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UWM Professor On the Risk of Obesity Among Children with Special Needs

Jason Rieve
Tom Luljak and Michele Polfuss

Children with special needs, like those who have Down Syndrome or Spina Bifida, face many challenges as they and their families deal with the conditions. One problem is the risk of obesity for those youngsters.

What can be done? Our guest on this edition of UWM Today is working to answer that question. Michele Polfuss is an assistant professor of nursing and joint chair in nursing research at both UWM and Children’s Hospital here in Milwaukee.

Tom Luljak hosted UWM Today on WUWM for more than two decades and is the inaugural host of Curious Campus.