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CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Amy Burdette’s research on religious affiliation and marital fidelity appears in news

December 7, 2007

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

CPC Fellow Ron Rindfuss comments on the environmental impact of divorce in USA Today

December 5, 2007

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

CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on Thanksgiving weight gain in the news

November 27, 2007

Nov 27, 2007 This shouldn’t come as a surprise: Thanksgiving is not the green light to a six-week indulgence that precedes the waddle back to the gym Jan. 2…The holiday season that starts with Thanksgiving (or even Halloween) and ends … Read more

CPC Fellow Barry Popkin and CPC GRA Kiyah Duffey’s research on high calorie beverages appears in N&O

November 21, 2007

Nov 21, 2007 It’s not just sugary sodas that are adding to the obesity crisis – it’s fruit drinks, alcohol and a combination of other high-calorie beverages, say CPC graduate research assistant Kiyah Duffey and CPC fellow Barry Popkin. The … Read more

CPC Fellow Walsh Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from SEDAAG

November 21, 2007

Nov 21, 2007 Stephen J. Walsh, CPC Fellow and Professor of Geography at UNC-Chapel Hill, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG). Walsh received the award on November 20th at the … Read more

CPC Fellow Entwisle Awarded NSF Funding to Study Marginal Populations and Environment in Thailand

November 14, 2007

Nov 14, 2007 Barbara Entwisle, CPC Director, CPC Fellow, and Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the research project “HSD: Marginality in a Marginal Environment: An Agent-Based Approach to Population-Environment … Read more

March of Dimes honors CPC Fellow Anna Maria Siega-Riz for work in maternal-fetal nutrition

November 6, 2007

Nov 6, 2007 Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., R.D., associate professor in the departments of epidemiology and nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‘s School of Public Health and CPC Fellow, has received the March of Dimes Agnes … Read more

CPC Fellow Philip Setel’s work on the need for reliable vital statistics data appears in news

October 31, 2007

Oct 31, 2007 Many people in Africa and Asia are born and die without leaving a trace in official records, which leaves countries unable to track and cater to the health needs of their populations, experts say. In a series … Read more

CPC Fellow Adair Awarded NIH Funds to Study Prenatal Nutrition of HIV-infected Women in Malawi

October 29, 2007

Oct 29, 2007 Linda S. Adair, CPC Fellow and Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the project “Prenatal Nutrition and Adverse Birth Outcomes in HIV-infected Women in … Read more

CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen’s research on weight gain in the early years of marriage appears in USA Today

October 24, 2007

Oct 24, 2007 Young adults might want to change their wedding vows to say they are taking each other “for better or girth”…”The weight gain in this age group is frightening,” says Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition in … Read more