Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D.

Mary Story is a professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, an associate dean for students in the School of Public Health,  and an adjunct professor in the Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. She is director of the National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research program that supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity. Story received the Ph.D. degree  in nutrition science and her interests are in the area of child and adolescent nutrition, and childhood obesity prevention. Story has conducted several school and community-based obesity prevention studies. She has over 350 scientific publications in child nutrition and obesity prevention.  Story was a member of the Institute of Medicine, Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth; Committee on Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools; Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments; and is currently on the IOM standing committee for childhood obesity prevention.