A new review published in the Journal of Nutrition highlights how children’s and adolescents’ nutrition—and its impact on health, learning, and development—is shaped by a complex nutrition ecology that extends beyond individual dietary intake. The paper is part of the Biomarkers of Nutrition for…
A new policy brief highlights a study showing how longer participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, is associated with higher diet quality among children ages 2 to 5. Using a national sample, the study showed that children who stayed enrolled in…
Nutrition Policy Institute policy briefs are a collection of concise, evidence-based documents that outline a specific public health nutrition problem, presents research, and recommend concrete actions—like new laws, policies or programs—to policymakers, health professionals, and advocates to improve…
Toolkits developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute are collections of practical resources, strategies, templates, and best practices designed to help public health nutrition professionals, policymakers, and organizations improve health outcomes, address specific challenges, build capacity, and implement…
Author: Chuck Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County.Edited by Christine Joshel, Center for Pest Management research & Extension and Mary Lou Flint, IPM Education & Publications, UC Davis.Publication Number 31-S81 (revised July 2003)As result of increasing environmental …
Author, Chuck Ingels, Farm Advisor, Sacramento CountyEdited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program CoordinatorPublication Number 31-S68 (Published October 2000)Fruit trees will normally begin to bear fruit between two and five years after planting, depending mainly on the species and method of training and…
Author: Chuck Ingels, Farms Advisor, Sacramento County.Edited by Judy McClure, Master Gardener Program Coordinator.Illustrated bY Walter Dong.Publication Number 31-S84 (Published April 2000)Most trees produce more fruit than they can support or develop…
Author: Cindy Fake, Horticulture and Small Farms Advisor, Placer and Nevada CountiesPublication Number 31-111 (published December 2004)A mandarin by any other name would taste as sweet, but what is it? In Japanese, mandarin is mikan; in India;…
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