MINNEAPOLIS, January 8, 2009 - Low-income, minority, and rural neighborhoods have fewer supermarkets with healthful food and more fast-food restaurants according to an article in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 11—The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement has developed a new way to describe the five treatment goals of optimal diabetes care: The D5.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 3, 2008—A story in USA Today reports that the number of children taking medication for more than one chronic disease skyrocketed between 2002 and 2005, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 21, 2008—Research obtained from colleges and universities across Minnesota substantiate what teachers and parents have long suspected: bad habits and behaviors really are bad for you, and are obstacles to academic success.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 9, 2008 —The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is urging all Minnesotans to try to avoid trans fatty acids and recommending that hospitals and nursing homes limit the amount of TFAs in the food they serve.

MINNEAPOLIS, September 15, 2008—The Minnesota Department of Health has announced the Minnesota Plan to Reduce Obesity and Obesity-Related Chronic Diseases, 2008-2013.

MINNEAPOLIS, September 10, 2008—A study in the American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) finds that Insurers recover the costs of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in about two years, compared to the period of four years for traditional bariatric surgery.

MINNEAPOLIS, September 9, 2008—The MMA Medical Student Section will hold its annual Fall Education Day on October 18, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the UMD Ballroom in the Kirby Student Center on the UMD campus.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 13, 2008— Being obese does not necessarily mean that a patient has other risk factors for heart disease, two new studies show—it all depends on where the excess fat is stored, with liver fat having the worst profile.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 24, 2008 — Researchers from the University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens II (Project EAT) have found that adolescent girls who frequently eat meals with their families are less likely to smoke cigarettes, consume alcohol, and use marijuana.