WashU Public Health Faculty Scholars Denise Wilfley & Diana Parra Perez & community partner, Andwele Jolly, of STL Integrated Health Network, will use a $3.8M CDC grant to help improve health, reduce disparities in the in the STL Promise Zone.
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Researchers bring Body U to schools with HHS grant (Links to an external site)
Two Faculty Scholars have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help improve outcomes for eating disorders in young girls.
Childhood obesity: How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids. (Links to an external site)
Check out this USA Today article featuring Institute faculty scholar, Denise Wilfley, discussing how important parents modeling positive and healthy eating and exercise behaviors to their children helps combat obesity and eating disorders in the long term.
Obesity rates among children soared during pandemic. A local study aims to help (Links to an external site)
A study, led by Dr. Denise Wilfley, aimed at identifying interventions for recent childhood obesity trends is explained in this Post-Dispatch article.