Preventing Eating Disorders:

Looking Backward, Moving Forward; Looking Inward, Moving Outward

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

Introduction

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., is Professor and Division Head in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. Her research is aimed at understanding and preventing a broad spectrum of eating and weight-related problems including poor dietary intake, eating disorders, unhealthy weight control behaviors, body dissatisfaction and obesity. She has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for both epidemiologic and intervention studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and various other organizations. Dr. Neumark-Sztainer has published over 400 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and was honored as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomas Reuter. She is involved in outreach work aimed at the prevention of eating disorders and obesity via presentations at scientific meetings, community presentations, and media interviews. Current research interests include investigating the potential for the practice of yoga as a tool to address eating disorders and relevant risk factors. Dr. Neumark-Sztainer is a certified yoga instructor, teaches therapeutic yoga to individuals with eating disorders, and is studying the impact of yoga on eating behaviors, psychological well-being, and weight status. Dr. Neumark-Sztainer’s research has been recognized with awards from the Academy for Eating Disorders, the National Eating Disorders Association, and the Eating Disorders Coalition. She has received a number of teaching and mentoring awards from the University of Minnesota, including the Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Postdoctoral Scholars Award and the Leonard M. Shuman Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Neumark-Sztainer has participated in various leadership programs and has served on the Board of Directors for the Academy for Eating Disorders, the Society for Adolescent Medicine, and the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Learning Objectives

1. Participants will recognize the high prevalence of different eating and weight-related problems in adolescents and will be able to discuss why prevention is so important.

2. Participants will be able to describe the links between eating disorders, disordered eating, and obesity.

3. Participants will be able to begin to develop ideas for interventions to prevent the broad spectrum of weight-related problems including: interventions in schools and clinics; work with adolescents and their families; yoga as a mind-body therapy; and policy change.

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Relevant financial relationship(s) with industry: None

No relevant financial relationship(s) with industry:
Brian Palmer, M.D., Michael Bostwick, M.D., Karen Grothe, Ph.D., Lois Krahn, M.D., Jarrod Leffler, Ph.D., Larissa Loukianova, M.D., Mary Machulda, M.D., Patricia Maus, M.D., Amber Pearson, Jeffrey Staab, M.D., Cosima Swintak, M.D., Kristin Vickers Douglas, Ph.D., Cynthia Harbeck-Weber, Ph.D., Michael Zaccariello, Ph.D., Georgina Rink

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

References to off-label usage(s) of pharmaceuticals or instruments in their presentation: None

Questions regarding this program can be directed to Amber Pearson at Pearson.Amber@mayo.edu.