SPH in the News for the Week of Dec. 4

Monday, Dec. 4, 2006

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in the Nashua Telegraph and Bradenton Herald about teen girls and diet pills. This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
  

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted by United Press International and eMaxHealth.com about teenagers and self-weighing.

Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006

• Lisa Harnack was quoted in the Star Tribune about banning Trans fats.
• Research on electronic patient records from the School of Public Health was mentioned today in Investor’s Business Daily.
• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer appeared on WCCO Radio about teenagers and self-weighing.

Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald about teenagers and self-weighing.
• Elizabeth McClure wrote an article published in the Walker Pilot-Independent about the flu. This column is part of the University’s Health Talk and You series.
  

Friday, Dec. 8, 2006

• Dianne Neumark-Sztainer was quoted in an article published by the Associated Press about University research that linked frequent self-weighing to weight gain and unhealthy weight control behaviors in teenage girls. This story also appeared on MSNBC.com, Minnesota Public Radio, the Washington Post, New York Times, Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald and other radio stations and newspapers across the country.