Kara Marlatt, Ph.D., M.P.H., a 2015 graduate of the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article recently published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports. The article, entitled “Breakfast and fast food consumption are associated with selected biomarkers in adolescents,” examines the effect of breakfast and fast food consumption on biological markers of the metabolic syndrome. The results of this study indicate that breakfast and fast food consumption are related to metabolic syndrome biomarkers for chronic disease. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP) in the School of Kinesiology, is co-author on this article.