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The deadline to renew your SNEB membership is today, Feb. 1. This will be your last issue of the eCommunicator if you have not renewed your membership. Renew now to not miss an issue of JNEB, to join one of the two new SNEB divisions, and to continue free access to upcoming webinars including the Spring Journal Club series. Renew here.
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The final deadline to submit abstracts for presentation at the 2018 Annual Conference in Minneapolis is Thursday, March 1. Submit your research related to research and/or programs that relate to behavior change and food choice today.
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The SNEB Board of Directors has been discussing strategic direction of the Society and has drafted the following purpose, vision, and goal statements. Please contribute to this effort by reviewing these draft statements and commenting on whether these goal statements accurately describe SNEB's focus areas for the next five years and if not, what changes should be made. Member comments accepted through Thursday, Feb. 1.
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 Conference will begin with pre-conference sessions and tours on Saturday, July 21 with the opening reception that evening. The opening day keynote is the morning of Sunday, July 22. Conference sessions end at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 24 with several post-conference sessions and tours on Wednesday, July 25. More program details coming soon but reserve rooms at the host hotel, the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. A student housing option is being confirmed.
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SNEB Journal Club 1: Stretching Food & Being Creative: Caregiver Responses to Child Food Insecurity
Monday, Feb. 5 | Noon - 1 p.m. EST | Register
Speakers: Christine Blake, PhD, RD, University of South Carolina & Sonya Jones, PhD, University of South Carolina
Webinar based on this JNEB article
The objective of this study was to examine the strategies and behaviors caregivers use to manage the household food supply when their children experience food insecurity as measured by the US Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module. Cross-sectional surveys including open-ended questions about strategies and behaviors used to manage the household food supply were completed with caregivers who reported food insecurity among their children (n = 746) and were analyzed using emergent and thematic qualitative coding. Caregivers use a wide variety of strategies and behaviors to manage the household food supply when their children are food insecure that are consistent with common nutrition education suggestions, including those provided through person-level SNAP-Ed. Changes to dietary quality because of food insecurity may have either positive or negative effects on dietary quality but may also have psychological implications. Application of Policy, System, and Environment (PSE) strategies like those found in the SNAP-Ed toolkit could strengthen and support individual strategies and behaviors in reaction to food insecurity.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to identify the types of strategies and behaviors caregivers use to manage the household food supply when their children are food insecure.
- Participants will be able to describe how strategies and behaviors caregivers use to manage the household food supply when their children are food insecure relate to common nutrition education suggestions, including those provided through person-level SNAP-Ed.
- Participants will be able to describe the psychological and dietary quality implications of strategies and behaviors caregivers use because of food insecurity.
- Participants will be able to describe how the Application of Policy, System, and Environment (PSE) strategies found in the SNAP-Ed toolkit could strengthen and support individual strategies and behaviors in reaction to food insecurity.
Journal Club 2: Breastfeeding is Associated with Reduced Obesity in Hispanic 2- to 5-Year Olds Served by WIC
Monday, Feb. 12 | Noon - 1 p.m. EDT | Register
Speakers: Shannon E. Whaley, PhD, PHFE WIC
This webinar will provide a forum to highlight the results of current WIC breastfeeding efforts and to discuss the impact of breastfeeding on childhood obesity among WIC participants in California. Shannon E. Whaley, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation at PHFE WIC, the largest local agency WIC program in the country, will present the work her team recently completed on a sample of over 40,000 WIC infants followed to age 4. Results suggest that every month of breastfeeding confers positive health benefits for children, as evidenced by lower rates of obesity at age 4. Ample Q&A time will be provided for audience questions and comments.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the reach of WIC to over half of all infants born in the US.
- Describe WIC program services and important links between WIC and positive health outcomes of women and children.
- Describe the role of breastfeeding in attenuating obesity rates in Hispanic children enrolled in WIC.
Extension Opportunities in Food Access & Equity, Two Part Series
Tuesday, Feb. 13 | 1 - 2 p.m. EST | Register
Speakers: Dan Remley, MSPH, PhD, The Ohio State University Extension; Amber Canto, MPH, RDN, University of Wisconsin-Extension & Alexandra Bush-Kaufman, MPH, RDN, CD, Washington State University-Extension
Food access and equity are increasingly relevant when nutrition professionals consider improving the quality of people’s diets. Many nutrition educators in Extension work within two of the USDA low-income nutrition education and obesity prevention programs, SNAP-Ed and EFNEP. The role of the built environment in the diets of Americans is more understood, and it is widely accepted that the places where people live, learn, work, play, and shop affect their food and physical activity behaviors. It is essential that participants of SNAP-Ed and EFNEP have access to nutritious foods so that direct education efforts by Extension educators are successful in improving health behaviors. The food pantry is a common setting for direct education interventions and is growing as a place for policy, systems, and environmental change. Environmental interventions within the food pantry setting improve healthy food access and equity to low-income clients who are served by SNAP-Ed and EFNEP through Extension programming. As such, the role of Extension educators has widened in the types of technical assistance and support Extension educators now provide to food pantry agencies and their clients.
Learning Objectives
- Gain knowledge and describe the differing roles Extension educators may play in partnerships with food pantries
- Compare the cost effectiveness of different food pantry based interventions related to educator time
- Describe typical needs within a food pantry agency and identify methods of successful communication for healthy food equity messages
- Compare Extension based food pantry, environmental interventions and their related evaluation models
Journal Club 3: Together We Inspire Smart Eating: A Preschool Curriculum for Obesity Prevention in Low-Income Families
Monday, Feb. 19 | Noon - 1 p.m. EDT | Register
Speakers: Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, EdD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences & Taren M. Swindle, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
This talk will examine the development, theoretical foundation, evidence of feasibility and acceptability, and effectiveness of "Together, We Inspire Smart Eating" (WISE). WISE is a research-based curriculum developed to target preschool and elementary school children attending schools serving children from low-income backgrounds. WISE includes three key components: (a) the classroom curriculum including the mascot, Windy Wise, a barn owl, (b) educator training, and (c) material/technology to educate parents.
The classroom curriculum encourages increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, fosters healthy attitudes and behaviors towards trying new healthy foods, and strengthens children's agricultural literacy. Process evaluation results will include an overview of implementation success and barriers. Outcome evaluation will include changes in educator knowledge and behavior, parent report of dietary intake compared with children not receiving WISE, and Skin Carotenoid pre/post assessment of consumption.
Learning Objectives
- The participants will review the theoretical foundation for an obesity prevention program that targets vulnerable populations as defined by lack of financial resources.
- The participants will link this foundation to the key components of the WISE curriculum.
- The participants will discuss the implementation barriers WISE presented and the team's efforts to address.
- The participants will examine the outcomes of the multiple methods outcomes assessment and recommendations for future community-based interventions.
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You can look forward to some great improvements, including free internship postings, a resume search bank, job alerts, an easy-to-use experience on mobile devices and more! Members can use code snebmem18 to access the member discount and save 50 percent on all postings. Visit jobs.sneb.org to search for jobs and find the best candidates for your positions today.
By Ellen Schuster, BA, MS
Several years ago while in a shoe store I noticed a beverage vending machine near the cash register. I began to see food and/or drink vending machines in places I wouldn't have expected such as Best Buy. Here are some other places food and drink are popping up (hint: not all examples are vending machines).
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- Sydney Carroll, Chico, CA, Research Division, Sustainable Food Systems Network
- Marissa McElrone, BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Public Health Nutrition, Sustainable Food Systems Network
- Nicholas Slagel, Department of Foods and Nutrition - University of Athens, GA, Food & Nutrition Extension Education, Public Health Nutrition
- Tori Sorenson, MPH, RD, WSU Extension, Everett, WA, Public Health Nutrition, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Brent Walker, MS, RD, Altarum, Portland, ME, Food & Nutrition Extension Education, Public Health Nutrition
- Brenda Wolford, MS, RD, Altarum, Portland, ME, Food & Nutrition Extension Education, Nutrition Education for Children
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This chart shows JNEB's CiteScore — a measure of the average citations received per document published. CiteScore values are based on citation counts in a given year to documents published in three previous calendar years, divided by the number of documents in these three previous years. In 2015, JNEB had a CiteScore of 1.83. In 2016, the CiteScore increased to 1.98. Click here for more JNEB charts and statistics.
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Purpose: To provide grants up to $500 for the development, strengthening, or evaluation of community health improvement for research, education, intervention, or service. The Mini-Grants will be one-time grants, awarded on an annual basis, limited to one community project per year per partnership. Grantees are eligible to apply again for a Mini-Grant one year from the end date of their previous Mini-Grant. The intention is to fund a wide range of projects.
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MDR
The MDR is a thought leadership conference with scientists, food industry experts, high volume food service operators nutrition & wellness experts, and opinion leaders discussing dietary trends in America. Gain a deep understanding of the health values, commercial benefits, and market trends in our dynamic, informative, and interactive event!
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APHA
The Food and Nutrition Section invites abstracts on a wide range of food and nutrition topics. In recognition of the 2018 APHA annual meeting theme, Creating the Healthiest Nation: Health Equity Now, the section is particularly interested in submissions that address the intersection of food and nutrition-related inequities and the places where people are born, grow, live, work, learn, and age.
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SBM
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) released a health policy brief in March 2015 supporting retention of the revised nutrition standards in the U.S. National School Lunch Program set by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) to promote healthy eating and improve the overall health of children.
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Department of Agriculture
USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has announced its first ever mobile application, putting critical information at the fingertips of food service professionals and making it easier for them to serve wholesome, nutritious, and tasty meals through FNS's child nutrition programs.
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WVNS-TV
Virginia Cooperative Extension, including Virginia 4-H and the Virginia Family Nutrition Program, is partnering with the Wal-Mart Foundation to provide healthy living programs to underserved youth across the state. Since 2012, the Nutrition Education Grant, through the Wal-Mart Foundation, has reached thousands of girls and boys. The $81,000 grant, running from September 2017 to July 2018, will allow for existing nutrition programs to grow and new programs in physical fitness to be launched, giving a greater number of kids access to healthy living education.
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GoodTherapy.org
Sometimes parents of obese children may be stereotyped as being less conscious of their children's eating habits. A study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior suggests the opposite is true. In the study, caregivers of children with obesity were more likely to directly command their kids to limit food intake.
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