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Received all degrees from Rutgers Unversity. Arrived at Cornell in 1968 as Post-Doctoral Fellow for two years before becoming an Assistent Professor. I have been a full professor since 1986.Throughout my professional life I have been studying the control of food intake and regulation of body weight.
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- Free Will and the Obesity Epidemic. Public Health Nutrition. 15:126-141. 2012
- Losing weight without dieting. Use of commercial foods as meal replacements for lunch produces an extended energy deficit. Appetite. 57:311-317. 2011
- Losing weight without dieting. Use of commercial foods as meal replacements for lunch produces an extended energy deficit. Appetite. 57:311-317. 2011
- One day of food restriction does not result in an increase in subsequent daily food intake in humans. Physiology & Behavior. 99:495-499. 2010
- Perinatal choline supplementation improves cognitive functioning and emotion regulation in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome. Behavioral Neuroscience. 124. 2010
- A mouse model of Fragile X syndrome exhibits heightened arousal and/or emotion following errors or reversal of contingencies. Developmental Psychobiology. 50:473-85. 2008
- Succimer chelation improves learning, attention, and arousal regulation in lead-exposed rats but produces lasting cognitive impairment in the absence of lead exposure. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115:201-209. 2007
- Succimer chelation normalizes reactivity to reward omission and errors in lead-exposed rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 29:188-202. 2007
- Impairments in inhibitory control, arousal regulation and sustained attention in the fmr1 mouse model of Fragile X syndrome. Behavioral Neuroscience. 120:1367-1379. 2006
- Attentional dysfunction, impulsivity, and resistance to change in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Behavioral Neuroscience. 120:1367-79. 2006
- Monitoring weight daily blocks the freshman weight gain: a model for combating the epidemic of obesity. International Journal of Obesity. 30:1003-10. 2006
- The non-regulation of food intake in humans: hope for reversing the epidemic of obesity. Physiology & Behavior. 86:623-32. 2006
- Children eat what they are served: the imprecise regulation of energy intake. Appetite. 44:273-282. 2005
- Imprecise control of energy intake: absence of a reduction in food intake following overfeeding in young adults. Physiology & Behavior. 84:669-675. 2005
- The future of school feeding programs.. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 26. 2005
- Enduring effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on selective attention and reactivity to errors: evidence from an animal model. Behavioral Neuroscience. 118:290-297. 2004
- Impaired sustained attention and error-induced stereotypy in the aged Ts65Dn mouse, a mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease. Behavioral Neuroscience. 118:1196-1205. 2004
- Prenatal cocaine exposure does not alter working memory in adult rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 26:319-29. 2004
- The freshman weight gain: a model for the study of the epidemic of obesity. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 28:1435-1442. 2004
- The more food young adults are served, the more they overeat. Journal of Nutrition. 134:2546-2549. 2004
- Alterations in reactivity to errors and sustained attention in an animal model of prenatal cocaine exposure. Developmental Brain Research. 147:85-96. 2003
- Commentary on the paper of Damon et al. Journal of Nutrition. 13:661-662. 2003
- Impaired sustained attention and altered reactivity to errors in an animal model of prenatal cocaine exposure. Developmental Brain Research. 147:85-96. 2003
- Nutritional and energetic consequences of sweetened drink consumption in 6- to 13-year-old children. Journal of Pediatrics. 142:604-610. 2003
- Enduring effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on attentional control and reactivity to errors. Behavioral Neuroscience. 116:624-633. 2002
- The Effect of Microgravity and Space Flight on the Chemical Senses. Journal of Food Science. 67:468-478. 2002
- Early lead exposure produces lasting changes in sustained attention, response initiation, and reactivity to errors. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 23:519-531. 2001
- Enduring effects of early lead (Pb) exposure on sustained attention, response initiation, and reactivity to errors. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 23:519-532. 2001
- Putting Behavior back into Feeding Behavior: A Tribute to George Collier. Appetite. 38:1-6. 2001
- Recovery of associative function following early amgydala lesions. Behavioral Neuroscience. 115:154-164. 2001
- Effects of chronic low-level lead exposure on learning and reaction time in a visual discrimination task. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 22:337-345. 2000
- Enduring effects of early lead exposure: Evidence for a specific deficit in associative ability. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 22:151-164. 2000
- Prenatal cocaine exposure impairs selective attention: evidence from serial reversal and extradimensional shift tasks. Behavioral Neuroscience. 114:725-738. 2000
- Diet Design and Food Processing for Bioregenerative Life Support Systems. SAE Transactions: Journal of Aerospace. 107:296-307. 1999
- Effects of Dietary Mixtures of Amino Acids on Fetal Growth and Maternal and Fetal Amino Acid Pools in Experimental Maternal Phenylketonuria. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 69:687-696. 1999
- The promotion effect of anorectic drugs on aflatoxin B(1)-induced hepatic preneoplastic foci. Carcinogenesis. 20:1793-1799. 1999
- Improved Model of Maternal Phenylketonuria in Rats by Use of Lower Dietary Concentrations of Methylphenylalanine and L-Phenylalanine in a Semipurified Diet. Nutrition Research. 18:989-1002. 1998
- Enhanced thermogenesis during recovery from diet-induced weight gain in the rat. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 271. 1996
- The relationship between body weight and mortality: A quantitative analysis of combined information from existing studies. International Journal of Obesity. 20:63-75. 1996
- Enduring cognitive effects of early malnutrition: A theoretical reappraisal. Journal of Nutrition. 125. 1995
- Malnutrition and the brain; Changing concepts, changing concerns. Journal of Nutrition. 125. 1995
- Metabolic consequences of fenfluramine for the control of body weight. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 55. 1995
- Accuracy and reliability of total body electrical conductivity (TOBEC) for determining body composition of rats in experimental studies. Physiology & Behavior. 56:767-773. 1994
- Chronic fenfluramine treatment: effects on body weight, food intake and energy expenditure. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 18:679-685. 1994
- Deficient cumulative learning: An animal model of retarded cognitive development. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 16:71-79. 1994
- The effects of D-fenfluramine on the development of aflatoxin-B1 induced GGT+. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. 17:215-221. 1993
- Time-dependent effects of post-trial amphetamine treatment in rats: Evidence for enhanced storage of representational memory. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 56:62-76. 1991
- Weight loss on a low fat diet: Consequence of the imprecision of the control of food intake in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 53:1124-1129. 1991
- Cognitive profile of rats exposed to lactational hyperphenylalaninemia: Correspondence with Human Mental Retardation. Developmental Psychobiology. 23:195-214. 1990
- Effect of dl-fenfluramine on thermic effect of food in humans. International Journal of Obesity. 14:647-655. 1990
- Enhancement and impairment of memory retrieval by a vasopressin metabolite: An interaction with the accessibility of the memory. Behavioral Neuroscience. 104:268-276. 1990
- Attentional impairment in rats exposed to alcohol prenatally: Lack of hypothesized masking by food deprivation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 562:380-382. 1989
- Body composition and energy intake: Do overweight women overeat and underreport?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 49:320-325. 1989
- Comparison of the effects of psyllium and wheat bran on gastrointestinal transit time and stool characteristics. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 88:323-326. 1988
- Enhancement of the thermic effect of food by d-fenfluramine. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 11 (suppl. 1). 1988
- Variation in energy intake during the menstrual cycle: implications for food-intake research. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 48:956-962. 1988
- Dietary fat and the regulation of energy intake in human subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 46:886-892. 1987
- Effect of psyllium gum and wheat bran on spontaneous energy intake. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 16:812-817. 1987
