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Dr. Samuel Preston Presents CPC’s Distinguished Lecture, Nov. 3
October 30, 2006Oct 30, 2006 Dr. Samuel Preston, Fredrick J. Warren Professor of Demography and Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, will present the CPC Distinguished Lecture "Sex Mortality Differentials in the United States: The Role of Cohort Smoking Patterns" on Friday, November 3 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm in the Morehead Planetarium State…
CPC Fellow Barry Popkin weighs in on the value of drinking water in USA Today
October 26, 2006Oct 26, 2006 When you are trying to lose weight, it's easy to change the beverages you drink, says Barry Popkin. "It doesn't matter if you drink bottled water or tap water: Just drink more water. It's a powerful way to cut weight."To see the full article, click here: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-10-24-water-diet_x.htm Some media outlets may require…
University Gazette highlights CPC Fellow Steve Walsh’s research in the Galapagos
October 26, 2006Oct 26, 2006 Invasive plants and animals once foreign to the famous archipelago are eroding fragile landscapes and threatening species that have been aiding scientific discovery since Charles Darwin's first voyage in 1835. The Ecuadorian government knows this, as do other local organizations and the United Nations, which is considering listing the archipelago as a…
CPC Fellow Laraia Receives Funds for Food Security and Feeding Strategies Project
October 26, 2006Oct 26, 2006 CPC Fellow Barbara Laraia has been awarded funding for the Food Security and Feeding Strategies project which will identify modifiable risk factors associated with household food insecurity to inform intervention strategies to prevent overweight. The project is funded by Mississippi State University with a funding period from October 2006 until December 2007.…
CPC Fellow Penny Gordon-Larsen’s research on the benefits of walking appears in USA Today
October 25, 2006Oct 25, 2006 Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition at North Carolina, analyzed data on 5,000 young adults over 15 years. She found that a slightly overweight woman who walked two extra hours each week over 15 years gained 9 pounds less in that time than a similar woman who didn't walk that much.…
CPC Fellow Kathie Harris quoted in news item about blogs for dads
October 11, 2006Oct 11, 2006 Kathleen Mullan Harris, a sociology professor at UNC Chapel Hill, said changes in social structures over the years have allowed dads to take on new roles. They're now able to develop into more available, emotional and compassionate fathers, she said. Harris said the Internet can help promote support groups and relieve fathers'…
CPC Postdoc Kuo-Ping Li discusses air quality and lung cancer, Friday, October 13
October 6, 2006Oct 6, 2006 Dr. Kuo-Ping Li, Physicist and CPC Postdoctoral Scholar, will present Local Air Quality and Lung Cancer Mortality Rates: A Case of Spatial Smoothing on Friday, October 13 in Room 405 CPC East. Location information is available at the CPC website, https://www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc/contactcpc. For the full schedule of CPC's Fall Semester seminars, go to: …
CPC Fellow Jane Brown talks to NBC news about children’s TV habits
October 4, 2006Oct 4, 2006 University of North Carolina media researcher Dr. Jane Brown notes that too many children are left in front of the screen - unsupervised, "Talk about it as parents today need to be thinking about their children's media diet. It's just like we're trying to get them to eat healthier food."For the full…
Fellows Guo’s and Harris’s research on immigrant children featured in news
September 22, 2006Sep 22, 2006 Immigrant children do as well or better than their same-race, American-born counterparts, according to a U.S. study... "The findings also run counter to expectations based upon immigrant children's over-representation in high-risk background categories and general public perceptions of immigrant students," says Tillman. The study was co-authored by Guang Guo and Kathleen Mullan…
Reuters highlights CPC Fellow Hussey’s research on child maltreatment
September 7, 2006Sep 7, 2006 A substantial percentage of young U.S. adults say they suffered some form of neglect or abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday.... The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that child maltreatment -- in the form of abuse or neglect -- is common among U.S. children, and the consequences can be serious....…