STRIPED Youth Corps

Congratulations to our graduating STRIPED Youth Corps!

Ryan Ahmed – Kew Gardens, New York, USA

Joanne Chung – Bayside, New York, USA

Tejas Devata – Dallas, Texas, USA

Stanley Huang – Brooklyn, New York, USA

Alexandra Xu – Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA

STRIPED has been collaborating with youth on STRIPED initiatives, including our policy translation efforts to ban the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to minors and our online e-course for adolescent health professionals in India. Check out the STRIPED Youth Corps team below.

Tasmia Afrin, 11th grade
Queens, New York, USA

Saket Datla, 10th grade
Hyderabad, India

Caroline Hodi, 11th grade
Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

Chuying Huo, 10th grade
London, Ontario, Canada

Diya Girish Kumar, 10th grade
Brookfield, Connecticut, USA

Sabeen Khalid, 11th grade
Queens, NY, USA

Megan Kwok, 10th grade
London, England

Najman Mahbouba, 11th grade
Los Gatos, California, USA

Jaanak Prashar, 10th grade
Katy, Texas, USA

Edward Thomas, 10th grade
Willowbrook, Illinois, USA

Kelsey Wu, 11th grade
Diamond Bar, California, USA

Madison Zeng, 11th Grade

Queens, New York, USA

Graduated Youth Corps Members

Anisa Bhandari
London, England

Ryan Ahmed, 12th Grade
Kew Gardens, New York, USA

Joanne Chung, 12th grade
Bayside, New York, USA

Tejas Devata, 12th grade
Dallas, Texas, USA

Stanley Huang, 12th grade
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Alexandra Xu, 12th grade
Scotch Plains, New Jersey, USA

STRIPED Youth Corps Partner Organizations

In addition to these incredible individuals, STRIPED has also been collaborating with a number of youth-led organizations to ban the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to minors:

- Finxerunt
- For You
- International Socioeconomics Laboratory

STRIPED Youth Survey and Sign-On Letter Information

Are you 22 years old and younger? Are you interested in protecting children across the state by preventing the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to youth under 18? If you said yes to both of those questions, read on! The youth-led health policy advocacy group ISL/Finxerunt and Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED) are collecting sign-ons from youth in Massachusetts who support a ban on sales of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to minors.

Join us by signing our Youth Survey and Sign-On Letter!

STRIPED News

Hot of the Press! Scripps National News reported on AB-1341 in California and S16D/A431C in New York for child health and safety.

Read the dangers of diet pills and muscle-building supplements, as well as what state legislatures can do to protect kids in Sinclair News.

Research shows that diet pills are harming children. Watch this Good Morning America segment on the importance of California AB1341 and NY S16D/AB431C.

STRIPED research study was cited in Kaiser Health News. California and New York legislatures must act now and support AB-1341 and S16D/A431C.

Congratulations to STRIPED Visiting Scholar Sook Ning Chua on the 2022 New World Social Innovation Fellowship, given by the Social Innovation Change Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership!

AB-1341 is now headed to Gov. Newsom’s desk! Click here to urge Gov. Newsom to sign AB-1341 into law to ban the sale of toxic diet pills to kids!

California AB-1341 and New York S16D/A431C are crucial bills that will protect child health! Share this article on Kaiser Health News with your lawmakers in CA and NY to urge their support!

STRIPED Postdoctoral fellow and faculty Amanda Raffoul was quoted in latest CNN article on skin-whitening products and colorism.

Hot of the Press! STRIPED Trainee Dunni Ojumu and Youth Corps member Caroline Hodi’s much-needed and incisive youth perspective on improving regulations of social media platforms on Common Dreams!

Congratulations to STRIPED Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Amanda Raffoul, Winner of the Top Paper Award, and Dr. Ariel Beccia, Winner of the Top Abstract Award, at the International Conference for Eating Disorders 2022!

New York has the chance to be the first in the nation to ban the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements. Youth Corps Members Stanley Huang and Joanne Chung share why this legislation is vital in the latest New York Daily News.

STRIPED Intern and Team USA figure skater Ryan Dunk explores the insidious peddling of diet pills and muscle-building supplements to kids in latest Commonwealth Magazine article.

Check out our brief, free training with CME for health professionals “Screening, Symptom Recognition & Referral to Treatment for Eating Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Settings.” For more information on how to register for this e-course, click HERE.

Curious to know more about tried-and-true strategies that you can use to advocate for the prevention of eating disorders and promote body confidence? Take a look at our STRIPED Advocacy Playbook!