A UNC-Chapel Hill study of beverage consumption in a South African township shows that a country-wide tax on sugary beverages has worked to influence more…
May 6, 2021 By Courtney Mitchell Researchers have developed a new online store that can be used for testing the impact of different policies and…
Manish Kumar, the Senior Technical Specialist-Health System Strengthening in the USAID-MEASURE Evaluation project, will be participating in the kick-off policy workshop organized by the Pan…
Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Global Food Research Program (GFRP) have spent years evaluating the role that food plays in health, obesity and disease, as well…
A new study shows that South Africa’s 2018 tax on sugary beverages led to a reduction in purchases of the beverages, which could mean purchasers…
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center has received two grants, providing an expected $38.2 million over 5 years, that together…
Though multiple national health organizations recommend against giving toddler milk – a nutrient-fortified drink for children ages 12 months to 3 years that often contains…
The record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season included 30 storms, and while North Carolina managed to dodge the 12 hurricanes that made landfall, that won’t always…
February 23, 2021 By Courtney Mitchell Children in Colombia are exposed to a disproportionate amount of television advertisements that market unhealthy foods and beverages, a…
New research from the Global Food Research Program at UNC-Chapel Hill finds that the food and beverage sector in Chile did not face significant job…