The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's Activity Levels with Genevieve Dunton, PhD, MPH

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Genevieve Dunton, PhD, MPH is a professor of population and public health sciences and psychology, and chief of the Division of Health Behavior Research in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC. Dunton's research examines health behaviors related to chronic disease risk in children and adults, with a focus on physical activity and nutrition. Dunton is the Director of the USC REACH (Real-Time Eating Activity and Children's Health) lab, whose goals are to develop, test, and apply real-time data capture methodologies and applications, using smartphones and wearable sensors, to better understand the effects of psychological, social, and environmental factors on eating and physical activity. She is the PI on numerous studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Cancer Society, author of over 250 peer-reviewed publications, and past Chair of the American Public Health Association Physical Activity Section. Dunton is also past Chair of the National Physical Activity Plan Public Health Sector Committee and past member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Implementation of Physical Activity Surveillance Strategies.

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