Health Promotion & Physical Education

HPPE Research

Dr. Jim McKenzie views a poster by an HPPE student at the 2006 AAPHERD National Conference in Salt Lake City, UT.

Presentations

• Paola Acosta (Karen Edwards, Ph.D.)
  Healthcare Barriers for Hispanics Living with HIV/AIDS in Illinois:  Extrapolations from National and Illinois Specific Data.  Presented to the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (2006).

Work in Progress

• Stacy Jacobson (Julie Lapp, M.S.)
  Evaluation of the actual fruit content of foods that imply they contain fruit
  This project is a part of a larger project with Cyndy Schiebe (Ph.D.) in the Department of Psychology

• Lauren Marko (Julia Lapp, M.S.)
  Do highly processed and refined foods fit somewhere besides the "Use Sparingly" category in the food guide pyramid?