The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) is pleased to announce the 2026 Best Article, Best Research Brief, and GEM (Great Educational Material) awards. These awards were presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior's (SNEB) 2026 International Conference, held July 29 – July 31 in Washington, DC. These awards recognize the authors of the outstanding articles in each category published in the prior year in JNEB, as judged by members of the Journal Committee and JNEB Board of Editors. Lead authors receive a monetary award, and articles are recognized on the Journal website.

Education policy instruments—including assessments, indicators, standards, contracts, financial mechanisms, and digital platforms—are not neutral technical devices. They carry ideas about education, redistribute authority, and shape how problems and solutions are understood. A scoping review of 42 peer-reviewed studies identifies six major effects of policy instruments and shows how instrument-based research can illuminate performance governance, Europeanization, and the growing influence of international, private, and intermediary actors in education policy across diverse settings.

What factors influence students’ decisions about whether they will continue to use ChatGPT for learning in the future? This was the question addressed by a new study from ELTE’s Faculty of Informatics, which used an interpretable machine learning framework to identify the factors that most strongly influence the use of generative artificial intelligence in higher education.