Nutrition Policy Institute News

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…

Overall child diet quality in the U.S. is low compared to national recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. A recent study suggests more availability of fruits and vegetables and less availability of sugar-sweetened beverages in children's homes is associated with better dietary intakes…

Lactose-reduced infant formulas made with corn syrup became commercially available in 2000 and by 2019 were consumed by nearly 25% of US infants. However, little is known about the impact of more infants receiving milk products with added corn syrup (a sweeter sugar) instead of those with only lactose …

 Nutrition Policy Institute researcher Ron Strochlic will retire from the University of California on July 1, 2026. Strochlic began his UC career at the UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health in January 2012 and in 2015, he and other staff transferred to NPI, one year after it was founded. In his 14…