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Many middle-aged and older Americans are not getting adequate nutrition -- even those taking dietary supplements.

That's according to a study involving 6,200 people, ages 45 to 84. The study included African Americans, Chinese, Hispanics, and whites.

Pam Schreiner, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, led the study.

Schreiner says she believes that more education and more prevention are needed.

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Being screened for prostate cancer does not appear to reduce your chance of dying from the disease.

That's according to a new report from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial than 76,000 men.

The finding is important because there are negative consequences to screening, says Tim Church, a University of Minnesota expert on cancer screenings.

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The more TV that teenagers watch, the worse that they eat. That's according to a University of Minnesota study led by Daheia Barr-Anderson.

She says that kids who watched more than five hours of TV per day ate fewer fruits, vegetables and whole grains and more snack foods, fried foods and trans fats years later.

She recommends that parents limit TV time for their children to less than two hours a day and promote healthier foods.

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