Nutrition & Health

Grab-and-go meals replaced cafeteria lunch lines during COVID-19 campus closures to ensure that students have reliable access to food.

David Gonzalves started on Feb. 1 as director for University of California Cooperative Extension in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.

Dania Orta-Aleman joined the Nutrition Policy Institute on March 1, 2023 as a project scientist.

The USDA recently proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages, which includes a permanent increase to the cash value benefit (CVB) for the purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Researchers conducted a small community-based participatory research pilot of a drinking water intervention in the Navajo Nation and found that caregivers' reported knowledge of Din (Navajo) traditions about water doubled and that the influence of Din traditions on beverages they offered their child...

Investigadores de la UC identifican barreras al Crdito Tributario por Ingreso del Trabajo, que proporciona hasta $ 7K cada ao por familia Aproximadamente 1 de cada 4 californianos que son elegibles para el Crdito Tributario por Ingreso del Trabajo en realidad no lo reciben, y los investigadores de l...

Study finds that the taxes raise revenues, but may not decrease sales California is home to four of the eight active soda taxes in the United States, but are these policies successfully decreasing the consumption of sugary beverages in these cities?

Brent Floy, de 22 aos, empleado del departamento de frutas y legumbres de un supermercado Stater Bros. en Irvine, California nunca pens que empacara frutas y verduras que el cosechaba tan solo unas horas.

If you're curious about house flies and the latest research on antibiotic resistance, you won't want to miss this seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Research molecular biologist Dana Nayduch of the Agricultural Research Service, U. S.

What do you know about nematodes and what would you like to learn? The Shahid Siddique laboratory was out in force on Saturday, Feb. 18 during the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day.