- Mean transit time measurement by analysis of a single stool after ingestion of multicolored plastic pellets. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 16:1048-1051. 1987
- Unusual mechanism of expending energy. International Journal of Obesity. 11:48. 1987
- Modulation of the thermogenic effect of nutrients by fenfluramine. International Journal of Obesity. 10:169-174. 1986
- A mnemonic role for vasopressin: The evidence for and against. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 9:399-411. 1985
- Eating in the laboratory: Is it representative?. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 42:323-328. 1985
- PKU and models of mental retardation. Developmental Psychobiology. 17:109-120. 1984
- Social Transmission of Food Preferences in Adult Hooded Rats (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology. 98:257-266. 1984
- Early brain insult and cognition: A comparison of early malnutrition and hypothyroidism. Developmental Psychobiology. 16:535-549. 1983
- Lithium chloride and avoidance of novel places. Behavioral Neuroscience. 97:445-451. 1983
- Overcompensation of food intake following brief periods of food restriction. Physiology & Behavior. 29:747-750. 1983
- Insensible weight loss as an indicator of metabolic rate. Physiology & Behavior. 28:382-384. 1982
- Novelty of contextual cues in taste aversion learning. Animal Learning and Behavior. 10:229-232. 1982
- Reinforcing health care. Contemporary Psychology. 27:149-150. 1982
- Spillage behavior and thiamin deficiency in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 28:933-937. 1982
- Tolerance to anorectic drugs: Pharmacological or artifactual. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior. 14:661-667. 1981
- The role of noxious taste in determining food intake in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 24:1027-1030. 1980
- Dietary obesity. Differential effects with self-selection and composite diet feeding techniques. Physiology & Behavior. 22:245-249. 1979
- Efeitos dos Choques a intervalos variaveis socre o compartamento alimentar de ratos subnutridos. Cadernos de Pesquisa. 29:111-124. 1979
- Food selection during recovery from protein restriction in lactation. Physiology & Behavior. 22:479-482. 1979
- Responses to protein dilution in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 23:709-715. 1979
- Differential effects of quinine and sucrose octa acetate on food intake in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 20:665-667. 1978
- Long term effects of quinine on food intake and body weight in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 21:321-324. 1978
- Post-ingestion effects of quinine on intake of nutrition and non-nutritive substances. Physiology & Behavior. 21:851-854. 1978
- Early protein malnutrition in the rat: Behavioral changes during rehabilitation. Developmental Psychobiology. 10:105-111. 1977
- Protein malnutrition induced during gestation: Its effect on pup development and maternal behavior. Developmental Psychobiology. 10:339-345. 1977
- Effect of early protein-energy malnutrition and environmental changes on cholinesterase activity of brain and adrenal glands of rats. Journal of Nutrition. 106:342-349. 1976
- Effect of postnatal dietary protein and energy restriction on exploratory behavior in young pigs. Developmental Psychobiology. 9:425-435. 1976
- Regional changes in rat brain choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase activity resulting from undernutrition imposed during different periods of development. Journal of Neurochemistry. 127:277-283. 1976
- The effect of protein energy undernutrition induced during the period of suckling on cholinergic enzyme activity in the rat brainstem. Brain Research. 101:372-377. 1976
- The ingestion of food and the recovery of body weight following fasting in the naive rat. Physiology & Behavior. 17:575-580. 1976
- Effort as a dimension of spontaneous activity in rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 88:89-96. 1975
- Maternal malnutrition and the neonatal environment. Federation Proceedings. 34:1583-1586. 1975
- Nutritional effects on heart acetylcholinesterase and butyrocholinesterase activit. American Journal of Physiology. 229:1532-1535. 1975
- Postnatal stimulation: the effects on cholinergic enzyme activity in undernourished rats. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine. 149:860-863. 1975
- Feeding conditions and intermeal relationships. Physiology & Behavior. 12:779-787. 1974
