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September 30, 2009
Overweight Youth and Disordered Eating Tendencies
 Overweight youth with certain socio-environmental, psychological, and behavioral tendencies are more likely to suffer from eating disorders.
These tendencies include reading magazine articles about dieting, reporting a lack of family connectedness, and placing a high importance on weight.
That's according to research led by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a University of Minnesota professor of epidemiology.
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July 23, 2009
Minnesota tied for lowest childhood obesity rate
 A new report from the Trust for America's Health finds that Minnesota kids have the lowest rate of obesity in the nation - tying with Utah at just over 23 percent.
Jamie Stang, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota, says that obesity rates vary dramatically by region of the country.
Stang says that Minnesota's relatively low rate of childhood obesity is due in large part because our children are more active than those in many other parts of the country.
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April 22, 2009
Fast Food Intake Rises for Adolescents
 Adolescents are eating more fast food today than they did in the late-1990s. And as kids move from middle school to high school the rate increases dramatically.
That's according to new results from the Project EAT research study at the Univesity of Minnesota.
Researcher Katherine Bauer explains the findings and offers advice to parents.
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March 4, 2009
Too much TV leads to poor diet
 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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February 18, 2009
Winter Weight Gain
 It's been a long winter and if you're like the average person, you've likely noticed that your clothes are fitting a bit tighter. Why is it that we seem to gain weight in colder months?
We asked Jamie Stang, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota.
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February 9, 2009
Eating on the Run
 Young adults who take the time to sit down and share a meal with others rather than eating on the run are more likely to have a healthy diet, according to research led by Nicole Larson, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota.
Larson surveyed more than 1,600 men and women with an average age of 20 and a half years old.
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January 29, 2009
Infants and Obesity
 Research tells us that babies who gain weight rapidly have twice the risk of obesity compared to babies with more gradual weight gain. But researchers know little about how much weight gain in babies is fat as opposed to lean tissue.
University of Minnesota researcher Ellen Demerath, using the latest technology, aims to find out.
Her project is titled the Minnesota Infant Nutrition and Neurodevelopment Obesity Study. Or Minnows.
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December 31, 2008
Keeping Your New Year's Resolution to Lose Weight
 How do you keep that resolution to lose weight in the New Year? Start by making realistic goals. That's according to Melissa Nelson, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist.
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July 29, 2008
Obesity Rate Stabilizes
Childhood obesity has been on the rise for more than 20 years. Now, however, the rate appears to have stabilized.
Melissa Nelson, a University of Minnesota expert on nutrition and obesity, says the news should be greeted with cautious optimism.
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July 3, 2008
Sleep and Mortality
 Getting a good night's sleep appears to be important factor for health and longevity for people of all ages—but especially for older adults.
A University of Minnesota study involving 3,000 men over age 67 found higher mortality rates among those whose sleep patterns were irregular and whose activity levels were uneven.
Researcher Misti Paudel has more.
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June 24, 2008
Overweight Teens and Dieting
If your teenager is overweight, don't encourage him or her to go on a diet—it might make matters worse.
That's according to a new study led by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, a University of Minnesota expert on nutrition, obesity, and disordered eating.
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February 27, 2008
College Life and Obesity
 The transition from high school to college is associated with dramatic declines in physical activity.
During this same time, students tend to eat more foods high in fat and sodium and drink more sweetened beverages.
This helps explain the increase in overweight and obesity among college students. That's according to research involving more than 30,000 college students. University of Minnesota epidemiologist Toben Nelson was the lead researcher.
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December 11, 2006
Childhood Obesity
 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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