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Meg H. Zeller, PhD

Title

Staff Psychologist

Appointment

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

meg.zeller@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2712

Fax

513-636-7756

Credentials

BA: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1984

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996

Internship: Pediatric Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., 1995-1996

Fellowship: Pediatric Psychology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996-1999

Certification: Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Board of Psychology, 1997

Awards and Honors

BA, cum laude, Kenyon College (1984)
Psychology Prize, Honors Day, Kenyon College (1984)
Honors on Senior Comprehensive Exercise in Psychology, Kenyon College (1984)

Research

The identification of psychosocial correlates of pediatric obesity that are potential barriers to weight management.

Research Grants and Contracts

NIH U01DK07249301 - Adolescent Bariatrics: Assessing Health Benefits and Risks. (PI Zeller) 4/06 - 3/11. $3,330,910.

NIH R01DK080020-01 - Adolescent Bariatrics: Controlled Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Development (TeenView). (PI Zeller) 3/08 - 2/13. $2,838,957.

NIH R01DK080738-01 - Dietary Intake and Eating Behavior in Adolescents who Undergo Bariatric Surgery. (PI Zeller) 7/08 - 6/12. $256,393.

Publications, Most Recent

Zeller MH, Modi AC. Development and initial validation of an obesity-specific quality of life measure for children: Sizing Me Up. Obesity (In press).

Zeller MH, Modi AC, Noll JG, Long JD, Inge TH. Psychosocial functioning improves following adolescent bariatric surgery. Obesity 2009;17(5):985-90.

Woo JG, Zeller MH, Wilson MS, Inge TH. Obesity Identified by Discharge ICD-9 Codes Underestimates the True Prevalence of Obesity in Hospitalized Children. Journal of Pediatrics 2008 [Epub ahead of print].

Modi AC, Guilfoyle SM, Zeller MH. Impaired health-related quality of life in caregivers of youth seeking obesity treatment. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2009;34:147-55.

Modi AC, Zeller MH. Validation of a parent-proxy, obesity-specific quality of life measure: Sizing Them Up. Obesity 2008;16:2624-33.

Zeller MH, Boles RE, Reiter-Purtill J. The additive and interactive effects of parenting style and temperament in pediatric obesity. International Journal of Obesity 2008;32:1474–80.

Modi AC, Loux T, Bell S, Harmon CM, Inge TH, Zeller MH. Weight-specific health-related quality of life in adolescents with extreme obesity. Obesity 2008;16:2266–71.

Zeller MH, Reiter-Purtill J, Ramey C. Negative peer perceptions of obese children in the classroom environment. Obesity 2008;16:755-62.

Inge TH, Zeller MH, Harmon C, Helmrath M, Bean J, Modi AC, Horlick M, Kalra M, Xanthokos S, Miller R, Akers R, Courcoulas A. Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery: Methodological features of the first prospective multi-center study of adolescent bariatric surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2007;42:1969-71.

Roehrig HR, Xanthakos SA, Sweeney J, Zeller MH, Inge TH. Pregnancy after gastric bypass surgery in adolescents. Obesity Surgery 2007;17:873-7.

Inge TH, Pfluger P, Zeller MH, Rose SL, Burget L, Sundararajan S, Daniels SR, Tschöp MH. Gastric bypass surgery for treatment of hypothalamic obesity after craniopharyngioma therapy. Nature Clinical Practice, Endocrinology/Metabolism 2007;3(8):606-9.

Noll JG, Zeller MH, Trickett PK, Putnam FW. Inordinate obesity risk for female victims of childhood sexual abuse: Evidence from a prospective study. Pediatrics 2007;120(1):e6-17.

Zeller MH, Reiter-Purtill J, Modi AC, Gutzwiller J, Vannatta K, Davies WH. A controlled study of critical parent and family factors in the obesigenic environment. Obesity 2007;15:126-36.

Beebe DW, Lewin D, Zeller MH, McCabe M, MacLeod K, Daniels SR, Amin R. Sleep in overweight adolescents: Shorter sleep, poorer sleep quality, sleepiness, and sleep disordered breathing. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2007;32:69-79.

Kolotkin RL, Zeller MH, Modi AC, Samsa GP, Polanichka NJ, Yanovski JA, Bell SK, Maahs DM, Gonzales de Serna D, Roehrig HR. Assessing weight-related quality of life in adolescents. Obesity 2006;14:448-57.

Zeller MH, Roehrig HR, Modi AC, Daniels SR, Inge TH. Health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in adolescents with extreme obesity seeking bariatric surgery. Pediatrics 2006;117:1155-61.

