Center for Nutrition & Health Impact

10/19/2026

🍂 Our Fall newsletter is live!

This issue brings our theme, “Food is Medicine in Action: From Evidence to Impact,” to life through the work of CNHI and our partners. Explore how partnerships are connecting patients with nutritious food, what produce prescription research reveals about health outcomes, and how lessons from GusNIP are shaping future opportunities.

Get a closer look at the science and stories shaping the future of Food is Medicine:
https://www.centerfornutrition.org/center-newsroom/fall-2026-newsletter

10/13/2026

A statewide initiative is helping expand access to for students across Oklahoma. 🥪🍎🧃

CNHI is partnering with the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, with funding from the To***co Settlement Endowment Trust, to evaluate this work and learn how the program reaches students and communities.

Watch the video to see how partners are working together to bring school meals to more Oklahoma students: https://bit.ly/4hnVmtv

Thanks to a TSET Legacy Grant, the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is...

10/05/2026

New research from CNHI Senior Research Scientist Dr. Eric Calloway and colleagues examines the complex food insecurity experiences of low-income households that include people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). 🍏

Through in-depth interviews with 22 adults with IDD and family members of children with IDD, the study identifies how dietary needs, economic factors, food access, food preparation, and barriers to nutrition assistance can intersect to shape household food security.

Authors from the Center include Dr. Eric Calloway and Grace Stott, along with Dr. Debra L. Brucker and Dr. Hyun Ju Kim from the University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability.

Read the full study to discover how disability and food insecurity intersect: https://bit.ly/4dzlBuG

Brucker, D. L., Calloway, E., Kim, H. J., & Stott, G. (2026). Complex Food Insecurity Context Experienced by Households That Include People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/19349491.2026.2712217

10/01/2026

🍁 A new issue of the CNHI newsletter is coming this month!

We’re kicking things off by exploring the future of and the work helping to shape what comes next. Throughout the month, we will spotlight new research and partnerships, as well as the evidence behind programs working to improve access to nutritious food.

Don’t miss out! Subscribe and get the newsletter delivered directly to your inbox.
https://www.centerfornutrition.org/newsletter

09/29/2026

📣 Do you use the Diabetes Plate in your work?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

The American Diabetes Association and the Center for Nutrition & Health Impact are conducting a national survey to better understand how the Diabetes Plate is interpreted, taught, and applied across diabetes care settings.

Your feedback will help improve how the Diabetes Plate is understood, taught, and used in practice.

📝 Share your feedback by completing this brief survey: https://bit.ly/4cC2qQD

09/28/2026

📚 We’re excited to congratulate Dr. Whitney Fung Uy on her new role as a member of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Advisory Committee for Public Policy (ACPP)!

ACPP advises the SNEB Board on nutrition education-related public policy and helps shape the organization’s policy priorities and positions.

We’re proud to see Whitney bring her expertise to this important work. Congratulations, Whitney!

09/24/2026

National Fruits and Vegetables Month is a great time to highlight the recently published GusNIP Year 6 Impact Findings Report! 🥬🥒🍅

The report shares new data on the reach, outcomes, and economic benefits of nutrition incentive and produce prescription projects across the U.S.

Read the press release to learn more: https://bit.ly/4rwY6bI

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture .

GusNIP Year 6 Impact Findings Release Highlight Record Economic Impact, Improved Health Outcomes, and Expanded Reach Across the United States ------- + -------

09/22/2026

Congratulations to CNHI scientist Dr. Eric Calloway and his co-authors!

Their article, “A meta-ethnography to determine critical constructs of nutrition security,” was selected as the 2025 Best Article by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior JNEB.

This annual award recognizes outstanding research based on its importance, contribution to knowledge, innovation, research quality, and clarity of presentation.

View the article: https://bit.ly/4gHCpRb

Congratulations to the entire research team on this well-deserved award!

09/21/2026

CNHI attended the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) 2026 Annual Conference, alongside researchers and practitioners from across the field.

This year’s conference, Flourishing through Change, explored recent changes in SNAP-Ed, policy updates about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030 and SNAP waivers, using technology and artificial intelligence in nutrition research, and lessons learned from community-based programs such as produce prescriptions and health interventions.

Dr. Whitney Fung Uy shared findings from GusNIP Community Voices: Creating Journey Maps to Inform Program Evaluation Resident Phase with an audience that included several GusNIP grantees and NIFA’s Dr. Mallory Koenings. As a SNEB member since 2013, she also reconnected with colleagues and visited the National Gallery of Art with CNHI colleague Dr. Miguel Ángel López.

09/16/2026

As the season transitions from summer to fall, we are reminded of the opportunity to revisit the questions shaping public health nutrition research.

In our upcoming Fall Newsletter, we’ll take a closer look at how programs are evolving. The newsletter will feature insights from Feeding America’s Food as Medicine 3.0 initiative, research evaluating produce prescriptions for adults living with type 2 diabetes, and an inside look at CNHI’s ongoing Food is Medicine partnerships.

We’re working hard to bring these stories and more to our newsroom this October.

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