The Laboratory for the Study of Eating, Appearance, & Health is a research team dedicated to understanding more about body image, eating disturbance, and a variety of other health-related topics. In addition to research, we provide cutting edge psychological services to adolescents and adults in the central Florida community suffering from eating disorders, obesity and body image disturbance.

Recent Conference Presentations

Wack, E., Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Mottola, R. (2007, August). Cyber Sexy: Electronic game play and perceptions of attractiveness among men. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

Wack, E., Pearte, C., Peterson, R. D., & Tantleff-Dunn, S. (2007, May). Body part satisfaction and self-evaluation of sexual appeal among underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obese women. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Academy for Eating Disorders, Baltimore, MD.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., Hayes, S., Armstrong, H. (2007, May). How did you get so thin? Perceptions of underweight females. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Academy for Eating Disorders, Baltimore, MD.

Gokee-LaRose, J., Tantleff-Dunn, S., Dunn, M.E., Borjesson-Holman, W., & Hayes, S. (2007, March). The role of expectancies in binge eating behavior. Poster submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Grippo, K.P. (2005, November). Body image and perceptions of cosmetic surgery: Have they experienced an "Extreme Makeover?" Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington, D.C.

Peterson, R. D., Molnar, J. M., Tantleff-Dunn, S. & Fisak, Jr., B. (2004, April). Vegetarians and eating disorders: A matter of measurement. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Orlando, FL.

Peterson, R. D., Fisak, Jr., B., Tantleff-Dunn, S. & Molnar, J. M. (2004, April). Where's the beef? Challenging previous conceptions of vegetarianism. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Orlando, FL.

Peterson, R. D., Gokee-LaRose, J., Tantleff-Dunn, S. & Hayes, S. (2003, November). Breaking gender stereotypes: Perceptions of exceptionalism. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., Peterson, R. D., Gokee-LaRose, J., Hayes, S., & Donnelly, R. (2003, May). It's not just a "woman thing": Gender stereotyping and body image. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Denver, CO.

Tantleff-Dunn, S., Peterson, R. D., Murray, J. D., Borjesson, W. I., Spears, T., & Gokee J. L. (2002, November). Feedback on physical appearance in the workplace: Relationship between body image and perceptions of sexual harassment. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.

Fisak, Jr., B., Peterson, R. D., Murray, J. D., Tantleff-Dunn, S., & Gokee, J. L. (2002, April). Comparing vegetarians and non-vegetarians on body image and eating disturbance measures. Poster presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Academy for Eating Disorders, Boston, MA.