Category: Nutrition
UNC partners with dining services provider to help high school students ‘text’ their orders for lunch at school
April 26, 2013The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has partnered with Chartwells School Dining Services to study how new technologies could affect school lunch participation rates and healthy … Read more
HPDP Welcomes Public Health Prevention Service Fellow
January 18, 2013The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is pleased to welcome Daniella Uslan as a CDC Public Health Prevention Service Fellow focusing on sustainable agriculture initiatives. … Read more
Early childhood nutrition program recommended by First Lady’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity
October 18, 2012A program designed by researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to reduce obesity in preschool children was recommended by the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity l … Read more
HPDP researchers team with Duke to improve family child care homes
June 22, 2012A 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 researchers at the Unive … Read more
UNC researchers find child-care facilities can do more to promote healthy eating and physical activity among preschoolers
September 2, 2011Eating 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 North Carolina at … Read more
Farmer Foodshare and Table Bring Year Round Fresh Local Food to Children at Risk of Hunger
July 19, 2011Farmer 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
UNC experts contribute to new recommendations, tools to combat early childhood obesity
June 7, 2011A 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
Watch the Carolina campus community garden anniversary celebration
June 1, 2011The Carolina Campus Community Garden celebrated its first anniversary under sunny skies on May 28. UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp joined garden organizers, volunteers and advocates for the celebration. T … Read more
HPDP recognized for CBPR expertise by national committee
May 20, 2011The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has been recognized for its dedication to community-based participatory research by a national committee of community experts. The Prevention … Read more
Barbecue – the new health food at BBQ Festival on the Neuse
May 9, 2011Barbecue was the new health food at the 30th Annual BBQ Festival on the Neuse in Kinston this weekend, at least the version being served at the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project booth. Visitors waiting in … Read more