Saturday, July 30, 2011

Major Study Aims to Evaluate Environment, Genetic Factors Involving Child Health



VOAVideo: Major Study Aims to Evaluate Environment, Genetic Factors Involving Child Health

U.S. health officials have embarked on one of the most comprehensive evaluations of child health ever undertaken in the United States. Researchers will be collecting data on a host of environmental and genetic factors that impact children's health and the health of the adults they will become. As VOA's Carol Pearson reports, doctors hope the results will shed new light on risk factors for autism, obesity and a host of other childhood health problems. (read more)