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‘100% Vitamin C’ marketing claims increase appeal of sugary fruit drinks
March 24, 2020This piece was originally published by the Gillings School of Global Public Health Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are a major factor in the obesity epidemic among both children and adults. Fruit-flavored drinks with added sugar (“fruit drinks”) are by far the most popular SSB among children. Dr. Anna Grummon Dr. Lindsey Smith Taillie Dr. Marissa Hall…
Parental Migration and Early Childhood Development in Rural China
March 13, 2020[caption id="attachment_35644" align="alignright" width="225"] Sean Sylvia[/caption] Over the last several decades in China, millions of rural residents have migrated to urban areas for work. As parents migrate, they’ve left their young children behind with other family members in the countryside. A new study co-led by Sean Sylvia, an Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management…
Chilean policies reduce purchases of unhealthy beverages by 24%: the first national evaluation of the impact of a front-of-the-package food label law
February 12, 2020This piece was originally published by the Gillings School of Public Health. Both Dr. Lindsey Smith Taillie and Dr. Barry Popkin are faculty fellows at the Carolina Population Center. Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising, implemented in 2016, was the first national regulation to jointly mandate front-of-package warning labels, restrict child-directed marketing, and ban…
2020 Add Health Users Conference: Now Accepting Abstracts
February 11, 2020Abstract submission is open for the 2020 Add Health Users Conference, which will be held on June 15-16, 2020 at the National Institutes of Health’s Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. You must create a user account in order to submit abstracts and register for the conference. Abstracts are due by 11:59PM EST on March…
Kathleen Mullan Harris elected lifetime AAAS fellow
November 26, 2019Faculty Fellow Kathleen Mullan Harris is among the 443 scientists selected this year as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. She was cited for "for distinguished contributions to the field of social demography, particularly for research and…
Alexis C. Dennis: Assessing Racial Differences in Socioeconomic Status across the Life Course
November 6, 2019[caption id="attachment_14374" align="alignleft" width="300"] Alexis C. Dennis[/caption] Alexis C. Dennis, a predoctoral Trainee at CPC and a doctoral candidate in sociology, received a poster award at the 2019 Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) Conference for her poster, “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Socioeconomic Correlates of Depression Among U.S. Born Young Adults.” Her research…
Recent changes in California vaccine exemption laws projected to have limited effect on increasing childhood vaccination rates
November 5, 2019In 2015, California passed Senate Bill 277 (SB277), which banned nonmedical exemptions from school-entry vaccine mandates. However, in the first 3 years after SB277 was passed, rates of both medical exemptions and students who were exempt from requirements and not up to date on vaccination increased. In response, California passed Senate Bill 276 (SB276) in…
Trainee Spotlight: Khristopher Mark Nicholas
November 1, 2019Name: Khristopher Mark Nicholas Current title: CPC Trainee; 3rd year PhD student, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health Years affiliated with CPC: 2018 - present [caption id="attachment_15470" align="alignright" width="225"] Khristopher Mark Nicholas[/caption] What projects are you currently working on? My primary research centers on characterizing food environments in the Galapagos islands of…
Alumni Spotlight: Paul J. Fleming
October 16, 2019Name: Paul J. Fleming Current title: Assistant Professor of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health Years affiliated with CPC: 2012-2015 What projects are you currently working on? I'm currently conducting research in Southeast Michigan on how immigration policies and an anti-immigrant climate impact the health of immigrant families. What…
Kathleen Mullan Harris Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
October 16, 2019Kathleen Mullan Harris, a Faculty Fellow at the Carolina Population Center and the James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of Sociology, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 12 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the new class of more than 200 members. The honor recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in…