Nutrition Policy Institute

News

Filter(s):
Hannah Thompson
clear

Study highlights how COVID-19 changed the eating behaviors of school-aged children in families with low-income in California

Sep 1, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI awarded California Collaborative for Pandemic Recovery and Readiness Research Program grant

Aug 9, 2023
- Family
- Food
- Health
Study suggests a school district audit, feedback and coaching program can be successfully implemented to support improved elementary school physical education

Aug 3, 2023
- Family
- 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
Study suggests food and nutrition text-messages sent by a CalFresh (SNAP) agency to all participants can increase purchase and intake of California-grown fruits and vegetables and improve feelings about CalFresh participation

Apr 28, 2023
- Family
- 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
Research brief on study that identified limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law

Nov 4, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
Researchers target teacher perceptions of school meals to increase student school meal participation

Oct 3, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute to share research findings at the 150th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting

Sep 8, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
UC researchers propose new tool to measure school food packaging waste as few standardized methodologies exist

May 13, 2022
- Family
- Food
Longer breastfeeding duration is associated with a greater variety of vegetables consumed by young children

Apr 22, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study suggests limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law for children’s meals sold online

Jan 28, 2022
- Family
- Food
- Health
New study suggests that a widely used tool to assess public school students’ physical fitness might not accurately measure students’ flexibility

Jan 10, 2022
- Family
- Health
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
- Family
- Food
- Health
New research brief on removing chocolate milk from school cafeterias' positive impact on student population nutrition

Apr 15, 2021
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition Policy Institute researchers present at the American Public Health Association's 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting and Expo

Oct 20, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
New NPI research shows that SNAP-Ed CalFresh Healthy Living school-based interventions are associated with better cardiovascular fitness in students

Oct 14, 2020
- Family
- Health
Hannah Thompson and Lorrene Ritchie quoted in The Daily Californian article on USDA school meal participation study

Oct 13, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI research on school milk policies to reduce students' added sugar intake featured in Feedstuffs article

Oct 1, 2020
New study by NPI researchers finds that removing sweetened chocolate milk from school lunch reduces students' added sugar intake from milk, but does not reduce intake of calcium, protein or Vitamin D

Sep 21, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health