From the Coordinating Center

State-of-the-Science: Breastfeeding Support Policies November 13th @ 9am PT/12pm ET Cheryl Lebedevitch, Senior Policy & Communications Manager, United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) Click here to join via Zoom Passcode: 610909 Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229 Missed October's State-of-the-Science on Tackling Commercial Determinants of Health? Watch the recording here. Did you have a question for the speakers? Click here to view the webinar Q & A. For all other past State-of-the-Science meetings, recordings can be found here. November Work Group Meetings Topics include: Opportunities & Projects with PAPREN's Rural Active Living WG, Rural Food Access WG Preliminary Findings of a Scoping Review, Food Service Guidelines WG Barriers & Facilitators to Nutrition Incentive & Produce Prescription Program, Healthy Food Retail WG And More! Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here. Click here to listen to all past webinar recordings.

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PUBLICATIONS

Drinking Water Robinson, A. T., Linder, B. A., Barnett, A. M., Jeong, S., Sanchez, S. O., Nichols, O. I., McIntosh, M. C., Hutchison, Z. J., Tharpe, M. A., Watso, J. C., Gutiérrez, O. M., & Fuller-Rowell, T. E. (2023). Cross-sectional analysis of racial differences in hydration and neighborhood deprivation in young adults. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 118(4), 822–833. Food and Nutrition Security Chodur, G., Singh, S., Riordan, E. E., Kalaydjian, S., & Martinez, S. M. (2023). Campus Food Pantry Use May Improve Daily Frequency of Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among California University Students Experiencing Food Insecurity. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, S2212-2672(23)01562-9. Going Beyond BMI: Communicating About Body Weight: Proceedings of a Workshop - in Brief. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Going Beyond BMI: Communicating About Body Weight: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27288. Hopkins, L., Schier, H., May, L., Westrick, M., O’Piela, D., Mazurek Melnyk, B., Smith, L., & Gunther, C. (2023). Patterns of participation in summer programming among United States’ elementary children from low-income urban households: Results from the project SWEAT study. Preventive Medicine Reports, 36, 102475. Pepin, D. A., St. Clair Sims, R., Khushalani, J., Tonti, L., Kelly, M. A., Song, S., Arifkhanova, A., Hulkower, R., Calhoun, B. H., Puddy, R. W., & Kaminski, J. W. (n.d.). A Narrative Review of Literature Examining Studies Researching the Impact of Law on Health and Economic Outcomes. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001833. Schier, H. E., Chetty, K. S., Garrity, K., Westrick, M., Copeland, K. A., Miller, A., & Gunther, C. (2023). A narrative review of clinic-community food provision interventions aimed at improving diabetes outcomes among food-insecure adults: Examining the role of nutrition education. Nutrition Reviews, nuad125. Short, E., Thompson, D., Taren, D., Bryant, H., Gonzalez, R., Sheava, J., & Hingle, M. (2023). Feasibility of a food-based diabetes self-management education intervention for food insecure patients with type 2 diabetes: A convergent mixed methods study. Public Health Nutrition, 1–12. Food Marketing Petimar, J., Moran, A. J., Grummon, A. H., Anderson, E., Lurie, P., John, S., Rimm, E. B., & Thorndike, A. N. (2023). In-Store Marketing and Supermarket Purchases: Associations Overall and by Transaction SNAP Status. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 65(4), 587–595. Nutrition Policy Anderson, C. E., Au, L. E., Yepez, C. E., Ritchie, L. D., Tsai, M. M., & Whaley, S. E. (2023). Increased WIC Cash Value Benefit is Associated with Greater Amount and Diversity of Redeemed Fruits and Vegetables among Participating Households. Current Developments in Nutrition, 7(9), 101986. Garibay K. K., Burke N. J., Ramírez A. S., & Payán D. D. (2023). Examining the Role and Strategies of Advocacy Coalitions in California’s Statewide Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Debate (2001-2018). American Journal of Health Promotion. 0(0).

NEWS & UPDATES

Advance Local - Another major grocery chain now accepting SNAP for online orders Food Ingredients First - USDA 2022 household food security report finds increasing struggle to afford healthy foods The Hill - 10M more Americans living in households struggling with hunger: Research Idaho Capital Sun - Only 4 in 10 Idahoans who qualify for WIC are on the program. How officials plan to change that. K-12 Dive - Food insecurity increased as pandemic-era meal waivers ended Marketplace - Inflation, staff shortages mean fewer kids are participating in after-school meal programs National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - More Than $27 Million in Grants Awarded to Support Historically Underserved Farmers National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - What the Expiration, and Likely Extension, of the 2018 Farm Bill Means for Food and Agriculture NPR - Growing 'farm to school' movement serves up fresh, local produce to kids Repast - Get on the Bus with USDA’s Director of Nutrition Security and Health Equity, Dr. Caree Cotwright (podcast) State of Childhood Obesity - Talking About Childhood Obesity: We Can Do Better U.S. News - U.S. Families Are Facing a Crushing Loss of Fruit and Vegetable Benefits in WIC Program The War Horse - Veterans Who Are Food Insecure Are Less Likely to Seek Help Than Civilians

