Youth Development

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers Christina Hecht and Janice Kao will take part in the 2022 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior conference on the intersection of nutrition education and behavior and the digital world.

In a new cross-sectional study from the Academic Pediatrics journal, researchers investigated the impact of negative water security experiences on the preferred water sources and water intake of San Francisco Bay Area students at low-income public schools.

Applications Now Being Accepted for the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program Trees for Tomorrow Start Today Project.

There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse. Aleksandra Layland Training mustangs is just so much fun, said Aubrielle, as a chestnut-colored filly named Zuri nuzzled the 4-H member from Shasta County. Six months earlier, the young wild horse was wary of being touched.

Entomologist Brennen Dyer, a laboratory assistant and a highly praised jack-of-all-trades at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is a winner in the eyes of faculty and colleagues, and now he's a winner in the eyes of UC Davis Staff Assembly officials.

The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed Richard Pulvera to the team on July 6, 2022. Richard is an NPI research data analyst who primarily works on evaluation and reporting projects for CalFresh Healthy Living in partnership with the California Department of Public Health.

The federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) provides supplemental healthy foods, health care and social service referrals, breastfeeding support, and nutrition education for pregnant and postpartum women and children up to age five in families with low in...

What's the story behind how and why the California dogface butterfly was designated as the state insect 50 years ago? That story will be among the highlights of the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m.

This summer, the Nutrition Policy Institute has welcomed eight student interns who are supporting ongoing research and communications. The group is bringing new perspectives to NPI work, strengthening connections with the academic and local communities, and bolstering research.

It's that time of year again! The dominant variety of apricots, Blenheim, that have a short season here on the Central Coast, have arrived. I used to have a Royal apricot tree in my yard and made delicious jam every year.