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Health & Human Development Home Center for Childhood Obesity Research
 

About the Center

The Center’s Mission is to:

  • Conduct research which will serve as the evidence base for developing successful interventions to prevent childhood obesity

  • Enhance collaborations within the University community on projects related to childhood obesity

  • Develop collaborations with public health professionals and Pennsylvania communities in the design and implementation of childhood obesity interventions

  • Centralize efforts to obtain funding from foundations, industry, and federal government