RESOURCES

Center for Science in the Public Interest Report: Recommendations to Promote Healthy Retail Food Environments Smart Snacks: Graded, 2023 Competitive Foods in Schools Report Survey: Shoppers want healthier food options at dollar stores Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - 4 Ways SNAP Provides Key Benefits to Workers and Their Families Looming WIC Funding Shortfall Would Jeopardize Access to WIC’s Proven Benefits and Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic Families ChangeLab Solutions - Rural Policymaking: Resources to advance rural prosperity & racial equity FRAC - Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation – October 2021 and October 2022 State of Childhood Obesity - Power, Policy, Possibility

WEBINARS & EVENTS

ISBNPA 2024 Symposia Submission Deadline Extended The deadline for #ISBNPA 2024 symposia submissions has been extended until November 17 for the annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.  Symposia are an important part of the ISBNPA program and it’s our goal to ensure a wide variety of topics concerning nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep during these sessions. The annual ISBNPA meeting also highly values the interaction between attendants. In all symposia, we invite people to interact and discuss the presented ideas and findings. More details on submission requirements can be found here.

AAAS - Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture, 11/15/23 @ 5p ET American Society for Nutrition - ASN Early Career Nutrition (ECN) Interest Group Networking Event, 11/17/23 @ 1p ET American Society for Nutrition - Fueling Your Research: Strategies for Securing Funding in Nutrition as a Trainee, 11/9/23 @ 1p ET American Society for Nutrition - Funding for Early Career Nutrition Researchers, 12/1/23 @ 12p ET Bipartisan Policy Center - Healthy Eating Rx: Improving Nutrition Through Health Care, 11/14/23 @ 11a EST FRAC - The Importance of Implementing Summer EBT in 2024, 11/9/23 @ 3p ET Healthy Schools Campaign - Change for Good 2023, 12/6/23 @ 5:30 CT (in person) Hunger to Health Collaboratory - Fall Summit and Innovation Prize Ceremony, 11/16/23 @ 9:30a ET International Food Information Council - Processed Foods: Can they be right for your health or are they better left on the store shelf?, 11/9/23 @ 1p ET USDA - National Agricultural Library’s PubAg webinar (recording)

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

Office of the Governor, California - Assembly Bill 418, California Food Safety Act UDSA Household Food Security in the United States in 2022 USDA NIFA Invests $4.8 Million in Community Food Project

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Food Pharmacy Resource Navigator City of Boston - Deputy Director, Office of Food Justice FHI 360 - Senior Technical Advisor Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition - Data Associate NIHCHD - Multiple positions NYU Langone Health - Senior Project Coordinator, Health Equity The Ohio State University - Research Associate (Full and Part Time) Rutgers University - Non-tenure track faculty leadership position in undergraduate public health Penn State - Community Health Educator Tufts University - Faculty Positions in Food and Nutrition Equity and Climate Resilience, Agriculture and Equity Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, deadline 12/1/23 UC ANR - Project Manager – Southwestern Regional Food Business Center University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Science (Family Life), deadline 11/12/23 University of Maryland Extension - Assistant Director and State Program Leader for Family & Consumer Sciences USDA - Nutritionist, deadline 11/9/23

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

No Kid Hungry - Request for Proposals, Early Childhood & Food Insecurity Consultant, deadline 11/30/23

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

American Society for Nutrition - Call for Abstracts, Nutrition 2024, deadline 11/10/23 National WIC Association - Call for Abstracts, 2024 NWA Annual Education and Training Conference, deadline 12/6/23 Preventing Chronic Disease - Call for Papers: Implementing and Sustaining Policy, Systems, and Environmental (PSE) Approaches to Support Healthy Behaviors in Diverse Settings USDA Public Access to Scholarly Publications and Digital Scientific Research Data Assets: Frequently Asked Questions Request for Comments, Understanding States' SNAP Customer Service Strategies, deadline 11/30/23 Yale School of Public Health - Workshop Opportunity, Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer Training Workshop 2024 Fellowship Program, Notice of intent to apply deadline 12/15/23

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

American Heart Association - Advocacy Intern-Greater Sioux Falls, South Dakota Center for Science in the Public Interest 2024 CSPI Spring Development Internship 2024 CSPI Spring Federal Affairs Internship, deadline 11/6/23 2024 CSPI Spring Healthy Food Access Internship, deadline 11/6/23 Cornell University Postdoctoral Fellow in Maternal and Child Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nutrition Evidence Synthesis FRAC - Early Childhood and Food Systems Fall Intern, Nutrition Policy and Early Childhood Programs Team Institute for Research on Policy - 2024-2025 National Poverty Fellows, deadline 11/27/23 The University of Buffalo - Postdoctoral Associate Positions in the School of Public Health and Health Professions USDA 2024 Terra Preta do Indio Tribal Fellowship, deadline 12/1/23 The USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program The White House - Executive Office of the President Internship Program

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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.