Nutrition & Health

Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Comprehensive California and US-based COVID-19 policy database characterizes the landscape of safety net programs and policies during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 16, 2022
By Danielle Lee
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a massive change to daily life on a global scale and further exacerbated pre-existing racial and socioeconomic disparities in health with racial/ethnic minorities and individuals with low-income more likely to be infected, die, or suffer economic consequences.
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La ley SB1192, de California para bebidas saludables busca reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas que contribuye a una mala salud en la niñez. Fotografía por Christopher Williams en Unsplash
Comunidades Saludables: Article

No se cumple con una ley a favor de la salud de los niños

March 14, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Una investigacin de UC ANR encontr que con frecuencia no se cumple una nueva ley SB1192 sobre bebidas saludables para nios que exige que los restaurantes de comida rpida que incluyen la bebida en el men ofrezcan solamente: agua, agua gasificada o leche sin sabor.
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This image of a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, appears in the article, "The Plight of the Pollinators," in the March edition of the UC Davis Magazine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Entomologists Weigh in on 'Plight of the Pollinators'

March 11, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Several UC Davis scientists, including Professor Lynn Kimsey, and Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC Davis Magazine, edited...
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Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis Entomologists Honored in PBESA Award Competitions

March 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Breaking news: UC Davis entomologists won three of the 12 student and professional awards given by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. The award-winning trio: Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo received the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award.
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The 2022 winners of the PBESA awards
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

PBESA Winners Announced

March 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America (PBESA) has announced the 12 recipients of its 2022 student and professional awards. The winners will be recognized at PBESA's annual awards luncheon, set April 12 in Santa Rosa.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

New research shows an increased WIC Cash Value Benefit for purchasing fruits and vegetables improves children’s consumption of fruits and vegetables

March 7, 2022
By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee
A recent National WIC Association report, Multi-State WIC Participant Satisfaction Survey: Cash Value Benefit Increase During COVID, shows an increase in child fruit and vegetable consumption among participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) afte...
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