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A new study has found that dieting during teen years can lead to long-term health problems. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, who conducted the five-year study, says that dieting teens were three times more likely to be overweight after five years than their peers who didn’t diet.

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What are the causes for the rise of childhood obesity? An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Minnesota, led by epidemiologist Leslie Lytle, aims to find out.

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The week of Dec. 4 is National Handwashing Awareness Week. Why is handwashing so important? We asked Will Hueston, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Animal Health and Food Safety.

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