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Article by UAB’s Drs. Janie Gilliland and Frank Franklin recognized by Robert Wood Johnson as the second most influential child obesity research paper of the year

February 2009

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Drs. Janie Gilliland and Frank Franklin who co-authored an article was recognized by Robert Wood Johnson as the second most influential child obesity research paper of the year. The name of the article is “Influences of Physical and Social Neighborhood Environments on Children’s Physical Activity and Obesity.” The Robert Wood Johnson website can be found at http://www.rwjf.org/.