Research Program: Prevention & Etiology
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health

linde074@umn.edu
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Dr. Linde received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Iowa, an M.A. in psychology from the University of Iowa, and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan. Her work focuses on weight gain prevention and weight loss, with specific interests in intervention development, public health message delivery, and behavior monitoring and goal setting during weight control. Dr. Linde was trained as a clinical psychologist and has additional experience in psychiatric diagnosis, psychotherapy, psychometrics, and questionnaire development.

Research Interests

Weight loss and weight gain prevention; intervention development; public health message delivery; behavior monitoring in weight control; obesity control methods that may be delivered in the context of cancer prevention or treatment.

Selected Publications

Linde, J. A., Erickson, D. J., Jeffery, R. W., Pronk, N. P., & Boyle, R. G. (2006). The relationship between prevalence and duration of weight loss strategies and weight loss among overweight managed care organization members enrolled in a weight loss trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 Feb 17;3:3.

Linde JA, Jeffery RW, French SA, Pronk NP, Boyle RG. Self-weighing in weight gain prevention and weight loss trials. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2005; 30(3):210-216.