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PUBLICATIONS

Charitable Food System Gombi-Vaca, M. F., Xu, R., Schwartz, M. B., & Caspi, C. E. (2023). Construct validity of the Charitable Food Nutrition Index. Preventive Medicine Reports, 36, 102515. Early Childhood National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Complementary Feeding Interventions for Infants and Young Children Under Age 2: Scoping of Promising Interventions to Implement at the Community or State Level. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs Andreyeva, T., McCann, M., Prager, J., & Kenney, E. L. (2023). State Agency Perspectives on Successes and Challenges of Administering the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Andreyeva, T., Moore, T. E., Godoy, L. da C., & Kenney, E. L. (2023). Federal Nutrition Assistance for Young Children: Underutilized and Unequally Accessed. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 0(0). Herrera, Y. M., Tovar, A., Oaks, B. M., Quashie, N. T., & Vadiveloo, M. (2023). Associations between Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Maternal Diet Quality. The Journal of Nutrition, 153(11), 3317–3326. Food and Nutrition Security Kelly, R., Pirog, R., Carr, K., Guel, A., Henderson, J., Wilcox, K., Wimberg, T., García Polanco, V., Babayode, D., Watson, K., Nelson, E, & Burnstein, S. (2023). An annotated bibliography on structural racism present in the U.S. food system (10th ed.). Michigan State University Center for Regional Food Systems. Qian, H., Khadka, A., Martinez, S. M., Singh, S., Brenowitz, W. D., Zeki Al Hazzouri, A., Hill-Jarrett, T. G., Glymour, M. M., & Vable, A. M. (2023). Food Insecurity, Memory, and Dementia Among US Adults Aged 50 Years and Older. JAMA Network Open, 6(11), e2344186–e2344186. Higher Education Martinez, S. M., Esaryk, E., Chodur, G., Singh, S., Kalaydjian, S., Bullock, H. E., & Britton, T. A. (2023). COVID-19-related stressors exacerbate food insecurity and depressive symptoms among graduate students receiving campus basic needs services: Cross-sectional findings from seven California public universities. Stress and Health, 1–12. Pandey, S., Olsen, A., Perez-Cueto, F. J. A., & Thomsen, M. (2023). Nudging Toward Sustainable Food Consumption at University Canteens: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 55(12), 894–904.

NEWS & UPDATES

Civil Eats - The Government Spends Billions on Food. Who Benefits? Food Navigator - How can dollar stores improve access to healthy foods? CSPI shares policy recommendations Harvard Colloquy Podcast - Why We’re Obese—and What We Can Do about It Healio - Food insecurity associated with dementia risk Health Day - Lower Number of Positive Childhood Experiences Tied to Eating Behaviors in College Students The Hill - Why the United States needs a modern WIC program KYW Newsradio - FDA proposes ban on this soda additive Marketplace - Credit barriers, food sovereignty among discussions at Native American summit Modern Desert - How Supermarket Mergers Affect Food Deserts National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Release: The EFFECTIVE Food Procurement Act Seeks to Increase Equity in USDA’s Food Purchases NBC News - FDA proposes ban on food additive found in fruity sports drinks and sodas Route Fifty - WIC applications are up in many states The Sacramento Observer - WIC Funding Gap Threatens Access for Black Families USA Today - The staggering hunger crisis in America: How you can help struggling food banks this year Word in Black - WIC Funding Gap Threatens Access for Black Families

RESOURCES

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - About 2 Million Parents and Young Children Could Be Turned Away From WIC by September Without Full Funding National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Countering Misinformation and Sharing Science Effectively WHO - Global report on the use of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, 2023

WEBINARS & EVENTS

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine Workshop Recordings Food Product Labeling: Challenges of Defining Sustainability Use of Meta-Analyses in Nutrition Research and Policy: A Workshop Series Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health - 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Meeting 4,1/19/24 @ 8am ET

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

Congress H.Res.922 - Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1147) to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow schools that participate in the school lunch program under such Act to serve whole milk S.3360 - Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2023 S.3390 - A bill to improve purchasing of food by the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes USDA At White House Tribal Nations Summit, USDA Fulfills Long-Standing Tribal Requests to Strengthen Food Sovereignty and Expand Indigenous Roles in Forest Management Biden-Harris Administration Announces Draft of the National Strategy to Reduce U.S. Food Loss and Waste Food Research & Action Center and USDA Announce $1.1 Million in Grants to Increase Equitable Access to Healthy Meals for Children During School, After School, Child Care, and Summer Report: National and State Level Estimates of WIC Eligibility and Program Reach in 2021

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Jefferson Consulting - USAID TAPS Program Specialist - Center for Nutrition McKnight Foundation - Program Director, Vibrant & Equitable Communities, deadline 12/29/23 Michigan Fitness Foundation Evaluation Specialist Nutrition Education Consultant, Team Nutrition Tufts University, Food is Medicine Institute - Managing Director, Food is Medicine Institute University of Michigan, School of Kinesiology - Multiple positions, Applied Exercise Science USDA Program Specialist, deadline 12/18/23 Supervisory Biologist (Computational Bioinformatics)/Nutritionist/Chemist/Data Scientist, deadline 12/20/23

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

HHS NIH - Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) Planning Grants (R34 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Nutrition Incentive Hub - Innovative Integrated Technology Solution for GusNIP NTAE, deadline 1/12/23 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Evidence for Action: Indigenous-Led Solutions to Advance Health Equity and Wellbeing, deadline 3/1/24 Tufts University, UCONN Rudd Center, & University of Missouri - Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics, deadline 1/31/24 USDA FY2024 Farm to School Grants, deadline 1/12/24 FY24 Participation in WIC & Prevalence of Health Risks Associated with Maternal Mortality, deadline 2/14/24 Food and Nutrition Service National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Demonstration Projects to Evaluate Direct Certification with Medicaid, deadline 1/15/24 The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program - Produce Prescription Program, deadline 2/28/24 Recognizing and Addressing Maternal Warning Signs for Morbidity and Mortality During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period, deadline 2/14/24

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Call for Abstracts, Nutrition 2024, deadline 2/12/24 American Society for Nutrition Foundation - Nomination Opportunities, Multiple Opportunities, deadline 1/8/23 ASPHN Application Opportunity, Courage in Leadership Program, deadline 1/3/24 Nomination Opportunity, Board of Directors, deadline 2/1/24 Nutrients - Submission Opportunity, Special Issue "Nutrition Policy and Programs in Educational Settings: Equitable Approaches to Food Security", deadline 5/15/24 University of Georgia, Clemson University, & North Carolina State University - Request for Proposals, 2024 National Health Outreach and Engagement Conference, deadline 2/4/24 USDA Application Opportunity, WIC Breastfeeding Award of Excellence, deadline 12/21/23 Request for Comments, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)--Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden, deadline 2/5/24

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

Michigan Fitness Center - Public Health Fellow, deadline 1/31/24 Tufts University, Food is Medicine Institute - Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Food is Medicine, Cardiometabolic Health, and Health Disparities UC Davis - Postdoctoral Scholar in Food Policy, deadline 1/8/24 University of Minnesota - Research on Eating and Activity for Community Health (REACH) Applied Epidemiology Training Program University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - FERN: Fellowship for Exploring Research in Nutrition, Global Food Research Program, deadline 2/4/24 USDA - Fellowship Opportunity, Hispanic Serving Institution National Program, deadline 3/4/24

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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.