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New study identifies a promising combination of school-based Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education interventions for improving student fitness

Sep 28, 2023

Research brief: CalFresh Healthy Living interventions increase students’ fruit and vegetable consumption during COVID-19 school closures

Sep 26, 2023

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

Sep 1, 2023

Nutrition Policy Institute and University of California endorse the Food for Thought Act to help end food insecurity at community colleges

Aug 28, 2023

Disadvantaged communities were disproportionately affected by reductions in health programming during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aug 4, 2023

Gail Woodward-Lopez retires after 23 years of leadership in advancing nutrition

Jul 20, 2023

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

Jul 17, 2023

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

CalFresh participants report positive experiences with the California Nutrition Incentive Program and support its continuation and expansion

Jul 13, 2023

Text messages encouraging healthy eating boost fruit and vegetable intake among CalFresh participants in San Diego County

Jun 29, 2023

New research brief shows increased farmers market dollar-for-dollar match for CalFresh shoppers impacts market sales revenues

Jun 16, 2023

New research brief shows how highly CalFresh shoppers value the California Nutrition Incentive Program

May 10, 2023

CalFresh shoppers and farmers/vendors appreciated the temporary increase in dollar-for-dollar match incentive during the early years of COVID-19 pandemic

May 9, 2023

NPI researchers speak on the ending of the COVID-era SNAP benefit increases

May 8, 2023

NPI welcomes Summer Cortez as new CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit manager

May 3, 2023

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

NPI welcomes Ramsha Baig as new data analyst to the CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit

Apr 11, 2023

Study finds that SNAP-Ed interventions modified during the COVID-19 pandemic increased student fruit and vegetable intake

Jan 30, 2023

NPI job opening: Research Data Analyst

Jan 17, 2023

NPI receives grant to evaluate the impact of the California Fruit and Vegetable pilot on farmers markets and CalFresh shoppers

Nov 23, 2022