The Center for Healthy Lifestyles



The Center for Healthy Lifestyles, housed in the College of Health and Human Development, promotes interdisciplinary research and community outreach in areas related to children’s health and weight management. The Center facilitates interaction among multiple entities concerned with the rise in children’s obesity including university faculty, schools, community agencies, and policy makers. Specifically, the Center’s three-fold mission is:
to work with schools and other community agencies to develop and test model health promotion programs and interventions; to assess and evaluate existing programs and policies; to identify theoretical models and environments that can explain and influence behavior patterns across different high-risk groups.

As such, the mission and goals of the Center reflect the needs of the community by providing education and outreach to children and their families regarding healthy lifestyles and prevention of obesity.