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Children's perception of the neighborhood environment is associated with higher levels of physical activity in Hispanic children

Dec 21, 2020
- Family
- Health
Fewer state regulations exist for family child care homes compared to child care centers on supporting breastfeeding and healthy beverages according to latest NPI study

Nov 16, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Nutrition standards in family child care settings published in 95th Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop Series proceedings

Nov 13, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie quoted in UPI and The Washington Newsday articles on how to increase pre-school children’s interest in fruit and vegetables

Nov 13, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Systematic review and meta-analysis of childhood obesity interventions for preschool children aged 2-5 years

Nov 2, 2020
- Family
- Health
New NPI study shows WIC participant preferences align with national recommendations to increase fruits and vegetables in the WIC food package

Nov 2, 2020
- 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
Lorrene Ritchie presents on transitional feeding of infants in child care at the 95th Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop

Oct 15, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie and colleagues present at the 2020 National WIC Association Annual Conference

Oct 15, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie receives additional funding to study diet quality of children participating in the Women, Infants and Children program through 9 years of age

Oct 15, 2020
- Family
- Food
- 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 review by NPI researchers on how to improve drinking water safety, access and consumption in the US

Sep 24, 2020
- Environment
- Family
- Food
- Health
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
USDA releases new report co-authored by NPI researchers showing that consistent 4-year participation in WIC is associated with better diet quality among low-income children

Sep 14, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie presents new research on the impact of COVID-19 on California WIC participants

Aug 28, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Lorrene Ritchie publishes invited commentary on why school meals matter now more than ever

Aug 26, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
NPI researchers develop survey questions to assess University of California students' basic needs and housing security

Aug 26, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
Gail Woodward-Lopez and Lorrene Ritchie quoted in Morning Ag Clips article on healthy default beverage policies for restaurant kids' meals

Aug 25, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health
New NPI research brief on the implementation of healthy default beverage policies for restaurant kids' meals

Aug 20, 2020
- Family
- Food
- Health