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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI researchers develop survey questions to assess University of California students' basic needs and housing security

August 26, 2020

By Danielle Lee

The University of California (UC) has focused on student food security since the inception of the UC Global Food Initiative (GFI) in 2014 and has been instrumental in shaping the state and national conversation around students' basic needs challenges.

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Gail Woodward-Lopez and Lorrene Ritchie quoted in Morning Ag Clips article on healthy default beverage policies for restaurant kids' meals

August 25, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Lorrene Ritchie, director and cooperative extension specialist, and Gail Woodward-Lopez, director of research at the UC ANR Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) were quoted in an August 25, 2020 article in Morning Ag Clips titled "New policies can help provide healthy beverages to children.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI's National Drinking Water Alliance and 97 other signatories submit comments to the USDA on the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans

August 24, 2020

By Danielle Lee

The National Drinking Water Alliance, coordinated by the Nutrition Policy Institute, developed and submitted a recent comment in response to the Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. The comment, addressed to U.S.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Fact sheet series provides critical information for school meal provision

August 24, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) partnered with Stanford Medicine Department of Pediatrics to develop a series of fact sheets to support the provision of nutritious and sustainable school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New NPI research brief on the implementation of healthy default beverage policies for restaurant kids' meals

August 20, 2020

By Danielle Lee

At fast food and sit-down restaurants across California, kids' meals come with water or milk automatically. At least, that should be the case since state law requires restaurants to offer the healthy beverages by default to reduce the amount of sugary beverages served to children.