The Lifestyle Intervention Research Core (LIRC), a component of the Center for Applied Research Sciences (CARS), provides multi-disciplinary services to help implement effective lifestyle modifications for research studies. The LIRC provides a unique compendium of services including nutritional, behavioral, taste perception, smoking cessation and physical activity.
Services & Resources
Behavioral Therapy Services
- Assessments
- Individual
- Psychosocial
- Eating Disorders
- Quality of Life
- Weight history factors
- Customized lifestyle counseling
- Weight Management or Lifestyle-Change Intervention Curriculum
- Utilize existing curriculum, customized curriculum/development/handouts
- Questionnaires
- Beck Depression Inventory - II (BDI-II)
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
- Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36)
- Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q)
- Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
- Binge Eating Scale (BES)
- Impact of Weight on Quality of Life (IWQOL)
Specialized Nutrition Services
- Protocol development/Consultation
- Assist in developing nutrition methodology
- Nutritional Assessment
- Assessment of nutritional factors relevant to customizing lifestyle counseling
- Diet prescription
- Nutrient Analysis/Assessment of Food Intake
- Food Recording (Instruction, validation and nutrient analysis) using a nutrition database
- 24-hour dietary recall
- Block Food Frequency Questionnaire and Screeners
- Education/Lifestyle Counseling
- Curriculum/Educational Material Development
- Instruction (individual/group)
- Menu/Recipe Development
- Food Service
- In-house meals (Unrestricted meals and sack lunches from Barnes Jewish Hospital or Specialized meals from metabolic kitchen)
- Feeding studies (Formulas, Calculated meals prepared in metabolic kitchen packed to consume at home)
Ingestive Behavior / Taste Perception Research Services
- Assessments
- Taste sensitivity thresholds, perception, and preferences
- Questionnaires
- Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)
- Food Craving Inventory (FCI)
Facilities & Other Resources
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