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NOPREN State-of-the-Science: September 12 @ 12pm ET Building Healthier Communities through Food Service & Procurement Amy Warnock, CDC, DNPAO: Federal perspective on food service guidelines Dr. Shafika Abrahams-Gessel, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health: Implementing federal food service guidelines in worksite cafeterias leads to improved outcomes and cost savings Ynke deKoe and Dr. Amy Meyering, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE): Implementing and Evaluating Food Service Guidelines through the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact Click here to join via Zoom Passcode: 610909 Meeting ID: 910 5393 6229 Work Group Meetings & Updates To learn more about or join any of the NOPREN Work Groups, click here. Information about upcoming Work Group meetings can be found here.

NOPREN HER Resource Digest

The weekly digest is a joint product of NOPREN and HER. Please send any relevant resources to NOPREN@ucsf.edu or click the following link for possible inclusion in a future digest. The content in this digest are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of CDC, DHHS, or HER.

PUBLICATIONS

Cadenhead J.W., McCarthy J.E., Nguyen T.T.T., Rodriguez M., Koch P.A. (2022). Qualitative Study of Participation Facilitators and Barriers for Emergency School Meals and Pandemic Electronic Benefits (P-EBT) in an Urban Setting during COVID-19. Nutrients, 14(16):3358. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163358. Cruz Flisco, V.D., O’Shea, C., Ing, C., Boushey, C., & Pokhrel, P. (2022). Ethnic differences in fast-food advertising exposure and body mass index among Asian American/Pacific Islander and White young adults. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2022.07.004. Cullerton, K., Patay, D., Waller, M. et al. (2022). Competing public narratives in nutrition policy: insights into the ideational barriers of public support for regulatory nutrition measures. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20, 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00891-6. Dolton, P.J. & Tafesse, W. (2022). Childhood obesity, is fast food exposure a factor? Economics & Human Biology, 46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101153. Halverson, M. M. & Karpyn, A. (2022). WIC Participants’ Perceptions of the Cash-Value Benefit Increase during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nutrients,14(17), 3509. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14173509. Houghtaling, B., Cater, M., Pradhananga, N., & Holston, D. (2022). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-authorised store marketing environments in Louisiana encourage the selection of less nutritious foods and beverages. Journal of Nutritional Science, 11, E64. doi:10.1017/jns.2022.60. Kendrick, KN, Marcondes, FO, Stanford, FC, Mukamal, KJ. (2022). Medicaid expansion and health care access for individuals with obesity in the United States. Obesity (Silver Spring), 30(9): 1787- 1795. doi:10.1002/oby.23531. Martinez C.E., Ritchie L.D., Lee D.L., Tsai M.M., Anderson C.E., & Whaley S.E. (2022) California WIC Participants Report Favorable Impacts of the COVID-Related Increase to the WIC Cash Value Benefit. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(17):10604. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710604. Mazzù, M.F., Baccelloni, A., & Finistauri, P. (2022). Uncovering the Effect of European Policy-Making Initiatives in Addressing Nutrition-Related Issues: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis on Front-of-Pack Labels. Nutrients 14(16):3423. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163423.

NEWS & UPDATES

ABC News - School lunch program braces for higher costs, supply issues, staff shortages. CNN - Baby formula shortage is easing for many, but it still isn't over. Civil Eats - Farm to school efforts just got a big influx of cash. Will it help more schools get on board? Crosscut - Study finds Seattle's controversial soda tax can improve equity. EdSource - Healthier options on the menu as California begins providing free meals to all students. Feeding America - Feeding America Announces Initial Grants for Food Security Equity Impact Fund. The Globe and Health - Do sugar taxes work? The Grio - To help fight racial inequality among our children, look at nutrition in school.  Mother Jones - How the Inflation Reduction Act Affects Food and Agriculture. NBC News - One state declined a simple tweak to its summer meal program. Thousands of kids paid the price. NPR - As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years. State of Childhood Obesity - WIC Steps Up During the Infant Formula Shortage and Beyond.

RESOURCES

Alliance for a Healthier Generation - Healthy Day Toolkit. American Society of Nutrition - Food insecurity and its relationship to cardiometabolic health in young adulthood. Brookings - Food security shouldn't take a summer vacation. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities - Recent Increase in SNAP Purchasing Power Invests in Children's Health and Well-Being. Children's Defense Fund-Ohio and Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition - Recommendations for strengthening access to nutrition through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Food Foundation - The Broken Plate 2022. Food Insight 2022 Food and Health Survey Spotlight: Generation Z. 2022 Food and Health Survey Spotlight: Parents of School-Age Kids. FRAC Continuing SNAP Procedural Flexibilities. Healthy Meals for All Advances Racial Equity. Pandemic EBT: Recommendations for a Permanent Nationwide Summer EBT Program. True Cost of Food Report from The Rockerfeller Foundation Reinforces Benefits of Healthy School Meals for All. Healthy Eating Research - Pandemic-EBT and Grab-and-Go School Meals: Costs, reach, and benefits of two approaches to feeding children during school closures — Lessons from COVID-19 responses. Informing the White House Conference Task Force Report - Ambitious, actionable recommendations to end hunger, advance nutrition, and improve health in the United States. NASEM - Addressing Structural Racism, Bias, and Health Communications as Foundational Drivers of Obesity: Proceedings from a Workshop Series. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Effect of the Reevaluated Thrifty Food Plan and Emergency Allotments on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits and Poverty. Mathematica - Assessment of calories purchased after calorie labeling of prepared food in a large supermarket chain. Nutrition Policy Institute - Research Brief: School Meals for All in California: Benefits and Challenges During COVID and Beyond as Reported by School Food Services. USDA - Back to School Online Toolkit.

