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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

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

January 28, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Gail M Woodward-Lopez

A new study from University of California researchers suggests that most fast food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods in California are not offering beverages online in a way that is consistent with the state's healthy beverage law for children's meals sold on the restaurant's website and popul...

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute receives NIH funding to partner with Stanford University researchers to evaluate drinking water promotion in child care settings

January 28, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers are partnering with pediatrician and public health researcher Anisha Patel from Stanford University on a new National Institutes of Health-funded study to understand the impact of a childcare-based healthy beverage intervention.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

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

January 25, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Carolyn D Rider

Schools are an ideal setting for policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) approaches to childhood obesity prevention.

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Nutrition Policy Institute director Lorrene Ritchie receives platinum author title from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

January 21, 2022

By Danielle Lee

Lorrene Ritchie, cooperative extension nutrition specialist and director of the Nutrition Policy Institute, was awarded the title of Platinum Author in 2022 by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

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

January 20, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is the third-largest USDA nutrition assistance program, providing nutrition education and benefits for buying nutritious food for mothers and families with children up to age five with low income.