Gerard Musante - Residential Weight Loss Clinics

Dr. Gerard John Musante (born 1943) is an American psychologist born in New York City. He was the first to combine psychology, behavioral modification and a restricted calorie diet to obtain verifiable and documented long-term weight loss results. He is the author of the book The Structure House Weight Loss Plan: Achieve Your Ideal Weight Through a New Relationship with Food, printed by Simon and Schuster.

In 1977, Musante founded the weight loss institute Structure House Inc. as an on-site residential weight loss center in Durham, NC. Over the past 30 years, Structure House has helped 30,000 people lose a combined weight of more than 636,000 pounds In 2007, Structure House was purchased by the CRC Health Group, the largest provider of specialized behavioral health care services in the United States;. Musante remains the director of the program.

In a radio interview on the subject, Musante explained how his breakthrough came during a Clinical Psychology internship at Duke University when he discovered that patients who only followed a restricted intake of calories (diet) didn't always have success. He experimented by pairing a diet with a psychological approach, and behavior modification during clinical sessions. During these sessions, he discovered that a patient's relationship with food--their behavior in actually dealing with food could be altered.

Structure House has been featured on The Today Show, The New York Times, Associated Press, 60 Minutes, Glamour Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox & Friends, and USA TODAY. Musante has also contributed to and helped to publish over 30 papers and given numerous talks on the subject. In 2006, he appeared as an expert in front of a 2006 congressional panel holding hearings on a bill designed to combat obesity in America.

Musante is a Consulting Professor on the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina as well as a Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology and a Fellow at the Academy of Clinical Psychology and Behavior Therapy and Research Society.

Recent Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Presnell, K.E., Pells, J.J., Stout, A.L., & Musante, G.J. (in press). Sex Differences in the Relation of Weight Loss Self-Efficacy, Binge Eating, and Depressive Symptoms to Weight Loss Success in a Residential Obesity Treatment Program. Eating Behaviors.
• Stout, A.L., Applegate, K.L., Friedman, K.E., Grant, J.P., Musante, G.J. (2007). "Psychological correlates of obese patients seeking surgical or residential behavioral weight loss treatment. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, 3, 369-375.
• Shapiro, J.R., Stout, A.L., Musante, G. J. (2006). "Structure-size me." Weight and health changes in a four week residential program. Eating Behaviors, 7, 229-234.
• Friedman, K.E., Reichmann, S.K., Costanzo, P.R., Zelli, A., Ashmore, J.A., Musante, G.J. (2005). Weight Stigmatization and Ideological Beliefs: Relation to Psychological Functioning in Obese Adults. Obesity Research, 13, 907-916.
• Friedman, K., Reichmann, S., Costanzo, P., Musante, G.J. (2002). Body Image Partially Mediates the Relationship between Obesity and Psychological Distress. Obesity Research, 10, 33-41.
• Costanzo, P., Reichmann, S., Friedman, K., Musante, G.J. (2001). The mediating effect of eating self-efficacy on the relationship between emotional arousal and overeating in the treatment-seeking obese. Eating Behaviors, 2, 363-368.
• Kern, L., Friedman, K., Reichmann, S., Costanzo, P., & Musante, G.J. (2002). Changing eating behavior: A preliminary study to consider broader measures of weight control treatment success. Eating Behaviors, 3, 113-121.
• Costanzo, P., Musante, G.J., Friedman, K., Kern, L. & Tomlinson, K. (1999). The gender specificity of emotional, situational, and behavioral indicators of binge eating in a diet-seeking obese population. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 26, 205-210.
• Musante, G. J., Costanzo, P. & Friedman, K. (1998). The comorbidity of depression and eating disregulation processes in a diet-seeking obese population: A matter of gender specificity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 65-75.
• Carmel, J. & Musante, G. J. (1980). Structured eating: A predictor of weight loss at follow-up. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 9, 87-92.
• Carmel, J. & Musante, G. J. (1979). Behavioral and dietary treatment of obesity: A follow-up. Continuing Education, 3, 72-74.
• Schiffman, S. S. Musante, G. J. & Conger, J. (1978). Application of multidimensional scaling of ratings of foods for obese and normal weight individuals. Physiology and Behavior, 21(3), 417-422.
• Musante, G. J. (1977). The behavioral approach to the management of obesity. Continuing Education for the Family Physician, 7, 24-31.
• Musante, G. J. (1976). The dietary rehabilitation clinic: Evaluative report of a behavioral and dietary treatment of obesity. Behavior Therapy, 7, 198-204.
• Croghan, L. & Musante, G. J. (1975). The elimination of a boy's high-building phobia: in vivo desensitization. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 6, 87-88.
• Musante, G. J. & Anker, J. M. (1974). Cognitive, physiological, and motor effects of systematicdesensitization on complex stimulus generalization. Behavior Therapy, 5, 365-380. In G.R. Patterson, I. M. Marks, J. D. Matarazzo, R.A. Myers, G. E. Schwartz, H. E. Strupp (Eds.), 1975, Behavior Change: (pp. 170-185). Chicago; Aldine Publishing Company.
• Musante, G. J. (1974). Obesity: A behavioral treatment program. American Family Physician, 10, 95-102.
• Gentry, W. D., Musante, G. J., Sloop, E. W., Quarrick, E. & Cohen, L.D. (1974). The emerging profession of the psychological technician: An evaluation in three clinical settings. Professional Psychology, 5, 207-226.
• Gentry, W. D., Musante, G. J. & Haney, T. (1973). State anxiety and urinary sodium/potassium as stress indicators on admission to a coronary care unit. Heart and Lung, 2, 875-877.
• Musante, G. J. & Najjar, B. E. (1973). Assessment of behavior therapy training. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 4, 81-86.
• Musante, G. J. & Gallemore, J. L., Jr. (1973). Utilization of a staff development group in prison consultation. Community Mental Health Journal, 9, 224-232.
• Musante, G. J. (1972). Experimenter presence: Effects on subject performance. Psychological Reports, 30, 903-904.

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• http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-chocoholics-survival-guide
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External links

• Tobaco Road city becomes 'Diet Capital of the World', By Valerie Bauman, June 19, 2005 Structure House web site

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