Dr. David Wiss Peer-Reviewed Publications


Wiss, D, A., Prelip, M. L., Upchurch, D. M., von Ehrenstein O. S., Tomiyama, A. J., Gorbach, P. M., & Shoptaw S. J. (2023). Association between childhood maltreatment and depressive and anxiety symptoms among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles. Journal of Urban Health. doi:10.1007/s11524-023-00719-w


Wiss, D, A., Prelip, M. L., Upchurch, D. M., von Ehrenstein O. S., Tomiyama, A. J., & Shoptaw S. J. (2022). Perceived social support moderates the association between household dysfunction adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and self-reported drug use among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles, CA. International Journal of Drug Policy, 110, 103899. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103899

Unwin, J., Delon, C., Giaver H., Kennedy C., Painschab, M, Sandin, F, Poulsen, C. S., & Wiss, D. A. (2022). Low carbohydrate and psychoeducational programs show promise for the treatment of ultra-processed food addiction. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1005523


Wiss, D. A. (2022). Clinical considerations of the ultra-processed food addiction across weight classes: An eating disorder treatment and care perspective. Current Addiction Reports. doi:10.1007/s40429-022-00411-0

Wiss, D. A., Brewerton, T. D., & Tomiyama, A. J. (2021). Limitations of the protective measure theory in explaining the role of childhood sexual abuse in eating disorders, addictions, and obesity: An updated model with emphasis on biological embedding. Eating and Weight Disorders. doi:10.1007/s40519-021-01293-3

Bray, B., Rodríguez-Martín, B. C., Wiss, D. A., Bray, C. E., & Zwickey, H. (2021). Overeaters Anonymous: An overlooked intervention for binge eating disorder. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(14), 7303. doi:10.3390/ijerph18147303

Wiss, D., Javanbakht, M., Li, M., Prelip, M., Bolan, R., Shoptaw, S., & Gorbach, P. (2021). Food insecurity partially mediates the association between drug use and depressive symptoms among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles, California. Public Health Nutrition, 24(13), 1-9. doi:10.1017/S1368980021002494


Wiss, D. A., Avena, N., & Gold, M. (2020). Food addiction and psychosocial adversity: Biological embedding, contextual factors, and public health implications. Nutrients, 12(11), 3521. doi:10.3390/nu12113521

Wiss, D. A., Russell, L., & Prelip, M. (2020). Staff-perceived barriers to nutrition intervention in substance use disorder treatment. Public Health Nutrition, 24(11), 3488-3497. doi:10.1017/S1368980020003882

Wiss, D. A. & Brewerton, T. D. (2020). Separating the signal from the noise: How psychiatric diagnoses can help discern food addiction from dietary restraint. Nutrients, 12(10), 2937. doi:10.3390/nu12102937


Wiss, D. A. & Brewerton, T. D. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences and adult obesity: A systematic review of plausible mechanisms and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies. Physiology & Behavior, 223(112964). doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112964

Wiss, D. A. (2019). The relationship between alcohol and glychohemoglobin: A biopsychosocial perspective. Bioresearch Open Access, 8(1), 146-154. doi:10.1089/biores.2019.0009


Wiss, D. A. (2019). A Biopsychosocial overview of the opioid crisis: Considering nutrition and gastrointestinal health. Frontiers in Public Health, 7(193). doi:10.3389/fpubh.2019.00193

Wiss, D. A., Avena, N., & Rada, P. (2018). Sugar addiction: From evolution to revolution. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9(545). doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00545

Wiss, D. A., Schellenberger, M., & Prelip, M. L. (2018). Rapid assessment of nutrition services in Los Angeles substance use disorder treatment centers. Journal of Community Health, 44(1), 88-94. doi:10.1007/s10900-018-0557-2

Wiss, D. A., Schellenberger, M., & Prelip, M. L. (2018). Registered dietitian nutritionists in substance use disorder treatment centers. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 118(2), 2217-2221. doi:10.1016/j.jand.2017.08.113


Wiss, D. A., Criscitelli, K., Gold, M., & Avena, N. (2017). Preclinical evidence for the addiction potential of highly palatable foods: Current developments related to maternal influence. Appetite, 115, 19-27. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.12.019

Wiss, D. A., & Brewerton, T. B. (2016). Incorporating food addiction into disordered eating: The disordered eating and food addiction nutrition guide (DEFANG). Eating and Weight Disorders, 22(1), 49-59. doi:10.1007/s40519-016-0344-y


Book Chapters

Wiss, D. A., Avena, N. (2020). Food addiction, binge eating, and the role of dietary restraint: Converging evidence from animal and human studies. In Frank, G. K. W., Berner, L. A. Binge Eating: A Transdiagnostic Psychopathology (pp.193-209). Springer, Cham.


Wiss, D. A. (2019). The role of nutrition in addiction recovery: What we know and what we don’t. In Danovitch, I., & Mooney L. J., The Assessment and Treatment of Addiction (pp. 21-42). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Publishing. 


Wiss, D. A., & Waterhous, T. S. (2014). Nutrition therapy for eating disorders, substance use disorders, and addictions. In Brewerton, T. D., & Dennis, A. B., Eating disorders, substance use disorders, and addictions (pp. 509-532). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Publishing.

Specter, S. E., & Wiss, D. A. (2014). Muscle dysmorphia: Where body image obsession, compulsive exercise, disordered eating, and substance abuse intersect in susceptible males. In Brewerton, T. D., & Dennis, A. B., Eating disorders, substance use disorders, and addictions (pp. 439-457). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Publishing.

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