Victoria Sweat

VA NY Harbor Healthcare System — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(13), Obesity and Health Practices(9), Eating Disorders and Behaviors(5), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(5), Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins(4)

Publications30 total

Peer Coaching to Support Weight Management in Primary Care
JAMA Network Open·2025Open Access
A Cluster-Randomized Study of Technology-Assisted Health Coaching for Weight Management in Primary Care
The Annals of Family Medicine·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
WOOP VA Study Protocol: Testing a Novel Imagery Intervention for Weight Management in Primary Care
Current Developments in Nutrition·2024Open Access
Protocol for a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) to enhance the effectiveness of VA's MOVE! weight management program: WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) VA
Contemporary Clinical Trials·2024
Effectiveness of Goal-Directed and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives for Weight Loss in Primary Care Patients With Obesity Living in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
JAMA Internal Medicine·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Peer-Assisted Lifestyle (PAL) intervention: a protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a health-coaching intervention delivered by veteran peers to improve obesity treatment in primary care
BMJ Open·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a technology-assisted health coaching intervention for weight management in primary care: The GEM (goals for eating and moving) study
Contemporary Clinical Trials·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
Goal-directed versus outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss among low-income patients with obesity: rationale and design of the Financial Incentives foR Weight Reduction (FIReWoRk) randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open·2019· 13 citedOpen Access
Asian Adolescents with Excess Weight are at Higher Risk for Insulin Resistance than Non‐Asian Peers
Obesity·2017· 10 citedOpen Access
Obese Adolescents Show Reduced Cognitive Processing Speed Compared with Healthy Weight Peers
Childhood Obesity·2017· 43 citedOpen Access
Cognitive functions among predominantly minority urban adolescents with metabolic syndrome
Applied Neuropsychology Child·2017· 16 cited
How Should we Screen Overweight and Obese Adolescents for Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Large Public Health Initiatives?
Journal of Obesity and Overweight·2016Open Access
Outcomes of The BODY Project: A Program to Halt Obesity and Its Medical Consequences in High School Students
Journal of Community Health·2015· 3 cited
Hispanic Youth With Excess Weight Display Psychological Distress
Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences·2014· 2 cited
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Insulin Resistance in Urban High School Students of Minority Race/Ethnicity
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine·2012· 44 citedOpen Access
Impact of Metabolic Syndrome on Cognition and Brain
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology·2012· 429 citedOpen Access
The Banishing Obesity and Diabetes in Youth (BODY) Project: Description and Feasibility of a Program to Halt Obesity-Associated Disease Among Urban High School Students
Journal of Community Health·2011· 18 cited
Disinhibited Eating in Obese Adolescents Is Associated With Orbitofrontal Volume Reductions and Executive Dysfunction
Obesity·2011· 336 citedOpen Access
Obese Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Have Hippocampal and Frontal Lobe Volume Reductions
Neuroscience &amp Medicine·2011· 87 citedOpen Access
Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Learning and Recall Impairment in Middle Age
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders·2010· 71 citedOpen Access
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Antonio Convit(22), Hannah Bruehl(11), Stephanie L. Orstad(8), Sandra Wittleder(8), Melanie Jay(8), Aziz Tirsi(6), Javier Escaned(6), Karen E. Yates(6), Scott E. Sherman(6), Judith Wylie‐Rosett(5), Laura Wong(5), Po Lai Yau(4), Arthur H. Fierman(4), Sarvenaz Vandyousefi(4), Andrew Nicholson(4), Andrea Ruan(4), Isabel Dziobek(3), Oliver T. Wolf(3), Alyssa Arentoft(3), Shea N. Smith(3)