Archive: Thu Jul 2020

How is COVID-19 impacting Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S.? This team is going to find out...

July 09, 2020

The research project AAPI COVID-19 Project launched by the Harvard Sociology Department in partnership with UNESCO will investigate the increase in racism aimed at Asians in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Harvard Pop Center Associate…

AAPI COVID-19 Project title and description

The power of policy; what happens when sweetened beverages are taxed & school meals are legislated to be more nutritious?

July 09, 2020

A review of two implemented policies—an excise tax of 1.81 cents/ounce on sweetened beverages in Philadelphia, and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010—shows that both policies had a positive impact on health and health behaviors. Authors of the…