Zeller MH, Modi AC. Predictors of health-related quality of life in obese youth. Obesity 2006;14:122-30.

Presentations, Most Recent

Zeller MH, Modi AC. (2008, October). Validation of an Obesity-Specific Quality of Life Measure for Children: Sizing Me Up. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Boles R, Reiter-Purtill J, Wilson L, Zeller MH. (2008, October). Parental feeding practices among persistently obese and non-obese adolescents. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Zeller MH. (2008, September). Bariatric Surgery: Psychosocial Considerations for the Adolescent Patient. Paper presented at the World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes, New York, NY.

Ingerski LM, Wilson L, Inge TH, Zeller MH. (2008, April). Psychosocial influences on weight loss following adolescent bariatric surgery. Poster presented at the Child Health Conference, Miami, FL.

Wilson LM, Zeller MH, Ramey C, Piazza-Waggoner C, Modi AC. (2008, April). Socioeconomic Status in Pediatric Obesity: Is it a Risk Factor for Impaired Health-Related Quality of Life? Poster presented at the Child Health Conference, Miami, FL.

Zeller MH, Modi AC, Ramey C, Wilson L, Piazza-Waggoner C, Godiwala N, Flanigan M. (2007, October). Is childhood obesity in the eye of the beholder? Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Jeffreys RM, Zeller MH, Claytor RP, Inge TH. (2007, October). Fitness and Feelings of Self-Efficacy Improve in Adolescents after Surgical Weight Loss. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Zeller MH, Reiter-Purtill J, Wilson L, Valentine S, Ramey C. (2007, October). A Controlled Study of Depression and Self-Concept in Obese Youth. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Zeller MH. (2007, September). Psychosocial correlates and consequences of pediatric obesity. Weighing in on Pediatric Obesity. Paper presented at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, KS.

Zeller MH. (2007, August). Working Group on Future Research Directions in Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment: Behavioral and Lifestyle Interventions to Treat Obese Children. Moderated at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD

Steele MM, Zeller MH, Modi AC. (2007, April). Further Validation of the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life-Kids; IWQOL-Kids: Assessing Child Health Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery. Oral presentation at the 2007 Great Lakes Regional Conference on Child Health, Cincinnati, OH.

Zeller MH, Modi AC, Roehrig HR, Ramey C, Noll JG, Inge TH. (2006, October). Psychosocial Outcomes of Adolescent Bariatric Surgery. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA.

Zeller MH, Reiter-Purtill J, Modi AC. (2006, October). A Controlled Study of Critical Parent and Family Factors in the Obesigenic Environment. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA.

Bishop CT, Modi AC, Zeller MH. (2006, October). Assessing Weight-Related Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms in Pediatric Obesity: Comparison of African-American and Caucasian Adolescents. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA.

Piazza-Waggoner C, Modi AC, Wilson L, Zeller MH. (2006, October). Family and meals: Child and parent report of family functioning in an obese treatment seeking sample. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA.

Boles R, Reiter-Purtill J, Zeller MH. (2006, October). Pediatric Obesity Risk Factors: The Role of Child Temperament and Parenting Behaviors. Poster presented at the NAASO Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA.

Zeller MH, Modi AC, Roehrig H, Boles R, Kirk S, Daniels SR, Inge TH. (2006, June). Psychosocial status of adolescents considering bariatric surgery. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, San Francisco, CA.

Professional Organization Memberships

American Psychological Association
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Pediatric Psychology
Cincinnati Society of Clinical Child Psychology

Special Interests

Pediatric psychology; school-age children and adolescents; childhood obesity.

Invited Papers and Book Chapters

Zeller MH, Modi AC. (2008). Psychosocial factors related to obesity in children and adolescents. In The Handbook of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology). E. Jelalian and R.G. Steele, Eds., Springer. New York.

Inge TH, Xanthakos SA, Zeller MH. (2007). Bariatric surgery for pediatric extreme obesity: Now or later? International Journal of Obesity. 31, 1-14.

Inge TH, Zeller MH, Kirk S, Daniels SR. (2006). Surgical management of pediatric obesity. In The Handbook of Pediatric Obesity: Volume II - Clinical Management. Melinda Sothern, Ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York

Zeller MH, Daniels S. (2004). The obesity epidemic: Family matters. Journal of Pediatrics, 145, 3-4.

Saelens BE, Zeller MH. (2004). Behavioral intervention for pediatric obesity.