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HPDP researchers team with Duke to improve family child care homes

June 22, 2012

Dianne Ward, EdD A new $3.3 million project to simultaneously combat childhood obesity and help home-based child care owners adopt healthy practices will be undertaken by a partnership between researc … Read more


Online retailers, shipping companies give minors access to alcohol, study finds

May 7, 2012

Minors can easily purchase alcohol online as a result of poor age verification by Internet alcohol vendors and shipping companies such as FedEx and UPS, according to a new study from University of Nor … Read more


Dr. Alan Cross, former director of HPDP, remembered as a giant in social medicine and prevention research

January 8, 2012

Alan Cross, MD, died peacefully on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at his home with family. Dr. Cross  was a member of  the faculty of the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine for more than … Read more


UNC researchers find child-care facilities can do more to promote healthy eating and physical activity among preschoolers

September 2, 2011

Dianne Ward, EdD Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age, and many children spend most of their days in child-care settings. Researchers from the University of N … Read more


Fleming’s retirement means time to pursue new challenges

August 8, 2011

Phyllis Fleming has lots of experience in finding creative solutions to research problems, but her retirement from the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) on June 30 means sh … Read more


BAN study impacts global policy and saves lives

July 26, 2011

A research partnership between investigators at UNC Chapel Hill and in Malawi has led to an effective method to reduce the transmission of HIV through breast milk, a change in global health policy and … Read more


Farmer Foodshare and Table Bring Year Round Fresh Local Food to Children at Risk of Hunger

July 19, 2011

Farmer Foodshare and TABLE announced the expansion of their new pilot program, Farm to TABLE to include over sixty food insecure children in Carrboro and Chapel Hill on July 14. The Farm to TABLE prog … Read more


BAN researchers receive prestigious Charles C. Shepard Science Award

June 15, 2011

UNC researchers have been awarded the prestigious Charles C. Shepard Science Award in the category of Prevention and Control by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their paper titled, “ … Read more


UNC experts contribute to new recommendations, tools to combat early childhood obesity

June 7, 2011

A new national report offers policy recommendations to curb the high rates of obesity among America’s youngest children. The report, issued by the Institute of Medicine, includes guidelines such as li … Read more


UNC-CH team needs votes to create new program to fight childhood obesity

January 31, 2011

A team of students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hoping to ride their Little Red Wagon to victory in a competition for the best new ideas in tackling public health problems. … Read more