A study by UConn\u2019s Center for Public Health and Health Policy<\/a> finds more than one in three Hartford preschoolers are either overweight or obese. Jeff Cohen\u2019s report for WNPR<\/a> includes comment from Ann Ferris<\/a>, CPHHP director and lead investigator.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast ><\/a> Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080 and 96.5 TIC-FM, Nov. 25, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Brenton Graveley<\/a>, professor of genetics and developmental biology, discusses his $9.3 million NIH grant to study the human genome with Sam Gingerella, WTIC 1080 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast ><\/a> Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Nov. 21, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Amy DiCioccio, a registered dietitian at the UConn Health Center, offers advice on how to avoid overdoing it at the Thanksgiving table, in this WTIC 1080 News<\/a> report with Angela Dias.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > Aired on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Nov. 15, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Dr. William White<\/a>, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hypertension in the Calhoun Cardiology Center, talks about the benefits of giving up smoking and his smoking cessation research on WTIC NewsTalk 1080<\/a>.<\/p>\n Listen to the broadcast > Aired on NBC Connecticut, Nov. 13, 2012 \u201cWe do think there\u2019s a critical window for attachment and it\u2019s the first year of life,\u201d says Karen Steinberg-Gallucci<\/a>, a clinical psychologist at the UConn Health Center. \u201cResearch has shown that infants develop better socially and emotionally when there is a consistent person there for them, be it a mother, father, or other caretaker.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the video ><\/a> Wall Street Journal, Nov. 12, 2012<\/em><\/p>\n Even those following a more serious training regimen, including marathon runners, should be prepared to take time off until flu symptoms ease, says Dr. Thomas Trojian<\/a>, director of injury prevention at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, Conn.<\/p>\n Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n Follow\u00a0the UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health Center experts are interviewed about heavy Hartford preschoolers; understanding the human genome; when new moms should go back to work; when you\u2019re too sick to exercise; and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-69444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 06:29:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69444"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88433,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69444\/revisions\/88433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69444"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=69444"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=69444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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