Obesity Prevention: Public Health Approaches

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Obesity Prevention: Public Health Approaches

Oct 03, 2011 - Kimberlie Kranich - 0 comments Champaign
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Head-and-shoulders photo of woman professor who works at School of Social Work
Janet Liechty, assistant professor, School of Social Work at Illinois
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Head-and-shoulders photo of male professor who works at School of Social Work
David Buchner, professor, Kinesiology & Community Health at Illinois
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Janet Liechty, assistant professor, School of Social Work at Illinois; Dr. Kristen Vogt, a Carle Hospital physician; and David Buchner, professor, Kinesiology & Community Health at Illinois, spoke at the College of Medicine's Community Medical School on Tuesday, September 27 at the Hawthorne Suites in Champaign. The lecture was moderated by William Marshall, Assoc. Dean for Clinical Affairs at Illinois. This was the second in a three-part lecture series for the public on the basic science of obesity.



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