Kelly Dumke

Kelly Dumke is the assistant project director for Choose Health LA Kids, one of the nation’s largest investments aimed at preventing early childhood obesity among nearly 1 million children ages 0-5 in Los Angeles County. She works with researchers at UCLA to scale up an evidence-based curriculum linking nutrition education with parenting skills. She also leads an interdepartmental task force between the Department of Public Health and Department of Children and Family Services to develop mechanisms for addressing high rates of obesity within the child welfare system. Her team uses lessons learned from tobacco prevention policy to train communities on advocating for healthier food policies.