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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on Thanksgiving weight gain in the news
November 27, 2007Nov 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, 2007Nov 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, 2007Nov 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, 2007Nov 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, 2007Nov 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, 2007Oct 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, 2007Oct 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, 2007Oct 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
CPC Fellow Rindfuss Awarded NIH Funding on Circular Migration of Young Adults in Thailand
October 17, 2007Oct 17, 2007 CPC Fellow Ronald R. Rindfuss, Robert Paul Ziff Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received funding for the research project “Circular Migration and Its Long-Term Impacts.” This research project … Read more
CPC Fellow Speizer Receives Funding to Study Partner Violence Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
October 17, 2007Oct 17, 2007 Ilene S. Speizer, CPC Fellow, has been awarded funding for the research project “Partner Violence Norms and HIV Risk Taking Among Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.” This study uses data from more than 15 recent African Demographic and … Read more