NOPREN is a collaborative research network that informs policies and practices designed to support the equitable intake of healthy, nutritious foods. 

The network includes policy researchers and evaluators, practitioners, people representing professional organizations and community organizations, and people working in government agencies.

We seek to understand the effectiveness of policies and practices enacted at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels, and their impact on access to healthy food and water, food security, dietary intake, and health.

Visit  NOPREN 101 to learn more about the network.

Anyone who conducts academic research or participates in the implementation, evaluation, or dissemination of nutrition policies and programs (including people working in departments of public health and local non-profit agencies) are invited to participate. We highly encourage early-career researchers and practitioners to join in order to participate in our networking and professional-development opportunities.

To receive emails about the latest updates in our network, please sign up to be a part of our listserv. For more information, email [email protected].

For more information or to join a work group, contact the work group fellow or email [email protected].

NOPREN membership is what you make it! You can be involved in NOPREN as much as you'd like. As a network member, you can attend monthly state-of-the-science webinars and/or join work groups. As a work group member, you may have opportunities to engage with others and collaborate on research studies, toolkits, and other special projects as they arise. 

Products developed as part of a NOPREN work group should include the following acknowledgement. “Authors of this publication (report, survey instrument, journal article, etc.) are members of the XXX work group supported by the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). NOPREN is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U48DP006374 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and Prevention Research Centers Program. The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC or DHHS.”

For work groups that are jointly supported by NOPREN and Healthy Eating Research (Early Childhood, Healthy Food Retail & Resilient Food Systems and Nutrition), please modify the above acknowledgement to: “Members of this work group are jointly supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER)  and the Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN). HER is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; NOPREN is supported by…The findings and conclusions in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of HER, CDC or DHHS.”

If you received funding from NOPREN to support your work, please include the following funding acknowledgement: “This project was funded by NOPREN, a program of the CDC’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.”

If you are unsure whether to include an acknowledgement on your work, please contact [email protected].