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The fitness diaries: Kelly Chandler

Kelly Chandler has loved running since the first grade. She started alongside her father, and it quickly turned into her lifestyle when she was growing up. She was part of her junior high and high school track and field teams and frequently participated in street races. Competing in a triathlon is on her bucket list.

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Nutrition

Recipe for success

College of Public Health and Human Sciences nutrition students learned that the recipe for a healthy diet includes simple, economical and nutritious foods.

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News Research

Want to optimize those 10,000 (or fewer) steps?

That popular daily target of 10,000 steps is a worthwhile goal, but a new study at Oregon State University suggests that if you find that unattainable, don’t despair – a smaller number, especially at moderate or greater intensity, can lead to health benefits too.

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HDFS Research

Busy summer spent working on her PROMISE

Cheyla Moranchel’s summer was full of PROMISE. The CPHHS Public Health and Human Development and Family Sciences junior participated in the 10-week paid internship program and gained valuable experience and knowledge about child poverty in Oregon.

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News Research

Preschoolers’ motor skill development connected to school readiness

Fine and gross motor skill development is indicative of later performance on two key measures of kindergarten readiness.

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Alumni Public Health

Surfer-scholar rides the wave

Surfer-scholar Logan Weeks, who is studying kinesiology and public health, is the recipient of OSU’s most prestigious merit scholarship.