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			Contact Us Project EAT Division of Epidemiology University of Minnesota 1300 S. 2nd Street Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55454 E-mail: projecteat@             epi.umn.edu

Project EAT:
    Eating Among Teens

Project EAT was designed to investigate the factors influencing eating habits of adolescents, to determine if youth are meeting national dietary recommendations, and to explore dieting and physical activity patterns among youth. Through a greater understanding of the socioenvironmental, personal, and behavioral factors associated with diet and other weight-related behaviors during adolescence more effective nutrition interventions can be developed.

Projects EAT-I and EAT-II (Time 1 and Time 2 data collection) were supported by the Maternal and Child Health Program (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (grants MCJ-270834 and R40 MC 00319). Project EAT-III is currently funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (grant R01HL084064).

Project investigators are faculty at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health and teach courses in Public Health Nutrition, Community Health Education, and Biostatistics.