Publications

1. Kiefner-Burmeister, A., & Burmeister, J. M. (2020). Deceptively unhealthy foods targeting parents and children. Journal of Health Psychology.

2. Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Domoff, S., & Radesky, J. (2020). Feeding in the Digital Age: An Observational Analysis of Mobile Device Use during Family Meals at Fast Food Restaurants in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(17), 6077.

3. Kiefner-Burmeister, A. & Hinman, N. (2020). The role of general parenting style in child diet and obesity risk. Current Nutrition Reports.

4. Marx, J. M.,  Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Roberts, L. T. & Musher-Eizenman, D. (2019). Nothing alien about it: A comparison of weight bias in preschool-aged children’s ratings of non-human cartoons and human figures. Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, 13(5), 435-439. 

5. Kiefner-Burmeister, A. & Musher-Eizenman, D. (2018). The trajectory of digital editing-based media literacy among girls. Mass Communication and Society, 1-26. 

6. Cross, N., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Rossi, J., Borushok, J., Hinman, N., Burmeister, J., & Carels, R. A. (2017). Facial attractiveness, weight status, and personality trait attribution: The role of attractiveness in weight stigma. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 11, 377-388.

7. Burmeister, J. M., Taylor, M. B., Rossi, J., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Borushok, J., & Carels, R. A. (2017). Reducing Obesity Stigma via a Brief Documentary Film: A Randomized Trial, Stigma and Health, 2, 43.

8. Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Hoffmann, D., Zbur, S., & Musher-Eizenman, D. (2016). Implementation of parental feeding practices: does parenting style matter? Public health nutrition, 9, 1-5.

9. Hoffmann, D. A., Marx, J. M., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., & Musher-Eizenman, D. R. (2016). Influence of maternal feeding goals and practices on children's eating behaviors. Appetite, 107, 21-27.

10. Carels, R. A., Rossi, J., Taylor, M., Borushok, J., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Cross, N., ... & Burmeister, J. M. (2015). Influencing weight bias: The impact of biased questionnaire anchors on stereotype beliefs and judgments. Obesity research & clinical practice, 9(5), 448-457.

11. Domoff, S. E., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Hoffmann, D. A., & Musher-Eizenman, D. (2015). Maternal Feeding Goals and Restaurant Menu Choices for Young Children. Childhood Obesity, 11(4), 484-488.

12. Carels, R. A., Rossi, J., Borushok, J., Taylor, M. B., Kiefner-Burmeister, A., Cross, N., ... & Burmeister, J. M. (2015). Changes in weight bias and perceived employability following weight loss and gain. Obesity surgery,25(3), 568-570.

13. Hinman, N. G., Burmeister, J. M., Kiefner, A. E., Borushok, J., & Carels, R. A. (2015). Stereotypical portrayals of obesity and the expression of implicit weight bias. Body image, 12, 32-35.

14. Chen, Y., Wang, J., Kirk, R. M., Pethtel, O. L., & Kiefner, A. E. (2014). Age differences in adaptive decision making: the role of  numeracy.  Educational gerontology, 40(11), 825-833.

15. Kiefner-Burmeister, A. E., Hoffmann, D. A., Meers, M. A., Koball, A. M., & Musher-Eizenman, D.R. (2014). Food Consumption by young children: A function of parental feeding goals and practices. Appetite, 74, 6-11.

16.  Musher-Eizenman, D. R. & Kiefner, A.E. (2013). Food parenting: A selective review of current measurement and an empirical examination to inform future measurement. Childhood Obesity, 9, 32-39.

17. Burmeister, J. M., Kiefner, A. E., Carels, R. A., & Musher-Eizenman, D. R. (2013). Weight bias in graduate school admissions. Obesity, 21(5), 918-920.
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18. Gore, J. S., Kiefner, A. E., & Combs, K. M. (2012). Personality traits that predict academic citizenship behavior. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 2433-2456. 

My Research in the News

Raising Kids Today Lecture Series
-Findlay Family
Discovering Psychology: Kid Edition
-Findlay Family
When The Mirror's an Enemy
-Faculty Focus Magazine
​Food Rewards May Create Unhealthy Eating Habits in Kids: Study
- Food Navigator
New Psychology Lab Welcoming New Research Participants
- The Pulse
Expose of The Child Development Lab 
- NCB24 Toledo News @ 11 (1/25/2016)
​Student Involvement
- The Pulse
Bias Against Obese Graduate School Applicants?
- WebMD
BMI bias in graduate admissions
- Times Higher Education
Weight Is a Factor in Graduate School Admissions
- Science Daily
The Fat-Shaming Professor: A Twitter-Fueled Firestorm
- National Public Radio (NPR)
Grad School Admissions Negatively Affected By High BMI, Study Finds
- Huffington Post
Grad Schools Less Likely To Admit Applicants With High BMIs: Why People Unconsciously Correlate Weight With Success
- Medical Daily
Are fat Ph.D.'s subject to discrimination?
- CBS News
Hit the Gym before an Interview; Weight Could Be an Influential Factor in College Admissions
- University Herald
Ten Things That Grad Schools Won't Tell You
- The Wall Street Journal
Could Your Belly Keep You from Getting a Job?
- Men's Health