- Postnatal malnutrition in the rat and brain mitochondria oxygen consumption. Brain Research. 65:534-536. 1974
- Protein malnutrition in the rat: its effects on maternal behavior and pup development. Developmental Psychobiology. 7:551-561. 1974
- Maternal protein deprivation during pregnancy or lactation in rats and the efficiency of food and nitrogen utilization of the progeny. Journal of Nutrition. 103:273-284. 1973
- Postnatal malnutrition and regional cholinesterase activities in brain of pigs. Brain Research. 63:461-465. 1973
- Nutritional and environmental interactions in the behavioral development of the rat: long-term effects. Science. 176:68-71. 1972
- Postnatal malnutrition and brain cholinesterase in rats. Nature. 233:269-270. 1971
- Effect of early malnutrition on the reaction of adult rats to aversive stimuli. Nature. 225:468-469. 1970
- Feeding patterns of rats in response to fasts and changes in environmental conditions. Physiology & Behavior. 5:291-300. 1970
- Body weight loss as a measure of motivation in thirsty guinea pigs. Psychonomic science. 10:27-28. 1968
- Effects of diet and deprivation on meal eating behavior in rats. Physiology & Behavior. 3:137-140. 1968
- Operant running as a function of deprivation and effort. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 66:522-523. 1968
- Schedule-induced wheel running. Physiology & Behavior. 3:571-573. 1968
- Defense of water balance in rats: Behavioral and physiological responses to depletion. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 64:59-67. 1967
- Instrumental performance as a function of the energy content of the diet. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 64:68-72. 1967
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chapter
- The Aetiology of Obesity: genetics or environment, intake or expenditure. Obesity: science to practice. 2009
- Macronutrients and the Control of Body Weight. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease. 2008
- The Control of Food Intake and the Regulation of Body Weight in Humans. Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations. 2008
- Macronutrients and the Control of Body Weight. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease. 2001
- Diet drugs gain popularity: Risks and benefits of fenfluramine. Healthy Weight Journal. 8-12. 1997
- Imprecise Control of Food Intake on Low-Fat Diets. Nutrition in the '90s: Current Controversies and Analysis. 45-59. 1994
- Nutrition and the behavior of children. Textbook of Pediatric Nutrition. 107-114. 1994
- Nutrition and the behavior of children. Textbook of Pediatric Nutrition. 1992
- An animal model of retarded cognitive development. Advances in Infancy Research. 149-186. 1990
- Nutrition and the behavior of children. Nutrition in Pediatrics: Basic Science and Clinical Applications. 1985
- Drugs, appetite, and body weight. Effects of Drugs and Nutrients. 1984
- Recent developments in the concept of functional isolation. Critical Assessment of Key Issues in Research on Malnutrition and Behavior. 1984
- Behavioral control of energy expenditure. The Body Weight Regulatory System: Normal and Disturbed Mechanisms. 1982
- Malnutrition and tests of brain function. Nutrition and Behavior. 1982
- Malnutrition and the hunger to learn. Malnutrition, Environment, and Behavior: New Perspectives. 1979
- Malnutrition, learning and animal models of cognition. Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise. Vol. 1, Nutrition and Development: Pre- and Postnatal. 1979
- Malnutrition and animal models of cognitive development. Nutrition and Mental Functions. 75-89. 1975
- Malnutrition and the biology of experience. Nutrition, Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Nutrition, Mexico, 1972. 330-334. 1975
- Lipid interactions with brain, body and behavior. Dietary Lipids and Postnatal Development. 1973
- Malnutrition and animal behavior. Nutrition, Development and Social Behavior. 1973
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conference paper
- Optimization of the crew diet for a bioregenerative space life support system. Proceedings of the 2000 Cornell Nutrition Conference for Feed Manufacturers. 2000
- Energetic and Behavioral Adaptations to Low-Fat Foods. Proceedings of 1995 Cornell Nutrition Conference. 1995
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document part
- Cocaine exposure limited to early pregnancy in rats produces lasting impairment in selective attention: Evidence from extra-dimensional shift tasks. 375. 2005
- Get the lead out: Succimer chelation significantly ameliorates the lasting cognitive and affective dysfunction produced by early lead exposure in a rodent model. 394-395. 2003
