Healthy Eating

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Water Is K’é: using tradition to build healthier hydration habits

March 2, 2026
Can reconnecting with one’s traditional culture be an important key to healthy habits? A recent community-based study evaluated the impact of a culturally-grounded intervention designed to improve beverage consumption habits among young Navajo children. Between 2021 and 2023, 74 families participated in…
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UC Master Gardeners of Placer County: Article

Storing Your Harvest

February 15, 2026
Liz Rees, UC Master Gardener of Nevada CountyFrom The Curious Gardener, Fall 2010Looking out into your garden, you pause to wonder, what was I thinking when I decided to grow all of these vegetable plants and all of these fruit trees? Questions keep flashing in your mind. How many recipes are there for…
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About the Water Equity Blog

February 11, 2026
By Esther N Lofton
Advancing Water Equity Across CaliforniaWater systems are both technical and social infrastructures. Across California, disparities in access, affordability, infrastructure reliability, and exposure to environmental risk continue to affect communities differently. Addressing these inequities requires…
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Longer lunch time periods help students eat more but study finds evidence of inequities in lunch period length by free or reduced price meal eligibility

February 11, 2026
School meals provide a significant portion of children’s daily nutrition, and policies like the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, Community Eligibility Provision, and Healthy School Meals for All have improved access to healthier meals. However, variations in lunch period lengths and seated time may affect meal…
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Fact Sheets

Nutrition Policy Institute fact sheets are concise, typically one-page documents designed to summarize essential information, statistics, and key data about a specific public health issue or topic.
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Announcing the FFY 2025 CalFresh Healthy Living Data Briefs

January 21, 2026
By Summer J Cortez, Carolyn D Rider, Danielle Lee, Miranda W Brown
The Nutrition Policy Institute is pleased to share the 2025 CalFresh Healthy Living data briefs, highlighting the vital contributions of local health departments and their community partners to California’s nutrition and physical activity promotion efforts during federal fiscal year 2025. The California…
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Study explores the relationship between Universal School Meal policies and student stigma

January 16, 2026
By Danielle Lee, Monica D Zuercher, Wendi Gosliner
Universal school meal policies allow all students to eat school meals at no cost, regardless of income, and have the potential to improve child nutrition and reduce stigma. However, there is limited evidence of the relationship between such policies and stigma. A new study published in the Journal…
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Group of children sitting on soccer field; one young girl drinks from a water bottle
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Data Briefs: California Department of Public Health CalFresh Healthy Living FFY 2025

January 16, 2026
By Carolyn D Rider, Janice Kao, Amanda M Linares, Summer J Cortez, Evan Talmage, Nicole Vital, Miranda W Brown
Research Brief • January 2026 • Download PDF (665 KB)TABLE OF CONTENTSFFY 2025 CalFresh Healthy Living At a GlancePolicy, Systems, & Environmental Change EffortsEducational ActivitiesPartnerships & Multi-Sector CoalitionsAssessment of Policies, Practices, & OutcomesFFY 2025 CalFresh…
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