Dr. Lawrence David Hammer M. D.

Awards

• Stanford University School of Medicine 1986 Kaiser Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching 

Treatments

• Weight Management, Obesity

Fellowships

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA    1982
• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PA    1982

Publications

• JOURL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICSImproving Healthy Eating in Families With a Toddler at Risk for Overweight2012
• JOURL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTHPuberty and gender interact to predict social anxiety symptoms in early adolescence2007
• JOURL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRYChildhood risk factors for thin body preoccupation and social pressure to be thin2007
• OBESITY SURGERYMethamphetamine use following bariatric surgery in an adolescent2006
• APPETITEThe relationship between parental factors at infancy2004
• JOURL OF PEDIATRICSRisk factors for childhood overweight: A prospective study from birth to 9.5 years2004
• JOURL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRYBehavioral validation, precursors, and concomitants of picky eating in childhood2003
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF OBESITYEarly body mass index and other anthropometric relationships between parents and children2001
• CLINICAL PEDIATRICSProlonged bottle feeding in a cohort of children2001
• JOURL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRYPredicting children's reported eating disturbances at 8 years of age2001
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSRisk factors for the emergence of childhood eating disturbances: A five-year prospective study1999
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSA prospective study of the influence of eating-disordered mothers on their children1999
• JOURL OF DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICSCan mothers influence their child's eating behavior?1999
• ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINEDevelopment of feeding practices during the first 5 years of life1999
• JOURL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGYProspective study of risk factors for the initiation of cigarette smoking1997
• JOURL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRYPsychiatric risk associated with early puberty in adolescent girls1997
• JOURL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTHEthnicity and body dissatisfaction1996
• JOURL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGYWeight concerns influence the development of eating disorders: A 4-year prospective study1996
• ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORSPredicting onset of drinking in a community sample of adolescents1996
• JOURL OF ANXIETY DISORDERSSCHOOL REFUSAL IN YOUNG ADOLESCENT GIRLS WITH NONCLINICAL PANIC ATTACKS1995
• AMERICAN JOURL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINEBREAST-FEEDING ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE OF PEDIATRICIANS-IN-TRAINING1995
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSPURSUIT OF THINNESS AND ONSET OF EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMS1994
• ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRICS & ADOLESCENT MEDICINETIMING AND RATE OF SEXUAL-MATURATION AND THE ONSET OF CIGARETTE AND ALCOHOL-USE AMONG TEEGE GIRLS1994
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSFACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EATING DISORDER SYMPTOMS IN A COMMUNITY SAMPLE OF 6TH AND 7TH GRADE GIRLS1994
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSAN ATTEMPT TO MODIFY UNHEALTHFUL EATING ATTITUDES AND WEIGHT REGULATION PRACTICES OF YOUNG1993
• PEDIATRICSDOES TELEVISION VIEWING INCREASE OBESITY AND REDUCE PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY1993
• Hayward, C., Killen, J. D., Hammer, L. D., Litt, I. F., Wilson, D. M.,PUBERTAL STAGE AND PANIC ATTACK HISTORY IN 6TH-GRADE AND 7TH-GRADE GIRLS1992
• PEDIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICATHE DEVELOPMENT OF EATING BEHAVIOR IN CHILDHOOD1992
• ACTA ENDOCRINOLOGICAINSULIN-LIKE GROWTH-FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN-3 IN NORMAL PUBERTAL GIRLS1992
• AMERICAN JOURL OF DISEASES OF CHILDRENIS PUBERTY A RISK FACTOR FOR EATING DISORDERS1992
• Current opinion in PsychiatryAdvances in behavioral pediatrics1992
• JOURL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISMINSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-I AS A REFLECTION OF BODY-COMPOSITION, NUTRITION1991
• JOURL OF PEDIATRICSIMPACT OF PUBERTAL DEVELOPMENT ON BODY-FAT DISTRIBUTION AMONG WHITE, HISPANIC1991
• AMERICAN JOURL OF DISEASES OF CHILDRENSTANDARDIZED PERCENTILE CURVES OF BODY-MASS INDEX FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS1991
• JOURL OF PEDIATRICSINFLUENCE OF EARLY FEEDING STYLE ON ADIPOSITY AT 6 YEARS OF AGE1990
• INTERTIOL JOURL OF EATING DISORDERSRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE EATING BEHAVIORS OF PARENTS AND THEIR 18-MONTH1988
• AMERICAN JOURL OF DISEASES OF CHILDRENELEVATED SERUM IRON CONCENTRATION IN ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USERS1988
• AMERICAN JOURL OF DISEASES OF CHILDRENGROWTH-CURVES AND ADULT HEIGHT ESTIMATION FOR ADOLESCENTS1987
• JOURL OF PEDIATRICSDOES A VIGOROUS FEEDING STYLE INFLUENCE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF ADIPOSITY1987
• PEDIATRICSGROWTH AND INTELLECTUAL-DEVELOPMENT1986

Experience & Accolades

• Member1985 - 1995Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics
• Medical Director 1991 - 2012 Ambulatory Services, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

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