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PORTLAND, Maine

ΒιΆΉΒγΑΔ’s Rebecca Boulos presents lecture at University of Rhode Island

Rebecca Boulos

Rebecca Boulos, M.P.H., Ph.D., assistant professor in the , presented a lecture titled, β€œEnvironmental Influences on Obesity” at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

Boulos was invited to present by URI’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences program. Her presentation explored how to use public health theoretical frameworks and complex systems science to design sustainable communities that promote safe physical activity and access to healthful foods.

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