Physical activity and weight gain prevention
2010 study by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and others on the relationship between different amounts of physical activity and weight changes.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
Expert Commentary
Effect of screening mammography on breast-cancer mortality
2010 Harvard School of Public Health study on the relative effectiveness of regular mammography screening on breast-cancer mortality.
Expert Commentary
Disparities in obesity patterns among adolescents
2010 study by researchers from UCSF, the University of Oklahoma and UC Berkeley on the prevalence of obesity among California public school students.
Expert Commentary
Change in prevalence of hearing loss in adolescents
Study by researchers from Harvard, Vanderbilt and Brigham and Women’s Hospital on the rate of hearing loss among U.S. adolescents.
Expert Commentary
Unauthorized immigrants and their U.S.-born children
2010 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the characteristics of unauthorized immigrants’ families, parenting status and their children.
Expert Commentary
Disparities faced by boys and men of color in California
2009 RAND Corporation study on the disparities between Latino and African-American males and their white counterparts in California.
Expert Commentary
Geographic variation in the gender differences in test scores
2010 paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on how the disparity in men’s and women’s math and verbal test scores might be explained by state or regional differences.
Expert Commentary
Latinos and the 2010 Census: The foreign born are more positive
2010 survey by the Pew Hispanic Center on the relative attitudes of foreign- and U.S.-born Hispanics toward the 2010 Census.
Expert Commentary
Peer interventions for cocaine and alcohol abuse among women
2012 Yale University and Washington University of St. Louis study on the cost-effectiveness of three types of peer-intervention methods.
Expert Commentary
School crime control and prevention
2009 Duke University and the University of Maryland study looking at school characteristics that influence the level of crime.
Expert Commentary