FTC Asks Food Industry to Put Their Money Where Children’s Mouths Should Be
Jul 08Today, the Chicago Tribune reported on recent reaction to new government advertising guidelines encouraging advertisers and the food industry to promote healthy food to kids. Food, advertising industries call voluntary guidelines unreasonable The Guidelines Research suggests the ads aimed at kids encourage them to eat foods high in fat, sugar, sodium, etc. encourage childhood obesity. Officials...
A Great Source for Public Health Program News, Eg. Recommended Summer Readings/Movies
Jun 29
The ASPH Friday Letter is published online by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), a professional association for accredited public health programs and schools throughout the U.S. and beyond. This letter is a great way to get an overview of what is happening in member programs, from research reports and news on faculty and student accomplishments to funding and job opportunities...
The CDC is the Place to Be!
Jun 23The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA is one of the premier public health organizations in the world! CDC experts and programs provide data and statistics on diseases, engage in health promotion campaigns, conduct emergency response surveillance, sponsor interesting videos and other information sources and much more. The CDC is also a great place for folks trained in...
Healthletter is the “New” Newsletter
Jun 14Sometimes the best programs are “just” about providing information. For example, for the past 40 years the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s Nutrition Action Healthletter has provided nutrition and other health information to hundreds of thousands of people in North America. When I read these types of sources, I see inspiring health promotion efforts…and...
UNC SPHF 2011 in the School!
Jun 05For the past week, my staff and I have been completing the final stages of preparation for the arrival of 30 (primarily minority and disadvantaged) undergraduate college students to arrive our campus. We (as in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health community) invited them to join us for eight weeks to gain a better understanding of public health, including career opportunities, and to...
Analyze This, House!
May 31This belongs in the “learn something new and interesting everyday” category. When I think of what epidemiologists do, I tend to think of experts tracking diseases in large communities or highly mobile people. Today, I learned about epidemiology-based programs in hospitals, which, on second and third thought, totally makes sense! One of the purposes of epidemiology is to understand...