Western Maternal and Child Health Nutrition Partners

The WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (WIC ITFPS-2), also known as the “Feeding My Baby” Study, captures data on caregivers and their children over the first 5 years of the child’s life after WIC enrollment to address a series of research questions regarding feeding practices, associations between WIC services and those practices, and […]

October 2-5, 2018Mystic Lake Center ~ Prior Lake, Minnesota Join us for this annual conference that brings together tribal officials, researchers, practitioners, and others to discuss the current state of Indigenous and academic scientific knowledge about Native nutrition and food science, and identify new areas of work. Session topics at this year’s conference will include: • […]

Webinar – Reducing Stress to Help Baby Nurse: Addressing Latching Challengeshosted by the Indian Health Service, Division of Diabetes Treatment & PreventionDate: Thursday, April 19, 2018 | 2 pm Eastern, 11 am PacificSession offers 1 hour of CE Information about the webinar presentation:Breastfeeding is an evidence based early intervention for reducing risk for obesity and […]

A research paper co-authored by former Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) trainee, Megan Patton-Lopez, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. The study, “Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity Among Students Attending a Midsize Rural University in Oregon,” found that food insecurity was a significant issue for over […]