the Center

The Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion (Center) is a joint collaborative between Penn State College of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

The Center is committed to improving physical activity and healthy eating behaviors of youth and families in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by:

1. Providing programs and educational materials to youth and their families
2. Sponsoring outreach efforts and events
3. Conducting research to evaluate behavior change around the topics of physical activity and nutrition among youth and their families

The Center is under the guidance of Vernon M. Chinchilli, Ph.D., Distinguished Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences; Barbara E. Ostrov, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy; Gil Pak, Director of Operations, Department of Pediatrics.

The Center welcomes research opportunities in the areas of nutrition and physical activity among youth and families. Please direct all inquires to Donna Kephart, Interim Executive Director, at dkephart@psu.edu.