Larry Cheskin, MD

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

Healthful Eating, Activity & Weight Program

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-cheskin-48091813/

Clinical Trial Keywords

obesity; behavior modification; exercise; diet; diabetes; nutrition

Clinical Trials Summary

Look AHEAD

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• US Obesity Battle: What can and is being done Al-Jazeera TV( September 18, 2012)
• High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare Video Interview Series:  Lawrence Cheskin, MD Talks About TRIMM , HealthWorks Collective (March 12, 2013)
• Voices from Public Health, Lerner Center (February 19, 2016)
• Study Health risks stem from college students’ meals, Fox 5 Washington DC news (September 30, 2022)
• Mushrooms and Weight Control(October 28, 2009)
• The Morning Show with Glenn Wheeler; Network 7 (Australia) Radio
• Which foods and behaviors faster and prevent weight gain? – (July 12, 2011
• The Diane Rehm Show; WAMU 88.5, and nationally syndicated, WAMU,( Oct 27, 2024)
• Obesity in the Baltimore African-American Community – September 30, 2011
• Health Tips for the New Year (December 28, 2011) WNPR Radio
• Diets, Detox and Nutrition: What works, what doesn’t .  The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU 88.5 (January 18, 2012)
• BMI and Heath Risk: Overstated?” Midday with Dan Rodricks(February 5, 2013)
• “Childhood Obesity - Dr. Lawrence Cheskin” – Baltimore’s Future with David Warnock.
• Baltimore's Future: Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, FM Baltimore(July 17, 2014)
• “The Daily Circuit: The (Latest) Diet Winner- Low Carb“ – Drs. Marion Nestle and Lawrence Cheskin. YMPR, Minnesota Public Radio, MPR NEWs (September 9, 2014)
• Navigating romance during Dry January? Here are tips for sober dating, Washington Post(January 6, 2023)
• What Is a High-Fiber Diet?, US News (Sept. 5, 2023
•  More Evidence That Obesity Is A Global Catastrophe In   Slow Motion, Forbes(Apr 7, 2016)
• The Nation Magazine- “Michelle Obama’s Moves.”  (October 10, 2012).
• National Geographic “Why are we so fat?” C Newman, 2004; “Are You a StressEater?”  Colino, (May 23, 2023).
• Enough With Protein, Bloomberg
• How to Lose Belly Fat in Two Weeks, According to Weight Loss Experts, Prevention(Oct 24, 2023)
• 12 Science-Backed Ways to Lose Belly Fat for Good, According to Weight Loss Experts, Womendays(Nov 14, 2019)
•  12 Common Causes of Sudden Weight Gain, Men'sWealth (Jan 31, 2024)
•  Should college students really be worried about the freshman 15?, Northern Virgina(June 28, 2019)
•  Exercise-induced molecule suppresses hunger, may help treat obesity, Medical News Today (2022)

Research Interests

Obesity, Weight control, Nutrition, Health behavior change

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wzBFAwoAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=cheskin+l

Selected Publications

• Cheskin LJ, Hess JM, Henningfield J, Gorelick DA.  Calorie restriction increases cigarette use in smokers.  Psychopharmacology: 179(2):430-6, 2005

• Bennett WE, Wilson RF, Zhang A, Tseng E, Knapp EA, Kharrazi H, Stuart E, Shogbesan O, Bass E, Cheskin LJ.  Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity: A Systematic Review . Annals of Internal Medicine 168(11):791-800), 2018

• Chen HJ, Wang Y, Cheskin LJ. Relationship between frequency of eating and cardiovascular disease mortality in U.S. adults:  the NHANES III follow-up study. Annals of Epidemiology, 2016 Jun 15. pii: S1047-2797(16)30165-X. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.06.006

• Garcia-Alvarez A, Cunningham CA, Mui B, Penn L, Spaulding EM, Oakes MA, Divers J,  Cheskin LJ.  A randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial of a decaffeinated energy drink shows no significant effect on mental energy. Am J Clinical Nutrition, in press, 2020

• Lin M, *Mahmooth Z, *Dedhia N, Frutchey R, *Mercado CE, Epstein DH, Preston KL, Gibbons MC, Bowie JV, Labrique AB, *Cheskin LJ. Tailored, interactive text messages for enhancing weight loss among African-American adults. The American Journal of Medicine, 128(8): 896-904, 2015

Honors

• Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP)
• Fellow, The Obesity Society (FTOS)