Mar 27, 2008 In the March 24 issue of the Charlotte Observer, CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses obesity trends in Mexico. “Fueled by the rising popularity of soft drinks and fast-food restaurants, Mexico has become the second fattest nation in … Read more

Mar 21, 2008 “Pointing to her interdisciplinary training in medical anthropology, Margaret “Peggy” Bentley, associate dean of global health at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health in Chapel Hill, encourages science undergraduates considering a career in the … Read more

Mar 13, 2008 Dr. Jane Brown, CPC Fellow and the James L. Knight Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received the Faculty Mentoring Award from the Carolina Women’s Leadership Council. To read more, please click here: … Read more

Mar 6, 2008 Do you want to include biomarkers in your research but don’t know how to get started? This week-long introduction to biospecimens provides a basic understanding and practical examples for collecting specimens such as blood, saliva, hair, and … Read more

Feb 19, 2008 CPC Fellow Barry Popkin was interviewed by The New York Times and The Philadelphia Enquirer in response to the controversy generated when the  president-elect of the Obesity Society filed an affidavit presenting scientific evidence that calorie labeling … Read more

Jan 17, 2008 More people in developing countries are now overweight than hungry, says CPC Fellow Barry Popkin in the September 2007 issue of Scientific American (“The World is Fat,” Scientific American 297, no. 3: 88-95). More than 1.3 billion … Read more

Dec 22, 2007 While being a mother who works outside the home is far from easy for many American women, many experts said the United States is in many ways more amenable to the practice than many other developed countries…”We … Read more

Dec 20, 2007 For years, social science has defined the middle-class family as a married couple, typically with children. But a new study out of UNC-Chapel Hill challenges that definition, particularly for the African-American population. Host Frank Stasio gets an … Read more

Dec 7, 2007 Where you worship – and whether you worship at all – could be connected to your likelihood of straying from your marriage vows. …”What matters the most is being involved in a religious organization,” says Amy Burdette, … Read more

Dec 5, 2007 Divorce isn’t green, says a study being published today…While divorce leads to smaller household size on average for a population, “it’s not just divorce,” says social demographer Ronald Rindfuss of the University of North Carolina at Chapel … Read more