Physical Health

ORI researchers study ways to keep people of all ages and abilities physically healthy and have developed successful interventions to increase exercise, social support, and healthy eating  habits.

A Biopsychobehavioral Investigation of Withdrawal from Ultra-Processed Food in Humans

A Biopsychobehavioral Investigation of Withdrawal from Ultra-Processed Food in Humans

Collaborative to understand impacts of early preventive interventions on suicide and overdose mortality using data harmonization methodology

Collaborative to understand impacts of early preventive interventions on suicide and overdose mortality using data harmonization methodology

Development and Evaluation of School-based Digital Adolescent Oral Health Promotion Program for the Reduction of Oral Health Disparities

Development and Evaluation of School-based Digital Adolescent Oral Health Promotion Program for the Reduction of Oral Health Disparities

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for K-2 Elementary Students.

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for K-2 Elementary Students.

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for 3-5 Grade Elementary Students – Phase 2

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for 3-5 Grade Elementary Students – Phase 2

Testing a Dissonance-Based Intervention to Reduce Ultra-Processed Food Consumption via Activism against the Food Industry (DISRUPT)

Testing a Dissonance-Based Intervention to Reduce Ultra-Processed Food Consumption via Activism against the Food Industry (DISRUPT)

Dual-Task Training Exercise to Reduce Falls in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Dual-Task Training Exercise to Reduce Falls in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Effects of Processed Foods on Brain Reward Circuitry and Food Cue Learning

Effects of Processed Foods on Brain Reward Circuitry and Food Cue Learning

Efficacy of Adapted Tai Ji Quan to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

Efficacy of Adapted Tai Ji Quan to Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

EmpowerU: Promoting Health-Related SEL Skills Development in High-Needs Populations

EmpowerU: Promoting Health-Related SEL Skills Development in High-Needs Populations

HealthyU-Latinx: A Technology-based Tool for Addressing Health Literacy in Latinx Secondary Students and their Families

HealthyU-Latinx: A Technology-based Tool for Addressing Health Literacy in Latinx Secondary Students and their Families

HealthyU-Native: A Technology-Based Tool for Addressing Health Literacy in Native American/Alaska Native Secondary Students

HealthyU-Native: A Technology-Based Tool for Addressing Health Literacy in Native American/Alaska Native Secondary Students

Testing just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to prevent goal disengagement in response to weight regain following behavioral weight loss treatment (Momentum)

Testing just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) to prevent goal disengagement in response to weight regain following behavioral weight loss treatment (Momentum)

Multi-Media Professional Development for Parenting Educators to Deliver Oral Hygiene Education for Parents of Young Children

Multi-Media Professional Development for Parenting Educators to Deliver Oral Hygiene Education for Parents of Young Children

Peer Engagement in Methamphetamine Harm-Reduction with Contingency Management (Peer-CM) Supplement

Peer Engagement in Methamphetamine Harm-Reduction with Contingency Management (Peer-CM) Supplement

Efficacy of a multi-level intervention designed to promote adherence to WCRF/AICR dietary guidelines for cancer prevention (Project Eatwell)

Efficacy of a multi-level intervention designed to promote adherence to WCRF/AICR dietary guidelines for cancer prevention (Project Eatwell)

Biobehavioral Reward Responses Associated with Consumption of Nutritionally Diverse Ultra‐Processed Foods (Project Response)

Biobehavioral Reward Responses Associated with Consumption of Nutritionally Diverse Ultra‐Processed Foods (Project Response)

A Remotely Delivered Tai Ji Quan Intervention to Reduce Incidence of Falls in High Risk Community-Dwelling Older Adults

A Remotely Delivered Tai Ji Quan Intervention to Reduce Incidence of Falls in High Risk Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Developing an Online Tai Ji Program to Improve Health Outcomes in Older Adults: COVID-19 Supplement

Developing an Online Tai Ji Program to Improve Health Outcomes in Older Adults: COVID-19 Supplement

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for 3-5 Grade Elementary Students

Development, Feasibility, and Acceptability of Aim to Play, a User-Friendly Digital Application for Teacher Skills Training and Physical Education Activities for 3-5 Grade Elementary Students

Multi-Media Parent-Based Intervention to Promote Dental Hygiene Among Young Children: BeReady2Smile_II

Multi-Media Parent-Based Intervention to Promote Dental Hygiene Among Young Children: BeReady2Smile_II

Multi-media Professional Development for Parenting Educators to Deliver Oral Hygiene Education for Parents of Young Children

Multi-media Professional Development for Parenting Educators to Deliver Oral Hygiene Education for Parents of Young Children

Preventing Falls and Frailty in Prostate Cancer Survivors: GET FIT Prostate

Preventing Falls and Frailty in Prostate Cancer Survivors: GET FIT Prostate

Translational Neuroscience: Responsivity Training for Obesity Treatment

Translational Neuroscience: Responsivity Training for Obesity Treatment