New policy brief recommends expanded shopping options like online shopping and farmers market purchases to improve #WIC participants’ shopping experience to enhance participants’ agency and benefit redemption. 🛒 ucanr.edu/sites/NewNutri…

There’s still time to make a difference! Support the UC Nutrition Policy Student Fellowship this #GivingTuesday & empower future leaders in nutrition policy. Every donation counts! Donate now:🔗 give.ucanr.edu/pages/nutritio… #GiveBack #TogetherWeGive

THANK YOU! As #GivingTuesday wraps up, we’re grateful for your support in advancing UC Nutrition Policy nutrition research-to-policy efforts to create healthier environments for families & children!🔗 give.ucanr.edu/pages/nutritio… #GiveBack #TogetherWeGive

Declining # of sponsor orgs impacts CACFP meal access for ~625K kids in US childcare homes. Research shows key challenges faced by sponsors: inadequate reimbursements, staff shortages & in-person monitoring. ucanr.edu/sites/NewNutri…

🍴ICYMI: we released our UC Nutrition Policy Ag&Natural Resources Research to Action news brief earlier this week, highlighting our latest research on #SchoolMealsforAll. It's also available in #Spanish! Check it out here, and be sure to sign up for future quarterly NPI news briefs. mailchi.mp/7fa9cf153455/n…

New study reveals Massachusetts parents from all income levels strongly support the state’s universal free school meals policy, reporting it improved food security, lowered stress, and improved finances. Learn more: bit.ly/41gdOwA

🎉UC Nutrition Policy has launched 3 new web pages to increase accessibility to our #Spanish-speaking community! 1) NPI en Español - NPI in Spanish, 2) Nuestro Impacto - Our Impact,3) Recursos” - Resources. Find them here: npi.ucanr.edu/npi_en_espanol/

Thank you to Healthy Eating Research for funding our latest collaborative project with CACFP Roundtable to pilot-test a peer navigator intervention for the Child and Adult Care Food Program! Learn more: npi.ucanr.edu/?blogpost=6123… #CACFP #CACFPResearch

New policy brief recommends changes to #WIC smartphone applications to align app info with vendor systems to improve participants’ shopping experience to enhance participants’ agency and benefit redemption. 📱🤱 ucanr.edu/sites/NewNutri…

Congrats to the 2024 LEAP Awardees! 129 schools, 79 early care and education programs, and 77 out-of-school time programs implementing CalFresh Healthy Living received recognition for practices that support healthy eating and active living! 🏅🎉 ucanr.edu/sites/SLAQ/LEA…

New policy brief from HER grantee UC Nutrition Policy provides evidence supporting increasing #CACFP reimbursements from 3 to 4 meals/snacks per child daily. npi.ucanr.edu/News/?blogpost…

Today the FDA announced a proposed rule for front-of-package nutrition labeling. Robust research shows front-of-package labels can provide consumers a quick and easy way to identify foods that can be part of a healthy diet so you can glance, grab, and go. fda.gov/food/hfp-const…

Join our team! @UCANR UC Nutrition Policy seeks a Director for the Nutrition Policy Institute! Be a leader in food & nutrition policy research, partnership building & grant funding. Apply by Feb 16, 2025. More info: ucanr.edu/About/Jobs/?jo… #Hiring #NutritionJobs

We’re recruiting study participants! Do you have a toddler? Get free milk and up to $275 by participating in our UC Nutrition Policy Ag&Natural Resources Milk Type in Toddlers study on childhood milk consumption. Complete this survey to see if you are eligible: studypages.com/s/milk-type-in…

A tool for assessing infant diet quality can be used to predict intakes of select nutrients and ultra-processed food in later childhood. Learn more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New! 🏃🍏‍ Federal Fiscal Year 2024 #CalFreshHealthyLiving Data Briefs. Learn more about the impactful programming carried out by local health departments through California’s #SNAPEd program in FFY 2024. Read the compiled set here: ucanr.edu/sites/NewNutri…

Kassandra Bacon & Ron Strochlic from UC Nutrition Policy, along with Hope Sippola of Spork Food Hub, presented the “Farm to Corrections: Empowering Incarcerated People & Supporting Growers” workshop at EcoFarm highlighting the link between nutrition inside & outside the correctional system.

New UC Nutrition Policy Rush University System for Health UCSF School of Medicine UCSF IHPS Stanford Pediatrics collaborative study published in Nutrition Society Publications journal examines the effects of food insecurity in promoting water and access intervention in schools 🏫. Learn more: bit.ly/4aESm7l

Which drinks are healthiest for school-age kids? New expert recommendations say: stick to water and milk, limit 100% juice, avoid sweetened and caffeinated drinks. Learn more: healthyeatingresearch.org/tips-for-famil… #HealthyDrinksHealthyKids

We’re recruiting study participants! Do you have a toddler? Get free milk and up to $275 by participating in our UC Nutrition Policy Ag&Natural Resources Milk Type in Toddlers study on childhood milk consumption. Complete this survey to see if you are eligible: studypages.com/s/milk-type-in…