Through collaborative research and evaluation with our partners worldwide, we work to create a more healthful food system and food environment.
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
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UNC-Chapel Hill is accepting applications for the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity (CPPFD). The program aims to develop and support scholars from different backgrounds, with potential advancement to tenure track faculty appointments at UNC or other research universities. Research appointments […]