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Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

Students learn obesity reality in virtual world

UGA professors use computer simulations to make obesity lessons come alive in the classroom. Read More

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Cub scouts

Cub scouts

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Researchers at UGA are working on a strategy to protect a black bear population in middle Georgia threatened by a state road-widening project.

Honors and awards

Honors and awards

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Excellence in teaching and creative research took center stage when University of Georgia Faculty members were recognized for outstanding contributions to the academy, in mid April.

Living healthy

Living healthy

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A UGA Fanning Institute study conducted in the west central Georgia city of Columbus has outlined action steps to combat the growing concern of childhood obesity.

It’s not fare and square

It’s not fare and square

Maximizing Research Opportunities

UGA foods and nutrition researchers have uncovered the unequal distribution of food stores in one Southeast community, concluding that access to healthy food is problematic in low-income, predominately black neighborhoods.

Changing the approach to sex education

Changing the approach to sex education

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Teenagers taught abstinence-only sex education have higher pregnancy rates than those who learn about contraceptives, according to UGA researchers.

Beyond Tang

Beyond Tang

Maximizing Research Opportunities

Deep-space travel will require foods that contain such low levels of oxygen that they can be stored for years while retaining their quality. As it turns out, this is a valuable trait for food stored here on Earth as well.