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State-of-the-Science:  Understanding Shifting Consumer Purchasing Trends Impacting Health Date: March 11th @ 9am PT/12pm ET Presenters: Sherry Frey, VP of Total Wellness at NielsenIQ 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. Add to My Calendar

Upcoming Work Group Meetings  February topics include: The Role of Multigenerational Households in Young Children's Nutrition & Food Security, Early Childhood WG Food Insecurity Among Veterans: Resources to Screen & Intervene, Food Security WG Resilience Planning, Resilient Food Systems and Nutrition  March topics include: FRAC School Breakfast and Lunch Report, School Wellness WG Equity-Focused Implementation Science for Early Childhood Nutrition, Early Childhood WG Expert Panel: Recruiting Research Participants from Rural Communities, Rural Food Access 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

COVID-19 California Agriculture, July-December 2023, special issue on Lessons Learned during COVID-19. Early Childhood Gortmaker, S. L., Bleich, S. N, & Williams, D. R. (2024). Childhood Obesity Prevention—Focusing on Population-Level Interventions and Equity. NEJM. Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs Agyapong, E., Vasan, A., & Anyigbo, C. (2024). Reducing WIC Administrative Burdens to Promote Health Equity. JAMA Pediatrics. Garner, J. A. (2023). Advancing the Equitable Reach of the Child and Adult Care Food Program: A Case for Considering Rural Communities’ Unique Needs. American Journal of Public Health, 113(S3), S186–S187. Food and Nutrition Security Figueroa, R., & Houghtaling, B. (2024). Food is Medicine and implementation science: A recipe for health equity. Translational Behavioral Medicine, ibae005. Martin, K. S., Reynolds, M., Brown, K. L., Rugg, G., Berger, B. M., Campbell, M., Schumacher, A., Johnson, C., Agboola, F., & Streett, G. (2024). Offering Full Choice in Food Pantries is Feasible and Improves Pantry Operations. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. Pulvera, R., Jackson, K., Gosliner, W., Hamad, R., & Fernald, L. C. H. (2024). The association of safety-net program participation with government perceptions, welfare stigma, and discrimination. Health Affairs Scholar, 2(1), qxad084.  Seiber, E. E., Garrity, K., Moon, K. J., Jankowski, E., Nawaz, S., Garner, J. A., Headings, A., Jonas, D. E., Clark, A., Bose-Brill, S., Shrodes, J. C., Hoseus, J., Baker, C., McAlearney, A. S., Hefner, J. L., Joseph, J. J., Vallangeon, D., & Walker, D. M. (2024). Sustainability of Social Needs Resolution Interventions: A Call to Consider Cost. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 0(0). Vasold, K. L. (2024). Evaluation of a Distribution Model to Increase Access to Affordable Fruits and Vegetables. Preventing Chronic Disease, 21. Water and Healthy Beverages Lemmon, B., Montuclard, A., Solar, S. E., Roberts, E., Joo, T. W., & Falbe, J. (2024). Student Opposition to University Pouring Rights Contracts. AJPM Focus, 3(2), 100190.

NEWS & UPDATES

Associated Press - 14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here’s why Center for Science in the Public Interest - Groups ask FDA to declare that restaurants must post calories on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and other ordering apps Food Safety Magazine - U.S. Bill Wants to Ban Cell-Based Meat in School Lunches Healio - Study: High daily sugar intake increases risk for depression News Medical Life Sciences - ChatGPT passes the nutrition test, but experts remain irreplaceable PBS News Hour - Why some governors turned down a food assistance program for children in their states The Wall Street Journal - Big, Bold Warning Labels Can Steer People Away From Junk Food

RESOURCES

Center for Science in the Public Interest - Stretching the dollar: Community-informed opportunities to improve healthy food access through dollar stores Code for America & No Kid Hungry - Summer EBT Playbook FRAC - Food Fuels Futures: Expanded SNAP Eligibility Reduces Hunger Among College Students National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine - The Role of Advanced Computation, Predictive Technologies, and Big Data Analytics in Food and Nutrition Research: Proceedings of a Workshop World Health Organization - Global report on the use of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, 2023

