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The State-of-the-Science webinar will be on Spring Break in March The State-of-the-Science webinar will return on April 10th at 12pm ET. Missed a State-of-the-Science? All past recordings can be found here. March Work Group Meetings Upcoming topics include: AAP Guidelines on Obesity, Early Childhood WG Food Insecurity & Diet Quality, Food Security WG University Pouring Rights Contracts, Food Service Guidelines WG Research Study Recruitment in Rural Communities, Rural Food Access WG Diet Quality & Menu Components, School Wellness WG ...And more! Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here.

Check out the NOPREN Special Collection The NOPREN Special Collection features peer-reviewed publications authored by NOPREN members between 2020-2022. This curated collection showcases the impact of NOPREN’s collaborative research activities and spotlights the many ways in which NOPREN researchers influence public health nutrition research, practice, and policy. Included in the collection are articles on drinking water access, food and nutrition interventions, healthy food retail, federal nutrition assistance programs (including school meals, SNAP, and WIC), healthy food retail, early childhood and breastfeeding, and the effects of the pandemic on food and nutrition security. Click here to read the Special Collection.

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PUBLICATIONS

Ausenhus, C., Gold, J. M., Perry, C. K., Kozak, A., Wang, M. L., Jang, S. H., Leong, J., Rodriguez, E., Duggan, C., & Ko, L. K. (2023). Factors impacting implementation of nutrition and physical activity policies in rural schools. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 308. Basto-Abreu, A., Torres-Alvarez, R., Barrientos-Gutierrez, T., Pereda, P., & Duran, A. C. (2023). Expected reduction in obesity of a 20% and 30% tax to Sugar-Sweetened-Beverages in Brazil: A modeling study. medRxiv. (pre-print and not yet peer reviewed). Doustmohammadian, A., Mohammadi-Nasrabadi, F., Keshavarz-Mohammadi, N., Hajjar, M., Alibeyk, S., & Hajigholam-Saryazdi, M. (2022). Community-based participatory interventions to improve food security: A systematic review. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 1028394. Gustafson, C. R., & Rose, D. J. (2023). Consideration of nutrients of public health concern highlighted in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025 among a large sample of US primary shoppers. Appetite, 181, 106399. Moreland Russell, S., Jabbari, J., Farah Saliba, L., Ferris, D., Jost, E., Frank, T., & Chun, Y. (2023). Implementation of flexibilities to the National School lunch and breakfast programs and their impact on schools in Missouri. Nutrients, 15(3), 720. Jennings, R., Henderson, A. D., Phelps, A., Janda, K. M., & van den Berg, A. E. (2023). Five U.S. Dietary Patterns and Their Relationship to Land Use, Water Use, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Implications for Future Food Security. Nutrients, 15(1), 215. Perry, M. G., Ashley, A. R., Hood, L. B., & Hagedorn-Hatfield, R. L. (2023). Knowledge and perceptions of nutrition assistance programmes among young adult students. Nutrition Bulletin. Pfister, F., & Pozas, C. (2023). The influence of Chile’s food labeling and advertising law and other factors on dietary and physical activity behavior of elementary students in a peripheral region: A qualitative study. BMC Nutrition, 9(1), 11. Psota, T., Maniscalco, S., Kijek, M., & Ohlhorst, S. D. (2023). Driving Transformative Change to End Hunger and Reduce Diet-Related Diseases and Disparities: The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Taghizadeh, S., Hashemi, M. G., Zarnag, R. K., Fayyazishishavan, E., Gholami, M., Farhangi, M. A., & Gojani, L. J. (2022). Barriers and facilitators of childhood obesity prevention policies: A systematic review and meta-synthesis. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 1054133. Tucker, A. C., Martinez-Steele, E., Leung, C. W., & Wolfson, J. A. (2023). Associations Between Household Frequency of Cooking Dinner and Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Dietary Quality Among US Children and Adolescents. Childhood Obesity (Print).

NEWS & UPDATES

Associated Press - Study hints healthier school lunch can reduce obesity Axios San Francisco - Health experts say San Francisco's soda tax is working CBS News - "Hunger cliff" looms as 32 states set to slash food-stamp benefits Cardiology Today - Residents of ‘food swamps’ could be at increased risk for stroke CSPI - California City will require healthier items at supermarket checkout aisles CSPI - FDA's proposed definition of "healthy" a step forward but benefits to consumers will be limited CNN Health - A year later, formula stock has recovered from the shortage, but parents haven’t The Guardian - ‘Horrible timing’: pandemic food relief ends as inflation sends families scrambling K-12 Dive - Universal school meals improve attendance for youngest students Keoland.com - House Education committee says no to free school lunches MarketWatch - ‘Food inflation is coming down,’ Biden says, but experts say food insecurity in America is on the rise Mayor of London - Mayor announces every London primary schoolchild to receive free school meals Minnesota Public Radio - As hunger rises in Minnesota, House passes school meals for all bill NPR - New childhood obesity guidance raises worries over the risk of eating disorders Public News Service - New Bill Would Make CA School Lunches Healthier Seattle Times - Sweet success: Seattle's sugary drink tax is reducing health inequities USA Today - Looming cuts to emergency SNAP benefits threaten food security in rural America WVPE - Governor to propose free school meals for all kids in upcoming budget plan WXYZ Detroit - Free lunch, breakfast for all school kids part of Whitmer's proposed budget

