UNCG researchers are investigating how the pandemic impacted parents – psychologically, socially, and economically. Project lead Dr. Kierra Sattler hopes their findings will help future public health professionals dealing with multi-system disasters.
Dr. Forgive Avorgbedor understands that keeping families healthy extends beyond efforts to prevent childhood obesity. And that many parents face additional barriers putting them at high risk of serious health issues.
“Once a child becomes overweight or obese, it’s very difficult to reverse that trajectory,” says Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor Esther Leerkes. “There’s more attention now on what you can do early in life to prevent weight problems.” iGrowUP study is an expansion of UNCG’s prestigious $2.8 million iGrow study.
The project is among the first to simultaneously examine the biological, psychological, and social factors that could raise obesity risk, from infancy through toddlerhood, says Leerkes’ departmental colleague