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CPC Fellow Richard Udry’s classic research on baby boomlets appears in news
October 4, 2007Oct 4, 2007 Aislyn Gleghorn, now 4 weeks old, may find she has a certain fondness for windstorms when she grows up. After all, she was conceived during the great Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of 2006, which left more than a million Puget Sound residents without electricity -- some for days. ... In 1970, J.…
CPC Fellow Jay Kaufman comments on the doctor’s role in health care disparities in the News and Observer
October 4, 2007Oct 4, 2007 White men with heart disease are far more likely to get a simple live-saving treatment than women or black men, two new studies from Duke University show. ... "They have stereotypes about minorities and about women and about old people and young people. We all do," said Jay Kaufman, a UNC-Chapel Hill…
CPC Selected as Study Center to Expand National Children’s Study to Rockingham County, NC
October 4, 2007Oct 4, 2007 The National Institutes of Health selected the Carolina Population Center (CPC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the study center for the National Children's Study in Rockingham County, NC. The National Children's Study (NCS) is an unprecedented effort to learn about and improve children's health in the…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on bottled water in The Chicago Tribune
September 25, 2007Sep 25, 2007 ... "There's not a single drink out there -- from Enviga to SmartWater -- that has any proof of impact," said nutrition professor Barry Popkin, who directs the Interdisciplinary Center for Obesity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Just because [a nutrient] is in the product doesn't necessarily mean…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin discusses global overweight and obesity in the news
September 25, 2007Sep 25, 2007 ... "It's a very different world than it was a while back," said Dr. Barry Popkin, director of the University of North Carolina's Interdisciplinary Obesity Center. "The bulk of the world is fat." Even the Mediterranean diet isn't stopping Europeans' expanding waistlines. In Italy, 42 percent of adults are overweight and 9…
CPC Fellow Arne Kalleberg comments on working hours in the news
August 31, 2007Aug 31, 2007 As Labor Day approaches, why does it feel like we're working harder every year? ... Moreover, the labor force is now dominated by two-worker families, leaving less time for child rearing and housekeeping duties that haven't gone away. People report working almost 10 hours more per week than their ideal, said Arne…
CPC Fellow Lisa Pearce is quoted on youth and religion in news
August 27, 2007Aug 27, 2007 Among America's young people, godliness contributes to happiness. An extensive survey by The Associated Press and MTV found that people aged 13 to 24 who describe themselves as very spiritual or religious tend to be happier than those who don't. ...Sociologists have long drawn a connection between happiness and the sense of…
CPC Fellow Peggy Bentley’s research appears in The Philadelphia Inquirer
August 20, 2007Aug 20, 2007 Taleah Walton entered the delivery room at Hahnemann University Hospital last month saying she planned to breast-feed. But when her son was born, she said, the hospital staff took him and fed him formula anyway. ..."They know that breast-feeding is the best," said Peggy Bentley, a nutrition professor at the University of…
Research by CPC Fellow John M. Thorp, Jr. Reported in U.S. News and World Report
August 9, 2007Aug 9, 2007 "The phenomenon of preterm birth is complex and there are probably multiple pathways involved so, ultimately, we will probably have to have multiple solutions," said Dr. John Thorp, a co-author on the twin study and a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The article…
Sydney Morning Herald Reports on Research by CPC Fellow Popkin
August 9, 2007Aug 9, 2007 The number of overweight people in the world overtook the number of malnourished for the first time in 2006, according to Professor Barry Popkin, director of the department of nutrition at the University of North Carolina. The article ("Overweight couples boosting obesity epidemic: study") appears in the August 8, 2007 issue of…