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Nutrition professor fights against unhealthy habits | UNC-Chapel Hill
- Barrry Popkin joined UNC in 1977 to build Carolina’s nutrition research program and ride on uncongested roads.
- Popkin’s work helped define the Nutrition Transition, linking sugary drinks and processed foods to global obesity trends.
- Popkin led the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, a landmark study in mothers and infants.
- A 1989–2021 China health survey under Popkin's leadership shaped understanding of obesity and undernutrition in China.
- Popkin collaborated with researchers from 28 countries to study nutrition transition worldwide.
- Popkin contributed to global obesity strategy and nutrition policy with major institutions.
- His mentorship shaped hundreds of doctoral students who became scientists.
- Popkin has received numerous honors and aims to teach part-time from 2027.
- The UNC campus expansion plans involve broad community input.
- The profile highlights Popkin's early life and path to public health nutrition.
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