HPDP researchers helped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention develop real strategies for obesity prevention and control at the first-ever Weight of the Nation conference July 27-29. Eric Finkelstein discussed new research showing obesity in the U.S. Costs about $147 billion … Read more
A July 20 article in The New Yorker discussing obesity in America featured Eric Finkelstein’s 2008 book, The Fattening of America. The book examines how the decrease in cost of fattening foods relates to increased obesity rates since the 1980s. … Read more
Highly active antiretroviral drugs are safe and effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast milk, a study based at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has found. Principal investigator Charlie van der Horst presented findings from … Read more
Chris Heaney, who will be a Kellogg Health Scholar at HPDP beginning this fall, published a study examining the health risks of playing in beach sand in the American Journal of Epidemiology in July. UNC release: https://uncnewsarchive.unc.edu/2009/07/20/carolina-in-the-news-monday-july-20-2009-2/ NY Times article … Read more
HPDP Director Alice Ammerman traveled to Australia in early July to be a part of two conferences addressing sustainable agriculture and health. She was a keynote speaker at the Home Economics Institute of Australia conference Daring to Dream- Preferred Futures … Read more
