Category: Children’s Health
New training offers evidence-based education without expense
October 30, 2009A new web-based training will give health practitioners, community members and public health professionals access to current and effective strategies to prevent childhood obesity free of charge. The C … Read more
Study by HPDP Research Fellow finds color-coded chart improves parents’ understanding of body mass index (BMI)
September 19, 2009HPDP research fellow Eliana Perrin, M.D., M.P.H. is the senior author on a study showing parents are more likely to understand a body mass index (BMI) chart if it is color-coded, like a traffic light, … Read more
HPDP helping to combat Weight of the Nation
July 29, 2009HPDP 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 Fin … Read more
HPDP study: HIV drugs provide breast-fed babies with some protection
July 27, 2009Highly 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 Preventio … Read more
Study: digging in beach sand increases risk of gastrointestinal illness
July 20, 2009Chris 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. U … Read more
Picture Me Healthy: photo-based inquiry for youth expression informs policy and environmental change
June 3, 2009June 3, 2009 Picture Me Healthy: Photo-Based Inquiry for Youth Expression Informs Policy and Environmental Change Lara Khalil, MPH, RD, Project Director for Healthy Eating Research Participants took p … Read more
Groundbreaking HPDP research to study online alcohol sales
January 14, 2009HPDP researchers will be the first to investigate if alcohol can be purchased by minors via the Internet in a new study. Co-investigators Rebecca Williams and Kurt Ribisl have studied online cigarette … Read more