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Nutrition Policy Institute receives two grants from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program

February 3, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute is collaborating with The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. and Public Health Foundation Enterprises (PHFE), Inc. on two projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research Program, as announced today.

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Nutrition Policy Institute receives grant to study Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income California families

January 29, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Professor Lia Fernald at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research grant to understand the reaso...

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UC Nutrition Policy Institute is seeking to hire a chief business officer

January 24, 2020

By Danielle Lee

The chief business officer manages the administrative operations of the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), a research institute with a staff of approximately 30-40 academic, staff and student positions funded predominately by grants from large foundations, health care institutions or government agenc...

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NPI's National Drinking Water Alliance provides drinking water input for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

January 16, 2020

By Danielle Lee

A comment composed by members of the National Drinking Water Alliance was signed by 62 individuals and 13 organizations and submitted to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs).

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New study from Nutrition Policy Institute shows childhood obesity prevention programs are not associated with unhealthy dieting patterns

January 9, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) researchers published a new study suggesting childhood obesity prevention programs are not associated with unhealthy dieting in children and may in fact improve children's satisfaction with their body weight.