Nutrition and Physical Activity
Currently Funded Projects
- Carolina Hunger Initiative (CHI)
- Randomized Explanatory Trial of a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Weight Loss Intervention for Primary Care Practices (DELISH)
- Enhancing Equity in Child Health and Development through Go NAPSACC
- Go NAPSACC Contracts and Service Agreements
- Good Bowls: Empowering Communities to Achieve Good Food Access and Health Equity
- The Health for Hearts United Collaborative
- My weight-their weight: eHealth intervention for managing obesity in child care settings
- No Kid Hungry NC
- Novel wearable sensor calibration and validation for automated measurement of screen time in children
- Physical activity in adult care residences: A multi-level intervention
- Randomized Explanatory Trial of a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Weight Loss Intervention for Primary Care Practices (Diversity Supplement – Weight Loss in Men)
- Randomized Explanatory Trial of a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Weight Loss Intervention for Primary Care Practices (Diversity Supplement – Gut Microbiota)
- Scaling up the Med-South Lifestyle Program to Reduce Chronic Disease in Partnership with Rural Communities
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed)
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) Toolkit
- Understanding disparities in access to the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) by center-based Early Care and Education programs and developing strategies for equitable dissemination and uptake
Completed Projects
- Active and Healthy Brotherhood: a tailored lifestyle program for African American Men age 45 and older
- Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research (BECR)
- Better Together
- Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals and Nutrition Study (BAN)
- Cardiac Rehab – DRA Validation Study
- Care2bWell: A Worksite Physical Activity & Wellness Program for Child Care Staff
- Carolina Heart Alliance Networking for Greater Equity (CHANGE)
- Center for Training and Research Translation (Center TRT)
- Development of a Self-Report Instrument to Assess Nutrition and Physical Activity Environments of Child Care Settings
- Effects of Physical Activity Calorie Expenditure (PACE) Food Labeling
- Evaluation of the Wisconsin FNV Campaign
- Expanding SummerMeals4NCKids
- Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids: Innovative Community Supported Agriculture Cost-Offset Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Strengthen Local Agricultural Economies
- Farm-to-ECE Best Practices: Creating Tools to Facilitate Change through Go NAPSACC
- Go NAPSACC Kentucky Dissemination and Implementation
- Healthy Child Weight Through Improved Parent Practices and Environmental Change
- Heart Healthy Lenoir – UNC Center for Reduced Cardiovascular Disease Disparities
- Heart to Health
- Home Self-Administered Tool for Environmental Assessment of Activity and Diet (HomeSTEAD)
- HOPE (Health, Opportunity, Partnerships, Empowerment) Works
- Intensive Behavioral Weight Management in Public Health Settings
- Keys to Healthy Family Childcare Homes
- A Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effect of a Minimum Wage Increase on Obesity and Diet-Related Outcome (The WAGE$ Study)
- NC WAY to Health
- North Carolina Green Cart Program
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Practices and Policies of Childcare Centers in the South
- The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC)
- Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health in Women Aged 80 and Older
- Our Year of Healthy Living (Healthy Me, Healthy We)
- Piloting an Evaluation of North Carolina’s Healthy Helpings Fruit and Vegetable Incentive program among SNAP households
- Quick CHEF
- Reducing CVD Risk among Women Accessing Reproductive Health Services
- Shape NC
- SNAP-Ed EFNEP Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Centers of Excellence (RNECE-South)
- SPROUTS: Development of Eating Behaviors in Young Children
- Understanding Reach and Implementation of School Nutrition Safety Net Programs for NC Families During COVID-19: Implications for Policy and Practice
- Weight-Wise Pilot Study
- WISEWOMAN (Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation in Women Across the Nation)