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CPC Fellow Jay Kaufman Named Fulbright Scholar
Two University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty - an
epidemiologist studying adverse birth outcomes and a scholar of American cultural
engagement with Islam - have been named 2006-2007 Fulbright Scholars.
Dr. Jay Kaufman and Dr. Timothy Marr will travel to Chile and Cyprus, respectively,
to lecture and conduct research, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars
(CIES), which manages the Fulbright Scholars program, announced recently. Six
professors from abro...
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CPC Fellow Glen Elder Comments on Children of the Depression in Gainesville Times
Sociologist Glen Elder Jr., author of "Children of the Great
Depression," said journalists wrote then of a lost generation. They had it
wrong.
"Resilience," Elder said recently, "was the central theme
coming out of that period."
To read the entire article, click here:
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20061112/localnews/137122.shtml
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CPC Fellow Peggy Bentley Named Paul C. Rogers Society Ambassador
Margaret “Peggy” Bentley,
UNC School of Public Health Associate Dean of Global Affairs, professor
of nutrition, and CPC Fellow, has been chosen to serve as an Ambassador
in the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research at Research!
America.
The Paul G. Rogers Society, named for the former Florida Congressman,
was established this year to increase awareness of – and make the case
for greater U.S. investment in – research to fight diseases that
disproportionately affect the worl...
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CPC Fellow Glen Elder's research on women and divorce appears in the news
Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing--they may also
lose some of their good health, according to a study by Iowa State
University.
The study, spanning 10 years, focused on what happens to rural women's
health after their marriage ends, compared with women who stay married,
said Fred Lorenz, who co-authored the report.
"What we found was that the act of getting a divorce produced no
immediate effects on (physical) health, but it did have effects on
men...
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Dr. Samuel Preston Presents CPC's Distinguished Lecture, Nov. 3
Dr. Samuel Preston, Fredrick J. Warren Professor of Demography and Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, will present the CPC Distinguished Lecture "Sex Mortality Differentials in the United
States: The Role of Cohort Smoking Patterns" on Friday, November 3 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in the Morehead Planetarium State Dining Room. A reception will follow.
For the full schedule of CPC's Fall Semester seminars, go
to: www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.html
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CPC Fellow Laraia Receives Funds for Food Security and Feeding Strategies Project
CPC Fellow Barbara Laraia has been awarded funding for the Food
Security and Feeding Strategies project which will identify modifiable
risk factors associated with
household food insecurity to inform intervention strategies to prevent
overweight. The project is funded by Mississippi State University with
a funding period from October 2006 until December 2007. CPC Fellow
Margaret E. Bentley is also an investigator on the study.
For more information about the Food Security and Feeding St...
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University Gazette highlights CPC Fellow Steve Walsh's research in the Galapagos
Invasive plants and animals once foreign to the famous
archipelago are eroding fragile landscapes and threatening species that have
been aiding scientific discovery since Charles Darwin’s first voyage in 1835.
The Ecuadorian government knows this, as do other local organizations and the
United Nations, which is considering listing the archipelago as a World
Heritage Site at risk. That’s why Ecuador’s ministry of...
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin weighs in on the value of drinking water in USA Today
When you
are trying to lose weight, it's easy to change the beverages you drink, says Barry Popkin. "It doesn't
matter if you drink bottled water or tap water: Just drink more water. It's a
powerful way to cut weight."To see
the full article, click here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-10-24-water-diet_x.htm
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CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen's research on the benefits of walking appears in USA Today
Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of
nutrition at North Carolina, analyzed data on 5,000 young adults over
15 years. She found that a slightly overweight woman who walked two
extra hours each week over 15 years gained 9 pounds less in that time
than a similar woman who didn't walk that much. Women who walked an
extra four hours each week gained 18 pounds less over that time than
women who didn't move that much. The effects were similar for men.
"Extra walking prevents weight g...
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CPC Fellow Kathie Harris quoted in news item about blogs for dads
Kathleen Mullan Harris, a sociology professor at UNC Chapel Hill,
said changes in social structures over the years have allowed dads to
take on new roles.
They're now able to develop into more available, emotional and
compassionate fathers, she said. Harris said the Internet can help
promote support groups and relieve fathers' feelings of isolation.
To read the entire article, go to this site:
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/15720412.htm
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CPC Postdoc Kuo-Ping Li discusses air quality and lung cancer, Friday, October 13
Dr. Kuo-Ping Li, Physicist and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar, will present Local Air Quality and Lung Cancer Mortality Rates: A Case of Spatial Smoothing on Friday, October 13 in Room 405 CPC East.
Location information is available at the CPC website, https://www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc/contactcpc.
For the full schedule of CPC's Fall Semester seminars, go to: www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.html
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CPC Fellow Jane Brown talks to NBC news about children's TV habits
University of North
Carolina media researcher Dr. Jane Brown
notes that too many children are left in front of the screen - unsupervised,
"Talk about it as parents today need to be thinking about their children's
media diet. It's just like we're trying to get them to eat healthier
food."For the full article, seehttp://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5487569
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Fellows Guo's and Harris's research on immigrant children featured in news
Immigrant children do as well or better than their
same-race, American-born counterparts, according to a U.S. study... "The findings
also run counter to expectations based upon immigrant children's
over-representation in high-risk background categories and general public
perceptions of immigrant students," says Tillman. The study was
co-authored by Guang Guo and Kathleen Mullan Harris.For the full article, click here:
http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060920-04371...
