Category: Children’s Health
Ammerman named first Mildred Kaufman Professor of nutrition
April 28, 2017Alice Ammerman, DrPH, professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and director of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has been named the inaugural … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2016 Harvey Award funds projects focused on hunger and educational success for children in foster care
April 24, 2017(Chapel Hill, N.C.— April 20, 2017) – Faculty members from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and schools of medicine, education and soc … Read more
No Kid Hungry Graduate Research Assistant, Jessica Soldavini, receives Community Engagement Fellowship
April 10, 2017Jessica Soldavini, a Graduate Research Assistant for No Kid Hungry, recently received a Community Engagement Fellowship for her Food for the Summer project. The Community Engagement Fellowship program … Read more
HPDP Research Fellow honored by Obesity Society
November 15, 2016“The impact of their work will be felt for many years to come.” Dianne Stanton Ward, EdD, a fellow at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP), was recently awarded the the 20 … Read more
Go NAPSACC program revamps their website
August 1, 2016The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care program, currently known as Go NAPSACC, recently revamped their website. Besides the updated look, the new renovations to the website … Read more
Partnership Spotlight: Exploring Six Years of Community Engagement
May 2, 2016How can you see the impact of engaged research? Sometimes all you need to do is look at what’s being served to drink at the church potluck dinners. Linda Riggins began working with researchers … Read more
Students in Orange County Schools rate new healthy menu options at Try-Day Friday
December 22, 2015Click here to see a news story on this project from WRAL.com HILLSBOROUGH- The childhood obesity epidemic has brought many different ideas and approaches to helping children learn to eat more healthy … Read more
No Kid Hungry receives Friend of School Nutrition Award from NC Department of Public Instruction
November 4, 2015The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction awarded No Kid Hungry North Carolina the Friend of School Nutrition Award at the annual School Nutrition Conference on November 2nd. The award is gi … Read more
Five states selected to pilot GO NAPSACC and improve health habits in young children
October 1, 2015CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Go NAPSACC is a North Carolina child care initiative that is expanding into five new states. Go NAP SACC is an online tool that helps child care programs foster healthy eating and … Read more
HPDP researchers partner with Cornell to prevent childhood obesity and boost bottom line for NC farmers
August 20, 2015Researchers at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention are working as part of a national project to study whether making fresh produce easily accessible to low-income families will … Read more