Nutrition Policy Institute News

A new study, Water Safety in California Public Schools Following Implementation of School Drinking Water Policies, published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease in December 2020, provides findings from an investigation of drinking water safety in a random sample of 240 California schools.

Call for Poster Abstracts for the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit Has Been Extended to January 15, 2021 We hope you will submit a poster abstract to the 16th annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit, a virtual meeting that will be held on March 25-26, 2021.

The UC Nutrition Policy Institute submitted comments to the USDA on December 27, 2020 in opposition of a proposed rule to return flavored milk to school cafeterias.

The National Collaboration on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) released the third and final white paper based on a series of workshops on advancing measurement for childhood obesity.

Only four in ten US children engage in the recommended amount of physical activity on a weekly basis, making a lack of physical activity among children a serious public health concern.