News
CPC Fellow Jane Brown talks to NBC news about children’s TV habits
October 4, 2006Oct 4, 2006 University of North Carolina media researcher Dr. Jane Brown notes that too many children are left in front of the screen – unsupervised, “Talk about it as parents today need to be thinking about their children’s media … Read more
Fellows Guo’s and Harris’s research on immigrant children featured in news
September 22, 2006Sep 22, 2006 Immigrant children do as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts, according to a U.S. study… “The findings also run counter to expectations based upon immigrant children’s over-representation in high-risk background categories and general public perceptions … Read more
Reuters highlights CPC Fellow Hussey’s research on child maltreatment
September 7, 2006Sep 7, 2006 A substantial percentage of young U.S. adults say they suffered some form of neglect or abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday…. The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that child maltreatment — in the form of … Read more
CBS News interviews CPC Fellow Barry Popkin about healthy eating for teens
September 5, 2006Sep 5, 2006 “It’s not too late to make an impact,” said Barry Popkin, director of the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Whether it’s better to do earlier or later, we can’t answer.” … Read more
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin quoted in News and Observer
August 31, 2006Aug 31, 2006 A national report Tuesday fingered North Carolina as one of 31 states where residents are getting rounder — the same day state officials launched an ambitious but unfunded new strategy to turn the tide…. Barry Popkin, a … Read more
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin cited in NY Times article about milk consumption
August 31, 2006Aug 31, 2006 FACED with declining milk consumption by teenagers, dairy companies are embarking on an advertising campaign with sports and entertainment celebrities and interactive features that they hope will win young people over. A number of doctors and nutrition … Read more
CPC Fellow Guo Awarded Funding to Study “Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and other Social & Demographic Context”
August 28, 2006Aug 28, 2006 Guang Guo, CPC Fellow and Professor of Sociology at UNC, has been awarded funding for the project “Age at First Sex, Genes, Religion, and Other Social and Demographic Context.” This research project will identify the influences of … Read more
CPC Fellow Peter Uhlenberg Honored
August 23, 2006Aug 23, 2006 CPC Fellow Peter Uhlenberg has received the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award. The Distinguished Scholar Award honors a scholar in the field of aging who has shown exceptional achievement in research, theory, policy analyis, or who … Read more
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin’s Research on Overweight Featured in News
August 16, 2006Aug 16, 2006 There are now more overweight people in the world than those who have to go hungry, a conference of experts in Australia has heard. NI_MPU(‘middle’); Barry Popkin, a professor at the University of North Carolina, said that … Read more
CPC Fellow Philip Cohen’s Research Appears in Washington Post
August 14, 2006Aug 14, 2006 American women earn substantially more money and narrow the long-standing gender gap in income if other women in their workplaces reach the ranks of senior management, according to a new national study presented here…. “The glass ceiling … Read more