340. doi:10.1002/oby.21645. ISSN 1930-739X. PMC 5093069. PMID 27616628.
- ^ Patel, Michele L.; Wakayama, Lindsay N.; Bass, Michelle B.; Breland, Jessica Y. (2019). "Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review". Preventive Medicine. 126: 105738. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.05.026. PMID 31153917. S2CID 173995722.
- ^ "UVM Part of $3.1 Million NIH Grant to Test New Online Weight Loss Approach". www.uvm.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ Yon, Bethany A.; Johnson, Rachel K.; Harvey-Berino, Jean; Gold, Beth Casey; Howard, Alan B. (2007). "Personal digital assistants are comparable to traditional diaries for dietary self-monitoring during a weight loss program". Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 30 (2): 165–175. doi:10.1007/s10865-006-9092-1. ISSN 0160-7715. PMID 17216341. S2CID 19160037.
- ^ Krukowski, Rebecca A.; Harvey-Berino, Jean; Bursac, Zoran; Ashikaga, Taka; West, Delia Smith (2013). "Patterns of Success: Online Self-Monitoring in a Web-Based Behavioral Weight Control Program". Health Psychology. 32 (2): 164–170. doi:10.1037/a0028135. ISSN 0278-6133. PMC 4993110. PMID 22545978.
- ^ Doheny, Kathleen. "Log What You Eat, Lose More Weight?". WebMD. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "How tracking your diet for only 15 minutes a day helps with weight loss". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ "Winners Of The 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Jean Harvey-Berino | Fulbright Scholar Program". www.cies.org. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Fulbright scholar clicks on web-based weight loss program". hmri.org.au. Retrieved 2019-04-17.