The pressure is on to create nationwide policy changes and practices that will lower the obesity rate, reduce the related fiscal stress on the U.S. healthcare system, and-most importantly-boost the general wellbeing of the American population.

At the University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, doctoral student Jennifer Pelletier is researching how multiple organizations are working together to combat obesity in the U.S.

Pelletier was recently profiled by the University of Minnesota Graduate School.