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Application deadline extended: Research Data Analyst 3, Nutrition Policy Institute CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation team

March 15, 2022

By Danielle Lee

The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is a statewide program with local development and delivery.

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New policy brief provides evidence-based recommendations for strengthening the WIC Program to support healthier kids and moms

March 14, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nearly half of the children born each year in the U.S. rely on WIC to begin life with healthy nutrition.

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New research shows an increased WIC Cash Value Benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables improves children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables

March 7, 2022

By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee

A recent National WIC Association report, Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Cash Value Benefit Increase During COVID, shows an increase in child fruit and vegetable consumption among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) afte...

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Disparities exist between racial/ethnic groups in impact of WIC participation on children’s sugar-sweetened beverage intake as found in new study

March 2, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Despite a recent study suggesting that children drink fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) the longer they participate in the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), new findings from a study conducted with a large sample of WIC-participating families...

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NPI research featured in Civil Eats article on California’s $20 million investment in the Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program

February 22, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner

California will invest $20 million in the Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program, which offers grants to individual stores as well as organizations to expand access to fresh foods in communities experiencing reduced access to fresh, diverse foods. Civil Eats highlighted the investment in a Feb.

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