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Mayo Clinic Obesity Expert Reacts to New York Soft Drink Ban


The New York City Board of Health today banned the sale of super-sized sugary drinks including sodas at restaurants and several other fast-food venues. Mayo Clinic obesity expert Donald Hensrud, M.D., says the ban is reasonable.   “Understandably, people don’t like being told what to eat, … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Experts Available to Comment on Olympics, Paralympics


Mayo Clinic experts are available to offer comment throughout the Olympics and Paralympic Games on everything from the physiology and psychology of competitive athletes to injuries they may be coping with and controversies such as gender testing and doping. For interviews … Continue reading

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Media Advisory – NYC Soft Drink Ban


Mayo Clinic Expert Available to Comment on New York Soft Drink Ban The following Mayo Clinic obesity experts are available to comment on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on super-sized soft drinks in New York: Michael Jensen, M.D., endocrinologist and obesity … Continue reading

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