The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
03/18/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 03/18/2026 11:56
UT Health Sciences News: How 2 Researchers Are Re-examining Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is often framed as a problem of habits, including what children eat, how much they move, and the environments in which they grow up.
But researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences began asking a different question: what if some of the risk for obesity is set in motion long before a child takes their first steps, or even their first breath?
Read more on the UT Health Sciences News site.
Share this:
Related
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center published this content on March 18, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on March 18, 2026 at 17:56 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]