Bibliographic Details
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MSU gets $4.7 million to attack obesity among preschoolers |
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Associated Press: Lansing Metro Area (MI), April 1, 2015 Food, News, 1pp |
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan State University researchers are heading a $4.7 million federal program aimed at reducing obesity among pre-school children. The East Lansing school says the five-year grant is part of a $42 million U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative. It's funded under the 2014 Farm Bill. The university says that Human development professor Holly Brophy-Herb "will lead a multidisciplinary team to address obesity prevention among families with preschoolers." It's focusing on what the university calls "healthy family mealtimes among low-income families." Brophy-Herb says healthy mealtimes are "a key practice in obesity prevention and healthy... |
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