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CEFE ResearchResearch Grant Awarded to Investigate Financial Stress and Childhood Obesity
Craig Gundersen and Angela Lyons, two associate professors in the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics have received a $467,471 grant from the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) to investigate the roles stress and financial management play in childhood obesity. More...
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