Nutrition Policy Institute News

A recent study suggests that nearly three-in-four Indigenous migrant farmworker communities in California’s Central Valley experience food insecurity, and more than one-in-three live in inadequate housing. Migrant farmworkers are the critical workforce for the California farm industry, which is the…

A recent qualitative study published in Preventing Chronic Disease explores school food service directors’ knowledge and beliefs about ultraprocessed foods in school meals. Ultraprocessed foods have been shown to make up nearly two-thirds of the calories in U.S. youths’ diets and have been linked…

A recent commentary on school-based physical fitness testing presents it as a valuable tool for addressing the crisis in childhood physical inactivity and chronic diseases when integrated into well-supported physical education programs. Currently, fitness testing is required in 16 states, providing…

U.S. federal safety net programs provide food, nutrition, and health care assistance to eligible low-income individuals and families, with many of these programs expanding benefits and easing enrollment requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using longitudinal survey data from the ACCESS cohort…

A publication in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior by Nutrition Policy Institute researchers and collaborators exploring school food authorities perspectives on the impact of deimplementing Universal Free School Meal policies was voted by the journal as a Best Paper finalist. All…