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February State-of-the-Science Webinar
Promoting Healthy Weight for Children - Focusing on Population-Level Preventive Strategies and Equity
Date: February 10th @ 9am PT/12pm ET
Presenter: Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston
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Angie L Cradock, ScD, MPE, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston.
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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.
Assessing young children’s fruit and vegetable intake: Research and application of VeggieMeter, Early Childhood
State Legislation Related to School Nutrition: Predictors of Bill Passage From 2010–2019, School Wellness
Discussion on Lancet Commission report for clinical obesity, Pediatric Obesity Health Services Research
And more!
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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
Bremer, A. A., Zenk, S. N., Pasiakos, S. M., & Langevin, H. M. (2024). A broader perspective on nutrition research: the rationale for integrating the entire continuum of human nutrition. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Stein, R., Finnie, R. K. C., Harmon, S., Peng, Y., Pritchard, C., Vecsey, H., Emmons, K. M., Hargarten, S., Simon, M. A., Blanck, H. M., Harris, D., Bellows, L., Colemafn-Jensen, A., Fleischhacker, S., Koenings, M. M., Odoms-Young, A., Seligman, H. K., Grant, C., & Powell, A. (2024). Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs on Food Insecurity, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Health Outcomes: A Community Guide Systematic Review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Healthy Food Retail
Mui, Y., Winkler, M. R., Hunt, S. L., Gittelsohn, J., & Tracy, M. (2025). Simulated retail food environments: A literature review of systems science approaches to advance equity in access to healthy diets. Obesity Reviews.
Implementation Science
Houghtaling, B., Pradhananga, N., Holston, D., Cater, M., & Balis, L. (2025). A Mixed Method Evaluation of Practitioners’ Perspectives on Implementation Strategies for Healthy Eating and Active Living Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes. Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.
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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 U48DP006864 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. | | | | |