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Online restaurant meal ordering platforms in three U.S. cities do not adequately adhere to healthy default beverage laws for children’s meals

February 16, 2023

By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee

Healthy default beverage laws require restaurants to list healthier beveragessuch as water or unflavored milk as opposed to sugary drinksas the default option for children's meals.

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New research report shows how improving school nutrition standards positively impact students

February 15, 2023

By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie

Healthy Eating Research (HER), a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, conducted a rapid Health Impact Assessment (HIA) to understand how improving school nutrition standards could impact the nutritional quality of school meals, school meal participation, student dietary consumption, studen...

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February 9, 2023

By Danielle Lee

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Wendi Gosliner and collaborators receive grant to test an outreach program to increase WIC participants take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit

February 9, 2023

By Danielle Lee, Wendi Gosliner

Working families with low- to moderate-income can receive up to $6,000 in Federal benefits and an additional $3,000 in California state benefits through the Earned Income Tax Credit, one of the largest poverty alleviation programs in the nation.

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Nutrition Policy Institute showcases text messaging innovation to improve CalFresh participants purchasing of California-grown produce at virtual CalFresh Forum

February 8, 2023

By Danielle Lee, Ron Strochlic

The annual CalFresh Forum, hosted by Nourish California in partnership with the California Department of Social Services, brings together key stakeholders from across California to acknowledge outstanding work, identify opportunities, and discuss strategies to improve the reach and impact of CalFres...

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