Through collaborative research and evaluation with our diverse partners worldwide, we work to reduce diet-related disparities and create a more healthful food system and food environment.
Nutrient warning labels come out ahead in a new randomized controlled trial, compared to multiple traffic lights and Guideline Daily Amounts labels
Study finds that children saw 73% fewer TV ads for unhealthy foods and drinks under trailblazing marketing restrictions
All over the world, healthy food policies are improving public health and reducing the burden of disease.
See where we workTaxes, marketing restrictions, front-of-package labels, and school nutrition policies are making a measurable impact.
Explore GFRP policy researchWe maintain a set of maps showing nutrition policies enacted worldwide, as well as fact sheets summarizing evidence for various nutrition policies.
Check out our resourcesThe GFRP team is comprised of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, research staff, and graduate and undergraduate students from multiple disciplines including nutrition and dietetics, health behaviors, economics, statistical programming, and more.
Meet our team members
Leaving behind her home country of Colombia, Mafe Parra embarks on a new academic endeavor to shape the future of public health as a doctoral student in the Department of Health Behavior at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public […]
Carmen Prestemon is eager to impact public health by advancing nutrition policy as a doctoral student in the Nutrition Department at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Carmen first joined the Global Food Research Program (GFRP) as an […]