Check out these recent UNC-related news stories:
LEAP tackles climate hands-on
The Chapel Hill Herald
While most students are spending their summer vacation working odd jobs or relaxing at the beach, 24 Chapel Hill and Carrboro high school students are making their summer educationally useful by participating in the Climate Leadership and Energy Awareness Program held at UNC. ...Climate LEAP is designed by staff members from the UNC Institute for the Environment's environmental resource program, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, and the physics and astronomy department in the College of Arts and Sciences.
http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1186272.cfm
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2705/107/
Commuting by Bike or Foot Provides Heart Help for Men in Study
Bloomberg News (Wire Service)
Men who walk or bike to work are less likely to be obese and more likely to have healthier blood pressure and insulin levels, research showed. Men whose commute involved such exercise were half as likely to be obese as those who drove or took public transportation, said Penny Gordon-Larsen, lead author of the study in today’s Archives of Internal Medicine. ...“Even if you adjust for other forms of physical activity, walking or biking to work really does add an additional benefit,” said Gordon-Larsen, an associate professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in a telephone interview today.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aj8sY5nKT1Vw
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2695/71/
More Commuters Taking Heart-Healthy Approach
CBS News
While most people get to work by car, some people take a different approach and doctors say they are walking and riding their way to a healthy heart. ...Experts at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hills studied more than 2,300 adults, their average length of commute and other factors were assessed by a treadmill test.
http://cbs2.com/local/active.commuters.daily.2.1083754.html
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2695/71/
Minority Business Expo is Sept. 12
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The Black Faculty and Staff Caucus of UNC will host its first UNC Minority Business Expo, "Where Commerce Meets Culture," from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 12 in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Besides minority businesses showcasing their services and products to the public, the free expo will provide an information session, networking opportunities and entertainment.
http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1184383.cfm
UNC Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2707/67/
Book says 'big food' making us bigger (Column)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The next time you kick yourself for eating a cinnamon roll the size of Alaska, ponder this: Maybe you did it because you've been programmed to. Is your brain controlled by food industry wizards? It's not so far-fetched. In his new book, "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite," David Kessler explains how the food industry manipulates fat, sugar and salt in processed foods to make them irresistible. (Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and a clinical assistant professor in the department of health policy and administration in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill.)
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1607386.html
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