Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Should data on SNAP sales by retailer be available for analysis?

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The U.S. Supreme Court this week scheduled a hearing on April 22 about an important case for policies to address the adequacy of food retail...
Friday, February 08, 2019

The long road to the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, and the long road afterward

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Nutrition Today (.pdf) has published a nice history of the initial struggle to design and pass ... and the later struggle to implement ... ...
Wednesday, January 02, 2019

SSB taxes from the distinct perspectives of diverse stakeholder groups

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Previous studies found sugar-sweetened beverage taxes are cost-effective from the societal perspective. Our new article in the American Jour...
Friday, December 07, 2018

Let's see the research before reversing school lunch standards

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After years of effort to strengthen nutrition standards, based on scientific reports from the National Academies and others, leading to the...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Seeking grant proposals for research on USDA nutrition assistance programs

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The  Tufts/UConn RIDGE Program  seeks to support innovative economic research on domestic nutrition assistance programs and to broaden a ne...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

How old is the term "coconut milk"?

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In the New Republic this week, Emily Atkin reviews the renewed Trump administration interest in restricting the word "milk" on la...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Can we improve the nutrition quality of the food supply by restraining international trade?

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Because the Donald Trump administration is rolling back U.S. commitments in major trade agreements, our trading partners are retaliating wi...
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