WEBINARS & EVENTS

Dialogue 4 Health - Linking Patients to WIC and Other Food Safety Net Programs: Perspectives from Health Care, 2/26/24 @ 2p ET DNPAO - SPAN, HOP, REACH – Five-Year Impact and Stories from State and Local Efforts, 2/29/24 @ 2p ET NIH - NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute, 8/5/24 - 8/9/24, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD USDA - USDA’s ASCEND for Better Health Nutrition Hub at Southern University. 2/27/24 @ 1p ET USDA - March 2024 Tribal Leaders Consultation on SNAP Proposed Rules, 3/15/24 @ 1p ET

FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL UPDATES & REPORTS

USDA Report Co-Authored by Leslie Hodges, WIC Learning Collaborative Co-Chair The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2024 Edition

USDA Agriculture Secretary Calls on States to Take Action to Improve SNAP Administration for Families in Need Breastfeeding in WIC program increased following infant formula market disruptions in 2022 New Survey Data Show Online Grocery Shopping Prevalence and Frequency in the United States NIFA Invests $5M in NSF Collaboration to Increase Food and Nutrition Security The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2024 Edition

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

APHSA - Process Innovation Associate California Department of Public Health - Assistant Deputy Director, Chronic Disease Prevention for the Center for Healthy Communities, deadline 2/26/24 California Department of Public Health - Deputy Director, Center for Health Communities, deadline 2/26/24 California Department of Public Health - Director, deadline 3/31/24 California Department of Public Health - Division Director, Women, Infants and Children (WIC), deadline 3/18/24 Cal Poly, Pomona - Nutrition and Food Science - Ethnic Studies, Assistant Professor CDC - Epidemiologist, DNPAO, deadline 3/4/24 Center for Science in the Public Interest - Director of Legislative Affairs Feeding America - Chief Research & Innovation Officer HHS - Legislative Analyst, deadline 2/26/24 Indiana Department of Health - Nutrition Incentive Manager NACCHO - Program Analyst, Public Health Law and Policy Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems - Vice President of Impact, deadline 3/3/24 Temple University - Program Manager, The Center for Public Health Law Research UCSF - Produce Prescription Program Coordinator, UCSF Seligman Research Team University of Wisconsin-Madison - Indigenous Health and Well-Being Specialist University of Wisconsin-Madison - Regional Community Health Coordinator USDA - International Program Specialist, deadline 3/1/24 USAID - Program Officer (Program and Budget Analyst), deadline 2/29/24 USDA - Nutritionist, deadline 3/5/24 Winrock International - Technical Director, Agriculture, Resilience & Water

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

HHS Child Development Research Fellowship Program, deadline 5/22/24 Multi-sectoral preventive interventions that address social determinants of health in populations that experience health disparities, LOI deadline 7/5/24 USDA Application Deadline, GusNIP Produce Prescription Program, deadline 2/28/24 Request for Applications, Supporting the Use of Traditional Indigenous Foods in the Child Nutrition Programs Cooperative Agreement, deadline 3/18/24

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Healthy Meals Incentives - Award application, Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards for School Food Authorities, rolling applications Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative - Applications open, IFAI Youth Summit Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - Call for papers, Special Issue, deadline 3/15/24 School Nutrition Foundation - Professional development scholarships, multiple opportunities USDA - Survey opportunity, Investing in the WIC Workforce

STUDENT & EARLY CAREER SECTION

Cancer Prevention Fellowship - NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP) Pre-Application Webinar: NCI Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, 2/27/24 @ 3:30p CDC - CDC Evaluation Fellowship Program Center for Science in the Public Interest - Multiple internship opportunities Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Information sessions, Health Policy Fellowship The Rockefeller Foundation - Summer Associate, Strategic Communications & Policy Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior - Application opportunity, SNEB Student Representative to the Board of Directors, deadline 4/15/24 Tufts University - Postdoctoral Scholar Position for Food is Medicine Initiative at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University Tufts University - Research Assistant – Delta GREENS Food is Medicine, deadline 2/29/24 UCLA Fielding School of Public Health - Application opportunity, Modelers and Storytellers: Transdisciplinary Training to Advance Community Health Intervention Research, deadline 3/11/24 UCSF - Postdoctoral Scholar, UCSF Seligman Research Team University of Arkansas School of Law - Graduate Assistantship opportunities, LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law US Gov - Multiple internships, Federal Internship Portal The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Center for Federal Executive Board (FEB) Operations - Registration open, Federal Executive Board Campus Series 2024, multiple deadlines

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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.