Illinois Adults Report On Adverse Childhood Experiences For CDC

By Bianca Martin
Children play on the playground while people line up for a free food distribution for migrant workers evacuated because of the Kincade Fire Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Healdsburg, Calif.
Children play on the playground while people line up for a free food distribution for migrant workers evacuated because of the Kincade Fire Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Healdsburg, Calif. Charlie Riedel / AP
Children play on the playground while people line up for a free food distribution for migrant workers evacuated because of the Kincade Fire Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Healdsburg, Calif.
Children play on the playground while people line up for a free food distribution for migrant workers evacuated because of the Kincade Fire Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019, in Healdsburg, Calif. Charlie Riedel / AP

Illinois Adults Report On Adverse Childhood Experiences For CDC

By Bianca Martin
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a report Tuesday that says limiting exposure to toxic stress for children could reduce chronic health conditions and risky behaviors later in life.

Reset sits down with a reporter covering the issue and two health experts to discuss.

GUESTS: Kate Thayer, Chicago Tribune reporter

Dr. Nia Heard-Garris, pediatrician, researcher and instructor of pediatrics at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University

Geoffrey Nagle, president and CEO of the Erikson Institute