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Interview: Chelsi Cardoso on Childhood Obesity and Healthy Habits

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Year after year, Tennessee is high on the list of states struggling with obesity and researchers at the University of Tennessee want to change that. A grant from the National Institutes of Health is funding a program that aims to change the eating habits of children AND parents, together. WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper spoke with Chelsi Cardoso, the Research Associate with UT’s Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory (HEAL).

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.