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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New book ‘Bite Back: People Taking on Corporate Food and Winning’ features chapter written by NPI’s Wendi Gosliner and Kristine Madsen

May 13, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Industrial dietsrich in processed, refined foods and beverages high in fat, salt and sugar and low in nutrient densityhave proliferated in the U.S. and across the world.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Grantee experiences from the CDFA Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program captured in new NPI report

May 13, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Wendi Gosliner, Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor at the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), with Marisa Tsai and Elsa Esparza, examined experiences among community-based organization grantees of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute study suggests that child care sites participating in CACFP offer more fruits and vegetables to infants

May 5, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) researchers' new study of 297 licensed California child care providers that care for infants suggests that those participating in the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) offered fruits and vegetables more often and sweetened yogurt less often to infants...

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New flyers on the safety of eating produce and help buying fresh produce for those in need during COVID-19

May 4, 2020

By Danielle Lee

In collaboration with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Center for Community Health and ideas42, the Nutrition Policy Institute's Wendi Gosliner and Ron Strochlic developed new flyers to help address concerns about produce safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers receive a grant to study the challenges faced by California families with young children on WIC due to COVID-19

April 23, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute Director and Cooperative Extension Specialist Lorrene Ritchie received a $100,000 grant from The David & Lucile Packard Foundation to study the challenges faced by California families with young children that participate in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progra...