A UNC-Chapel Hill study of beverage consumption in a South African township shows that a country-wide tax on sugary beverages has worked to influence more healthy personal choices, with individuals reporting a reduction in the amount of sugar they drink. … Read more

Faculty Fellow Tonia Poteat and colleagues just published a Comment in the Lancet. The comment, “Advancing LGBTQI health research,” discusses health inequities impacting LGBTQI communities. Poteat et al. call attention to the “insufficient progress” made in addressing the barriers to … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is working to support expansion of COVID-19 vaccination to primary care clinics in areas with low vaccination rates, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The work comes as the pace of vaccination … Read more

May 12, 2021 Cancer death rates have fallen dramatically in the United States. Factor in obesity, however — as researchers did at the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health — and the picture changes. In a … Read more

In March, a report issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine revealed that young and middle-aged adults (25-64 years old) in the U.S. have been dying at higher rates since 2010. High and Rising Mortality Rates Among … Read more

May 6, 2021 By Courtney Mitchell Researchers have developed a new online store that can be used for testing the impact of different policies and interventions on consumers’ purchasing behavior. Lola’s Grocery was designed to have the look and feel … Read more

Faculty Fellow Yong Cai appeared on Morning Edition to discuss China’s 2020 Census.

The U.S. Census Bureau released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census on Monday, April 26, 2021. Our applied demography group, Carolina Demography, analyzed the release on both the web and on Twitter. Rebecca Tippett, Carolina Demography’s … Read more

This piece was originally published by Carolina Demography. By Rebecca Tippett, 4/26/21 The U.S. Census Bureau just released the first look at the results from the 2020 Census. The U.S. population is now 331,449,281. The nation grew by 22,703,743 or … Read more

The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America will be virtually held May 5-8. Listed below are the sessions presented by CPC Faculty Fellows, postdoctoral scholars, predoctoral and undergraduate trainees, and staff members. All times listed here are in … Read more