The Center for Health and Nutrition Research is funded by the Vitamin Case Consumer Settlement Fund, which was established using funds paid to settle the State of California's anti-trust lawsuit over price fixing by six vitamin manufacturers that controlled 80 percent of the world´s vitamin market. A major goal of the Center is to promote the health of Californians by identifying the roles of California fruits, vegetables and nuts in providing vitamins and other phytochemicals that can lower the risk of chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

The Foods for Health Institute (FFHI) at the University of California at Davis is a cutting edge effort to improve human health and wellness by integrating campuswide food, science, engineering and health programs with government, philanthropic foundations, industry and entrepreneurs. It builds on UC Davis´ strengths and integrates across departments, schools and colleges to actively create multi-disciplinary research programs and strategic research partnerships. FFHI interests span from agricultural and food sciences to the clinical assessment of food components.

The Program in International & Community Nutrition (PICN) of the University of California, Davis was established in 1987 to coordinate research and training activities concerning human nutrition problems of low-income countries, and of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups in the United States. In 1994, the Program became an Organized Research Unit (ORU) under the Office of Research.

International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS) Project

The mission of the WHNRC, as specified in 1980 legislation establishing the Center, was to define nutrient requirements and establish dietary recommendations that promote maintenance of optimal health; identify food constituents and dietary practices that improve function and performance; develop technology and methods to support this endeavor; and design and test strategies for nutritional intervention.

The Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is an education program for families with young children that is free to limited income residents of counties in California.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is an official journal of the American Society for Nutrition. The AJCN was founded as an independent journal in 1952, and continues to serve as the most frequently cited nutrition journal in the world, specializing in publishing the most important advances in the field of clinical nutrition. The Department of Nutrition houses the editorial office of the AJCN, which receives more than 1,000 original research manuscripts per year for critical peer review.

The UC Davis Human Lactation Center provides a focal point for communication among researchers, clinicians, policy-makers and educators to assure that the latest research-based information is made available to those working with lactating women and their infants. The center aims also to foster communication and collaboration among faculty and other professionals interested in human lactation research.

The purpose of the RIDGE program is to stimulate innovative research related to food assistance and nutrition. In particular, the program encourages identification of nutritional risk indicators (anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary) that can be used to measure the impact of food assistance programs. Proposals may also address determinants of diet and nutritional outcomes, particularly obesity, in the food assistance-eligible population. To examine the impact of food assistance, cross-sectional data often need to be complemented with case studies that explore help-seeking and food-related behaviors over time, particularly in diverse subgroups of the population. Since effects of food assistance on dietary intakes have been observed, research is needed on food patterns, as well as nutrient intakes. More research is also needed on food expenditure patterns and food security, incorporating the 18-item Food Security instrument used in the Current Population Survey.

The Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) publishes articles reporting original research, commentaries relating to human lactation and breastfeeding behavior, case reports relevant to the practicing lactation consultant and other health professionals who assist lactating mothers or their breastfeeding infants, and discussions of the business aspects of lactation consulting.

The goals of IZiNCG are to promote and assist efforts to reduce global zinc deficiency. These goals are achieved through advocacy efforts and education, and by offering technical assistance to:

1. Governments and non-governmental organizations interested in carrying out programs to improve nutritional status of specific populations
2. International or bilateral organizations that support projects and/or applied research to improve micronutrient status of populations in developing countries
3. Other organizations that have ongoing micronutrient programs, and want to incorporate zinc into the existing program