Albert Stunkard Explained

Birth Date:7 February 1922
Birth Place:New York City, US
Death Place:Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US
Alma Mater:Yale University (BA)
Columbia University (MD)
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Albert J. ("Mickey") Stunkard (February 7, 1922 – July 12, 2014) was an American psychiatrist. He is known for his first descriptions of binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome in the 1950s.[1] [2]

Life

Albert Stunkard was born in Manhattan, New York City, as the son of biologist Horace Stunkard. He studied medicine at Yale University and received his bachelor's degree in 1943. He received his MD from Columbia University in 1945. During World War II, he served as a physician in the United States Army in Japan. He was a lifelong student of D. T. Suzuki.[3]

From 1973 to 1977 he was the head of the psychiatric department at Stanford University. Yet, he spent the majority of his career as a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.

Death

He died on July 12, 2014, in his Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, home from pneumonia.[4] [5] He is generally considered as one of the most famous pioneers in obesity research.[6] [7] His work in 1959 is regarded as the beginning of pessimism about long-term weight management.[8]

There is a chair professorship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania named for Stunkard.[9] Holders of the chair have included Thomas A. Wadden.

Selected publications

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Notes and References

  1. Eating patterns and obesity. The Psychiatric Quarterly. 33. 2. 284–295. 10.1007/BF01575455. 13835451. 1959. Stunkard. Albert J.. 11125426.
  2. The night-eating syndrome: a pattern of food intake among certain obese patients. The American Journal of Medicine. 19. 1. 78–86. 14388031. 1955. STUNKARD AJ. GRACE WJ. WOLFF HG. 10.1016/0002-9343(55)90276-x.
  3. News: Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, Destigmatizer of Fat, Dies at 92. Vitello, Paul. July 20, 2014. October 20, 2020. The New York Times.
  4. Web site: Albert Stunkard - obituary. July 24, 2014.
  5. News: Dr. Albert J. Stunkard, Destigmatizer of Fat, Dies at 92. The New York Times. July 21, 2014. Vitello. Paul.
  6. Albert J. ("Mickey") Stunkard, M.D.. Obesity. 22. 9. 1937–1938. 10.1002/oby.20869. 25164258. 2014. Allison. Kelly C.. Berkowitz. Robert I.. Brownell. Kelly D.. Foster. Gary D.. Wadden. Thomas A.. free.
  7. Albert J. Stunkard: His Research on Obesity and Its Psychological Impact. Current Obesity Reports. 5. 140–144. 10.1007/s13679-016-0199-6. 26820621. 2016. Allison. Kelly C.. Lundgren. Jennifer D.. Wadden. Thomas A.. 1. 207474251.
  8. Wing, Rena R, and James O Hill. “Successful Weight Loss Maintenance.” Annual Review of Nutrition 21, no. 1 (2001): 323–41. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.323.
  9. Web site: Albert J. Stunkard Professorship of Psychiatry | Endowed Professorships | Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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