The American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo is the largest yearly gathering of public health professionals. This year, the annual meeting is being held virtually October 24-28, 2020. Researchers from the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nutrition Policy Institute will be presenting their work on a variety of collaborative food and nutrition policy studies related to the child care food environment, school meals, the federal Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and more. A full list of on-demand poster presentations and live oral presentations is below.

Child care food environment: 

• California childcare centers and homes in the federal child and adult care food program offer more nutritious foods to infants
  Presenters: Danielle Lee, Klara Gurzo, Lilly Nhan, Elyse Homel Vitale, Sallie Yoshida, Lorrene Ritchie
  Poster presentation
  
  
• Online training increases child care provider knowledge of healthy beverage policy and practices for young children
  Presenters: Kaela Plank, Danielle Lee, Abbey Alkon, Marisa Neelon, L. Karina Diaz Rios, Katherine Soule, Lorrene Ritchie
  Poster presentation

School meals: 

• Impact of a district-wide chocolate milk removal policy on students' milk selection and consumption 
  Presenters: Hannah Thompson, Lorrene Ritchie, Kristine Madsen, Esther Park, Wendi Gosliner
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 8:15-8:30 AM PDT

WIC: 

• Families with children 1-5 years old: WIC program perspectives on nutrition education and food benefits
  Presenters: Marisa Tsai, Lorrene Ritchie, Shannon Whaley, Catherine Martinez, Martha Meza, Lauren Au, Hallie Randel-Schreiber, Susan Sabatier
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 8:00-8:15 AM PDT
  
  
• Children on WIC followed through age 4 years: What are they eating?
  Presenters: Lorrene Ritchie, Lauren Au, Shannon Whaley, Christine Borger
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 9:30-9:50 AM PDT
  
  
• Feeding beliefs and practices among low-income caregivers: Findings from year 4 of the WIC infant and toddler feeding practices study-2
  Presenters: Courtney Paolicelli, Christine Borger, Lorrene Ritchie, Shannon Whaley
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 9:50-10:10 AM PDT

• Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children receiving WIC
  Presenters: Christine Borger, Shannon Whaley, Lorrene Ritchie
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 10:10-10:30 AM PDT
  
  
• Longer participation in WIC is associated with healthier outcomes for children at age 4 years
  Presenters: Shannon Whaley, Christine Borger, Lauren Au, Lorrene Ritchie
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 10:30-10:50 AM PDT

Other topics: 

• Exploring housing and food insecurity among California university students: A holistic and comprehensive definition of students' basic needs
  Presenters: Suzanna Martinez, Erin Esaryk, Laurel Moffat, Lorrene Ritchie
  Oral presentation, Tuesday, October 27, 12:00-12:15 PM PDT
  
  
• Healthy default beverages in kids' meals: Evaluating policy implementation and impact in California and Delaware
  Presenters: Allison Karpyn, Wendi Gosliner, Laura Lessard, Kathleen McCallops, Marisa Tsai, Tara Tracy, Phoebe Harpainter, Danielle Lee, Anna Martin, Lorrene Ritchie, Gail Woodward-Lopez
  Oral presentation, Tuesday, October 27, 4:45-5:00 PM PDT
  
  
• Perceived produce availability and child fruit and vegetable intake: The healthy communities study
  Presenters: Laurel Moffat, Lorrene Ritchie, Wendi Gosliner, Kaela Plank, Lauren Au
  Oral presentation, Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 10:15-10:30 AM PDT
  
  
• Limited progress found in healthy checkout among food stores in economically disadvantaged California neighborhoods, 2011-2017
  Presenters: Wendi Gosliner, Sriddharshi Hewawitharana, Janice Kao, Sadie Costello, Gail Woodward-Lopez
  Poster presentation
  
  
• A replication study of school-based SNAP-ed programmatic efforts to address student nutrition and physical activity outcomes
  Presenters: John Pugliese, Lauren Whetstone, Sridharshi Hewawitharana, Gail Woodward-Lopez
  Poster presentation