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Collaborative Nutrition Policy Institute study sheds light on challenges of increasing school lunch participation

April 3, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) and UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers published a new study in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) on the impact of a multi-component intervention to increase students' lunch participation in SFUSD public middle and high s...

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Lorrene Ritchie quoted in New York Times article on stockpiling food during the COVID-19 pandemic

April 1, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Lorrene Ritchie, director and cooperative extension specialist of the UC ANR Nutrition Policy Institute, was interviewed for a March 31, 2020 article in The New York Times, Don't Overdo the Coronavirus Stockpiling.

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An update on COVID-19 and the Nutrition Policy Institute

March 18, 2020

By Danielle Lee

To mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in California, University of California (UC) campuses, the UC Office of the President, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) and the Nutrition Policy Institute are working to protect our community by issuing guidance to minimize face-to-face intera...

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NPI research suggests U.S. schools across the poverty spectrum adhere equally to federal school meal nutrition standards

March 6, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute's latest study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior March 2020 issue suggests that schools across the U.S. adhered equally to the federal 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act school meal nutrition standards despite poverty level.

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Lorrene Ritchie presents at the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) meeting in Atlanta

February 27, 2020

By Danielle Lee

Nutrition Policy Institute director and Cooperative Extension specialist, Lorrene Ritchie, was invited to give a talk on "Methodological challenges - self-report from key informants in diverse settings" as part of a national meeting hosted by the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research...

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