Hunter College  NYC Food Policy Watch

March 2016

Healthy Eating Research:  NYC Ranked Last for School Breakfast Participation...Can Breakfast in the Classroom Help? The Food and Research Action Committee released its annual report1 on February 16th, 2016 comparing school breakfast participation in 73 districts across the country for the 2014-15 school year.  New York City ranked last, with the lowest breakfast participation rate among low-income children of any major US city.  NYC has consistently ranked as one of the lowest performing school districts in FRAC's reports. (Story by Jennifer Furman)  Read more here>>>  Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series  NYC Greenmarket Turns 40:  What's in Store for the Next 40 years Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Speakers Michael Hurwitz, Director, Greenmarket   Zaid Kurdieh, Norwich Meadows Farm (Farmer)   Lynn Loflin, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House  (Buyer) Peter Hoffman, Back Forty West ( Chef ) Lorrie Clevenger - Rise & Root Farm (Farmer) Seminar will be held:  Hunter College Silberman Building 2180 Third Avenue, Auditorium New York, NY 10035 8:45am - 10:15am  Hot Coffee and a Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served Starting at 8:30am Make Sure To RSVP Soon - Seating is Limited - Event is Free RSVP The Advocate:   Interview with Michael Hurwitz,  Director, Greenmarket a Program of GrowNYC    Read more here>>> Healthy Eating Research:  The Cost of Satisfying Fruit and Vegetable  Recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines Many consumers may perceive fruit and vegetable recommendations in USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans as too expensive. ERS illustrates how a family of four can meet these recommendations on a limited budget. Read more here>>>

The Latest Food Policy News   Map: New York City's Disappearing Grocery Stores (Curbed)     Michael Pollan Has the (Food) Question We Should Be Asking Trump and Hillary (Esquire.com) [log in to unmask]+York+City+Food+Policy+Watch+March+2016&utm_campaign=Food+Policy+Watch+Feb+2016&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">How Millennials Faked the Food Movement (Medium) Bill Blocking GMO Labels Stalls In Senate, But Battle Is Far From Over (NPR)  Big Food Found Guilty in Multimillion Dollar Cover Up in GMO Labeling Fight (Ecowatch) Majority of FDA-registered food facilities now outside the U.S.(Food Safety News) How 'Ugly' Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Solve World Hunger ( National Geographic - Food) Food Policy Journal Watch  School breakfast and body mass index: a longitudinal observational study of middle school students (Pediatric Obesity)   Diffusion of food policy in the U.S.: The case of organic certification (Food Policy)   Does food retail access moderate the impact of fruit and vegetable incentives for SNAP participants? Evidence from western Massachusetts( Food Policy)      AutoDietary: A Wearable Acoustic Sensor System for Food Intake Recognition in Daily Life (IEEE Sensors Journal) 10-minute urine test can measure specific compounds from food consumed (Georgetown University Medical Center) Impacts of classifying New York City students as overweight (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)  Effects of a mindfulness-based weight loss intervention in adults with obesity: A randomized clinical trial (Obesity)  A ten percent price change could prevent heart disease and death (American Heart Association Meeting Report Abstract P280)  Resources from the Event:  Labels Decoded Finding Meaningful Labels In A Sea Of Marketing Claim Here is the ppt slides from the event:  Read more here>>>  New York City Food Policy Watch is the monthly e-newsletter of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. We keep an eye on food policy in New York City and on urban food policy around the nation and the world. We also provide updates on our own policy analyses and research activities and on the food policy activities of City University of New York faculty, students and staff.   To subscribe to our newsletter click here >>>

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