Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities

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The 21st century has brought a new set of public health challenges. Sedentary lifestyles and diets high in calorie-rich foods have produced a generation of Americans who are increasingly obese. Poor nutrition and obesity can be associated with four of the ten leading causes of death: heart disease,…

Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities


    • Nov 8, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    Building local food infrastructure to address food insecurity, food access, and health disparities

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 67:07


    Numerical Data Standardization and Novel Cluster Analysis of Food Content using Mathematical Networks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2016 64:53


    Keynote Address: Paul Cienfuegos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016 107:28


    Behavioral Economics and the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2015 66:44


    Food and Health: Food Law and Policy Perspectives

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 58:22


    Getting to good by grounding community health & development in stories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2015 57:21


    Food Fight: Strategies for Influencing Nutrition Policy in the U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 51:43


    Most of us are aware that the foods that end up on our plates in the US are the product of negotiations between food corporations, agricultural interests, government policy makers, health professionals and consumers. This talk will address the ways that all of these stakeholders can and do work to influence policies that matter to our food system and to our lives.

    A seminar about mobile technologies in health

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2014 54:52


    Talking with preschooler children about fruits and vegetables

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2014 55:24


    Dr. Hansen is an Assistant Professor of Community Health at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University.

    How Do the Characteristics and Concentration of SNAP Approved Stores Affect Community Health?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2014 49:45


    Nutrition Policy Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2014 61:42


    Nutrition has been at the center of most national debates for the past few years. Should we have a SNAP program and who deserves the SNAP benefit? How do we keep our food safe in a global food supply chain?

    How is it possible for people to be both food-insecure and obese?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2013 57:09


    University of South Carolina

    Public Health in the Context of Structural Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2013 51:41


    Jason Glaser, co-founder of La Isla Foundation will present on the Chronic Kidney Disease epidemic of unknown origin (CKDu) that is decimating populations of sugarcane workers in Western Nicaragua and the rest of Central America.

    Socioeconomic gradients of noncommunicable disease risk within and between countries: Evidence for a social transition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 43:54


    Built and social environment and physical activity in Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2013 52:34


    Equal access for all? Environmental justice perspectives on the built environment and active living

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2012 51:36


    Regional Food Systems: A View from the Southeast U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2012 64:28


    Recent Advances in Dietary Measurement Error Correction Methods: Findings from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Nutrition Ancil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2012 60:40


    Obesity interventions for African American girls: Does family involvement make a difference?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2012 60:52


    Association of the built environment with physical activity and adiposity in rural and urban children

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2012 48:38


    Investigating the Connection Between Neighborhoods and Health: A Longitudinal Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2012 60:24


    Locally produced food purchasing through retail grocery channels: Customer and store environment attributes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2012 48:56


    Environmental intervention for chronic disease prevention: The Healthy Stores projects

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2012 61:20


    The Problem with Faith-Based Research on Health Risks of Methylmercury Exposure from Seafood

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2011 57:12


    Peas and the Pod: Exploring Innovative Approaches to Weight Control and Behavior Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2011 45:39


    Examining Food Access through Community Film Making

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2011 61:23


    Improving the Food Environment at Worksites and Schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2011 75:42


    Using Experimental Auctions to Determine Optimal Labeling Policies: Evidence from Auctions of Tobacco and Food Products

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 64:45


    Eat Smart, Move More Colleton County

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 67:11


    University of South Carolina

    Positive Parenting Practices Associated with Subsequent Childhood Weight Gain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 59:04


    Placing the Culinary Camp into Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 51:50


    A, B, Cs of School Meals: Daily Attendance, Body Mass Index, and Observed Consumption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 50:08


    Vitamin D and Breast Cancer: A Focus on Racial Disparities in Cancer Outcomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 64:27


    Dancing the Sample Size Limbo with Multilevel Models: How Low Can You Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 45:41


    Effects of Socio-Economic Factors on BMI Trajectories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 35:09


    Assessing Eating Identities of Rural African Americans in the Southern U.S.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 58:37


    Emerging opportunity to raise nutrition to high global political and fiscal priority

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 60:39


    Designed for Health: Does City Planning Matter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 96:11


    Sustainable Food Systems and Public Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2011 62:34


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