Our mission is to promote valued living and body acceptance at UW and beyond through investigating eating and exercise behaviors at the individual level.

Research Outputs

BAM Supplemental Materials

Click here to view the Body Advocacy Movement (BAM) script and session handouts associated with Pictor et al., 2024.

Click here to view the most up-to-date Body Advocacy Movement (BAM) script (Last revised: 05-01-24)

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Talks


Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Anorexia Nervosa: Defining the Genomic Factor Structure of Anxiety-related and Anthropometric traits

Presented at the Eating Disorders Research Society, 2020

Understanding Acute Exercise Response among Girls and Young Women with and without Eating Disorders

Presented at the Eating Disorders Research Society Meeting 2023

Prospective Associations between Driven Exercise and other Eating Disorder Behaviors in Adolescence: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Presented at the London Eating Disorders Conference, 2022

The Body Advocacy Movement: A Novel Intervention to Reduce Fear of Weight Gain in Young Adults

Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 2023

 

Recent Lab Research Outputs

Schaumberg K, Gavuji M, Pictor L, Laboe AA, Gorrell SC. Response to acute exercise differentially relates to exercise-related behavior and cognitions for individuals with vs. without eating disorders. Poster presented at: XXX Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society; 2024; Sitges, Spain.

Gavuji, M., Schaumberg, K., Pictor, L. Exploring the Impact of a Dissonance-Based Intervention on Reducing Fatphobia and Anti-Fat Bias in Individuals with Eating Disorders. Poster presented at: XXX Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society; 2024; Sitges, Spain.

Laboe, A., Frank, M., & Schaumberg K. An Empirical Investigation of the Affect Regulation Theory of Compulsive Exercise. Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, 2023

 

Pictor, L., Xue, T., & Schaumberg, K. Too Much of a Good Thing? Investigating the Potential Link BEtween Facets of Compulsive Exercise and Suicidal Behavior.  Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, 2023

Dillon, K., Weberpal, C., Frank, M., & Schaumberg, K. The Body Advocacy Movement: Exploring intervention impacts of fatness across individuals with and without eating disorder symptoms. Presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 57th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA, 2023

 

Schaumberg, K., Lowe, M.R., Zhang, F., & Micali, N. Deviation from Expected Body Mass Index is Associated with Eating Disorder Behaviors in Youth. Presented at the Eating Disorders Research Society, Boston, MA, 2023

Laboe, A., Pictor, L., Kreynin, A., Frank, M., & Schaumberg, K. A Longitudinal Investigation of Maladaptive Exercise in Adolescents with Restrictive Eating. Presented at EDRS 2023. Boston, MA.

Pictor, L. & Schaumberg, K. Exploring Dissonance Based Interventions and Gender Identity: Implications for Eating Disorder Risk Factors. Presented at EDRS 2023. Boston, MA.

Frank, M., Pictor, L., & Schaumberg, K., Exercise Intensity in Response to Prescribed Eating: Change in Heart Rate Among Young Women with Restrictive Eating Pathology. Presented at ICED 2023. Washington D.C.

Pictor, L., Krawcyzk, A., Xue, T., & Schaumberg, K., Body Advocacy Movement: A Novel, Brief Intervention to Reduce Internalized Fatphobia and Anti-Fat Bias. Presented at ICED 2023. Washington D.C.

Lennon, D., Frank, M., Dillon, K., & Schaumberg, K. The Impact of Maternal Socioeconomic Status on Children’s Behavior Surrounding Binge Eating. Presented at ICED 2023. Washington D.C.

Niemi, S, Bowden, E, Fleege, S, Frank, M, Schaumberg, K. Implicit Anti-Fat Bias in Health Care: Consequent Variation in Medical Student’s Diagnostic Accuracy in Patients with Varying BMI. Presented at ICED 2022. Monterrey, Mexico.


  • Schaumberg, K., Peters, D., Ahrenholtz, R., Crombie, K. M., Zhang, R., & Gorrell, S. (2021). Registered report: A pilot investigation of acute exercise response among girls and young women with and without eating disorders. The International Journal of Eating Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23587