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Who We Are
- Partnership -
community-based participatory prevention partnership,
Colorado Science Education Partnership (CSEP) made up
of elementary school educators, university scientists,
staff and students, science museums, and the
community
- Leadership -
Francoise J. Smith, an international known scientist,
is the program director and Arthur Campfield, an
international obesity expert, is the principal
investigator
- Goals - to reduce
and, eventually, to prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes
through enrichment of grade 2-6 science and math
education, emphasizing improved nutrition and enhanced
physical activity
- Major Approach -
using scientists in the classroom, including research
scientists, chefs, dietitians, nurses, medical
technologists, physicians, exercise physiologists,
health science professionals and undergraduate and
graduate students, who interact with the children and
teachers
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