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April State-of-the-Science Webinar Understanding the Community Preventive Services Task Force and The Community Guide Date: April 8th @ 9am PT/12pm ET Presenters: Dr. Renee Stein & Dr. Ramona Finnie 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.

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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. Results from the Water Up!@ Home Intervention Trial, Drinking Water CHA survey efforts & projects discussion, Pediatric Obesity Health Services Research Experiments in community-designed and -driven Food Is Medicine, Rural Food Access DiscoverU: Integrating physical activity, nutrition, & social emotional learning into afterschool programs, School Wellness And more! Joint Work Group Webinar Hosted by Food Service Guidelines & Food Policy Councils Reimagining a More Just Organization Date: April 11 @ 12pm PT/3pm ET Presenter: Rachel Chapa Oporto, Community Building & Partnerships Director, San Diego Food System Alliance Click here to join via Zoom

NOPREN HER Resource Digest The bi-weekly digest is a joint product of NOPREN and HER.*

Call for Papers: Promotion of Health and Wellness in Early Childhood Settings Special Issue Honoring Dr. Dianne Stanton Ward Childhood Obesity is soliciting high quality manuscripts from leaders in the field of early childhood nutrition, physical activity and childhood obesity prevention. In alignment with Dr. Ward's commitment to education and developing the future generation of researchers, it is encouraged that at least one author be a student or trainee who has played a significant role in the overall research.  Submit manuscripts by October 1, 2024.

PUBLICATIONS

Drinking Water Armstrong, L. E., Bergeron, M. F., Muñoz, C. X., & Kavouras, S. A. (2024). Low daily water intake profile—is it a contributor to disease? Nutrition and Health. Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs Acciai, F., Uehara, S., Chinedum Ojinnaka, Yedidia, M. J., & Punam Ohri-Vachaspati. (2024). The association between unhealthy dietary behaviors and SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance program) participation: No evidence in support of the self-selection hypothesis. Appetite, 197, 107302–107302. Localio, A. M., Knox, M. A., Basu, A., Lindman, T., Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, & Jones-Smith, J. C. (2024). Universal Free School Meals Policy and Childhood Obesity. Pediatrics. Martinez, S. M., Singh, S., Esaryk, E., & Ritchie, L. (2024). SNAP Student Rules Are Not So Snappy: Lessons Learned From a Qualitative Study of California County Agency Workers. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 56(3), 133–144. Tsai, M. M., Anderson, C. E., Whaley, S. E., Yepez, C. E., Ritchie, L. D., & Au, L. E. (2024). Associations of Increased WIC Benefits for Fruits and Vegetables With Food Security and Satisfaction by Race and Ethnicity. Preventing Chronic Disease, 21. Food and Nutrition Security Agurs-Collins, T., Alvidrez, J., Sanae ElShourbagy Ferreira, Evans, M., Gibbs, K., Bramaramba Kowtha, Pratt, C., Reedy, J., Shams-White, M., & Alison GM Brown. (2024). Perspective: Nutrition Health Disparities Framework: A Model to Advance Health Equity. Advances in Nutrition, 100194–100194. Pediatric Obesity Hacker, K., Briss, P. A., & Goodman, A. B. (2024). Addressing The Obesity Epidemic Will Require Prevention And Treatment Working Together. Health Affairs Forefront.

NEWS & UPDATES

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - 2024 Appropriations Agreement Fully Funds WIC and Rejects Harmful Food Package Proposals, Creating Opportunities to Reach More Eligible Low-Income Families Population Reference Bureau - A Shift in Hunger: U.S. Food Policy and What We Learned from the Pandemic

RESOURCES

Council on Black Health - Getting to Equity in Obesity Prevention Toolkit This toolkit addresses the need to include an equity component in the planning and implementation of policy, systems, and environmental change approaches (PSE) undertaken to curb adverse trends in obesity and related health consequences.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - State Medicaid and WIC Agencies Can Work Together to Improve Nutrition and Health FRAC - The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch During the 2022–2023 School Year The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Co-Developing Cross-Sector Partnerships to Address Health-Related Social Needs: A Toolkit for Health Care Organizations Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations Navigating Cross-Sector Partnerships: A Reference Guide for Community-Based Organizations Collaborating with Health Care Organizations NPI - School Meals for All in California: Strongly supported by parents of all income levels

WEBINARS & EVENTS

FDA - Virtual Public Meeting on Data and Technology in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety, 4/24/24 @ 10am ET FRAC - National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference, 6/3-6/5 in Washington D.C. The Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative - Tribal Caucus Summer EBT Comments, 4/11/24 @ 12pm ET The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) - Annual Meeting, 5/20-5/23 in Omaha, Nebraska NIH - Addressing Health Disparities in Diabetes: Intersection of Structural Racism, Social Determinants, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 5/15/24 @ 2p ET School Nutrition Association - Annual National Conference 2024, 7/14-7/16 in Boston, Massachusetts USDA - Demystifying the Panel Review Process for Grant Funding, 5/2/24 @ 12pm ET USDA - Food & Nutrition Security Webinar: Making MyPlate a Household Name, 4/17/24 @ 1pm ET

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

USDA Estimating the State-Level Food Expenditure Series Household Food Insecurity Across Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 2016–21  Request for Comment: WIC Participant and Program Characteristics 2024 & 2026 Study

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Baltimore City Health Department - Local Health Improvement Coalition Director, deadline 5/24/24 Food Equality Initiative - Community Engagement Specialist The Rockerfeller Foundation - Program Manager, Food is Medicine Society for Prevention Research - Prevention Science Health Equity Associate Editor, deadline 5/1/2024 The Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education - Executive Director University of Minnesota - SNAP-Ed Health and Wellness Regional Coordinator (SW MN Region), deadline 4/7/24 Westat - Principal Research Associate (remote)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Hunger to Health Collaboratory - 2024 Prizes for Innovation, deadline 6/14/24 The National Science Foundation (NSF) - Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet (CHIRRP) Funding Opportunity, deadline 6/6/24 Newman's Own Foundation - Food Justice for Kids Prize, deadline 6/11/24 NIH - New Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) for Women’s Health Research, deadline 11/5/27 No Kid Hungry - Rural Summer Meal Grants, deadline 5/15/24 USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program, deadline 5/14/24 The Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program - Nutrition Incentive Program, deadline 5/14/24 Local Food Promotion Program, deadline 5/14/24 Regional Food Systems Partnerships, deadline 5/14/24 Supporting the Use of Traditional Indigenous Foods in the Child Nutrition Programs Cooperative Agreement, deadline 4/8/24

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Call for Late Breaking/Rapid Science Submissions, deadline 4/8/24 SNAP Employment and Training National Forum - Call for Session Ideas, deadline 4/24/24 and virtual learning session on 4/23/24 WHO - Call for experts to develop WHO food-based dietary guidelines, deadline 4/28/24

STUDENTS & EARLY CAREER

UCSF - Postdoctoral Scholar, Seligman Research Team, deadline 4/15/24 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation - 2024-2025 Grace L. Ostenso Nutrition and Public Policy Fellowship, deadline 5/7/24 First Nations Development Institute - Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship, deadline 5/7/24 Hunger Task Force - Community Nutrition Educator Institute for Research on Poverty 2024–2026 Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowship Call For Applications, deadline 4/23/2024 2024–2025 Professional Development Training Series On Poverty And Economic Mobility Research Call For Applications, deadline 4/30/24 Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Food and Agriculture Law Graduate Fellow

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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.