Laura Hooper, PhD

Bio

Dr. Hooper is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Division of Children’s Health Services Research. She is a registered dietitian, health equity scholar, and translational scientist. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on improving health outcomes and decreasing barriers to health related to disordered eating, nutrition, physical activity, and weight in diverse populations of adolescents and young adults. Her current work uses solutions-oriented approaches and aims to decrease weight stigma experienced by adolescents and young adults in healthcare settings, in partnership with patients, families, and healthcare providers.

Key Publications

Kramer-Kostecka EN, Kaja SM, Harris V, Quinlivan C, Treacy J, Hooper L, Barr-Anderson DJ, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Conducting Community-Partnered Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessments with Young Adults Underrepresented in Physical Activity Research: Lessons Learned.” Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. Online ahead of print. June 2024.

Miller KK, Hooper L, Kaja SM. “Move and Thrive: Development of an Adolescent Friendly and Inclusive Online Fitness Resource.” Health Promotion Practice. Online ahead of print. April 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399241245

Ruedinger E, Evans YN, Pham DQ, Hooper L. “Just-in-Time Strategies to Reduce the Effect of Interviewer Bias During Trainee Recruitment.” Academic Pediatrics. Online ahead print. January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.01.020

West CE, Hazzard VM, Loth K, Larson N, Hooper L, Neumark-Sztainer D. “The interplay between food insecurity and family factors in relation to disordered eating in adolescence.” Appetite. Volume 189, Issue 1. October 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106994

Espinoza SM, Martin CL, Eisenberg ME, Borowsky IW, McMorris BJ, Hooper L. “Internal and Social Assets, Weight-Based Bullying, Sport, and Activity Among Female Adolescents.” Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal. Volume 31, Issue 2. 82-91. October 2023. https://doi.org/10.1123/wspaj.2022-0047

Hooper L, Puhl RM, Eisenberg ME, Berge JM, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Can family and parenting factors modify the impact of weight stigma on disordered eating in young people? A population-based longitudinal study.” Journal of Adolescent Health. Volume 73, Issue 1. 44-52. July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.01.024

Hahn S, Burnette CB, Hooper L, Wall M, Loth K, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Do weight perception transitions in adolescence predict concurrent and long-term disordered eating behaviors?” Journal of Adolescent Health. Volume 72, Issue 5. 803-810. May 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.023

Hazzard VM, Burnette CB, Hooper L, Larson N, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Lifestyle health behavior correlates of intuitive eating in a population-based sample of men and women.” Eating Behaviors. Volume 46, August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2022.101644

Folk A, Hooper L, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Barr-Anderson DJ, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Does weight motivation for exercise predict physical activity levels across the life course from adolescence to adulthood?” Journal of Adolescent Health. Volume 71, Issue 1. 112-118. July 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.02.002

Hooper L, Puhl R, Eisenberg ME, Reicks M, Neumark-Sztainer D. “How is weight teasing cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with health behaviors and weight status among ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse young people?” International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Volume 19. Article 71. June 2022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01307-y

Hooper L, Mason SM, Telke S, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Experiencing household food insecurity during adolescence predicts disordered eating and elevated body mass index eight years later.” Journal of Adolescent Health. Volume 70. Issue 5. 788-795. May 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.11.026

Hazzard VM, Hooper L, Larson N, Loth KA, Wall M, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Associations between food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study.” Preventive Medicine. Volume 154. January 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106895.

Hooper L, Puhl R, Eisenberg ME, Crow S, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Weight teasing experienced during adolescence and young adulthood: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with disordered eating behaviors in an ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse sample.” International Journal of Eating Disorders. Vol 54. Issue 8. 1449-1462. August 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23534.

Christoph MJ, Järvelä-Reijonen E, Hooper L, Larson N, Mason S, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Longitudinal associations between intuitive eating and weight-related behaviors in a population-based sample of young adults.” Appetite. Volume 160. May 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105093.

Christoph MJ, Hazzard VM, Järvelä-Reijonen E, Hooper L, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Intuitive eating is associated with higher fruit and vegetable intake among adults.” Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Volume 52. Issue 3. 240-245. March 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2020.11.015.

Hooper L, Telke S, Larson N, Mason SM, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Household food insecurity: Associations with disordered eating behaviours and overweight in a population-based sample of adolescents.” Public Health Nutrition. Vol 23. Issue 17. 3126-3135. December 2020. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020000464.

Hazzard VM, Loth KA, Hooper L, Becker CB. “Food insecurity and eating disorders: A review of emerging evidence.” Current Psychiatry Reports. Vol 22. Issue 74. 1-9. October 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-01200-0.

Yoon C, Mason SM, Hooper L, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Disordered eating behaviors and 15-year trajectories in body mass index: Findings from Project Eating and Activity in Teens (EAT).” Journal of Adolescent Health. 2019. Vol 66. Issue 2. 181-188. January 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.08.012.

Simone M, Hooper L, Eisenberg M, Neumark-Sztainer D. “Unhealthy weight control behaviors and substance use among adolescent girls: The harms of weight stigma.” Social Science and Medicine. Vol 223. 64-70. July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.047.

Arseniev-Koehler A, Hooper L, Lee H. “Online pro-eating disorder (pro-ED) activity.” Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. American Academy of Pediatrics. Vol 25. 553-563. December 2014. https://doi.org/10.1542/9781581108927-online_pro_eating.

Hooper LE, Foster-Schubert KE, Weigle DS, Sorensen B, Ulrich CM, McTiernan A. “Frequent intentional weight loss is associated with higher ghrelin and lower glucose and androgen levels in postmenopausal women.” Nutrition Research. Volume 30. Issue 3. 163-170. March 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2010.02.002.