Youth Development

Everyone's an arachnologist on Halloween! Ironically, some folks proclaim their hatred or disgust for all things spiders throughout the year, but when the Halloween season arrives, they're thinking webs, fangs and eight legs as perfect decor for their door.

The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program provides reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks for over 4.2 million children in the US at participating child care sites.

El otoo que trae el anhelado descanso tras el tremendo calorn del verano, tambin nos ofrece dos de las celebraciones ms populares del ao: Halloween y Da de los Muertos.

En los Estados Unidos muchos de nosotros hemos visto y escuchado algo sobre la celebracin mexicana del Da de los Muertos, ya sea por alguna pelcula de terror o en alguna feria comunitaria en donde los nios muestran sus rostros pintados como coloridas calaveras.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused sudden economic, childcare, and housing disruptions to families with low incomes and young children, resulting in poor health outcomes such as food insecurity and depressive symptoms.

Lorrene Ritchie, Nutrition Policy Institute director and cooperative extension specialist, was quoted in an Oct. 17, 2022 News Nation article, WIC extension led to fewer hungry kids; will it continue?.

Nutrition Policy Institute and affiliated researchers were featured in a Morning Ag Clips article on Oct. 20, 222, Nutrition Policy Institute work underpins historic White House conference. The article introduced the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which took place on Sept.

El otoo es largo y a pesar de las lluvas, los incendios siguen siendo una amenaza en todo California, pues el material inflamable como hierba, escombros leosos de rboles y ms, puede secarse rpido e incendiarse.

Kassandra Bacon joined the Nutrition Policy Institute staff as a project policy analyst on October 12, 2022. Kassandra attended the UC Berkeley School of Public Health where she earned her MPH with a concentration in Public Health Nutrition and Graduate Certificate in Food Systems.

At the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health convened since 1969, President Biden announced on Sept. 28 a national strategy to end hunger in America and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases.