Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 80-86 , January 2012

Dieting and Unhealthy Weight Control Behaviors During Adolescence: Associations With 10-Year Changes in Body Mass Index

  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
    • ,
  • Melanie Wall, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biostatistics and Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Mary Story, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Amber R. Standish, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Received 26 January 2011 ,Accepted 18 May 2011.

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PII: S1054-139X(11)00176-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.05.010

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 80-86 , January 2012

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