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  • UC researchers found that half of WIC kids had eaten green vegetables the previous day, in contrast to only one in five non-WIC children.
    WIC food improves preschool children’s diet quality

    Apr 6, 2016

  • Eating vegetables at meals and snacks helps indicate whether a child is at risk for obesity.
    Twenty questions that can predict obesity

    Mar 14, 2016

  • Nutrition, physical activity and community-building part of obesity prevention in Firebaugh.
    Research and outreach support culture of health and fitness

    Sep 22, 2015

  • President Napolitano joins UCLA student Ian Davies in student-run garden.
    President Napolitano launches UC Global Food Initiative

    Jul 9, 2014

  • Fourth-graders who participated in the nutrition program ate more vegetables.
    Kids drop pounds, eat more veggies with nutrition program

    May 7, 2014

  • <i>Niños Sanos, Familias Sanas</i> participant shows her project.
    UC is bolstering family health in Mexican-American communities

    Jul 23, 2013

  • One serving of Ragu has as much sugar as 3 Oreo cookies
    Childhood obesity: It's a disease

    Jun 25, 2013

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