
{"id":106,"date":"2017-10-27T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T17:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T21:43:15","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XTcwRhyPlGc\">Building Healthy Lifestyles in All Directions <\/a>Source: UNC Charlotte YouTube September 27, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/news\/health\/study-young-cms-students-not-exercising-nearly-enough\/482129441\">Study: Young CMS students not exercising nearly enough <\/a>Source: WCNC October 10, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2017-10-11\/dollar-general-hits-a-gold-mine-in-rural-america\">Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America <\/a>Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, Mya Frazier October 11, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/entertainment\/television\/charlotte-today\/groundbreaking-study-on-kids-exercise-and-obesity\/484832073\">Obesity and Physical Activity among Charlotte Mecklenburg School Students <\/a>Source: WCNC Charlotte Today October 20, 2017<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2017\/11\/20\/surprising-impact-neighborhood-dollar-store\/\">The Surprising Impact of Your Neighborhood Dollar Store <\/a>Source: Morning Consult, Joanna Piacenza, November 20, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eugeneweekly.com\/20171214\/news-features\/dollar-store-boom\"> The Dollar Store Boom <\/a>Source: The Eugene Weekly, Morgan Theophil, December 14, 2017 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/entertainment\/television\/charlotte-today\/why-americans-are-obese-and-what-can-be-done\/501013925\">Why Americans are obese and what we can do about it <\/a>Source: WCNC Charlotte Today December 19, 2017<\/p>\n<p>H<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/entertainment\/television\/charlotte-today\/how-we-can-make-healthier-choices-to-fight-obesity\/275-516119274\">ow we can make healthier choices to fight obesity<\/a> Source: WCNC Charlotte Today February 8, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2018\/07\/18\/americans-actually-pretty-good-counting-calories\/\">Americans are pretty good at counting calories<\/a> Source: Morning Consult, Joanna Piacenza, July 18, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/article\/entertainment\/television\/charlotte-today\/why-we-should-pay-attention-to-calorie-counts-on-restaurant-menus\/275-587293890\">Why we should pay attention to calorie counts on restaurant menus<\/a> Source: WCNC Charlotte Today August 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-dollar-general-california-20181005-story.html\">Dollar General throws a lifeline to hard-pressed communities. Not all welcome it<\/a> Source: LA Times, Tom Zoellner, October 5, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsoctv.com\/news\/9-investigates-thousands-in-charlotte-struggle-to-find-healthy-food-options\/863025125\">Food Deserts: 9 Investigates Thousands in Charlotte struggle to find healthy food options<\/a> Source: WSOCTV, Allison Latos, November 1, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/12\/05\/business\/dollar-general-stores-food\/index.html\">Dollar General tries to make healthy food more accessible<\/a> Source: CNN Business, Nathaniel Meyersohn, December 5, 2018<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagblatt.ch\/wirtschaft\/billigsupermarkte-erobern-die-usa-ld.1083021\">Cheap Supermarkets are Conquering the USA<\/a> Source: St. Galler Tagblett, Renzo Ruf, January 7, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/04\/18\/business\/amazon-walmart-food-stamps-usda-snap\/index.html\">Food stamp recipients can now order groceries online for delivery. Amazon, Walmart, and ShopRite will offer this service.<\/a> Source: CNN Business, Nathaniel Meyersohn and Tami Luhby, April 18, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grocerydive.com\/news\/can-technology-extend-grocers-reach-into-food-deserts\/554767\/\">Can technology extend grocers&#8217; reach into food deserts? <\/a>Source: Grocery Dive, Julia Dumant, May 22, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/post\/german-discount-grocer-lidl-opens-first-store-charlotte\">German Discount Grocer Lidl Opens First Store in Charlotte <\/a>Source: WFAE, Michael Falaro, December 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newfoodeconomy.org\/is-it-time-to-retire-the-term-food-desert-grocery-snap\/\">Is it time to retire the term &#8220;food desert?&#8221; <\/a>Source: The New Food Economy, Jessica Fu, January 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nextcity.org\/daily\/entry\/questions-persist-as-another-municipality-regulates-dollar-stores\">Questions persist as another municipality regulates dollar stores <\/a>Source: Next City, Adina Solomon, February 11, 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/video\/2020\/04\/02\/facts-about-alcohol-during-stressful-times-amid-covid-pandemic\/\">The facts about alcohol during stressful times amid COVID pandemic <\/a>Source: WBTV On Your Side with James Boll, April 1, 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.uncc.edu\/news\/2020-09-16\/wbtv-getting-back-pre-pandemic-you\">Getting Back to a Pre-Pandemic You <\/a>Source: WBTV QC Morning, Kristen Miranda, August 24, 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2021\/06\/11\/uncc-public-health-professor-weighs-vaccine-lottery\/\">UNCC public health professor weighs in on vaccine lottery <\/a>Source: WBTV, Kristi O&#8217;Connor, June 11, 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Healthy Lifestyles in All Directions Source: UNC Charlotte YouTube September 27, 2017 Study: Young CMS students not exercising nearly enough Source: WCNC October 10, 2017 Dollar General Hits a Gold Mine in Rural America Source: Bloomberg Businessweek, Mya Frazier October 11, 2017 Obesity and Physical Activity among Charlotte Mecklenburg School Students Source: WCNC Charlotte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/efracine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}