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CPC Fellow Adair awarded funding from NIH's Fogarty International Center to study stress and cardiovascular disease risk
Linda S.
Adair, CPC Fellow and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was awarded
funding
for the project "Relating Multiple Dimensions of Stress to CVD Risk in
Filipino Adults."
The project will examine the role of psychosocial, environmental and
behavioral factors that contribute to stress and how this relates to
the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The project will use
data from the Cebu
Longitudinal Health and N...
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UNC and N.C. roles expanded in landmark children's health and development study
UNC News Release Available at uncnews.unc.edu
Friday, October 03, 2008
The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has added three more areas of North
Carolina and is expanding the role played by the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in a long-term, wide-ranging study of the
nation’s children. The NIH has announced that it will add Burke,
Cumberland and Durham counties to the National Children’s Study, which
explores causes of health problems such as prem...
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Cumberland County, N.C. chosen to be part of National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
News
Release
Friday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL HILL - Cumberland
County,
N.C. has been selected to be part of
the National
Children’s Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which
focuses on
the health and well-being of children throughout the United States.
The
National Children’s Study researches the effects
of social, behavioral, biological, community, and environmental factors
on
human health and development. It is the largest longitudinal study of
its k...
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Burke County, N.C. added to landmark National Children’s Study: UNC directs the study in N.C.
News
ReleaseFriday, October 3, 2008CHAPEL
HILL – Burke
County, N.C. will be added to the National
Children’s Study, a multi-million dollar, decades-long project which
focuses on
the health and well-being of children throughout the United States.
Burke County
is one of 105 counties in the United States selected to
participate in the study.
The
National Children’s Study researches the effects
of social, behavioral, biological, community, and environmental factors
on
human health an...
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Perreira, CPC Fellow, receives funding to study dietary patterns and obesity risk among Latino infants and toddlers in NC
Krista
M. Perreira, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Public Policy at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has received
funding for the study "Dietary Patterns and Obesity Risk among Latino
Infants and Toddlers in North Carolina."
The study will examine the dietary patterns and practices of new
immigrant Latino families exploring the relationships between
acculturation structure of their daily lives, infant and toddler diet,
and risk of obesity. It is based in O...
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin featured in Voice of America news item on obesity
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses obesity trends and solutions in this Voice of America piece. “‘In the last 50 to 60 years, in the post world war era, in both the U.S. and the other high-income countries, we've had a slow shift in the way we live so we've become more sedentary, our diets have become much richer and sweeter and we have, in the process, become much more heavy,’ Popkin said.” (Bordbar, Babak. September 23, 2008. Biking to beat obesity. In Voice of America News.)To read it the enti...
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