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NPI researchers receive additional funding to evaluate the California Nutrition Incentive Program at farmers’ markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 1, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner

Families with low-income that participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programknown as CalFresh in Californiareceive monthly benefits to spend on food.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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Nutrition Policy Institute News

NPI researchers receive additional funding to evaluate the California Nutrition Incentive Program at farmers’ markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

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

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

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

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

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