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July State-of-the-Science Webinar
Artificial Sweeteners: Research & Policy Updates
Date: July 8th @ 9am PT/12pm ET
Presenters: Jim Krieger, MD, MPH, Healthy Food America & University of Washington
Allison Sylvetsky, PhD, George Washington University
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Passcode: 610909
Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229
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Upcoming Work Group Meetings
Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here.
Click here to listen to all past webinar recordings.
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HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series | |
Join the next 2024 NOPREN HER Summer Speaker Series for Students & Early Career Professionals session!
Registration is open to all students and professionals! Click here to register.
Upcoming sessions on Wednesdays from 4-5pm ET:
- July 10: Leveraging Food Service Contracts at 4-year Public Universities to Understand Meal Plan Costs and Affordability
- July 24: Policy Systems and Environmental Strategies to Support Young Children's Diet and Health
- August 7: Collaborating Successfully across Sectors toward Nutrition Security
- August 14: Student Presentations
To learn more about the sessions, click here.
To view past recordings, click here.
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Apply for the Student Presentation and Poster Session!
HER and NOPREN will be hosting a virtual student presentation session on August 14th from 4:00 - 5:00 pm EST - the final session of the HER NOPREN Speaker Series.
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 of their work that will be showcased on the NOPREN website.
If you are interested in presenting, please complete the submission form by Wednesday, July 17th at 5pm ET.
To view the application, click here.
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NOPREN HER Resource Digest
The bi-weekly digest is a joint product of NOPREN and HER.*
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Food and Nutrition Security
Goldman, B. J., Freiria, C. N., Landry, M. J., Arikawa, A. Y., & Wright, L. (2024). Research trends and gaps concerning food insecurity in college students in the United States: a scoping review. Journal of American College Health, 1–40.
Hammad, N. M., Zimmer, M., Chen, J. T., Tobias, D. K., Willett, W. C., & Leung, C. W. (2024). Associations between food insecurity and diet quality among graduate students and postdoctoral trainees in the health sciences at a private university in Boston: A cross-sectional study. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(6), 102157–102157.
Seligman, H., & Perla, R. (2024). Food Is Medicine—Now, Recognize It As “Primarily Health-Related.” Health Affairs Forefront.
Tucker, A. C., Bresnahan, C., John, S., Johnson, J., Leung, C. W., Mui, Y., Hager, E. R., & Wolfson, J. A. (2024). Food (in)security in relation to nutrition (in)security in a national cross-sectional sample of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants: considerations of an emerging construct. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 119(6), 1475–1484.
School Wellness
Bleich, S.N., Orona, K.C., Turner, L. (2024). New Federal Program to Address Child Hunger Begins This Summer. JAMA Health Forum. 5(6),e242133.
Orta-Aleman, D., Zuercher, M.D., Bacon, K.A., Chelius, C., Hecht, C.E., Hecht, K., Ritchie, L.D., Cohen, J.F.W., Gosliner, W. (2024). Students’ Perspectives on the Benefits and Challenges of Universal School Meals Related to Food Accessibility, Stigma, Participation, and Waste. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published online ahead of print.
WIC
Chaney, A.M., Anderson, C.E., Arnold, C.D., Whaley, S.E., Ritchie, L.D., Pundi, G.R., Nguyen, C.J., Au, L.E. (2024). Evaluating the Association of the Increase in the WIC Cash Value Benefit on the Diversity of MyPlate Fruits and Vegetables Redeemed and Consumed By Children in Low-Income Households. Current Developments in Nutrition. 8(6),103778.
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GusNIP NTAE - GusNIP Year 4 Impact Findings
The Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (GusNIP NTAE) has released the Year 4 (2022-2023) Impact Findings for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). This report highlights the national impact of nutrition incentive (NI) and produce prescription (PPR) projects as well as the accomplishments of the NTAE and Nutrition Incentive Hub during GusNIP Year 4.
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FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS
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HER NOPREN Early Childhood Work Group Fellow Opportunity
The Early Childhood Work Group is seeking new fellows! If you are interested in an Early Childhood Work Group Fellow position, please send your CV/resume and a brief description of why you would like this position by August 1, 2024 to:
Alison Tovar: alison_tovar@brown.edu and Kate Bauer: kwbauer@umich.edu.
For more information about fellow roles and responsibilities, click here.
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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.
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