DeAnna Nara

Senior Policy Associate @CSPI. PhD. HU Alum. Licensed Nutritionist. Clinical Herbal Medicine Practitioner. Yoga Lover. Views are my own. #FoodisMedicine 🍎🕉📚

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

Turn heavy inner pressure into forward momentum. Instead of being trapped in endless nervous thoughts, channel that energy into learning, practicing and every tiny forward move.⬛Nuts for gifts Gifts wrapped

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

Elegant dining brings a subtle, heartfelt, and significant quality to life. Each carefully crafted dish contributes a distinctive richness to our existence.🧇Apricot Compote The apricot has an orange hue.

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

I'm seated in the café, enjoying my Hong Kong-style milk tea while observing the baristas craft the beverages. Their expertise and accuracy shine as they employ time-honored techniques to achieve ideal taste. This offers a wonderful opportunity to engage with a slice of Chinese

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

The wine was brought to the table, and the waiter filled their glasses before leaving them to browse the menu. Clara took a sip, the smooth, full-bodied liquid easing its way down her throat and soothing her anxiety—not that she truly required it, since being in Eli’s company

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

🧭Denim around the hips, blended cherry and apple nectar. You don’t need big, flashy leaps to consider yourself accomplished. Steady, small gains every day are all it takes to set you apart from the person you used to be.

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

I leisurely press the gas pedal as the deserted road opens up before me, welcoming and serene. Rolling down the glass, I let the crisp dawn wind brush against my face. With my go-to tracks humming through the speakers, I murmur the lyrics to myself, savoring the sense that every

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

Thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining @JohnsHopkinsSPH as an @AmericanHealth Fellow this Fall! This full scholarship will provide world-class training, expand my public health skills, and bring @CSPI into a national network of partners. https://t.co/dbgCreSFpJ

[Center for Science in the Public Interest @CSPI]

Join us for a CSPI Facebook livestreaming event! Tomorrow at 3:30pm EST, community leaders and youth advocates are gathering to present New York food policies which advance health and equity and help protect our children from predatory marketing. @SenatorMyrie @KarinesReyes87

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

@AshNic_Drph Thank you Ashley 🥰

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

WE DID IT!

[Center for Science in the Public Interest @CSPI]

🎉VICTORY 🎉 The Sweet Truth Act has been passed by the New York City Council, requiring warnings on all menu items at chain restaurants that contain more than a day’s worth of added sugars.
https://t.co/aGoHd4xMM7

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

Extending that huge thank you @KeithPowersNYC and @Lynn4NYC !!

[IPHN @IPHNetwork]

Added sugars in NYers’ diets are a major contributor to diet-related diseases - like type 2 diabetes & heart disease. Thank you @KeithPowersNYC, @Lynn4NYC & the 36 (!) other Council co-sponsors for requiring chain restaurants to post added sugar warning labels.

[Bronx Health REACH @BxHealthREACH]

Dr. DeAnna Nara, Senior Policy Associate, Center for Science in the Public Interest shares bills passed and bills being introduced to address the dangers of devisive food labeling and marketing. #BHRFoodSummit

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

Excited to be speaking tomorrow! Catch me on the panel “Knowing what’s in your food: Bringing nutrition education to the community”
Register at the link below:

[Bronx Health REACH @BxHealthREACH]

REMINDER - if you have not yet registered, please join us on THURS Join Us 9/14 for The Bronx Responds: One Year After the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health from Local to National Policies and Back. https://t.co/UJ659D1LaO #Not62

[NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 @SenatorMyrie]

This morning I'm standing with #ProspectHeights tenants who are fighting an attempt to strip rent protections from their apartments.

The reason? "Improvements" allegedly made four decades ago. 🙄

We're demanding @NYSHCR reject this application and protect these tenants.

[Center for Science in the Public Interest @CSPI]

We love to see it! Let's keep up the push to pass in the Assembly 👏👏 @IPHNetwork #PredatoryMarketing #PMPA #nyleg

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

And we are grateful for your leadership and endless determination to protect NY children; proud to stand with you @SenatorMyrie

[NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 @SenatorMyrie]

I'm so grateful to the coalition that helped carrot this bill over the finish line- @CSPI, @tcahnyc, @1199SEIU and many others! And to our Assembly sponsor @KarinesReyesNYC.

Let's get this done! 🥕

[NYS Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie 米维 @SenatorMyrie]

Started as a carrot, now we're here...

I'm so proud that tonight the Senate passed the Predatory Marketing Prevention Act (PMPA)! This bill bans deceptive food product marketing aimed at kids, who are especially vulnerable to ads for unhealthy food. 1/3

[New York State Senate @NYSenate]

#NYSenate Bill S213B, sponsored by @senatormyrie, passed (51-11, unofficial). Relates to food and food product advertising:
https://t.co/48aoF6H415

[DeAnna Nara @DeAnnaNara]

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[Aviva Musicus, ScD @AvivaMusicus]

Our new study led by @JenFalbe found that added sugar warnings on restaurant menus can change behavior and improve knowledge @DesireeSigala @RobertoCA @SarahSorscherDC @DeAnnaNara @MarissaGHall @HSPHnutrition @HarvardChanSPH @CSPI @AmJPrevMed
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