December 2024

Mitigating Harms of Digital Food Marketing to Children: Evidence and Policy Recommendations

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST This Healthy Eating Research webinar will highlight findings from a recently released HER expert panel report focused on reducing the impact of digital food marketing on children aged 2-17. Speakers will provide an overview of the panel process; literature review findings and research gaps; recommendations resulting More

August 2024

Ultra-Processed Foods: State of the Science and Implications for Policy

Thursday, September 26, 1:30-3:00 PM EST This Healthy Eating Research webinar will explore the controversial topic of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Panelists will provide an overview of the most common UPF classification system; delve into the potentially addictive nature of UPFs; and discuss the motivations and mechanisms for regulating foods based on their level of processing. More

May 2024

2024 HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students

The goal of the fifth annual Summer Speaker Series for Students is to explore various public health nutrition topics related to food and nutrition security, federal nutrition assistance programs, and nutrition equity through research, policy, and practice. Each week will feature presentations from speakers across different public health sectors on the fundamentals of the topic More

April 2024

Incorporating Equity Messaging into Nutrition Research and Policy

Wednesday, May 15 11:00 AM -12:30 PM ET This Healthy Eating Research webinar explored some of the challenges experienced when having conversations about equity in nutrition research and policy-making and share strategies for overcoming these challenges. It incorporates Finding Commonalities and Solutions With Decision-Makers, a tool for understanding conservative decision makers’ values, motivators and needs. More

December 2023

Front-of-Package Food Labeling: Global Adoption, Implementation, and Challenges

This Food Labeling Working Group webinar focused on global adoption of front-of-package labeling, featuring perspectives from: Lilia Susana Pedraza Zamora (Mexico) – Centro de Investigación en Nutrición y Salud Fernanda Mediano Stoltze – (Chile) – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Luis Fernando Gomez and Mercedes Mora Plazas (Colombia) – Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá & National More

September 2023

Writing Effective Op-Eds: A Training for Researchers

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 12:00-1:30 PM EST Op-eds are an important communications channel for participating in timely discussions of issues of interest to the public and policy makers. Researchers can use op-eds to share their research findings and perspectives on current issues related to their work. In this webinar, participants will learn about the role More

August 2023

Being Who We Say We Are – Negotiating Power and Building Relationships in Food Systems Research

Monday, September 11, 2023 1:00-2:30 PM EST When conducting research, a relationship with the community in which we work is vital to success. In this webinar, panelists from Durham, North Carolina will discuss the challenges and successes experienced in re-envisioning relationships between institutions and communities, local issues impacting Durham’s food systems, opportunities for changing health More

June 2023

HER NOPREN Summer Speaker Series for Students

About the Summer Speaker Series for Students: The goal of the fourth annual Summer Speaker Series for Students is to explore various public health nutrition topics related to food and nutrition security, federal nutrition assistance programs, COVID-19 implications, and nutrition equity through research, policy, and practice. Each week will feature presentations from speakers across different More

December 2022

Webinar: Is Front-of-Package Food Labeling Finally Here? A Panel Discussion on Policy, Research, and Advocacy

Front-of-package labeling on food products is a promising policy to inform consumers and promote healthy diets. In August 2022, three organizations submitted a citizen’s petition asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement a mandatory interpretive front-of-package nutrition labeling system for packaged foods and the White House national nutrition strategy includes plans to More

August 2022

Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids Webinar Series

During Kids Eat Right month in August, Healthy Eating Research is supporting a free webinar series through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation on “Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids.” HER’s Deputy Director, Megan Lott, MPH, RDN, and Research Analyst, Kirsten Arm, MPH, RDN will be presenting on the beverage consensus recommendations for young children that More