Dieting during teen years can lead to longterm health problems

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Dieting during teen years can lead to longterm health problems

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2006-12-21

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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. <clip: Neumark-Sztainer says that parents play an important role in fostering healthy eating habits. <clip: With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.

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Finnegan, John; Dianne Neumark-Sztainer. (2006). Dieting during teen years can lead to longterm health problems. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/257609.

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