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University of California research group releases new fact sheet on sugary drinks and tooth decay

Oct 22, 2024

Article in The Daily Californian highlights Berkeley’s unprecedented soda tax, and its potential for indefinite renewal

Aug 27, 2024

Nutrition Policy Institute comments to the US Food and Drug Administration’s strategies to reduce added sugars consumption in the United States

Feb 13, 2024

Learn about sugary drink policies with new resources

Jul 19, 2023

LAist AirTalk podcast features Wendi Gosliner to discuss chocolate milk in school cafeterias and the USDA’s new proposed school nutrition standards

Jun 7, 2023

Christina Hecht speaks on safe drinking water access at the 2023 Sugar Reduction Summit

Apr 16, 2023

New study examines perceptions of water safety and whether they influence beverage intake preferences

Feb 23, 2023

University of California researchers release new, user-friendly fact sheets on sugary drinks

Jan 18, 2023

Christina Hecht comments on America’s concurrent food and water security crises in a Food & Environment Reporting Network article

Dec 12, 2022

Research brief on study that identified limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law

Nov 4, 2022

NPI contributes recommendations to the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health

Aug 8, 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

New study suggests limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law for children’s meals sold online

Jan 28, 2022

Study finds that children drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages the longer they are enrolled in WIC

Jan 20, 2022

New study of Rethink Your Drink curriculum to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in high school students suggests targeting younger students may be more effective

Nov 23, 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 shows healthy beverage messaging in kids storybooks can motivate parents to serve their kids healthier beverages

Oct 27, 2021

NPI research brief details steps to build effective access to drinking water

Apr 27, 2021

NPI researchers present at national 2021 Virtual Sugary Drink Summit

Apr 26, 2021

New NPI study evaluates restaurant kids' meal beverage offerings before and after implementation of healthy default beverage policies in California and Wilmington, DE

Apr 19, 2021