Yale-Griffin center partners with Valley schools to target childhood obesity

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
A childhood obesity-prevention initiative is starting in the Valley as Griffin Hospital and the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in Derby work with area school districts.
The Valley Initiative to Advance Health & Learning in Schools will be unveiled at 6 p.m. today at Ansonia High School for educators, school board members, health and human service organization representatives and interested individuals.
VITAHLS will start in January in the schools, after educators have been trained in its implementation, William C. Powanda, Griffin Hospital vice president of support services, said Tuesday.


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