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News Editorial and Articles Address Childhood Obesity Prevention

CHDI's recent policy brief, Ensuring Young Children Grow Up at a Healthy Weight was cited in an editorial and recent news articles.  The policy brief was prepared for CHDI as part of a grant to the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.

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Editorial in the Record-Journal newspapers, including the Meriden Record-Journal and the Plainville Citizen:

News stories sparked by CHDI's preventing obesity policy brief include:




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The Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) is a non-profit organization providing a bridge to better and more equitable behavioral health and well-being for children, youth, and families. We collaborate with policymakers, providers, and partners to transform child-serving systems, disseminate evidence-based and best practices, and advance policy solutions that result in better outcomes for children in Connecticut and beyond. 

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