Oct 24, 2008 Penny Gordon-Larsen, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), has been awarded funding for the study “Gene-Environment Interactions and Weight Gain.” Using data from the National Longitudinal … Read more

Oct 15, 2008 The National Children’s Study will include Cumberland County, North Carolina, where Fayetteville is located. Here is an excerpt from the Fayetteville Observer article about the value of the study. “The National Children’s Study is to most other … Read more

Oct 14, 2008 Barbara Entwisle, Fellow and Director of the Carolina Population Center, was recently interviewed about the National Children’s Study and the role of Cumberland County, NC within the study. Here is an excerpt: “Cumberland County was recently chosen … Read more

Oct 9, 2008 Anna Maria Siega-Riz, CPC Fellow and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the study “Intra-uterine and Early Childhood Factors Related to Weight Status at Age 3.” … Read more

Oct 9, 2008 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 … Read more

Oct 3, 2008 News Release Friday, October 3, 2008 CHAPEL 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 … Read more

Oct 3, 2008 News Release Friday, October 3, 2008 CHAPEL 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 … Read more

Oct 3, 2008 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 … Read more

Sep 30, 2008 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 … Read more

Sep 25, 2008 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, … Read more