UC Davis Nutrition faculty and students recently gathered in Washington, D.C., for the 2026 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Conference, sharing research that explored how nutrition education and behavior change intersect with culture, community, food access, systems, and policy.
This month, we are celebrating World Breastfeeding Month by sharing one student's path from bench researcher to an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
For many graduate students, doctoral training focuses on generating new knowledge through research. But at UC Davis, students interested in maternal and child health have an opportunity to go one step further by learning how to translate that research into meaningful support for families.
A bag of groceries can feed a family, but it may not always feel like home. New research led by the University of California, Davis, finds that labeling foods that are meaningful to different cultures can help local pantries better serve the communities they support.
