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UNK, UNMC $2.5M grant aims to reduce childhood obesity

April 17, 2019 by gottulatm

UNK and UNMC are collaborating on a five-year project supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that will address childhood obesity in rural communities. Members of the research team are, from left, Nancy Foster, Kaiti George, Tzeyu Michaud, Jennie Hill, Kate Heelan, Todd Bartee, Paul Estabrooks and Bryce Abbey. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY - Researchers at the University of Nebraska will use $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch a collaboration aimed at reducing childhood obesity in rural communities. The grant funding, awarded to Kate Heelan at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and Jennie Hill at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, is part of a five-year CDC initiative aimed at reducing obesity rates among … [Read more...] about UNK, UNMC $2.5M grant aims to reduce childhood obesity

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, News Tagged With: Building Healthy Families, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Grant, Jennie Hill, Kate Heelan, UNK, UNMC

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