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Asleep at the meal? Erratic sleep linked with nighttime eating among teens

October 24, 2022

Society & Culture

Junk food

Preschooler traits may help predict teenager diets

September 15, 2022

Society & Culture

Husker researchers Arthur "Trey" Andrews, Tierney Lorenz and Sara Reyes pose in a patient room.

Nebraska team studying how social ties may boost health outcomes of Latinos facing discrimination

May 23, 2022

Science & Technology

Nebraska’s Tim Nelson has received a new five-year grant to extend research into obesity. One component of it is to test subjects at the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior by having the test subject in an MRI receiving sips of milkshakes.

Nebraska researchers continue obesity intervention study

September 4, 2020

Science & Technology

Society & Culture

Timothy Nelson, associate professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, is studying how certain cognitive processes that develop throughout childhood affect health behaviors during adolescence and beyond.

Nebraska researchers eye link between cognitive abilities, weight

September 20, 2018

Science & Technology

UNL researchers have conducted a meta-analysis study that shows ADHD medications can cause children to develop sleep problems. Psychology doctoral student and lead author Katie Kidwell (right), doctoral student Alyssa Lundahl and Professor Tim Nelson authored the paper along with doctoral student Tori Van Dyk, who is away from UNL on an internship.

Study shows kids who take ADHD meds have trouble sleeping

November 23, 2015

Study shows pathways between lack of sleep, overeating

June 15, 2015

The first SNR professional development workshop, "Presenting an Elevator Speech," kicks off the series from 12:30-1:30 p.m., March 4 in Hardin Hall Auditorium.

Study shows most parents fail to recognize if their kids are overweight

February 3, 2014