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Children's Health Program

The Children’s Health Program (CHP) measures the health of children from birth and throughout early childhood in order to develop non-invasive assessment methods, health monitoring technologies, and diet and lifestyle solutions for mapping the development of each child’s personal health and building the educational tools for children and their parents to act preemptively to improve it. Current projects focus: on normal lactation to more fully describe the composition of breast milk and how it affects infant microbial development and health, on spontaneous physical activity to accurately measure play and activity in school-aged children, and on body composition as it relates to diet, activity and health. 

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CAES Webnews
Gates Foundation Grant Supported by Core Researchers at the Foods for Health Institute Feb 22, 2012

Principal investigators in a multi-million dollar Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant require the support and collaboration of many researchers at the Foods for Health Institute.

CAES Webnews
UC Davis Breastfeeding Support Group Members Share Their Stories Nov 09, 2011

Read the testimonials from members of the UC Davis community as they share their experiences in the Breastfeeding Support Group.

CAES Webnews
The UC Davis Breastfeeding Support Group is a WorkLife Program Going Beyond the University Oct 25, 2011

The Breastfeeding Support Program is one of the WorkLife programs that positions UC Davis as a desirable place from a model employer perspective. In addition to supporting the needs of UC Davis employees, Barbara Ashby and her team have made it a priority to take the Breastfeeding Support Program to the broader community, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and their partners and Davis-area residents.

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