- Enduring effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on selective and sustained attention and reactivity to errors: a dose-response study 2002
- Lasting changes in attention and reactivity to errors in an IV rodent model of prenatal cocaine exposure 2002
- Enduring effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on sustained attention and reaction to errors. 286. 2001
- Effect of space flight and microgravity on the stimulation of the chemical senses. 609-610. 1999
- Long-term effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on sustained and selective attention, and inhibitory control. 1887. 1996
- A fine-grained analysis of lead (Pb) effects in a delayed spatial alternation task: assessment of mnemonic effects, side bias, and proactive interference. 381. 1995
- Altered attention, declarative memory, and reward efficacy in rats exposed to lead during early development: Evidence for dysfunction of prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens. 1940. 1995
- Effects of low-level lead (Pb) exposure on reaction time and learning rate in a visual discrimination task: Evidence for the specificity of the cognitive impairment. 383. 1995
- Specificity of the cognitive dysfunction produced by low-level lead (Pb) exposure. 373. 1995
- Chronic post-weaning lead (Pb) exposure impairs performance on a delayed alternation task. 315. 1994
- Cognitive effects of chronic low-level lead exposure: Effects on attention and short-term memory. 1676. 1993
- Mnemonic and attentional effects of low-level lead exposure. 466. 1993
- Cumulative learning deficit in rats exposed to prenatal hyperphenylalaninemia: A model of retarded cognitive development. 490. 1991
- Dietary Amino Acids Alter Fetal Brain Amino Acid Profiles in a Rat Model of Maternal Phenylketonuria 1991
- Dietary Level of -Methylphenylalanine and Phenylalanine in a Rat Model of Maternal Phenylketonuria 1991
- Dietary amino acids alter fetal brain amino acid profiles in a rat model of maternal phenylketonuria 1991
- Dietary level of_a-methylphenylalanine and phenylalanine in a rat model of maternal phenylketonuria 1991
- Cumulative learning deficit in prenatally hyperphenylalaninemic rats: A model of mental retardation. 788. 1990
- Cumulative learning: A rodent model of mental retardation. 625. 1990
- Cognitive profile of rats exposed to lactational hyperphenylalaninemia: correspondence with human mental retardation. 508-509. 1989
- Masking of attentional dysfunction by nutrient restriction. 686. 1989
- A vasopressin fragment modulates attentional focusing in the rat 1987
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selected publications listing
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Books
- Levitsky DA, Editor. Malnutrition, Environment, and Behavior: New Perspectives. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, N,Y 1979.
- Garrison , TN with David Levitsky. Fed-up!: A woman's guide to freedom from the diet/weight prison. Carroll & Graf: New York, 1993.
Chapters in Books
- Levitsky DA, Barnes RH. Malnutrition and the biology of experience. In: Nutrition, Chavez A, Bourges H, Basta S, Eds. Proc 9th Internat Congr Nutrition, Mexico, 1972. S Karger: Basel, 1975;2:330-34.
- Levitsky DA. Lipid interactions with brain, body and behavior. In: Dietary Lipids and Postnatal Development. Raven Press: New York, 1973.
- Levitsky DA, Barnes RH. Malnutrition and animal behavior. In: Kallen DJ, Ed. Nutrition, Development and Social Behavior. DHEW Publ No (NIH) 73-242, 1973.
- Levitsky DA. Malnutrition and animal models of cognitive development. In: Nutrition and Mental Functions. Plenum Press: New York, 1975;75-89.
- Levitsky DA. Malnutrition and the hunger to learn. In: Levitsky DA, Ed. Malnutrition, Environment, and Behavior: New Perspectives. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 1979.
- Levitsky DA, Goldberger L, Massaro TF. Malnutrition, learning and animal models of cognition. In: Winick M, Ed. Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise. Vol. 1, Nutrition and Development: Pre- and Postnatal. Plenum Press: New York, 1979.
- Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Malnutrition and tests of brain function. In: Miller SA, Ed. Nutrition in Health and Disease. Franklin Institute Press, 1981.
- Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Behavior control of energy expenditure. In: Cioffi LA, James WPT, Van Itallie TB, Eds. The Body Weight Regulatory System: Normal and Disturbed Mechanisms . Raven Press, 1982.
