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  • UCCE nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Deepa Srivastava in front of one of the posters she presented at the California Childhood Obesity Conference.
    UC researcher is promoting healthy families in Tulare and Kings county communities

    Jan 27, 2020

    • Food
  • Children from food-insecure households were more likely to be overweight or obese and less frequently ate breakfast or dinner with family. (Photo: Gtorres8944stash)
    Food insecurity and childhood obesity: Is there a connection?

    Sep 10, 2019

    • Family
    • Food
  • The Shaping Healthy Choices Program features the use of garden-enhanced learning.
    4-H Teens as Teachers Project leads to development of an innovative food literacy curriculum for adolescents

    Aug 15, 2019

    • 4-H
    • Food
  • NPI director Lorrene Ritchie, left, and NPI associate director of research Gail Woodward-Lopez, honor NPI senior director of research emeritus Patricia Crawford (right) at the Childhood Obesity Conference.
    Children are getting healthier, but the obesity crisis is not over

    Jul 26, 2019

    • Food
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    Joining forces to promote child health and wellness

    Nov 6, 2017

  • Blackberry boy
    UC's Pat Crawford weighs in on childhood obesity

    May 31, 2017

  • Suzanna Martinez will study how sleep duration affects the diet and physical activity of Mexican-American children.
    Does sleep affect child obesity?

    Sep 20, 2016

  • Murals in schools visually reinforce key healthy lifestyle messages. The above mural is at Sierra House Elementary School in Lake Tahoe.
    Tackling childhood obesity: A systems change approach

    Jul 13, 2016

  • UC researchers found that half of WIC kids had eaten green vegetables the previous day, in contrast to only one in five non-WIC children.
    WIC food improves preschool children’s diet quality

    Apr 6, 2016

  • Eating vegetables at meals and snacks helps indicate whether a child is at risk for obesity.
    Twenty questions that can predict obesity

    Mar 14, 2016

  • Nutrition, physical activity and community-building part of obesity prevention in Firebaugh.
    Research and outreach support culture of health and fitness

    Sep 22, 2015

  • UC President Janet Napolitano speaks at the Childhood Obesity Conference as Lorrene Ritchie (left) and Patricia Crawford look on.
    Experts combine research with policy to reduce childhood obesity

    Jul 9, 2015

  • Childcare providers must serve only fat-free or low-fat unsweetened, plain milk for kids two years or older.
    NPI study: Law improves beverage environment in California childcare

    Jun 30, 2015

  • Drinking plain water is important for child nutrition and obesity prevention.
    Scientists ask USDA to add water to MyPlate

    Jan 7, 2015

  • Children are getting used to reaching for water to quench their thirst.
    California's youngest citizens are forming a lifelong habit of drinking water

    Oct 20, 2014

  • Gut bacteria may affect both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want.
    The devil -- er, bacteria -- made me do it

    Aug 19, 2014

  • President Napolitano joins UCLA student Ian Davies in student-run garden.
    President Napolitano launches UC Global Food Initiative

    Jul 9, 2014

  • Fourth-graders who participated in the nutrition program ate more vegetables.
    Kids drop pounds, eat more veggies with nutrition program

    May 7, 2014

  • <i>Niños Sanos, Familias Sanas</i> participant shows her project.
    UC is bolstering family health in Mexican-American communities

    Jul 23, 2013

  • One serving of Ragu has as much sugar as 3 Oreo cookies
    Childhood obesity: It's a disease

    Jun 25, 2013

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