Healthy Eating

Recruitment information for the Nutrition Policy Institute's Milk Type in Toddler study. The purpose of this study is to see how the type of milk (whole fat vs low-fat 1%) consumed between the ages of 2-3 years old affects the health, growth, and development of young children.

El Instituto de Políticas de Nutrición (NPI, por sus siglas en inglés), realiza y evalúa investigaciones relacionadas con el impacto de la nutrición y la actividad física en la salud pública. NPI valora las investigaciones que proporcionan una base sólida para las políticas públicas que buscan eliminar las…

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The University of California’s Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) works in partnership with the California Department of Public Health and local health departments to evaluate CDPH’s portion of the CalFresh Healthy Living program.

Estos videos breves, menos de 60 segundos, pueden ser utilizados por los educadores de nutrición de la primera infancia para demostrar varias recomendaciones claves basadas en evidencia sobre qué y cómo alimentar a los bebés y niños pequeños en los Hogares de Cuidado Infantil.  Las recomendaciones fueron…

Garden Help > Fruits & NutsUC Links How to grow: Growing Great CitrusPest management: CitrusThe BasicsWhen to plant: Citrus can be planted almost any time of year. The best time is after the last frost in spring (mid-March)Harvest window: Year-round, depending on varietyFertilization:…

California is among the first in the nation to adopt a universal school meals program, or school meals for all, offering breakfast and lunch to all K-12 students at public and charter schools every instructional day, at no charge, regardless of household income. The University of California's Nutrition…

These brief, less than 60-seconds, videos can be used by early childhood nutrition educators to demonstrate several key evidence-based recommendations for what and how to feed infants and toddlers in Family Child Care Homes. The videos were developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute at the University of…

The University of California Research Consortium on Beverages and Health, formed in 2018, aims to provide legislators and communities with the science base for policy and programs to decrease consumption of sugary drinks and increase consumption of water. The group includes faculty from every UC campus. The…

Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, California was the first state in the nation to invest in providing school breakfast and lunch at no charge to all public and charter school students in grades TK-12, or School Meals for All. SMART-MEALS is School Meals for All Research and Trends: Measuring,…