Part-Time Professor of Health Promotion
Dr. James J. Annesi holds professor appointments at The School of Health Professions: University of Alabama at Birmingham and Wellstar School of Health and Human Services: Kennesaw State University. He was previously Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. Earlier faculty, clinical, and research positions were at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, TheVeterans Affairs NJ Health Care System, Elizabeth General Medical Center, and Enhanced Performance Technologies. Jim is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior, TheObesity Society, and the American Psychological Association (in both exercise/performance psychology and health psychology). In 2019, Jim received the American Psychological Association’s Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology Award from APA Division 38: Society for Health Psychology.
Jim’s research program includes nearly 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications related to health behavior-change theory and methods applied to exercise adherence, controlled eating, weight management, and the effects of physical activity on mental health, body image, emotional eating, and other quality-of-life factors. His findings on associations between moderate physical activity, self-regulatory improvements, and eating-behavior changes form the basis of a weight-management treatment model tailored for large-scale applications within community-based settings. This extensively researched program demonstrated high degrees of success with the substantial problem sustaining losses in weight and reductions in health risks.
Jim also authored over 100 articles and chapters, and four books, targeting methods for health-promotion practitioners. They translate his research for wide-ranging clinical applications. His programs that cross across age ranges include: Weight Loss For Life, The Coach Approach, Youth Fit 4 Life, Start For Life, The Member Adherence Plan, and The Health and Fitness Experience. The National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute identified that array of protocols as representing the most treatments by any single researcher or research group in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, and obesity certified by their Research-tested Intervention Program system. They have been utilized within numerous community health promotion and preventive medicine settings in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. Their associated research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, and Canadian Interior Health Authority, along with many private foundations with interests in health advancement.Recent reviews identified Jim’s research program on exercise adherence intervention as being the most extensive in the world, to date.
He serves as a senior editor of The Permanente Journal, and a contributor/consultant to media outlets such as TheAssociated Press, New York Times, Translational Behavioral Medicine, London Times, WebMD, and PBS.
×
About Dr James J Annesi
Dr. James J. Annesi holds professor appointments at The School of Health Professions: University of Alabama at Birmingham and Wellstar School of Health and Human Services: Kennesaw State University. He was previously Vice President of Research and Evaluation at the YMCA of Metro Atlanta. Earlier faculty, clinical, and research positions were at Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, TheVeterans Affairs NJ Health Care System, Elizabeth General Medical Center, and Enhanced Performance Technologies. Jim is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior, TheObesity Society, and the American Psychological Association (in both exercise/performance psychology and health psychology). In 2019, Jim received the American Psychological Association’s Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology Award from APA Division 38: Society for Health Psychology.
Jim’s research program includes nearly 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications related to health behavior-change theory and methods applied to exercise adherence, controlled eating, weight management, and the effects of physical activity on mental health, body image, emotional eating, and other quality-of-life factors. His findings on associations between moderate physical activity, self-regulatory improvements, and eating-behavior changes form the basis of a weight-management treatment model tailored for large-scale applications within community-based settings. This extensively researched program demonstrated high degrees of success with the substantial problem sustaining losses in weight and reductions in health risks.
Jim also authored over 100 articles and chapters, and four books, targeting methods for health-promotion practitioners. They translate his research for wide-ranging clinical applications. His programs that cross across age ranges include: Weight Loss For Life, The Coach Approach, Youth Fit 4 Life, Start For Life, The Member Adherence Plan, and The Health and Fitness Experience. The National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute identified that array of protocols as representing the most treatments by any single researcher or research group in the areas of physical activity, nutrition, and obesity certified by their Research-tested Intervention Program system. They have been utilized within numerous community health promotion and preventive medicine settings in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. Their associated research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, and Canadian Interior Health Authority, along with many private foundations with interests in health advancement.Recent reviews identified Jim’s research program on exercise adherence intervention as being the most extensive in the world, to date.
He serves as a senior editor of The Permanente Journal, and a contributor/consultant to media outlets such as TheAssociated Press, New York Times, Translational Behavioral Medicine, London Times, WebMD, and PBS.
| Present | Part-Time Professor of Health Promotion, Kennesaw State University | |
|
|
||
Disciplines
Research Interests
Contact Information
Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education
Kennesaw State University
Email: jannesi@kennesaw.edu