Category: Nutrition
HPDP community partner chosen as Food Justice Fellow
April 4, 2011Rev. William Kearney has been selected as a Food Justice Fellow by the Presbyterian Hunger Program. The program selected 15 fellows in its first national search for people of faith to connect with the … Continued
Ammerman, Linnan, and Lorch receive public service awards
March 26, 2011The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention congratulates Alice Ammerman, Laura Linnan, and Claire Lorch for their awards in community service to be presented on April 1. Dr. Ammerman, … Continued
New HPDP partnership grant to guide workplace wellness
March 1, 2011CHAPEL HILL, NC–NC Prevention Partners (NCPP), in partnership with the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, has received a one-year grant from the national Centers for Disease Cont … Continued
UNC-CH team needs votes to create new program to fight childhood obesity
January 31, 2011A 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. … Continued
HPDP researchers help bring FoodCorps to NC
January 24, 2011North Carolina has been selected as one of 10 states to pilot FoodCorps, a new national AmeriCorps school garden and Farm-to-School service program that aims to serve vulnerable children by improving … Continued
Eating our words
January 24, 2011The phrase “eating your words” took on a new meaning when the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health department of nutrition hosted a group of prospective graduate school students as part of an e … Continued
HOPE accounts offers help to make New Year’s resolutions a reality
January 4, 2011The most popular New Year’s resolutions include losing weight, paying off debt, getting an education and saving money. However, most people who make resolutions give them within a few months. A progra … Continued
HPDP welcomes CDC Prevention Specialist
November 23, 2010The UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) is pleased to welcome its first Public Health Prevention Specialist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Melissa … Continued
Campbell discusses dieter’s paradox with The Wall Street Journal
November 9, 2010HPDP Research Fellow Marci Campbell, who leads the HOPE projects and is a professor of nutrition at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, discusses how consumers often confuse eating health … Continued
Ammerman to discuss link between sustainable local food systems and health Thursday
October 11, 2010Local food has become very trendy. There are plenty of good arguments in favor of the local food movement, many regarding protecting the environment and a way of life for small farmers. But does eat … Continued