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Viewpoint: Unhealthy food needs prominent warning labels
October 11, 2020The United States should require prominent warning labels on the front of product packaging to alert consumers when food products contain high levels of unhealthy nutrients, according to an October 1 2020 JAMA Viewpoint article. The piece, coauthored by Faculty … Read more
CPC at the 2020 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference
October 2, 2020The 2020 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference was held virtually from September 30, 2020 – October 2, 2020. All predoctoral trainees and postdoctoral scholars in the Biosocial Training Program attend IAPHS. This year, Faculty Fellow Robert Hummer, … Read more
Muscatell awarded Young Investigator Grant
September 23, 2020Assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience Keely Muscatell’s research addresses the topic of how race-related stress affects the brain among Black Americans with schizophrenia.
Obesity linked with higher risk for COVID-19 complications
September 1, 2020From COVID-19 risk to recovery, the odds are stacked against those with obesity, and a new study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill raises concerns about the impact of obesity on the effectiveness of a future COVID-19 vaccine.
FAQ: Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labelling and Advertising
July 28, 2020FAQs for “Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the Chilean Law of Food Labelling and Advertising: a nonexperimental prospective study,” which will publish in PLOS Medicine July 28, 2020.
In response to nutrition warning labels, manufacturers reformulate unhealthy foods
July 28, 2020Read related FAQ. Mandatory nutrition warning labels on packaged junk foods may lead manufactures to reformulate their products with less sodium and sugar, exposing consumers to fewer harmful nutrients in their diets. In new research published in PLOS Medicine, researchers … Read more
Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2020
July 21, 2020The Carolina Population Center's Faculty Fellows elected four UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2020. There are now 71 Fellows who sit across 16 academic departments.
Trainee Spotlight: Meng-Jung Lin
July 3, 2020Meng-Jung Lin is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology and a Predoctoral Trainee at the Carolina Population Center. CPC intern Ryan Holmes conducted this interview in the spring of 2020. Q: Tell me about yourself—how did you land … Read more
Seed grants awarded to Fellows Parcesepe and Ng
June 28, 2020In June, Fellows Angela Parcesepe and Shu Wen Ng were each awarded seed grants to investigate the impacts of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic on US families. Parcesepe’s mixed method study aims to generate knowledge and advance understanding of the impact of … Read more
Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen: Minor sex trafficking of girls with disabilities
June 23, 2020Franchino-Olsen is the first author on a new study, "Minor sex trafficking of girls with disabilities," published in the International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare.