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To date, membership renewal reminders have been sent by email in order to conserve resources, but paper invoices will be mailed Jan. 12 to ensure communication with members who have not renewed. To avoid having an invoice mailed to you, please click here.
Your dues support SNEB's mission of healthy communities, food systems and behaviors. While valuing the support of organizations and companies, only 8 percent of our revenue comes from sponsorships, conference exhibitors and organizational memberships.
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Position title: Assistant Professor - Nutrition and Dietetics
Organization: Montclair State University
City and state: Montclair, New Jersey
Application deadline: Review begins immediately and continues until position is filled.
Position title: Assistant /Associate Professor, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences
Organization: University of Tennessee Extension
City and state: Knoxville, Tennessee
Application deadline: Applications will continue to be accepted after Jan. 1.
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JNEB supplemental issue on WIC — Tuesday, Jan. 10
SNEB Conference abstract first deadline — 11:59 p.m. ET Monday, Jan. 23
JNEB request for position paper authors — Monday, Jan. 30
SNEB membership renewal — Wednesday, Feb. 1
JNEB call for papers in nutrition education technology — Wednesday, Feb. 15
By Ellen Schuster, BA, MS
Think fake news is just about politics? Think again. Fake news also includes inaccurate health news and viral Facebook posts. With the introduction of the Internet, false health information, myths and urban legends were often distributed via email. Fast forward to 2016. A recent study found that 12 percent of Facebook posts about the Zika virus were misleading.
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Speakers are being finalized but SNEB has been invited to speak at the Mediterranean Diet Roundtable May 15 and 16 in Boston. The Rountable is a forum for nutritionists, importers, manufacturers, distributors and directors of different food service programs, to exchange information about diet and health in the U.S. with the goal of encouraging food choices inspired by the Mediterranean Diet. In recognition of this collaboration, Roundtable organizers are offering a $150 discount off registration to SNEB members. Use the promo code SNEBMDR here.
National Dairy Council
As a follow-up to the webinar "The Power of Protein: Quality & Quantity in Healthy Eating Patterns," the National Dairy Council has shared the following infographic on "New Wheys to Boost Protein."
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Waterman & Associates, SNEB's public policy consultant, made a $250 contribution on behalf of SNEB to So Others Might Eat, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that has served the District's poor and homeless residents for nearly 50 years.
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Vanessa White-Barrow recently became president of the Jamaica Association of Professionals in Nutrition and Dietetics (JAPINAD). Learn more about JAPIND.
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- Holly Bill, Masters of Science, University of CA, Cooperative Extension, West Sacramento, CA, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Katie Boyle, MPH, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, Communications
- Joshua Clauser, MS, RD, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, Communications
- Victoria Hawk, MPH, RD, CDE, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Greensboro NC, Communications
- Jennifer Lengyel, MS,RDN,LD, Philadelphia, PA, Nutrition Education for Children
- Shelly Palmer, Wellman, IA, Sustainable Food Systems Network
Welcome new institutional group from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
- Jody Gatewood, MS, RD, LD, Ames, IA, Public Health Nutrition
- Justine Hoover, MS, RD, LD Ames, IA, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Felicia Marable-Williams, M.Ed, Bettendorf, IA
- Katherine Moscoso, BS, Altoona, IA, Nutrition Education for Children
- Stacia Sanny, BS, Altoona, IA, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
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The series begins Feb. 6 and will be held at noon ET each Monday. Click here to view the full schedule. SNEB members can request to be registered for all 10 webinars by emailing rdaeger@sneb.org.
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With the recently expanded scope of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), we are planning a special issue devoted to nutrition education technology. Topics include but are not limited to interventions using mobile learning or web-based education, cross-sectional studies of technology use in nutrition education and behavior and novel uses of technology in the scholarship of learning. All article types normally published in JNEB will be considered. For information on manuscript preparation, visit our guide for authors. Manuscripts should be submitted through JNEB's peer-review system by Feb. 15.
Federal Register
The FDA is extending the comment period on the use of the term "healthy" in the labeling of food products to April 26 in response to requests for additional time to submit comments. The FDA also intends to hold a public meeting to facilitate further dialogue on this topic.
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Department of Agriculture
This campaign is supported by new and existing MyPlate, MyWins resources available on ChooseMyPlate.gov, which are designed such that Americans can decide where to start on the journey to healthy eating.
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House Committee on Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) unveiled a new report summarizing the committee's two-year review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Committee members heard from 60 witnesses in 16 hearings over the course of the review known as the Past, Present, and Future of SNAP.
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Department of Agriculture
In total, 15 nutrition education projects serving participants in 17 states were selected through a competitive award process that was open to tribal nations and state agencies that administer FDPIR.
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Dannon Institute Nutrition Leadership Institute
The Dannon Institute Nutrition Leadership Institute is designed to equip outstanding nutritional scientists at an early stage of their careers with the leadership skills and broad perspective necessary to achieve their professional potential. Applications are due by Feb. 10. SNEB President Mary Murimi graduated from the Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute in 2016.
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