Leveraging Federal, State, and Facility-Level Early Care and Education Systems and Providers Toward Optimal Child Nutrition in the First 1000 Days

. 2022 Oct;112(S8):S779-S784.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307082.

Affiliations

¹ Carrie A. Dooyema, Amy Lowry-Warnock, and Heidi M. Blanck are with the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Kelly Hall is a fellow with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, placed within the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC. Alison Tovar is with the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. Katherine W. Bauer is with the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.

Carrie A Dooyema et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;112(S8):S779-S784.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307082.

¹ Carrie A. Dooyema, Amy Lowry-Warnock, and Heidi M. Blanck are with the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA. Kelly Hall is a fellow with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, TN, placed within the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC. Alison Tovar is with the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Center for Health Promotion and Health Equity, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. Katherine W. Bauer is with the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor.

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