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Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2026

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Best Female Scientists

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156
Citations
85262
World Ranking
121
National Ranking
70

Social Sciences and Humanities

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159
Citations
88300
World Ranking
4
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

Overview

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of psychology, medicine, and health professions, with a focus on clinical psychology and public health.

Their recent scholarly work includes studies published from 2020 to 2021 with topics addressing psychological health, eating behaviors, food insecurity, and embodiment through exercise. Selected recent papers are:

  • Intuitive eating longitudinally predicts better psychological health and lower use of disordered eating behaviors: findings from EAT 2010-2018, 2020, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • Food Insecurity, Diet Quality, Home Food Availability, and Health Risk Behaviors Among Emerging Adults: Findings From the EAT 2010-2018 Study, 2020, American Journal of Public Health
  • Disordered eating in a population-based sample of young adults during the COVID-19 outbreak, 2021, International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Associations between parental stress, parent feeding practices, and child eating behaviors within the context of food insecurity, 2020, Preventive Medicine Reports
  • Yoga and the experience of embodiment: a discussion of possible links, 2020, Eating Disorders

Their frequent co-authors include Nicole Larson, Vivienne M. Hazzard, Katie A. Loth, Marla E. Eisenberg, and Jerica M. Berge.

Neumark-Sztainer has published extensively in journals such as Appetite, Journal of Adolescent Health, International Journal of Eating Disorders, Public Health Nutrition, and Eating Disorders.

The main fields of study represented in their work are:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Key subfields include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pharmacy
  • General Health Professions
  • Applied Psychology

The prominent topics covered in Neumark-Sztainer's research are:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Best Publications

  • Individual and environmental influences on adolescent eating behaviors.

    Mary T Story;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Simone A French

  • Emerging adulthood and college-aged youth: an overlooked age for weight-related behavior change.

    Melissa C. Nelson;Mary Story;Nicole I. Larson;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

  • Does body satisfaction matter? Five-year longitudinal associations between body satisfaction and health behaviors in adolescent females and males.

    Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Susan J. Paxton;Peter J. Hannan;Jess Haines

  • Factors Influencing Food Choices of Adolescents: Findings from Focus-Group Discussions with Adolescents

    Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story;Cheryl L Perry;Mary Anne Casey

  • Obesity, Disordered Eating, and Eating Disorders in a Longitudinal Study of Adolescents: How Do Dieters Fare 5 Years Later?

    Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Melanie Wall;Jia Guo;Mary Story

  • Family meal patterns: associations with sociodemographic characteristics and improved dietary intake among adolescents.

    Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Peter J Hannan;Mary Story;Jillian Croll

  • Associations of Weight-Based Teasing and Emotional Well-being Among Adolescents

    Marla E. Eisenberg;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story

  • Fast food restaurant use among adolescents: Associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables

    Simone A French;M. Story;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Jayne Fulkerson

  • Weight-teasing among adolescents: correlations with weight status and disordered eating behaviors

    D Neumark-Sztainer;N Falkner;M Story;C Perry

  • Body Dissatisfaction Prospectively Predicts Depressive Mood and Low Self-Esteem in Adolescent Girls and Boys

    Susan J. Paxton;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Peter J Hannan;Marla E Eisenberg

  • Dieting and Disordered Eating Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Findings from a 10-Year Longitudinal Study

    Dianne R NeumarkSztainer;Melanie M Wall;Nicole I Larson;Marla E Eisenberg

  • Weight-related concerns and behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight adolescents: Implications for preventing weight-related disorders

    Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story;Peter J. Hannan;Cheryl L. Perry

  • Prevalence and risk and protective factors related to disordered eating behaviors among adolescents: relationship to gender and ethnicity

    Jillian Croll;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story;Marjorie Ireland

  • Shared risk and protective factors for overweight and disordered eating in adolescents.

    Dianne R. Neumark-Sztainer;Melanie M. Wall;Jess I. Haines;Mary T. Story

  • Correlates of fruit and vegetable intake among adolescents. Findings from Project EAT.

    Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Melanie Wall;Cheryl Perry;Mary T Story

  • Body Dissatisfaction from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Findings from a 10-Year Longitudinal Study

    Michaela M. Bucchianeri;Aimee J. Arikian;Peter J. Hannan;Marla E Eisenberg

  • Parent–Child Connectedness and Behavioral and Emotional Health Among Adolescents

    Diann M. Ackard;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story;Cheryl L Perry

  • Food Preparation by Young Adults Is Associated with Better Diet Quality

    Nicole I. Larson;Cheryl L. Perry;Mary Story;Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

  • Correlations between family meals and psychosocial well-being among adolescents

    Marla E Eisenberg;Rachel E. Olson;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Mary T Story

  • Date violence and date rape among adolescents: associations with disordered eating behaviors and psychological health.

    Diann M. Ackard;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer

  • Social, Educational, and Psychological Correlates of Weight Status in Adolescents

    Nicole H. Falkner;Dianne R Neumark-Sztainer;Mary Story;Robert W Jeffery

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Story
Mary Story Duke University
Marla E. Eisenberg
Marla E. Eisenberg University of Minnesota
Melanie M. Wall
Melanie M. Wall Columbia University
Jerica M. Berge
Jerica M. Berge University of Minnesota
Katie A. Loth
Katie A. Loth University of Minnesota
Jayne A. Fulkerson
Jayne A. Fulkerson University of Minnesota
Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jess Haines
Jess Haines University of Guelph
Diann M. Ackard
Diann M. Ackard University of Minnesota
Kerri N. Boutelle
Kerri N. Boutelle University of California, San Diego

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