Kristina Elfhag

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Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2010;5(6):491-500
Family links of eating behaviour in normal weight and overweight children
Elfhag K; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING. 2010;79(3):361-366
Initial weight loss is the best predictor for success in obesity treatment and sociodemographic liabilities increase risk for drop-out
Elfhag K; Rossner S
Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2010;144(4):341-359
Self-Esteem Links in Families with 12-Year-Old Children and in Separated Spouses
Elfhag K; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 2009;101(10):1541-1548
Correlates of soft drink and fruit juice consumption among Swedish adolescents
Vagstrand K; Linne Y; Karlsson J; Elfhag K; Lindroos AK
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2008;11(9):914-923
Consumption of fruit, vegetables, sweets and soft drinks are associated with psychological dimensions of eating behaviour in parents and their 12-year-old children
Elfhag K; Tholin S; Rasmussen F
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2008;11(9):934-939
Food consumption, eating behaviour and self-esteem among single v. married and cohabiting mothers and their 12-year-old children
Elfhag K; Rasmussen F
Article: EATING BEHAVIORS. 2008;9(3):285-293
Personality traits and eating behavior in the obese: poor self-control in emotional and external eating but personality assets in restrained eating.
Elfhag K; Morey LC
Article: DIABETES OBESITY & METABOLISM. 2008;10(6):498-505
Who will lose weight on sibutramine and orlistat? Psychological correlates for treatment success
Elfhag K; Finer N; Roessner S
Article: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY. 2007;12(4):e98-103
socioeconomic differences in obese patients with and without eating disorders
Bergstrom H; Elfhag K
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2007;48(5):391-398
TAS-20 alexithymia in obesity, and its links to personality
Elfhag K; Lundh L-G
Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2007;91(2-3):191-195
Sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened soft drinks in association to restrained, external and emotional eating
Elfhag K; Tynelius P; Rasmussen F
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(18):1406-1408
[Those who themselves choose bariatric surgery are the most suitable candidates. The intervention requires life-long adaptation, important to check if the patient is upp to it].
Elfhag K; Wirén M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2007;61(4):517-525
Eating habits in relation to body fatness and gender in adolescents -: results from the 'SWEDES' study
Vagstrand K; Barkeling B; Forslund HB; Elfhag K; Linne Y; Roessner S; Lindroos A-K
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2007;104(7):494-497
[Obesity patients with eating disorders risk ending up between medicine and psychiatry].
Elfhag K; Rössner S
Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2006;88(1-2):61-66
Sweet and fat taste preference in obesity have different associations with personality and eating behavior
Elfhag K; Erlanson-Albertsson C
Article: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY. 2005;10(4):210-215
Personality correlates of obese eating behaviour: Swedish universities Scales of Personality and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire.
Elfhag K
Article: OBESITY. 2005;13(6):1070-1076
Gender differences in associations of eating pathology between mothers and their adolescent offspring
Elfhag K; Linné Y
Article: PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 2005;51(2):159-163
Sibutramine treatment in obesity: initial eating behaviour in relation to weight loss results and changes in mood
Elfhag K; Rössner S; Barkeling B; Rooth P
Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 2004;83(3):293-305
Rorschach personality predictors of weight loss with behavior modification in obesity treatment
Elfhag K; Rössner S; Lindgren T; Andersson I; Carlsson AM
Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 2004;82(2):158-168
Food intake with an antiobesity drug (sibutramine) versus placebo and Rorschach data: A crossover within-subjects study
Elfhag K; Barkeling B; Carlsson AM; Lindgren T; Rössner S
Article: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY. 2004;9(1):35-43
Degree of body weight in obesity and Rorschach personality aspects of mental distress.
Elfhag K; Rössner S; Carlsson AM
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY. 2003;44(5):399-407
Subgrouping in obesity based on Rorschach personality characteristics
Elfhag K; Carlsson AM; Rössner S
Article: OBESITY. 2003;11(11):1391-1399
Sibutramine treatment in obesity: Predictors of weight loss including Rorschach personality data
Elfhag K; Rössner S; Carlsson AM; Barkeling B
Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 2003;81(1):40-50
Microstructure of eating behavior associated with Rorschach characteristics in obesity
Elfhag K; Barkeling B; Carlsson AM; Rössner S
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY. 2003;27(6):693-700
Short-term effects of sibutramine (Reductil) on appetite and eating behaviour and the long-term therapeutic outcome.
Barkeling B; Elfhag K; Rooth P; Rössner S
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Review: OBESITY REVIEWS. 2005;6(1):67-85
Who succeeds in maintaining weight loss? A conceptual review of factors associated with weight loss maintenance and weight regain
Elfhag K; Rössner S
Doctoral thesis: 2003
Rorschach personality characteristics in obesity, eating behaviour and treatment outcome
Elfhag K

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026

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Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, 2003

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