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New Infographic: School drinking water access during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Feb 7, 2022

NPI researchers receive additional funding to evaluate the California Nutrition Incentive Program at farmers’ markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 1, 2022

Nutrition Policy Institute receives NIH funding to partner with Stanford University researchers to evaluate drinking water promotion in child care settings

Jan 28, 2022

New study suggests limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law for children’s meals sold online

Jan 28, 2022

Validated Local School Wellness Policy Implementation site-level questionnaire for elementary schools developed by NPI researchers

Jan 25, 2022

Nutrition Policy Institute director Lorrene Ritchie receives platinum author title from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Jan 21, 2022

Study finds that children drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages the longer they are enrolled in WIC

Jan 20, 2022

New study suggests that a widely used tool to assess public school students’ physical fitness might not accurately measure students’ flexibility

Jan 10, 2022

NPI resource on safe water in schools was the Green Schools National Network #4 most-read blog post of 2021

Jan 8, 2022

NPI to conduct evaluation of California’s Free School Meals for All legislation with funding from the California state legislative office

Dec 15, 2021

First-of-its-kind report, surveying 26,000 WIC participants in 12 States, indicates need for post-pandemic flexibilities in WIC services

Dec 14, 2021

NPI and National WIC Association to conduct evaluations in 5 states of WIC Cash Value Benefit increases for participants to buy fruit and vegetables

Dec 8, 2021

New policy brief shows more veggies and fruits for WIC families is a win for California and the nation

Dec 6, 2021

New study suggests that a strong drive for thinness during adolescence can lead to weight gain and compulsive eating in women in their adult years

Nov 29, 2021

New study suggests Harvest of the Month curriculum increases fruit and vegetable intake in school children

Nov 24, 2021

New study of Rethink Your Drink curriculum to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in high school students suggests targeting younger students may be more effective

Nov 23, 2021

New study: delayed introduction of sugar-sweetened beverages in the first two years of life is associated with better diet quality

Nov 10, 2021

New study describes leadership characteristics of school nutrition professionals that can best support successful implementation of nutrition interventions

Nov 1, 2021

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers publish new method for evaluating the ‘dose’ of complex, multicomponent public health interventions

Oct 28, 2021

New study shows healthy beverage messaging in kids storybooks can motivate parents to serve their kids healthier beverages

Oct 27, 2021