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Reuters highlights CPC Fellow Hussey's research on child maltreatment
A substantial percentage of young U.S. adults say they suffered some
form of neglect or abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday….
The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that child
maltreatment -- in the form of abuse or neglect -- is common among U.S.
children, and the consequences can be serious….
Though studies have been investigating child abuse and neglect for
years, the true scope of the problem, including its long-term
consequences, has not be...
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CBS News interviews CPC Fellow Barry Popkin about healthy eating for teens
"It's not too late to make an impact," said Barry Popkin, director of
the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Whether it's better to do earlier or later,
we can't answer."
He said there's not enough research to know if it's easier to change the eating habits of teens or younger kids.
"In some ways, teenagers are easier because you don't need the same parental involvement," he said.For the full story, click here:http://www.cbsnews.com/sto...
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin cited in NY Times article about milk consumption
FACED with declining milk
consumption by teenagers, dairy companies are embarking on an advertising
campaign with sports and entertainment celebrities and interactive features
that they hope will win young people over.
A number of
doctors and nutrition experts challenge the ads’ statements about milk’s
ability to help teenagers lose weight and build muscle. Barry M. Popkin, a
professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, said the public
would ignore the exact langua...
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin quoted in News and Observer
A national report Tuesday fingered North
Carolina as one of 31 states where residents are
getting rounder -- the same day state officials launched an ambitious but
unfunded new strategy to turn the tide….
Barry Popkin, a UNC-Chapel Hill researcher and obesity expert, said North
Carolina's new obesity plan reflects the lack of
funding to support meaningful change.
"These are very thoughtful recommendations from people who don't have
any resources," said Popkin, who reviewe...
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CPC Fellow Guo Awarded Funding to Study "Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and other Social & Demographic Context"
Guang Guo, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology at UNC, has been awarded funding for the project "Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and Other Social and Demographic Context." This research project will identify the influences of genetic and environmental factors and their interactions on risky sexual behavior in adolescence using a subsample of about 2,600 participants of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Funded by National Institute of Child Health and Human D...
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CPC Fellow Peter Uhlenberg Honored
CPC Fellow Peter Uhlenberg has received the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award. The
Distinguished Scholar Award honors a scholar in the field of aging who
has shown exceptional achievement in research, theory, policy analyis,
or who has otherwise advanced knowledge of aging and the life course.Congratulations, Dr. Uhlenberg!
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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin's Research on Overweight Featured in News
There are now more overweight people
in the world than those who have to go hungry, a conference of experts
in Australia has heard.
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Barry Popkin, a professor at the
University of North Carolina, said that the world’s slide into
obesity has happened with dramatic speed.
"The reality is that globally far more obesity than under-nutrition exists," he told the conference on Queensland's Gold Coast.
"Obesity is the norm globally and
under-nutrition, while ...
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CPC Fellow Philip Cohen's Research Appears in Washington Post
American women earn substantially more money and narrow the long-standing
gender gap in income if other women in their workplaces reach the ranks of
senior management, according to a new national study presented here....
"The glass ceiling is about all women, not just women who become
managers," said Philip N. Cohen, a sociologist at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill who announced the study here Friday at the 101st meeting of
the American Sociological Association. "If wo...
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Popkin's Research on Obesity in China Featured in News
"We're seeing a very large proportion of children and adolescents who
are quite heavy and aren't moving much," said Barry Popkin, a nutrition
professor at the School of Public
Health at the University
of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill.
Popkin collaborates on an ongoing health-and-nutrition survey of 16,000
households in China.
He says more kids today are overeating and putting on weight "quite
quickly."
For the full article which appears in National Geographic News, click he...
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News 14 (Raleigh) features CPC Fellow James Johnson's Research
July 27, 2006 A new study suggests that city leaders aren’t capitalizing on the
untapped real estate in southeast Raleigh.
"Southeast Raleigh has a number of
assets and opportunities,” said James Johnson, who is with the University
of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler
Business School.
“Our basic conclusion is you’ve got to sell it, you’ve got to market it better
and you’ve got to, in the process, make sure that all citizens have equal
access to opportunity.""There's about $30 million o...
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School Officials are Basing Future Needs on Projected Growth by Demographer Dr. John Kasarda
School officials are basing
future needs on projected growth by demographer Dr. John Kasarda of the University of North Carolina.
Kasarda predicts that the
number of students in the Winnetka Public Schools system will increase from
2,116 predicted for the 2006-07 school year to 2,165 for the 2009-10 school
year.
His projections are based
on fertility rate and housing turnover. For the full text of this article, please click here:http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/loc...
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CPC Fellow Peggy Bentley quoted in News & Observer (Raleigh)
Duke University has named a prominent public health leader to head its
Global Health Institute -- Duke's latest push to take a lead in
fighting illness and disease around the world."With Dr. Merson coming, I think Duke has the opportunity to realize
its vision," said Peggy Bentley, global health associate dean at the
UNC-Chapel Hill public health school.Duke's increased efforts in this area, along with efforts under way
by other Triangle institutions, including RTI International and Famil...
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