- Levitsky, D. A. Macronutrients and the Control of Body Weight. In: Coulston AM, Rock CL, Monsen ER. Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease. Academic Press: San Diego, 2008 (second edition)
- Levitsky, D. A. The Control of Food Intake and the Regulation of Body Weight in Humans. In: Harris, RBS, Mattes, R. Appetite and Food Intake: Behavioral and Physiological Considerations. CRC Press: Boca Raton, 2008
- Speakman, J. and Levitsky, D. A. The Aetiology of Obesity: genetics or environment, intake or expenditure. Williams, G, Fruhbeck, G. Obesity: science to practice. Willey-Blackwell, 2009.
Articles
- Olabi AA, Lawless HT, Hunter JB, Levitsky DA and Halpern BP. The effect of microgravity and space flight on the chemical senses. J Food Sci 2002;67:468-78.
- Levitsky D. Putting behavior back into feeding behavior: a tribute to George Collier. Appetite 2001;38:1-6.
- Mrdjenovic G, Levitsky DA. Nutritional and energetic consequences of sweetened drink consumption in 6- to 13-year-old children. J Pediatr 2003;142:604-610.
- Bell RC, Levitsky DA and Campbell TC. The effects of D-fenfluramine on the development of aflatoxin-B1 induced GGT+. Int J Obesity Relat Metab Disord 1993;17:215-221.
- Stallone DD, Levitsky DA. Chronic fenfluramine treatment: effects on body weight, food intake and energy expenditure. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1994;18:679-685.
- Almeida NG, Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Enhanced thermogenesis during recovery from diet-induced weight gain in the rat. Am J Physiol 1996;271:R1380-1387.
- Troiano RP, Frongillo EA Jr, Sobal J and Levitsky DA. The relationship between body weight and mortality: a quantitative analysis of combined information from existing studies. Int J Obesity 1996;20:63-75.
- Garavan H, Morgan RE, Levitsky DA, Hermer-Vazquez L, Strupp BJ. Enduring effects of early lead exposure: evidence for a specific deficit in associative ability. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2000;22(2):151-64.
- Morgan RE, Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Effects of chronic lead exposure on learning and reaction time in a visual discrimination task. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2000;22(3):337-45.
- Garavan H, Morgan RE, Mactutus CF, Levitsky DA, Booze RM, Strupp BJ. Prenatal cocaine exposure impairs selective attention: evidence from serial reversal and extradimensional shift tasks. Behav Neurosci 2000;114(4):725-38.
- Morgan RE, Garavan H, Smith EG, Driscoll LL, Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Early lead exposure produces lasting changes in sustained attention, response initiation, and reactivity to errors. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2001;23:519-31.
- Higley MJ, Hermer-Vazquez L, Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Recovery of associative function following early amygdala lesions in rats. Behav Neurosci 2001;115(1):154-64.
- Levitsky DA, Editor. Malnutrition, Environment, and Behavior: New Perspectives. Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY, 1979.
- Garrison, TN with D Levitsky. Fed-up!: A woman's guide to freedom from the diet/weight prison. Carroll & Graf: New York, 1993.
- Levitsky DA, Barnes RH. Malnutrition and the biology of experience. In: Nutrition, Chavez A, Bourges H, Basta S, Eds. Proc 9th Internat Congr Nutrition, Mexico, 1972. S Karger: Basel, 1975;2:330-34.
- Levitsky DA. Lipid interactions with brain, body and behavior. In: Dietary Lipids and Postnatal Development. Raven Press: New York, 1973.
- Levitsky DA, Barnes RH. Malnutrition and animal behavior. In: Kallen DJ, Ed. Nutrition, Development and Social Behavior. DHEW Publ No (NIH) 73-242, 1973.
- Levitsky DA. Malnutrition and animal models of cognitive development. In: Nutrition and Mental Functions. Plenum Press: New York, 1975;75-89.
