Three nutrition faculty members honored by The Obesity Society
August 28, 2018 Drs. Barry Popkin, June Stevens and Deborah Tate received awards from The Obesity Society in recognition of their important leadership in the field. They will be honored at ObesityWeek 2018, the Society's international conference, in Nashville this November.
New study finds link between teenage drinking and high-grade prostate cancer later in life
August 23, 2018 A new study has found a link between early-life alcohol consumption and aggressive, high-grade prostate cancer. The study also found that heavy cumulative alcohol consumption over the course of a man’s life had a similar association with this type of prostate cancer.
Study finds behavioral changes insufficient to prevent early childhood obesity
August 16, 2018 Results from the longest and largest obesity prevention intervention ever tested in young children showed that children and their families in low-income communities were able to make some sustainable behavioral changes to their diet and activity level. In the end, however, rates of early childhood obesity were unchanged.
Dr. Steven Zeisel: A chance I might discover something
July 23, 2018 A feature on Dr. Steve Zeisel describes his groundbreaking research on the micronutrient choline. It is reprinted here with permission from the Carolina Alumni Review. Photo courtesy of the Carolina Alumni Review.
Alice Ammerman: Hometown health hero
July 19, 2018 An article in UNC's Endeavors magazine features Dr. Alice Ammerman, praising her for being "a powerful force for nutrition research and community-based health promotion."
Hursting’s 2016 study among most cited
July 19, 2018 A study by Dr. Stephen Hursting has been recognized as one of the most-cited papers of 2016 in all American Association for Cancer Research journals. The study was published in May 2016 in the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Styblo, Wu awarded CEHS pilot study grants
June 22, 2018 Drs. Miroslav Styblo (nutrition) and Di Wu (biostatistics) were awarded 2018-2019 Pilot Projects Program grants by the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS).
Ammerman’s project, Good Bowls, offers recipe for health equity
June 15, 2018 Dr. Alice Ammerman and her team of current and former nutrition students have launched Good Bowls, a new public health initiative that aims to provide better access to nutritionally valuable food for lower-income consumers, while creating economic opportunities for local farmers and food entrepreneurs.
Five UNC Gillings students win recognition from ASN
May 17, 2018 Five doctoral students from the Gillings School's Department of Nutrition have received recognition from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN). They will present research at the ASN’s annual meeting in June.
Gillings School researchers join ‘creativity hubs’ to fight obesity, improve water access
May 8, 2018 Eighteen researchers from the Gillings School are part of the two newly awarded Carolina Creativity Hubs, which will leverage interdisciplinary work to fight obesity and improve water access.
