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Rebecca Boulos and Katie Smith to present poster at Obesity Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting

Two faculty members from the School of Community and Population Health, Rebecca Boulos, PhD, MPH, assistant clinical professor, and Katie Smith, MS, adjunct instructor, are co-authors on a poster that was accepted for presentation at The Obesity Society's Annual Scientific Meeting, which will be held November 2-7, 2014 in Boston.

The poster is titled, "Disparities in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among overweight and obese schoolchildren during school- and out-of-school time."

Other co-authors are: Jennifer Sacheck, PhD; Megan Mueller, MPH; Peter Bakun, Kristie Hubbard, PhD, MS, MPH, RD; Nate Whitman, MA; and Christina Economos, PhD.
 

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