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California High School Students Consuming Fewer Calories at School

In a study examining students’ dietary intake, Dan Taber and colleagues found differences between California, which restricts snack foods in schools, and states with no snack rules for schools.
Can Weight Loss Help African American Breast Cancer Survivors?

Led by Melinda Stolley, IHRP researchers will recruit 240 African American breast cancer survivors into a randomized study of a weight-loss program offered with the Chicago Park District.
Anti-Tobacco TV Ads Help Adults Stop Smoking, Study Finds

Researchers led by Sherry Emery found that in U.S. media markets with greater exposure to state-sponsored media campaigns from 1999 to 2007, smoking rates were lower and more smokers intended to quit.
Prostate Cancer More Likely to Return in Overweight Men

The risk for recurrence increased as weight increased among men treated for localized prostate cancer, reported Vince Freeman at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Research Note

Thanks to the Internet and handheld computers, data collection for research is more accurate and efficient, but methods to analyze data don’t yet stand up to the tools' sophistication. To address this problem, Don Hedeker is developing a new statistical program that will measure variations in influences on human behavior, beginning with teen smoking. Read more.

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