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• Online intervention paramount for reducing HIV
  (April 29, 2008) — Young Internet-using men who have sex with men and who meet their sexual partners both online and offline have greater numbers of partners, appear more likely to contract HIV, and report higher substance use rates than those who meet their partners exclusively online or offline, according to new research at the University of Minnesota.
  
  
• Alcohol marketing higher in African American neighborhoods
  (April 2, 2008) -- It appears that living in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of African Americans is associated with greater alcohol availability and promotion -- especially malt liquor -- according to a recent study by University of Minnesota researchers.
  
  
• Many teens, young adults eat fast food more than 3 times a week
  (March 19, 2008) -- University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers found that more than 20 percent of adolescent males and females frequently consume fast food--that is, more than three times per week.
  
  

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