RESOURCES

CDC, MMWR - Fruit, Vegetable, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Young Children, by State — United States, 2021 CBPP - SNAP is and Remains Our Most Effective Tool to Combat Hunger CBPP - WIC Coverage Steady in 2020 During COVID, But Has Been Falling Longer Term HER - Rapid Health Impact Assessment on Changes to School Nutrition Standards to Align with 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans NIH - Nutrition Research Report Share our Strength - Lessons That Matter: Strategies to Translate Pandemic-Era School Meal Innovations to Common Practice Share our Strength - Summary of Share Our Strength Priorities and Relevant Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 UNESCO - Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world

WEBINARS & EVENTS

FRAC - Pandemic EBT and the Summer EBT Program: 2023 and Beyond, 3/1/23 @ 4p ET National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine - Advancing a Food Systems Approach to Prioritize Healthy People and a Healthy Planet, 3/9/23 @ 10a ET National Association of County and City Health Officials - The First 1,000 Days Nutrition: Improving Nutrition Security for Infants and Toddlers in Communities of Color, 3/16/23 @ 1p ET NIH Office of Dietary Supplements - Food Politics 2023: Supplements, Diets and Food Systems, Marion Nestle, PhD, 3/1/23 @11a ET Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Fellows Informational Webinar, multiple dates School Nutrition Association - Legislative Action Conference, 3/5/23-3/7/23 University of South Carolina - Physical Activity & Public Health Courses, 9/19/23-9/26/23 USDA - Child Nutrition Programs Proposed Rule: Revisions to the CACFP & SFSP Meal Patterns, 3/1/23 @ 2:30p ET

STATE UPDATES

California Senate - Sen. Skinner Introduces New Bill to Set Guidelines for Sugar Content in School Meals Connecticut General Assembly - SB 929, An Act Expanding School Meal Programs to Provide Free School Meals to All Students Minnesota Legislature - HF 5, Free school lunch and breakfast provided for students, and money appropriated South Dakota Legislature - HB1221, Provide Free School Lunches for Students

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES

Congressional Research Service - Effects of Terminating the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) PHE and NEA Declarations USDA Biden-Harris Administration Invests $59 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain and Rural Economies Biden-Harris Administration Provides $262 Million to Improve Access to Jobs, Health Care and Infrastructure Across the Rural Partners Network SNAP Emergency Allotments are Ending Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Nomination of Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small to Serve as Deputy Secretary of USDA USDA FNS Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines FNS, NIFA Partner to Improve WIC Participant Outcomes by Investing in a Strong and Diverse WIC Workforce Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2023/2024 Income Eligibility Guidelines USDA Proposes to Streamline and Modernize WIC and Offer Online Shopping to Participants

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Farmers Market Coalition - Executive Director, deadline 3/17/23 Library of Congress - Analyst in Health Policy, deadline 3/20/23 LunchAssist - Consultant Mathamatica - Child Nutrition Policy Senior Researcher, Deputy Area Director National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - Senior Program Officer, Food and Nutrition Board University of Minnesota - Assistant Professor, Community Health Promotion, open until filled USDA - Nutritionist, deadline 3/3/23

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

CDC High Obesity Program (HOP 2023), deadline 3/21/23 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH), deadline 4/11/23 State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (SPAN 2023), deadline 3/28/23 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - 2023 Culture of Health Prize, deadline 3/29/23 USDA The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Competitive Grants Program, deadline 5/4/23 The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Produce Prescription Program, deadline 5/16/23 The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Centers, deadline 5/4/23 WIC Workforce Development Initiative, deadline 4/17/23 Women and Minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Field Program, deadline 4/19/23

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

USDA Call for Comments, Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, deadline 4/10/23 Call for Comments, WIC Online Ordering and Transactions and Food Delivery Revisions to Meet the Needs of Modern, Data-Driven Program, deadline 5/24/23 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference - Request for Proposals National Science Foundation - Program Solicitation, Accelerating Research Translation, deadline 5/9/23 United Nations Global Marketplace - Request for Proposals, Development of micronutrients survey analyser, deadline 2/28/23

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation - Foundation Scholarships, deadline 4/18/23 Center for Science in the Public Interest - Multiple Internship Opportunities Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences - Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Maternal and Child Nutrition, review begins 3/8/23 Feeding America - Graduate Research Intern, 2 positions available Food Corps - Food Corps Service Member, deadline 3/27/23 No Kid Hungry - Youth Ambassadors Texas A&M AgriLife Research - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Tufts University - Postdoctoral Scholar Position for Food is Medicine Initiative at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy University of Arkansas - Graduate Assistantship, LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law, deadline 3/1/23 William T. Grant Foundation - William T. Grant Scholars Program, deadline 7/5/23

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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.