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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Join Healthy Food America and the University of Washington, the UCONN Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health, and the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law to learn about the results of a new report that identifies effective legislative mechanisms for dedicating and allocating sweetened beverage tax revenues for specific health More