Nutrition & Health

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to children enrolled in participating child care sites.

Access to high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables in California state prisons is poor, which has negative impacts on incarcerated peoples' health and well-being.

Adaptado al espaol Starting this month, many of the estimated 3 million people in the CalFresh program California's version of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) will be facing hunger and making difficult decisions to meet their most basic needs.

The National Drinking Water Alliance, coordinated by the Nutrition Policy Institute, has summarized its progress in the drinking water space from 2021 and 2022.

Ms de 53 millones de personas en los Estados Unidos recurrieron a los bancos de comida para llevar alimentos a sus mesas, segn datos de 2021 de la organizacin Feeding America.

As jobless rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions more Americans experienced food insecurity because they lacked consistent access to food.

Ramsha Baig joined the Nutrition Policy Institute on April 6, 2023 as a research data analyst. Ramsha recently received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

The first years of life present an optimal window to establish healthy eating behaviors and support childhood development. However, there are limited measurement tools to assess diet quality during infancy.

Erica Martinez Resendiz joined the Nutrition Policy Institute as a project policy analyst on April 3, 2023. Erica, who began her work at NPI as a graduate student, received her master's in public health with a concentration in public health nutrition from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Recently I had the pleasure of sipping a delicious margarita made with hibiscus juice. A tropical plant, hibiscus plants produce large, showy blossoms.