N. Chapman Associates, Inc. has been intimately involved in food and nutrition policy for over 30 years. 

 

 

A few of N. Chapman Associates, Inc. accomplishments include:

  • Participating in the creation of the Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health and the Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Aging
  • Initiating movement to require that schools lunches be based on the Dietary Guidelines
  • Obtained funding for SNAP Education in the Farm Bill and through appropriations
  • Planning and conducting yearly food and nutrition policy conference and seminars
  • Presenting at national and international conferences on food and nutrition policy 
  • Securing an unqualified on package health claim for commodity product
  • Writing multiple book chapters on nutrition policy development
  • Securing language in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
  • 20 years of trade association management 

 

 

Additional examples of our consulting achievements in Community & Collaboration, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Health & Nutrition Communications, and Analysis & Evaluation.

Working with the Influencers of Point of Purchase Sales

Working with the Influencers of Point of Purchase Sales

For years, the Soyfoods Association has partnered with registered dietitians, physicians and researchers, and in 2013, we began an effort to create a specific program that works with supermarket dietitians.
State and Local Initiatives Leading the Way to Better Health

State and Local Initiatives Leading the Way to Better Health

N. Chapman Associates, Inc. and its nonprofit, Advocates for Better Children’s Diets, focus on promoting nutrition and health initiatives at the local level.
Safer Approaches to Pest Control

Safer Approaches to Pest Control

N. Chapman Associates, Inc. encouraged apple processors who grew their own apples to invest in integrated pest management.
Public Policy: Health Professionals Should Be Involved

Public Policy: Health Professionals Should Be Involved

As nutrition and food policy have gained momentum at the local, state and federal levels over the past ten years, the role of health professionals and nutritionists in the debate is critical to ensure a scientific evidence basis for policy making.
Protecting Americans’ Food Security and Health: The Role of the Farm Bill

Protecting Americans’ Food Security and Health: The Role of the Farm Bill

Nancy recently reviewed the connections between SNAP and health for Nutrition Today.
Nutrition Programs Become More Culturally Sensitive

Nutrition Programs Become More Culturally Sensitive

America has always been the land of many cultures, but its nutrition advice and food offerings have been slow to adapt to the diversity of recipients of these programs.
Nutrition Education Becomes a Congressional Term

Nutrition Education Becomes a Congressional Term

Representing the Society for Nutrition Education, N. Chapman Associates, Inc. achieved three milestones that strengthened the public health value in policy.
Healthy Ties that Bind

Healthy Ties that Bind

ABCD has established well-connected multidisciplinary teams citywide and ward-wide to make referrals across disciplines and preventive and clinical services.
Healthy Body, Healthy Spirit

Healthy Body, Healthy Spirit

The Healthy Body, Healthy Spirit pilot project established an active wellness ministry with a trained health coordinator in five DC faith-based institutions that implemented nutrition and physical activity curriculum.
Funding Keeps What Americans Eat and How It Effects Health Alive

Funding Keeps What Americans Eat and How It Effects Health Alive

N. Chapman Associates, Inc. formed the Alliance for Nutrition Monitoring and advocated for and obtained increased appropriations for CDC and USDA for health, nutrition, and food surveys and analysis.
DC HEALTH Nutrition Educator Training Toolkit

DC HEALTH Nutrition Educator Training Toolkit

We worked with the DC Department of Health to design and test their Nutrition Educator Guide.
Busting Myths Through Proactive Targeted Audience Outreach

Busting Myths Through Proactive Targeted Audience Outreach

Working with the Soyfoods Association of North America, we launched a multi-faceted myth busting campaign trying to equip influencers and those people in the spotlight with the facts and tools they need to accurately educate about soyfoods - one of the most researched foods on the planet.
Building a Campaign for National Soyfoods Month

Building a Campaign for National Soyfoods Month

In April 2011, we formally introduced the National Soyfoods Month campaign, utilizing a multi-tiered promotion campaign to reach and prompt action among our target audiences.
Active Kids, Healthy Community

Active Kids, Healthy Community

ABCD has worked to offer children and adults safe, affordable places to play through dialogues, advocacy, and working groups encouraging shared use of school facilities.
2007 Farm Bill Makes Room for Health

2007 Farm Bill Makes Room for Health

The American Heart Association turned to former agriculture committee staff and public health professionals at N. Chapman Associates, Inc. to secure language in the 2007 Farm Bill.