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NOPREN State-of-the-Science February 13th @ 9am/12pm ET Follow-up from the Shape Up Somerville Evaluation Christina Economos, PhD (Dean ad interim Professor, New balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy) Click here to join via Zoom Passcode: 610909 Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229 Missed the January State-of-the-Science? Click here to catch up on the presentation: Policy Implementation and Outcome Evaluation: Translating a Research Framework into Policy Action Laurie Whitsel (AHA) and Jaime Foster (CT State House Rep & Yale Griffin PRC) January Work Group Meetings Upcoming topics include: Intersection between early childhood and the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, & Health, Early Childhood WG Adapting WISE for rural home visiting, Rural Food Access WG Water & health-related risk perception behaviors, Drinking Water WG Evaluation of clinical referral programs to produce prescriptions, Food Security WG Implementing sustainability practices in hospital food services, Food Service Guidelines WG  Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here.

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PUBLICATIONS

Highlights from the CDC DNPAO Sponsored Health Promotion Practice Special Supplement: Reducing Chronic Disease through Physical Activity and Nutrition: Public Health Practice in the Field O’Toole, T. P., Blanck, H. M., Flores-Ayala, R., Rose, K., Galuska, D. A., Gunn, J., O’Connor, A., Petersen, R., & Hacker, K. (2022). Five Priority Public Health Actions to Reduce Chronic Disease Through Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity. Health Promotion Practice, 23(1_suppl), 5S-11S. O’Toole, T. P., René Lavinghouze, S., Pejavara, A., & Petersen, R. (2022). State and Local Chronic Disease Programs Adapt and Pivot to Address Community Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples From CDC Funded SPAN, REACH, and HOP Programs. Health Promotion Practice, 23(1_suppl), 12S-20S. Wolgast, H., Halverson, M. M., Kennedy, N., Gallard, I., & Karpyn, A. (2022). Encouraging Healthier Food and Beverage Purchasing and Consumption: A Review of Interventions within Grocery Retail Settings. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(23), 16107.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Special Issue "Improving School Nutrition: Innovations for the 21st Century." Chapman, L. E., Richardson, S., Harb, A. A., Fear, E., Daly, T. P., Olarte, D. A., Hawley, M., Zukowski, E., Schwartz, C., Maroney, M., & Cohen, J. F. W. (2022). Nutrient Content and Compliance with Sodium Standards in Elementary School Meals in the United States Pre- and Post-COVID-19. Nutrients, 14(24), 5386.

NEWS & UPDATES

Center for Science in the Public Interest - SNAP is Linked With Improved Health Outcomes and Lower Health Care Costs Food Politics - What's up with appropriations? FRAC - Strengthening SSI Can Improve Food Security for People With Disabilities and Older Adults Healio - Patients on government assistance face difficulties in accessing allergen-free food NBC News - Omnibus bill includes two major provisions that would help keep children fed over the summer Politico - States put free school meals on the menu School Nutrition Association - SNA Survey Shows School Meal Programs Face Critical Challenges State of Childhood Obesity - On the Navajo Nation, One Farm Works to Heal the Land and the People Urban Institute - Inflation Could Drive More Families toward Food Insecurity this Summer

RESOURCES

New CDC Resources Extended BMI-for-Age Growth Charts Places: Local Data for Better Health - new December 2022 release

Center for Science in the Public Interest - CSPI report assesses availability of sugary drinks at top 200 restaurant chains National Centers for Health Statistics - Evaluation of Alternative Body Mass Index (BMI) Metrics to Monitor Weight Status in Children and Adolescents With Extremely High BMI Using CDC BMI-for-age Growth Chart Nutrition Policy Institute - CDFA Healthy Stores Refrigeration Grant Program Evaluation Final Report and Brief Re-AMP - Food Policy Council Climate Action Toolkit School Nutrition Association - 2023 School Nutrition Trends Report UC Research Consortium on Beverages & Health - Sugary Drinks & Taxes Factsheets and Infographics USDA SNAP-Ed Connection - SNAP-Ed Needs Assessment Toolkit Wholesome Wave - Scan of Technology Solutions in the Produce Prescription Field: A Snapshot of Available Software-based Solutions and Emerging Equity Considerations WIC Data L.A. County - Increasing the WIC vegetable and fruit benefits leads to more vegetable and fruit purchases

WEBINARS & EVENTS

Center for Science in the Public Interest - 2023 Sugar Reduction Summit, 4/25/23-4/27/23 Center for Science in the Public Interest - Virtual Workshop Series: Advocating for a Healthier, Sustainable Campus Beverage Environment, multiple dates The Network for Public Health Health Law - Collecting and Disseminating Public Health Data Disaggregated by Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity: Navigating the Legal Issues, 1/19/23 @ 1p ET NIH - Cost Effective Interventions That Can Prevent Obesity and Chronic Disease, and Improve Health Equity, 1/19/23 @ 12p ET NIH - Transparent, Open, and Reproducible Prevention Science, 1/24/23 @ 3p ET School Nutrition Association - Legislative Action Conference, 3/5/23-3/7/23 UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health - Promises kept? Holding corporations accountable for their commitments to racial justice, 1/19/23 @ 1p ET

