Is it healthy for young adults to weigh themselves frequently? That’s what researchers with Project Eat at the University of Minnesota wanted to learn, so they studied more than 2,000 adults with an average age of 25.
MPH student Emily Torgrimson is the creative force behind these sympatico gatherings and the growing community that comes together every month to “eat, drink, do good, and be merry.” She is the founder of Eat for Equity.
When you look at nutrition labels in the grocery store, where do your eyes go first? Calories? Fat content? Vitamin amounts? SPH researcher Dan Graham wanted to examine consumer habits to see if current nutrition labeling was effective. He developed a study where participants were provided product information on a computer screen. They were then [...]
The Minnesota Model for Food Safety has made national headlines over the past several years in the search for the sources of two major Salmonella outbreaks. Based on rapid tracking of occurrences and quick investigative work, this Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) plan of action stands out as the paradigm methodology for stopping the spread [...]
When and why women and men should be screened for cervical or prostate cancer has changed in the past year, in part due to the work of SPH faculty.
Physical activity is one antidote to childhood obesity and youth sports is a recommended way for children to get exercise, but it’s not enough by itself to keep unhealthy weight gain at bay.
Henry Blackburn is among the few remaining principal investigators of the Seven Countries Study team that focused on the relation of heart attacks to the eating and activity patterns in contrasting populations of men in strenuous occupations like farming, fishing, and logging in the United States, Finland, the Netherlands, and Japan, Greece, Italy, and Yugoslavia.
Water pollution, the obesity epidemic, tobacco use, and HIV transmission are members of an exclusive and infamous club—the “wicked” problems of the world. In 1973, two professors of design and urban planning at the University of California at Berkeley coined the term “wicked” to describe the messy and multilayered challenges that defy traditional problem-solving approaches. [...]
Organic, natural and whole grain options are booming in grocery stores, but University of Minnesota School of Public Health epidemiologists warn that shoppers may not be getting their money’s worth if they don’t know the ins and outs of the food trend known as “whole health solutions” and what falls more on the side of advertising hype.
Women with peripheral artery disease, or PAD, are two to three times more likely to have a stroke or heart attack than those without it — yet it’s often unrecognized and untreated, especially in women. That’s according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement.
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