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NPI researchers present on new tool to measure infant diet quality and SNAP-Ed school interventions at Nutrition 2023

Jul 17, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers present on school meals for all, freshly-prepared school meals, and SNAP-Ed assessments at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior International Annual Conference

Jul 14, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Providing WIC families with more money to buy fruits and vegetables should be continued

Jun 7, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
California parents value School Meals for All and offer suggestions to strengthen school meal programs

May 17, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute researchers present at the UC ANR Statewide Conference in support of the 2025-2040 strategic visioning process

Apr 16, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
The Infant Diet Quality Index is a new promising tool to measure diet and BMI among young children

Apr 11, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute comments in support of the USDA’s proposed updates to the WIC food package

Mar 1, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI research brief elevates voices of WIC participants to inform revisions of WIC food packages

Feb 17, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study demonstrates feasibility of online nutrition training for family child care home providers

Feb 17, 2023
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- Food
- Health
Online restaurant meal ordering platforms in three U.S. cities do not adequately adhere to healthy default beverage laws for children’s meals

Feb 16, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute’s collaborative research on improving the WIC Program highlighted by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Feb 6, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study shows variation of WIC participants’ perceptions and satisfaction with WIC nutrition education and services by race, ethnicity, and language preference

Jan 25, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
New data brief demonstrates how an increase to the WIC cash value benefit affected fresh fruit and vegetable redemption trends

Jan 12, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI director to serve on National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee to review interventions to improve infant and toddler feeding behaviors

Dec 14, 2022
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- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute partners with National WIC Association and Pepperdine University to conduct survey of WIC participants from multiple states in 2023

Dec 9, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI leads special issue on improving school nutrition and student health in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Dec 8, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study identifies benefits of and challenges to participation in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program by independent child care centers and their sponsors

Oct 31, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie quoted in News Nation article on research to support the increased Cash Value Benefit for WIC participants to spend on fruits and vegetables

Oct 27, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI research informing the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health highlighted in Morning Ag Clips

Oct 27, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
New data brief shows why WIC participants support the extension and permanency of the cash value benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables

Oct 10, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health