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Receive free milk for one year and up to $275 by participating in a study on milk consumption for toddlers

Aug 14, 2024

Outside interviews NPI’s Hannah Thompson on why cardiovascular fitness is a better predictor of children’s future health than body mass index

Jun 14, 2024

NPR features Nutrition Policy Institute’s collaborative research on letters home from school on childhood obesity

Jun 13, 2024

NPI receives funding to conduct a research project on milk-fat content effects on toddler health

Mar 20, 2024

The Infant Diet Quality Index is a new promising tool to measure diet and BMI among young children

Apr 11, 2023

Validated Local School Wellness Policy Implementation site-level questionnaire for elementary schools developed by NPI researchers

Jan 25, 2022

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

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

Systematic review and meta-analysis of childhood obesity interventions for preschool children aged 2-5 years

Nov 2, 2020

New study from Nutrition Policy Institute shows childhood obesity prevention programs are not associated with unhealthy dieting patterns

Jan 9, 2020