there are strong labeling implications to a new longitudinal study in pediatrics by minnversity epidemiologist dianne neumark-sztainer and colleagues, summarized today in the strib. the punch line is that “parental encouragement to diet predicted poorer weight outcomes 5 years later, particularly for girls.” the results parallel predictions by tannenbaum, lemert and becker with regard to … Continue reading parents urging kids to diet: refuse to dramatize the evil