Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 257-263 , September 2007

Associations between Watching TV during Family Meals and Dietary Intake Among Adolescents

  • Shira Feldman, MPH, RD, LD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for Correspondence: Shira Feldman MPH, RD, LD, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S. Second St. Suite 300, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454; Phone: (612) 624-1818; Fax: (612) 624-0315
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  • Marla E. Eisenberg, ScD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Mary Story, PhD, RD

      Affiliations

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

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 Continuing Education Questionnaire available at www.sne.org/ Meets Learning Need Codes for RDs and DTRs 4160, 4090, and 4050.Support for this project came from grant MCJ-270834 (Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, principal investigator) from the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, US Public Health Service, through funds from the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) Fellowship Training Program, University of Minnesota (grant 1-T71-MC00025-01, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, DHHS), and from the General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition.

PII: S1499-4046(07)00471-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.04.181

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Volume 39, Issue 5 , Pages 257-263 , September 2007

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