UMN Health's video: Why Dianne Neumark-Sztainer Does What She Does

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer received her Ph.D. and M.P.H. degrees from the Hadassah School of Public Health at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her research interests focus on adolescent health, nutrition, and obesity, and eating disorder prevention. She has been the Principal Investigator for the Project EAT studies, which have greatly contributed to our knowledge base on eating and weight-related problems in young people. She has been involved with numerous intervention studies aimed at improving the weight-related health of youth. Teaching experience includes a course on community nutrition intervention in which students learn how to develop community-based interventions to improve the nutritional health of the public and a separate course on program evaluation. Dr. Neumark-Sztainer is interested in the intersection between the practice of yoga and eating and weight-related concerns and plans to teach a course on yoga and public health in the future.