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NOPREN State-of-the-Science webinar July 10th @ 12pm ET Housing insecurity and food insecurity: interrelating factors impacting health Speaker: Carl Gershenson, PhD, Princeton University, Eviction Lab Click here to join via Zoom Passcode: 610909 Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229 Missed a State-of-the-Science? All past recordings can be found here. Upcoming Work Group Meetings June topics include: U.S. EPA Voluntary School and Child Care Lead Testing and Reduction Grant and 3Ts (Training, Testing, Taking Action) Programs, Drinking Water WG AAP Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Evaluation and Treatment of Childhood & Adolescent Obesity, Early Childhood WG Association of Food Insecurity with Family Health Care Expenditures, Food Security WG WHO Action Framework, Food Service Guidelines WG School Based Interventions to Promote Equity and Improve Health, Academic Achievment and Wellbeing of Students, School Wellness WG Access to Healthy Food: Retail Inequality & Structural Racism, Healthy Food Retail WIC Research Updates, WIC Learning Collaborative ...And more! Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here.

HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series

Join us for the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students! Join us for the fourth annual HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students! This series will feature 5 webinar presentations on a variety of topics related to food and nutrition security, federal nutrition assistance programs, COVID-19 implications, and nutrition equity. The presentations will be held on the following Wednesdays from 4-5pm ET: June 14, June 28, July 12, July 26, and August 9, 2023. You can learn more and find session recordings here. Join us for the next session on June 28th: Food is Medicine: What does it mean? Where are we going? With speakers Drs. Hilary Seligman & Christopher Long To register, click here. Student Presentation & Poster Applications Now Open HER and NOPREN will be hosting a virtual student presentation session on August 16th from 4-5 pm EST. Selected students will be asked to give a brief, 5-10 minute presentation on a public health nutrition related project or research they worked on over the summer. Students of all levels are encouraged to apply. Students who are not selected to give a virtual presentation may be selected to develop a poster highlighting their work that will be spotlighted on the NOPREN website. Apply here by Wednesday, July 19th. Timeline:  Application Due Date: July 19th by 5pm EST Application Decision: July 25th  Virtual Presentation/Poster Session: August 16th, 4-5 pm EST  Questions? Email NOPREN@ucsf.edu

NOPREN and Tufts University release Supporting Food & Nutrition Security through Healthcare: A Resource for Healthcare Systems and their Public Health and Community Partners. This guide, which was developed with support from the CDC, summarizes the ways in which healthcare systems, public health practitioners, and public health allies can partner to support food and nutrition security in their communities through programs, policies, and practice.  Click here to learn more.

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PUBLICATIONS

COVID-19 Houghtaling, B., Haynes-Maslow, L., Andress, L., Hardison-Moody, A., Grocke-Dewey, M., Holston, D., Patton-López, M., Pradhananga, N., Prewitt, T., Shanks, J., Webber, E., & Shanks, C. B. (2023). Food insecurity among households with children during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(3), Article 3. Mooney, A. C., Jackson, K. E., Hamad, R., Fernald, L. C. H., Hoskote, M., & Gosliner, W. (2023). Experiences of distress and gaps in government safety net supports among parents of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1099. Early Childhood Hughes, S. O., Power, T. G., Baker, S. S., Barale, K. V., Aragon, M. C., Lanigan, J. D., Parker, L., Silva Garcia, K., Auld, G., Johnston, C. A., & Micheli, N. (2023). Short-Term Efficacy of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program Designed to Pair Feeding Content With Nutrition Education. Childhood Obesity, 19(4), 239–248. Weaver, R. G., White, J. W., Finnegan, O., Armstrong, B., Beets, M. W., Adams, E. L., Burkart, S., Dugger, R., Parker, H., von Klinggraeff, L., Bastyr, M., Zhu, X., Bandeira, A. S., Reesor-Oyer, L., Pfledderer, C. D., & Moreno, J. P. (2023). Understanding Accelerated Summer Body Mass Index Gain by Tracking Changes in Children’s Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index Throughout the Year. Childhood Obesity (Print). Whaley, S. E., Anderson, C. E., Tsai, M. M., Yepez, C. E., Ritchie, L. D., & Au, L. E. (2023). Increased WIC benefits for fruits and vegetables increases food security and satisfaction among California households with young children. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

