TY - JOUR AU - Kim, Sonia A. AU - Blanck, Heidi M. AU - Cradock, Angie AU - Gortmaker, Steven PY - 2015 TI - Networking to Improve Nutrition Policy Research T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E148 VL - 12 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - Effective nutrition and obesity policies that improve the food environments in which Americans live, work, and play can have positive effects on the quality of human diets. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) conducts transdisciplinary practice-based policy research and evaluation to foster understanding of the effectiveness of nutrition policies. The articles in this special collection bring to light a set of policies that are being used across the United States. They add to the larger picture of policies that can work together over time to improve diet and health. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150329 DO - 10.5888/pcd12.150329 ER -