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Q+A: When Water Runs Dry, Consumers are More Likely to Turn to Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

What happens to beverage consumption habits when tap water is not readily available 24/7? A team led by Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD, a professor and associate dean, and Doctoral Research Fellow Juan Carlos Figueroa Morales, both in the Dornsife School of Public Health, used nationally representative survey data on beverage habits from Mexico’s 2022 Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición, to glean new insights between frequency of water supply access and beverage choices among adults in Mexico.

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Is it Time to Sunset Hats’ UV Protection Claims? 

Erum N. Ilyas, MD, interim chair of dermatology in the College of Medicine and colleagues sort out these questions in a recently published article in The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. The teamfound that those UPF claims — which refer to the hat’s ability to block UV — aren’t really that reliable for consumers seeking protection from the sun’s rays.

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Q+A: Eating Disorders and Body Image: Two Overlooked Problems for Men

The growing popularity of weight-loss medications like GLP-1s has triggered a broad reevaluation of the driving forces behind our relationship with food. As a result, researchers are also taking a fresh look at the neurological and psychological drivers of eating disorders — including binge-spectrum eating disorders, which affect approximately 2.8 million adults in the United States.