A recent study provides insight on the beverage consumption of U.S. children ages 12-60 months while in early care and education, or ECE, settings across multiple states from 2008-2020. A high quality diet, including beverages, early in life is important for building long-term healthy eating…
An online self-paced training for family child care home providers on infant and toddler feeding recommendations. This online training includes videos, short quizzes, and activities. It is free for California child care providers and for a $15 fee for providers outside of California. The training was…
Este curso, "Recomendaciones Para la Alimentación de Infantes y Niños Pequeños para Proveedores en Hogares de Cuidado Infantil," es para proveedores en hogares de cuidado infantil familiar. Esta capacitación en línea incluye videos, cuestionarios cortos y actividades. Estas capacitaciones fueron…
The Healthy Vending Guidelines provide a consistent set of nutrition criteria and recommended implementation procedures for all University of California campuses to follow. The University of California Global Food Initiative Healthy Vending Work Group, led by the Nutrition Policy Institute from 2015-2018,…
The Nutrition Policy Institute often submits public comments related to our research on public health nutrition and physical activity programs and policies. Federal agencies develop rules and regulations to implement laws passed by Congress. By law, the agencies are required to open public comment periods…
The Nutrition Policy Institute has created several online trainings to support healthy eating and active living in a variety of settings including food banks and childcare.
Este curso en lnea es una forma divertida e interactiva de conocer las ltimas recomendaciones sobre bebidas saludables para nios y ayudar a los proveedores de cuidado infantil a cumplir con los requisitos de la Ley de Bebidas Saludables en Cuidado Infantil de California (AB 2084).
The Nutrition Policy Institute created a 30-minute, on-demand online training for child care providers to learn about the latest recommendations for healthy beverages for children and help child care providers meet the requirements of the California Healthy Beverages in Child Care Act (AB 2084).
NPI's research provides influential evidence that shapes federal, state and local nutrition programs. Since 2014, NPI has contributed to several program and policy wins! Read about our impact!
Nutrition Policy Institute believes that efforts to reduce consumption of sugary beverages should be complemented by work to enable healthy substitutes, and particularly plain water. This page provides links to locate NPI’s drinking water related resources.