Browsing by Author "Dianne Neumark-Sztainer"

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    Dieting during teen years can lead to longterm health problems
    (2006-12-21) Finnegan, John; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota 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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    Disordered eating
    (2009-09-30) Finnegan, John; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. 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. Neumark-Sztainer offers advice. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.
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    The importance of family meals
    (2008-01-14) Finnegan, John; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Girls who eat meals regularly with their families are less likely to use diet pills, laxatives, or other extreme measures to control their weight. That’s according to a five-year study involving more than 2,500 Minnesota adolescents. Dianne Neumark-Stzainer, a University of Minnesota epidemiologist, led the study. Neumark-Stzainer recommends that families try to spend more time together at the dinner table.With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.
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    Parents can influence disordered eating
    (2010-08-23) Engebretson, Mark; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer
    Welcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. When parents make comments or tease their children about their weight, it may lead their children to engage in disordered eating -- such as binge eating and extreme weight control behaviors, including the use of diet pills or skipping meals. That’s according to research involving 365 adolescent girls. The study was led by University of Minnesota professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer. . Neumark-Sztainer emphasized that the findings should not be used to blame parents, most of whom were trying to help their children. For Public Health Moment, I’m Mark Engebretson.