Chicago Sun-Times: Study shows that a youth's social network may be uniquely relevant to eating behavior

Release Date: March 17, 2010 This content is archived.

Print

An article in the Chicago Sun-Times about the initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama to encourage children to eat healthier and get more exercise reports that a UB study looked at the interrelationship between food and social activity in children as an indication of how friends influence just how much adolescents eat.

Media Contact Information

John Della Contrada
Vice President for University Communications
521 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Tel: 716-645-4094 (mobile: 716-361-3006)
dellacon@buffalo.edu
Twitter: @UBNewsSource