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CPC Fellow Barry Popkin comments on red meat consumption in news
March 24, 2009Mar 24, 2009 CPC Fellow and the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition Barry Popkin discusses the environmental impact of consuming red meat. "'We've promoted a diet that has added excessively to global warming,' Popkin said in an interview." (Johnson, C. K. (2009). Study: Lots of red meat increases mortality risk, Associated Press…
CPC Director Entwisle talks about National Children’s Study on WCOM’s Radio In Vivo show
March 19, 2009Mar 19, 2009 Carolina Population Center Fellow and Director Barbara Entwisle was interviewed about the National Children's Study on WCOM's Radio In Vivo show. Entwisle, Carolina Population Center Director and Fellow, is the principal investigator of the National Children's Study in North Carolina. She was interviewed by Radio In Vivo host Ernie Hood. Listen to…
Interview with CPC Director Entwisle about National Children’s Study now on iTunes
March 19, 2009Mar 19, 2009 An interview with Barbara Entwisle about the National Children's Study is now available on iTunes. Entwisle, Carolina Population Center Director and Fellow, is the principal investigator of the National Children's Study in North Carolina. She was interviewed just prior to the launch of the study's data collection activities in Duplin County, N.C.…
CPC Fellow Cohen wins Best Article Award from American Sociological Association
March 12, 2009Mar 12, 2009 Carolina Population Center Fellow Philip N. Cohen has received the Best Article Award 2009 from the Sex and Gender section of the American Sociological Association. His article "Working for the Woman: Female Managers and the Gender Wage Gap" appeared in the October 2007 issue of the journal. Matt L. Huffman of the…
CPC Fellow Glen Elder appears in NY Times, Washington Post
March 10, 2009Mar 10, 2009 Two articles recently published in the New York Times and the Washington Post quote CPC Fellow Glen Elder on the effects of economic recessions on children. Elder discusses his research on children growing up during the Great Depression. 'The older children were better able to understand the hardships, and to get outside…
Jane Brody quotes CPC Fellow Barry Popkin in New York Times
February 17, 2009Feb 17, 2009 In her column on the pros and cons of consuming artificial sweeteners, Jane Brody quotes Barry Popkin, CPC Fellow and Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition. Citing his recent article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Brody says Popkin and his coauthor Richard Mattes "concluded that 'taken together, the…
Review of CPC Fellow Barry Popkin’s book The World Is Fat appears in Washington Post
January 26, 2009Jan 26, 2009 This review discusses three books on the growing global obesity epidemic. "The world is fat, proclaims the title of Barry Popkin's book -- something we all know by now, and all recognize as a disaster. But what are we going to do about it? This is the question addressed, in different ways,…
Release: Rural N.C. county, N.Y. borough kick off largest ever long-term U.S. child health study
January 13, 2009Jan 13, 2009 Multimedia: To see a video related to this news release, go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hwsjM40g8Y CHAPEL HILL - In many ways, Duplin County, N.C., and Queens, N.Y., are worlds apart. Duplin is rural, proudly southern and home to about 50,000 people. Queens is urban, counts immigrants from more than 100 nations among its residents…
Chronicle of Higher Education highlights CPC fellow and sociologist Guang Guo’s work on genetics
January 7, 2009Jan 7, 2009 CPC Fellow Guang Guo's research on how genes affect behavior appears in the cover story for the section "The Chronicle Review" in the January 9, 2009 issue of "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Guo uses the CPC study The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) for his research on genetics.…
CPC Fellow Elder honored with special issue of Research in Human Development devoted to his research
January 6, 2009Jan 6, 2009 The journal Research in Human Development recently published a special issue celebrating CPC Fellow Glen H. Elder, Jr's research on life course studies. Elder is a Research Professor of Sociology and Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The special issue, entitled "Glen H. Elder, Jr., and the Importance…