- Levitsky DA, Goldberger L, Massaro TF. Malnutrition, learning and animal models of cognition. In: Winick M, Ed. Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise. Vol. 1, Nutrition and Development: Pre- and Postnatal. Plenum Press: New York, 1979.
- Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Malnutrition and tests of brain function. In: Miller SA, Ed. Nutrition in Health and Disease. Franklin Institute Press, 1981.
- Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Behavior control of energy expenditure. In: Cioffi LA, James WPT, Van Itallie TB, Eds. The Body Weight Regulatory System: Normal and Disturbed Mechanisms. Raven Press, 1982.
- Levitsky DA, Strupp BJ. Recent developments in the concept of functional isolation. In: Brozek J, Schurch B, Eds. Critical Assessment of Key Issues in Research on Malnutrition and Behavior. Nestlé Foundation: Lausanne, Switzerland, 1984.
featured in archived article
- Choline reduces Down syndrome dysfunction, guards against dementia
- Cornell overeating study suggests that how much we eat depends more on external cues, such as portion size, than on biological signals
- David Levitsky -- part teacher, part showman -- wins USDA teaching award
- Merrill scholars honor high school, Cornell teachers
- Nutrition society honors four on faculty for research
- Study on fasting suggests why diets fail
- The bigger the serving, the more young children will eat, Cornell study finds
Teaching
teaching activities
- NS-1150: Nutrition, Health, and Society - Summer 2013-3wk
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Spring 2013
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2013
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2013
- NS-1150: Nutrition, Health, and Society - Fall 2012
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Fall 2012
- NS-6600: Special Topics in Nutrition - Fall 2012
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2012
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2012
- NS-3150: Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight - Spring 2012
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Graduate Students - Spring 2012
- NS-8990: Master's Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis and Research - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-3150: Obesity and the Regulation of Body Weight - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2012
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Spring 2012
- NS-1150: Nutrition, Health and Society - Fall 2011
- NS-4000: Directed Readings - Fall 2011
- NS-6000: Special Problems for Grads - Fall 2011
- NS-6600: Topics in Nutrition - Fall 2011
- NS-8990: Master Thesis - Fall 2011
- NS-9990: Doctoral Thesis - Fall 2011
- PSYCH-4700: Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2011
- PSYCH-4710: Advanced Undergraduate Research in Psychology - Fall 2011
recent courses taught
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NS 1150 Nutrition, Society, and Health
Law 7601 Human Free Will and Criminal Law
NS 3150 Obesity and the Control of Body Weight
Service
current professional activities
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Teaching, Researching, Writing, Reviewing, Consulting
service to the profession
- Sigma Chi
- Culinary Institute of America Scientific Review Board - 2012
- Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior Board of Directors - 2012
- National Research Council Member 1979 - 1982
reviewer or editor for
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (Comparative Physiological), Rutgers University 1968
- Rutgers University 1968
- M.S. in Experimental Psychology (Comparative Physiological), Rutgers University 1967
- B.A. in Psychology, Rutgers University 1964
awards and honors
- USDA Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards (Regional), 2009
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2008
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2007
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2006
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2005
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2004
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2003
- Nominated for Outstanding Professor Award, 2001
- Outstanding Educator, 1999
- Outstanding Educator, 1998
- Paramount Professor Award, 1997
- Family and Consumer Service National Honor Society, 1997
- Innovative Teaching Award, 1996
- Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in Teaching, 1994
- Outstanding Research Award, 1994
- New York State USDA Award for are Most Creative Project to Implement the Dietary Guidelines, 1994
- Northeast Region USDA Award for Most Creative Project to Implement the Dietary Guidelines, 1994
- Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1993
- Distinguished Contribution to Undergraduate Education, 1992
- Professor Award, 1989
- Traveling Fellowship, Cornell University to France, 1988
- Traveling Fellowship, Cornell University to Israel, 1980
- NICHD Career Development Award, 1974
- Best Professional Paper, 1974
- New Leadership Award, 1970
- NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1968
Other
college
- CALS