Category: Children’s Health
No Kid Hungry NC on My Carolina Today
August 5, 2015Tamara Baker, of No Kid Hungry NC, appeared on WNCN-NBC 17’s My Carolina Today yesterday to speak about how the organization is working to ensure kids across the state have enough to eat. Watch … Read more
UNC-CH Kenan-Flagler Business School students sponsor BBQ fundraiser to fight childhood hunger
April 21, 2015The first “Q for the Kids” fundraiser benefiting No Kid Hungry NC is scheduled for May 6 from 5-8 p.m. in the McColl Courtyard of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, located at 300 Kenan Drive, in … Read more
Health behavior doctoral student Jayne Jeffries receives GEAB Impact Award for her work with Food Explorers
April 16, 2015Each year, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s graduate school recognizes graduate students for the contributions they are making in North Carolina with the Graduate Education Advancemen … Read more
UNC Chapel Hill-RTI Collaboration Chosen as Prime Contractor to Support State and Local Public Health Actions to Prevent Chronic Disease and Promote School Health
March 9, 2015A research collaboration between the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and RTI International has been selected as a prime contractor to support state and local public healt … Read more
HALF of NC Schools Commit to Expand Breakfast with Help from No Kid Hungry NC
September 11, 2014No Kid Hungry North Carolina, under leadership of the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) and the Southeast … Read more
NC high school students embrace public health advocacy
May 30, 2014A group of North Carolina high school students are making strides in public health and youth advocacy, thanks to a partnership with the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Stren … Read more
HPDP research seek voice for immigrant populations
May 8, 2014HPDP researchers Eugenia Eng and Alexandra Lightfoot and community partner Florence Siman are working with an interdisciplinary team at UNC on the Envisioning Health project. Envisioning Health is led … Read more
No Kid Hungry NC joins HPDP
May 8, 2014The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is excited to announce a new initiative with No Kid Hungry North Carolina to help expand access to federal nutrition programs includin … Read more
Tobacco cessation research provides resources for policymakers and practitioners
November 22, 2013On October 30, the New York City Council passed new legislation raising the minimum age to buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. HPDP Research Fellow Kurt Ribisl and project manager Ashley Leighton submitted … Read more
Obesity Prevention Shifts to State’s Youngest Children
September 10, 2013RALEIGH – With obesity rates at an all time high and health costs increasing, researchers from the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) recently participated in a task force c … Read more