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TIME magazine features CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen in "Must Read" article
CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen and her study on increased weight gain
in couples who live together will be featured in TIME magazine's July
6th edition and is on the front page of Time.com as a "Must Read"
article.
Gordon-Larsen, Ph.D., an associate professor of nutrition at UNC,
said that "married individuals are twice as likely to become obese as
are people who are merely dating," according to the article."With women, we saw incremental risk after one year," Gordon-Larsen
said in the ar...
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Research on weight gain in couples by CPC Fellow Penny-Gordon Larsen mentioned on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
CPC Fellow Penny-Gordon Larsen,
Ph. D., an associate professor of nutrition at UNC, and her research on
increased weight gain in couples who live together were featured on
NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, a weekly comedy news-quiz program. The show, which was taped in UNC's Memorial Hall, ran this past weekend.
The study was cited on the "Limericks" section of the show, in which a caller fills in the blank of a news-related limerick.
"I move in with my girlfriend," starts the limerick...
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Pregnancy guidelines co-author Dr. Anna Maria Siega-Riz, a CPC Fellow, mentioned in Associated Press article
An article recently published by the Associated Press reports new
pregnancy guidelines from the Institute of Medicine for how much weight
women should gain during their pregnancy. CPC Fellow Dr. Anna
Maria Siega-Riz, an associate professor of epidemiology and
nutrition at UNC, is quoted in the article and is co-author of the
guidelines, which are the first national recommendations on
pregnancy-related weight since 1990.
According to the article, "normal-weight woman should ga...
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CPC Fellow Halpern receives Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring
CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health Carolyn Halpern
was awarded the Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring from
the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Dean of the Graduate School, Steve Matson, presented the award to Halpern at the 2009 Doctoral Hooding ceremony on May 9th. His remarks are posted at http://gradschool.unc.edu/events/hooding/2009/#halpern
He said: "Underlying Professor Halpern’s skill as an ac...
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CPC Fellow Guang Guo appointed Odum Distinguished Term Professor
On the recommendation of the chaired professors in the department, Guang Guo has been approved by the College of Arts and Sciences as the Odum Distinguished Term Professor in the Department of Sociology, effective July 1, 2009. This is a five-year appointment.Congratulations to Guang for this achievement....
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CPC Fellow Siddiqi's research on Canadian health care referenced in the news
The research of Arjumand
Siddiqi, CPC Fellow and assistant professor of health behavior and
health education, was recently referenced in a news story about Canadian health care.
The story says: "...Siddiqi and Hertzman write (and technology and
helicopter salesmen
should take note) that redistributing wealth within a society trumps
spending more money on health care. In terms of resources, not
surprisingly, Canada does better in some comparisons and loses in
others."
To read the ...
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