NEWS & UPDATES

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Debt Ceiling Agreement’s SNAP Changes Would Increase Hunger and Poverty for Many Older Low-Income People; New Exemptions Would Help Some Others Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - TANF Provisions in Debt Ceiling Agreement Civil Eats - States Are Fighting to Bring Back Free School Meals Congresswoman Grace Meng - Press Release: Meng, Fitzpatrick, Garbarino and Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan Legislation that Allows SNAP to Cover Hot and Prepared Foods Forbes - House Proposal Would Restore Expanded And Improved Monthly Child Tax Credits Grocery Dive - The Friday Checkout: Debt ceiling bill has controversial SNAP changes The Guardian - ‘None of the Muslim kids can eat’: Illinois to provide halal and kosher meals to schoolkids K-12 Dive - More high-poverty schools tap into federal policies to serve free meals Mathematica - Study Shows Federal Child Nutrition Program Waivers Helped Increase Access to Meals Despite Pandemic Disruptions MedPage Today - How I Became a Physician on Food Stamps Missouri Independent - More states line up to serve free school meals to all kids Public Health Institute - California’s Tool to Lessen Hunger and Support Farmers is About to Perish Public Health Institute - The News About Hunger Revealed Increased Support for Government Assistance During COVID. Will it Stay That Way? Roll Call - New food stamp requirements test states and USDA Route Fifty - Federal Covid Changes Helped Feed Twice as Many Kids During Summer University of Utah - U.S. Immigrants Particularly Vulnerable to Food Insecurity The Wall Street Journal - How School Meals Have Changed Over the Years KALW Public Media, Your Call - Final budget agreement targets the poor while protecting the wealthy (podcast)

RESOURCES

British Nutrition Foundation - Position statement on the concept of ultra-processed foods (UPF) FRAC - Community Eligibility: The Key to Hunger-Free Schools, School Year 2022-2023 Urban Institute - Public Comment on WIC: Online Ordering and Transactions and Food Delivery Revisions to Meet the Needs of a Modern, Data-Driven Program USDA GusNIP Year 3 Impact Findings Child Nutrition Program Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March Through September 2020 Estimates of Nonparticipation Rates of Medicaid and SNAP Beneficiaries in WIC SNAP Program Index Updated SNAP-Ed Toolkit

WEBINARS & EVENTS

Duke University - Beyond Talking Points: Nutrition Assistance Programs and the Farm Bill, 6/28/23 @ 9a PT NACCHO - CoC Webinar 8: “Every Step of the Way through the 1,000 Days”: Demystifying Infant Feeding Data to Strengthen Continuity of Care, 6/28/23 @ 10a PT Nutrition Policy Institute - NPI Brown Bag: Baby Food Pouches, The Illusion of a healthy snack, 6/20/23 @ 12p PT, Zoom link University of Minnesota Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute and OSU Center for Health Sciences, Center for Indigenous Health Research and Policy - 6th Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition, 9/10/23 - 9/12/23 USDA The Equity Commission (EC or Commission) and its Agriculture Subcommittee and Rural Community Economic Development Subcommittee meeting, 6/27/23 - 6/29/23 Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Report, 6/21/23 @1p ET

STATE AND FEDERAL UPDATES

State Maryland General Assembly - SB0559: Maryland Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program - Annual Appropriation Federal Congress - H.R.3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 USDA - USDA Celebrates SNAP Online Purchasing Now Available in All 50 States

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Everytable - Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships Global Health Advocacy - Director, Food Policy Program Global Health Advocacy - Food and Nutrition Research Director, Food Policy Program International Research Committee Airbel Impact Lab - Health Researcher, Research & Development, 3 locations available Johns Hopkins University - Research Assistant Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition - Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Members, and Peer Reviewers Lunch Assist - School Nutrition Consultant, deadline 6/18/23 Met Council - Food Policy Research Fellow University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor, deadline 7/9/23 U.S. Agency for International Development - Crisis Operations Specialist, Bureau Humanitarian Assistance (multiple opportunities), deadline 5/29/24 U.S. Agency for International Development - Supervisory Program Specialist, Bureau Humanitarian Assistance, deadline 6/17/23

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Early Career Nutrition Pilot Grant Seed Funding Program, deadline 7/7/23

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

NIH FASEB DataWorks! Challenge - The 2023 DataWorks! Prize, submission deadline 7/24/23 The Hunger to Health Collaboratory Nomination Opportunity - Inaugural Innovation Prizes, Nominations, deadline 7/28/23 Request for Comments - 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee draft protocols, deadline 6/30/23 USDA Request for Comments - Food Safety and Inspection Service, deadline 6/30/23 USDA Request for Comments - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: State Options, deadline 7/6/23 Nutrition Incentive Hub Study Opportunity - Veggie Meter Study Florida A&M University Survey Opportunity - Have experience with food insecurity interventions in a health care setting? Know someone else who does? Support NOPREN member and doctoral candidate Afaf Qasem by completing this survey and forwarding to others. Questions? Email afaf1.qasem@famu.edu

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

CDC - Fellowship in Maternal, Infant, and Toddler Nutrition (Data, Surveillance, and Epidemiology), deadline 7/31/23 USDA FSIS - ORISE Food Safety Fellowship, deadline 8/18/23

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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, DHHS, or the USDA.