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Nutrition Policy Institute welcomes Monica Zuercher

February 3, 2022

By Danielle Lee

The Nutrition Policy Institute welcomed Monica Zuercher on February 1, 2022 as an assistant project scientist. Dr. Zuercher is a nutritional epidemiologist with experience in teaching, health research, data analysis, scientific communication, and nutrition interventions.

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Wendi Gosliner speaks about advocacy and food policy at the UC Berkeley and Plant Futures ‘Symposium–2022, The Countdown: Exploring the Future of Plant-Centric Food Systems’

February 3, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Wendi Gosliner, senior researcher and policy advisor at the Nutrition Policy Institute, spoke on a panel on policy and advocacy on January 28 at a virtual symposium hosted by the University of California, Berkeley and Plant Futures.

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NPI researchers receive additional funding to evaluate the California Nutrition Incentive Program at farmers’ markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

February 1, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner

Families with low-income that participate in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programknown as CalFresh in Californiareceive monthly benefits to spend on food.

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Nutrition Policy Institute receives NIH funding to partner with Stanford University researchers to evaluate drinking water promotion in child care settings

January 28, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Nutrition Policy Institute researchers are partnering with pediatrician and public health researcher Anisha Patel from Stanford University on a new National Institutes of Health-funded study to understand the impact of a childcare-based healthy beverage intervention.

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New study suggests limited implementation of California’s Healthy Default Beverage law for children’s meals sold online

January 28, 2022

By Danielle Lee, Gail M Woodward-Lopez

A new study from University of California researchers suggests that most fast food restaurants in low-income neighborhoods in California are not offering beverages online in a way that is consistent with the state's healthy beverage law for children's meals sold on the restaurant's website and popul...

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