WEBINARS & EVENTS

Healthy Eating Research and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation - Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids Webinars - SSBs, Juice and Non-Nutritive Sweeteners: A Deeper Dive Into the Science and Resulting Recommendations, 9/6/22 @ 12pm CT. Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research - Public conversation on the latest AgMission initiative, latest research and other topics, 9/8/22 @ 10am ET. USAID Advancing Nutrition - Complementary Feeding in Emergencies Programming and Resources, 9/8/2022 @ 9am ET. NASEM Health and Medicine - Review of Federal Policies that Contribute to Health Inequities, 9/9/22 @ 2pm ET. UTHealth and The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living - Food Prescription Programs: The Houston Food Bank Experience and Outcomes, 9/13/22 @ 10am PT. The American Heart Association and NACCHO - Building a Community Workforce Capacity to Enable Support Chest/Breastfeeding, 9/13/22 @ 1pm ET. Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Diabetes Translation Research - Gestational Diabetes and Breastfeeding Patterns Among Native Women: Evidence from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) Survey, 9/22/22 @ 12pm MT. White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, 9/28/22. Healthy Eating Research and Nemours - Healthy Kids, Healthy Future: Advancing Equity in Early Childhood (Philanthropy Webinar), 9/30/22 @ 3:30pm ET. American Society of Nutrition - Nutrition Rounds: Hot Topics in Pediatric Nutrition, 11/29/22 @ 1pm ET.

FEDERAL UPDATES

FDA Voluntary national retail food regulatory program standards - November 2022. US Department of Agriculture FNS honors traditions and supports the sovereignty of Tribal Nations. USDA Announces Increased Funding for School Meals, Child and Adult Care Meals. USDA Announces New Opportunities to Improve Nutrition Management. USDA Announces New Resource Guides for Tribal Governments, Citizens, and Organizations. Report to Congress on Added Sugars in School Meals and Competitive Foods. USDA Invests $3.5 Million to Provide Food Purchasing Options to Tribal Communities. U.S. Government Accountability Office Healthy Eating: Government-wide solutions for promoting health diets, food safety, and food security. Congress H.R. 8725 - To provide supplemental appropriations for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program to provide humanitarian relief for migrants, and for other purposes.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities - Executive Director, Cooperative Extension System (CES) and Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) Feeding America - Manager, Research Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research - Development Operations Manager George Washington University - Senior Research Assistant Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Multiple Positions University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Program Assistant 3 USAJOBS - Supervisory Family Assistance Program Specialist (Deputy Director) Utah State University, Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences department in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences - Assistant Professor WHO - Call for Consultancy: WHO Healthy Diet Monitoring Initiative

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Center for Science in the Public Interest - Multiple Opportunities Colorado School of Public Health - The Center for American Indian and Alaskan Native Diabetes Translation Research Center - Pilot Grant Opportunity, deadline 10/03/22. Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition - Supported Publication Opportunity: Call for Proposals, deadline 10/14/22. NIH - Notice of Information: Upcoming Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) for Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program: Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative (CHESI) (OT2 Clinical Trial Optional). NIH NIDDK - Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Stimulating Research to Understand and Address Hunger, Food and Nutrition Insecurity, deadline 10/05/2022. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: The Innovative Research to Advance Racial Equity Call for Proposals, deadline open. Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health, deadline open. USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Education and Workforce Development, deadline 10/27/22. Equitable Access in Child Nutrition Programs, deadline 09/12/22. From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals, deadline 10/25/22.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Temple University - Call for input on on open-access tools for school policy implementation. USDA Food Nutrition Service - Request for comments on "Review of Major Changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program." The White House - Request for Input to a Five-Year Plan for Research on Climate Intervention.

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

NOPREN NOPREN Food Security Work Group Fellow Missed the HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students? You can find the full recordings and slides here. Baltimore City Department of Planning Food Policy Fellow Food Policy Data Fellow The Breakthrough Institute - Generation Fellowship FoodCorps Service Member - Multiple Positions Global Research Institute - Post-doctoral Fellowship: Food System Analytics USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program - Payne Fellowship Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Health Policy Fellows 2022 Information Sessions 9/14/22 @ 3pm ET 9/27/22 @ 11am ET 10/12/22 @ 12pm ET 10/25/22 @ 3pm ET

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