Nutrition Policy Institute News

A publication in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior by Nutrition Policy Institute researchers and collaborators exploring school food authorities perspectives on the impact of deimplementing Universal Free School Meal policies was voted by the journal as a Best Paper finalist. All…

Universal School Meals programs provide free meals to all students, improving diet quality while reducing food insecurity and stigma; however, many eligible students still do not participate. In a recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers examined parents’…

Federal legislation signed in July 2025 eliminated funding for SNAP-Ed, the largest public-sector nutrition and physical activity education and promotion program in the US. A new research brief from the Nutrition Policy Institute details how California local health departments, or LHDs, worked to wind-down…

Nutrition Policy Institute released three research briefs that capture how the elimination of SNAP-Ed funding as a result of H.R.1 is impacting local health departments and community organizations  as well their vision for the future of nutrition and physical activity programming. NPI …

 Davrina Rianda joined the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources on July 1, 2026 as a postdoctoral scholar and Assistant Project Scientist. Davrina graduated with her PhD in Nutritional Biology from UC Davis in June, with an emphasis in global…