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NPI director Lorrene Ritchie is USDA NIFA featured researcher in honor of Women’s History Month

Mar 31, 2022

New research shows an increased WIC Cash Value Benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables improves children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables

Mar 7, 2022

Disparities exist between racial/ethnic groups in impact of WIC participation on children’s sugar-sweetened beverage intake as found in new study

Mar 2, 2022

NPI to partner with CACFP Roundtable to inform transition of Child and Adult Care Food Program oversight to the California Department of Social Services

Feb 17, 2022

NPI evaluation of the increase to the WIC Cash Value Benefit for fruits and vegetables presented at 2022 National WIC Association Virtual National Policy Conference

Feb 16, 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

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

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

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: 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

Parent perception of neighborhood fruit and vegetable availability is associated with increased home produce availability and child fruit and vegetable intake

Oct 25, 2021

NPI’s Lorrene Ritchie quoted in The Washington Post article on increase in childhood obesity rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sep 3, 2021

New NPI study suggests online training for child care providers improves knowledge and awareness of California's Healthy Beverages in Child Care policy

Jun 21, 2021

NPI researchers present on WIC participant experiences during COVID-19 at the National WIC Association annual meeting

Jun 18, 2021

California WIC participants and agency directors agree that COVID flexibilities be retained as program options going forward

Jun 17, 2021

NPI researchers present on critical role of WIC during COVID-19 pandemic at the American Society for Nutrition's annual conference, Nutrition 2021

Jun 11, 2021

New policy brief shows that participation in WIC is linked to higher diet quality in children

Jun 3, 2021