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Dairy Council of California funds new NPI pilot study on milk types for toddlers

March 10th, 2021

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute's (NPI) Lorrene Ritchie and Stanford Medicine Department of Pediatrics' Anisha Patel were awarded $149,545 from the Dairy Council of California to examine the effects of different milk types on young children's health.

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Commentary in JAMA Pediatrics on the importance of body mass index assessment and surveillance in schools

March 1st, 2021

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute's Gail Woodward-Lopez co-authored a commentary in JAMA Pediatrics on the importance of body mass index assessment (BMI) and surveillance in schools.

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Interactive roadmap for Indigenous communities to support increased healthy beverage consumption and reduced sugar-sweetened beverages

February 19th, 2021

By Danielle Lee

The Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation has released a new interactive resource for Indigenous communities and all communities interested in increasing consumption of drinking water in place of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB).

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Corner store owners share their experiences with the CDFA Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program

February 18th, 2021

By Danielle Lee

The California Department of Food and Agriculture's Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program provides grants to corner stores in disadvantaged neighborhoods to purchase energy-efficient refrigeration units for stocking California-grown fresh produce, nuts and minimally processed foods.

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California Department of Public Health's CalFresh Healthy Living program evaluation strategy presented at Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators 2021 conference

February 11th, 2021

By Danielle Lee

The Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) works in partnership with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and local health departments (LHDs) to evaluate CDPH's CalFresh Healthy Living (CFHL) program, which is known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Program...

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