Nutrition & Health

Have you heard of SB 1383? If you haven't, you probably will soon because the regulations just took effect on January 1, 2022. I learned about this law through my involvement in community composting and collaboration with the City of Rancho Cucamonga Environmental Programs.

Schools are an ideal setting for policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) approaches to childhood obesity prevention.

The UC Davis Vector Genetics Laboratory, part of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (PMI), has been awarded a $10.

Lorrene Ritchie, cooperative extension nutrition specialist and director of the Nutrition Policy Institute, was awarded the title of Platinum Author in 2022 by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is the third-largest USDA nutrition assistance program, providing nutrition education and benefits for buying nutritious food for mothers and families with children up to age five with low income.

Not all young people are on an expressway to a four-year college, and a new publication from University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources acknowledges their many circumstances and possibilities.

While most Californians are wholeheartedly embracing the wet start to winter, one group is welcoming the rain more warily (and wearily) lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley.

Sufficient physical activity during childhood is critical to support children's current and future health. Schools across the country use fitness testing to assess and track student fitness, often reporting results to parents.

UCCE San Bernardino County received a grant from the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) to provide education to at risk communities in San Bernardino County. The grant began June 2021 and will continue through May 2022.

A Green Schools National Network blog post about safe drinking water in schools written by Nutrition Policy Institute senior policy advisor, Christina Hecht, was the network's number four most-read blog in 2021.