Surrounded by farmland, the town of Molalla is known for its 100-year-old rodeo. But some are trying to make it known for a healthy lifestyle.
Tag: Kathy Gunter
Kathy Gunter is an associate professor of Exercise and Sport Science and Extension specialist with Extension Family & Community Health at Oregon State University.
Poor diet and lack of physical activity are primary contributors to obesity among children. One in five children enter kindergarten overweight or obese, which makes early childhood a critically important time for developing habitual healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
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Salvador Jaime
Public Health Major balances undergraduate life and research through the college’s Undergraduate Research Award Program (URAP)
The College of Health and Human Sciences has received a $4.8 million grant to develop an obesity prevention program for children in rural Oregon.
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Jumping for Joy…and Strong Bones
The BUGSY (Building the Growing Skeleton in Youth) study started in 1997, supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health. Since that time, data have been collected on more than 300 elementary school children to measure their bone mineral content (BMC).