Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was interviewed in The New York Times in a piece about economist Emily Oster.

This piece was originally published by The Obesity Society. SILVER SPRING, Md.– Although Americans spend billions on them, published research shows a lack of strong evidence that dietary supplements and alternative therapies help adults lose weight, according to a new … Read more

The Carolina Population Center urges the UNC Board of Trustees to review and approve Nikole Hannah-Jones’ appointment as a tenured faculty member at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. We and many other faculty, students, staff, and alumni … Read more

Faculty Fellow Whitney Robinson was interviewed in The Chicago Tribune about COVID and summer 2021.

Carolina Demography’s recent work on the First in FAFSA School Tracker was cited in a recent article from BladenOnline.com They were also cited in the Greensboro News & Record for their analysis of college enrollment, and a recent N&O piece … Read more

Faculty Fellow Barry Popkin was interviewed in a piece about obesity and Mexico.

Faculty Fellow Jane Fruehwirth was featured in the Carolina Alumni Review for the research she conducted with Fellow Krista Perriera on depression and anxiety among first-year college students.

Racism is now widely recognized as a fundamental cause of health inequali­ties in the United States and health scholars are examining the role of struc­tural racism in fostering morbidity and mortality. But much of the prior scholarship about structural racism and … Read more

Faculty Fellow Yong Cai and sociologist Wang Feng (University of California, Irvine) have co-published an op-ed in the New York Times entitled “The Real Reason Behind China’s Three-Child Policy.”

Faculty Fellow Shu Wen Ng was quoted in a CNN piece on changes in grocery shopping and eating habits during the pandemic.