Center for Public Health Nutrition

 

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Opportunities for Increasing Access to Healthy Foods in Washington

A report prepared for the Access to Healthy Foods Coalition
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UW and Seattle Public Schools are collaborating to improve children's health & development.
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New Research

The Case for Increasing Federal Food Subsidies in Child Care

Child care home

Home child care providers receiving higher reimbursements for food served healthier food with more protein, more whole grains and more vitamins and minerals important for child health. These findings are from a new CPHN study of child care homes participating in the US Department of Agriculture’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. April 2011. Research Brief (pdf)

News & Events

1.19.11

Government sodium targets are incompatible with rest of dietary guidelines
Adam Drewnowski finds a fundamental conflict between the very low sodium guidelines and a nutritionally sound diet. more>

1.4.12

Life Course Nutrition: Maternal and Child Health Strategies in Public Health
Donna Johnson helped develop a life course framework available through the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. The module is designed to help public health leaders describe the role of maternal and child nutrition in population health and identify actions they can take to create equitable access to healthy foods and food environments. more>


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