Category: Healthy Food Access
New collaborative research project to provide a prescription for fruits and veggies
January 19, 2018A new study led by researchers at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University will provide a weekly allotment of locally grown vegetables to low-income, high-ri … Read more
To Alice Ammerman, public health is public service
October 4, 2017To her many talents, nutrition professor Alice Ammerman can now add hip-hop artist. The Thomas Jefferson Award winner accepted her award at the Sept. 8 Faculty Council meeting by performing a Hamilton … 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 Jessica 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 … Read more
HPDP employee establishes community garden project
August 25, 2016A recently established garden project at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) and other surrounding areas acts as a haven for staff and community members to relax and medi … Read more
De Marco receives Provost Engaged Scholarship Award for research
March 31, 2016Tony Locklear, Molly De Marco, Daniella Uslan, and Alexandra Lightfoot celebrate De Marco’s award for engaged research Molly De Marco, PhD, Research Fellow and project director in the UNC Center for H … 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