Rebanal, Sanchez-Vaznaugh examine state and federal nutrition policies and obesity among Pacific Islander, American Indian and Filipino children

Author: Staff Writer
June 17, 2021

"Assistant Professor of Public Health David Rebanal and Professor of Public Health Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh (both affliated with Health Equity Institute), along with colleagues from J. Hopkins and Drexel Universities, published a paper in the May 24 issue of PLOS Medicine. The paper, titled “California and federal school nutrition policies and obesity among children of Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Filipino origins: Interrupted time series analysis,” is the first study to examine associations of the state and federal school nutrition policies with overweight/obesity specifically focusing on Pacific Islander, American Indian and Filipino children in the U.S. and the policy associations with racial/ethnic obesity disparities. The study provides evidence to support favorable associations of the school nutrition policies with overweight/obesity prevalence trends among these subgroups and their white peers; however large disparities in obesity remain."

Feature From: SF State's CHSS Connection Newsletter, June 2021