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In this week’s edition, University welcomes back dean finalist for additional visit, Stay connected using the Alumni Contact Information form, Save the date – Amendment 35: Getting a Good Healthy Restart to Funding March 2, 2012, Save the date – 3rd Annual Public Health Symposium April 4, 2012, National Children’s Study | Ask the Expert, and Public Health Matters.

In this week’s edition Breast feeding slows BMI growth among infants at risk of childhood obesity, GLBT smokers in Colorado not thinking about quitting, Accepting applications to the certificate programs, deadline Feb 15, Associate Dean Byers on tobacco and the decline of heart disease, and Public Health Matters.

Children of diabetic pregnancies are at a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health indicates that breast feeding can reduce this risk. Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, PhD, MSPH and colleagues tracked 94 offspring of diabetic pregnancies and 399 offspring of non-diabetic pregnancies from birth to age 13, to evaluate the influence of breast-feeding on body mass index (BMI) growth, an indicator of obesity among children.

In this week’s edition, New partnership targets Denver preschoolers in effort to head off obesity, School seminar opens forum to rethink obesity prevention, Women not following through with recommended breast screening MRI, February 1 Admissions Deadline, Alumni invited to attend virtual career fair, and Public Health Matters.

Obesity rates continue to climb because individuals and society haven’t yet been given a good enough reason to reverse the trend. Colorado Center for Health and Wellness chief strategy officer John C. Peters provides a new framework for battling the epidemic during the January Colorado School of Public Health seminar.