Category: Obesity
HPDP’s Dianne Ward, EdD, named as one of the world’s top experts in child care research
November 23, 2021HPDP’s Dianne Ward, EdD, has been recognized as a “World Expert” in child care by Expertscape, a service that ranks the expertise of researchers in biomedical fields. She is among the top 0.062% of pu … Read more
HPDP awards three $5,000 planning grants to UNC faculty studying pressing issues in prevention research
October 29, 2021In 2021, the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) awarded three planning grants of approximately $5,000 each to researchers pursuing projects in health promotion and disease p … Read more
UNC receives $3.8 million grant to study innovative weight loss program for primary care patients
June 10, 2019The Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $3.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institut … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill’s NAPSACC program receives national recognition as “best evidence for impact” on childhood obesity
May 23, 2019A March 2019 brief by Healthy Eating Research, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, states that NAPSACC has the “best evidence for impact” on obesity prevention in young children. … Read more
UNC at Chapel Hill researchers partner with Kentucky to address early childhood obesity with $3 million grant
September 25, 2018Chapel Hill, NC – The Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is partnering with the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Department for Public H … Read more
New research project to study impact of living wage on health
May 29, 2018Does more money equate to better health? Researchers are focusing on Minneapolis’ minimum wage increase to answer this question. University of Minnesota and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill re … Read more
Samuel-Hodge receives the Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award
April 23, 2018Carmen Samuel-Hodge, PhD, is the 2018 Barr awardee. Samuel-Hodge, who earned a doctorate in nutrition in 2000 at the Gillings School, joined the Gillings School faculty in 2003. She has won a number o … Read more
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group hosts visit from Australian research fellow
March 29, 2018The Children’s Healthy Weight Research (CHWR) group was fortunate to host a visit from Dr. Serene Yoong, a post-doctoral research fellow from the School of Medicine and Public Health at The University … Read more
HPDP research part of UNC obesity initiatives highlighted by ASPPH
January 19, 2018Several HPDP research projects were featured in obesity initiatives at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health highlighted by the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH). … Read more
UNC study shows need for increased support to North Carolina childcare workers
October 3, 2017CHAPEL HILL- Teaching in child care is a rewarding and important job, yet 42% of the North Carolina adults who provide child care live below the national poverty threshold, 66% fight obesity, and 36% … Read more