FEDERAL UPDATES

DHHS Announcement of First Meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and Request for Comments House H.R.9281 - Food Deserts Act H.R.9472 - To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase sugary beverages H.R.9482 - To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish statewide community eligibility for certain special assistance payments, and for other purposes Senate S.5329 - A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes USDA At the White House Tribal Nations Summit, USDA Announces Continued Commitment to Indian Country Breakfast Consumption by School-Aged Children and Adolescents and School Performance, Weight-related Outcomes, and Health Outcomes & U.S. School Breakfast Program Best Practices, Including Models of Student Costs and Breakfast Delivery COVID-19 Working Paper: Consumer Food Spending Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Increasing Transparency around WIC Infant Formula Contracts Overview for the WIC Food Packages Proposed Rule USDA and National Urban League Partner To Promote Equity, Increase Nutrition Security and Expand Services In Underserved Communities Across America USDA and Social Security Administration Collaborate to Improve Nutrition Security through SNAP USDA Continues Expanding SNAP Online Shopping, Invests in Reaching New Retailers USDA Invests Additional $10M to Support Community Food Projects US Government Accountability Office Thrifty Food Plan: Better Planning and Accountability Could Help Ensure Quality of Future Reevaluations

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Chicago Food Policy Action Council - Community Fund Program Manager Congressional Hunger Center - Chief of Staff, deadline 1/25/23 Congressional Research Services - Research Manager, Agriculture and Food Supply, deadline 1/17/23 Cornell University - Associate Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program, review of applications begins 1/15/23 - position open until filled Duke University - Research Analyst I, Healthy Eating Research Feeding America - Vice President, Innovation Partnerships for Health Equity FHI 360 - Senior Public Health Researcher The Food is Medicine Coalition - Project and Communication Associate The Greater Boston Food Bank - Multiple positions Harvard Law School - Clinic Director & Visiting Clinical Professor, Animal Law & Policy Program, deadline 1/23/23 Johns Hopkins University - Program Officer National Cancer Institute - Letters of Interest for a Scientific position in Health Communication Research, Behavioral Research Program, deadline 2/3/23 National WIC Association - Multiple positions New England Feeding New England - Project Director, deadline 1/27/23 Penn State - Evaluation Coordinator and Nutritionist Piestar RFx - Food Systems for Nutrition Innovation Lab Opportunities, deadline 1/20/23 Share Our Strength - Sr. Manager, Center for Best Practices Syracuse University - Director, Performance Nutrition - Football Texas A&M - Assistant Research Scientist, AgriLife Research University of California - Project Policy Analyst 4, CalFresh Healthy Living Evaluation Unit University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Multiple positions, Food Science & Human Nutrition Union of Concerned Scientists - Farm Bill Campaign Director, deadline 1/31/2023 World Food Program USA - Senior Director, Advocacy & Coalitions

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Case Western University - Request for Proposals: Educational Videos to Promote Nutrition Incentive Program Use among SNAP Consumers at Farmers Markets and Grocery Stores, deadline 1/30/23 DHHS Health Care Models for Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions from Populations that Experience Health Disparities: Advancing Health Care towards Health Equity (R01 - Clinical Trials Optional), deadline 2/5/23 2023 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services, 36 month program period, deadline 1/25/23 2023 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services, 60 month program period, deadline 1/25/23 RIDGE Program - Request for Proposals, deadline 1/30/23 USDA Advancing Tribal Sovereignty through Self-Determination Projects for FDPIR, deadline 1/31/23 Development and Implementation of Healthy Meals Incentives School Food System Transformation Challenge Sub-Grants, deadline 2/1/23

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Call for Abstracts for Nutrition 2023, deadline 3/1/23 Association of State Public Health Nutritionists - ASPHN Leadership Development Program Center for Regional Food Systems - Call for Citations for an Annotated Bibliography, deadline 1/31/23 COURAGE Program - Application, deadline 3/31/23 Health Equity - Call or Papers - Special Issue: How Stakeholders Are Working to Advance Health Equity, deadline 4/19/23 School Nutrition Foundation - Professional Development Scholarship, deadline 1/31/23

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

American Society for Nutrition Foundation - Herbalife Nutrition Scholarship Americorps - Anti-Hunger Corps-Food Security VISTA Association of State Public Health Nutritionists - DNPAO Nutrition and Physical Activity Traineeship, deadline 3/15/2023 Association of State Public Health Nutritionists - Health Equity Internship, deadline 6/30/23 CDC Public Health Law - Public Health Law Fellowship, deadline 1/23/23 Center for Science in the Public Interest - CPSI Spring 2023 Federal Affairs Internship, deadline 1/18/23 Congressional Research Service - Graduate Recruit Program Consortium of Social Science Associations - Internship Opportunity FoodCorps - FoodCorps Service Member, deadline 1/16/23 Health and Aging - Policy Fellows, deadline 4/17/23 More Than Food, Consulting, LLC. - Translational Research Intern NIH - OSP Summer Internship Program, deadline 1/31/23 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Research Scholars, deadline 3/15/23 The Rockefeller Foundation - Summer Associate, U.S. Food Initiative Tufts University - Postdoctoral Scholar Position for Food is Medicine Initiative at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy University of Illinois Chicago - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate, Health Policy and Admin, deadline 1/31/23 U.S. Foreign Agriculture Service - FAS International Agricultural Internship Program, deadline 2/3/23 Vermont Law & Graduate School - Summer Honors Interns, Center for Agriculture and Food Systems, deadline 1/17/23

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This digest is based on a compilation of news services and listservs developed by Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD, RDN during her time as co-chair of the HER NOPREN COVID-19 Food & Nutrition Work Group and operationalized on a weekly basis by HER. The new bi-weekly digest is created by NOPREN and reviewed by Dr. Fleischhacker. The digest is jointly supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER) and the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). HER is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NOPREN is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number 5U48DP00498-05 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of HER, CDC, or DHHS.