Category: Physical Activity
New Mediterranean-style diet pattern leads to weight loss and improved blood pressure
August 25, 2016A UNC research study recently published in BMC Public Health shows that incorporating a Mediterranean-style diet is likely to facilitate weight loss and reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. The Hear … Read more
Go NAPSACC program revamps their website
August 1, 2016The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care program, currently known as Go NAPSACC, recently revamped their website. Besides the updated look, the new renovations to the website … Read more
Women’s Health Month Highlight: CARE (Caring and Reaching for Health)
March 23, 2016This story is the second in our series celebrating research by and for women in celebration of Women’s History Month. Read the first story in the series. By Merve Sherifi, 2016 Communications Intern C … Read more
Five states selected to pilot GO NAPSACC and improve health habits in young children
October 1, 2015CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Go NAPSACC is a North Carolina child care initiative that is expanding into five new states. Go NAP SACC is an online tool that helps child care programs foster healthy eating and … Read more
Would you eat that doughnut if you knew you had to walk two miles to burn it off?
October 13, 2014The National Institutes of Health recently awarded UNC researchers from the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health more than $2 million to study the effects of physical activity food label … Read more
Workplace intervention promotes healthy child care workers
April 2, 2014The health and wellness of NC child care workers will will be getting a boost thanks to a new intervention program at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Care2BWell, which is d … Read more
Partnership with NC American Indian communities leads to healthy changes
May 30, 2013After more than five years community collaboration, researchers at the UNC Office of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention are continuing to fight health disparities in North Carolina American I … Read more
Children’s Healthy Weight Research Group presents at national conference
May 22, 2013The Children’s Healthy Weight research group from the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) shared their research with the 2013 National Smart Start Conference in Greensboro on … 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