Category: Healthy Food Access
De Marco receives Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for research
March 31, 2016Molly De Marco, PhD, Research Fellow and project director in the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and research assistant professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School … 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
Community shows psychological, spiritual and social components of heart health through photo research project
October 1, 2015CHAPEL HILL-People in at-risk communities see heart health as more than just physical health and include psychological, spiritual and social health as well, according to research from UNC-Chapel Hill … 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
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-Chapel Hill explores “Food for All” with 2015-2017 campus theme
May 10, 2015The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will come together at a common table when it examines food and food studies as its 2015-2017 university-wide academic theme. “Food for All: Local and Gl … 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
Alice Ammerman to discuss link between sustainable local food systems and health April 16
April 15, 2015HPDP Director Alice Ammerman will be the second speaker in the What’s the Big Idea? Spring 2015 Food for Thought series at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education on Thursday, April … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill Receives Funding to Improve Obesity Prevention for Families Receiving Government Assistance
November 6, 2014A new partnership with NC State aims to bring more strategic obesity prevention services to those with a limited budget in underserved communities. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has … 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