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SNEB
 Online registration closes on July 25 but there is no penalty to register for the conference onsite. Registration opens at 4 p.m. PT Friday, July 29 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. Details online here.
By Ellen Schuster, BA, MS
As funding has tightened and accountability concerns have increased, the use of evidence-based approaches has become an integral part of nutrition education. Using health behavior/health promotion theories or selected theory constructs strengthen evidence-based approaches. Theories or models can help identify relationships among variables being studied and explain health behaviors.
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SNEB
Position title: Clinical Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Organization: Oregon State University
City and state: Corvallis, Oregon
Start date: approx Sept. 16
Posted: July 14
Application deadline: Aug. 26
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SNEB
The Power of Protein: Quality & Quantity in Healthy Eating Patterns
1 p.m. EDT Aug. 23
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Speakers:
Nancy Rodriguez, PhD, RD, CSSD, FACSM, University of Connecticut
Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N, CNS
Emerging research has demonstrated the benefits of eating higher protein diets (within the context of the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range), particularly related to sports nutrition, weight management and healthy aging. Evolving science is also beginning to examine the effects of protein quality and timing to help further refine practical recommendations to optimize consumption. Webinar sponsored by the National Dairy Council.
| Welcome new SNEB members (since July 6)
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- Lynn Boyd, MPH, CHES, Lexington, SC
- Denise Courtney, Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary and Secondary, Malden, MA
- Karen Davison, PhD, RD, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC
- Deanna East, Dietetics B.S./Education M.A., Michigan State University Extension, East Lansing, MI, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Nicole Hallissey, RDN, CDN, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Mahwah, NJ, Public Health Nutrition
- Bailey Houghtaling, MS, Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Ghaffar Hurtado, PhD, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Lauren Keeney, MS Candidate, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, International Nutrition Education
- Jenna Larsen, MS, New York City Department of Health, Queens, NY
- Nancy Mears, MS, CHES, SNS, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Stan Miller, Community Health Improvement Partners, San Diego, CA
- Cynthia Moreno, Harlingen, TX
- Michael Nicholson, Stanislaus County Office of Education, Modesto, CA
- Chris Peaslee, Shasta County WIC, Redding, CA
- Lorna Power, MPH, RD, CDN, NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY
- Kirsten Reynolds, Washington State University Extension, Puyallup, WA
- Heather Rice CHES, HealthMPowers, Inc., Norcross, GA
- Rachel Tobin, Beltsville, MD, Public Health Nutrition
- Lisa Webster, RD, Shasta County, HHSA Redding, CA
- June Wylie, AS Biological Studies & AA Liberal Studies, Murphys, CA, Public Health Nutrition
- Acacia Zambrana, MS, RD, Washington State University Extension, Everett, WA
IFMeD
 The 1st World Conference on the Mediterranean Diet took place in Milan on July 6-8 in order to revitalize the Med Diet, from a healthy dietary pattern to a healthy Mediterranean sustainable lifestyle. While attending the conference Suzanne presented a poster on the SNEB Nutrition Educator Competencies, mentioned the Competencies during a roundtable, and also during a session she chaired on Mediterranean Diet Interventions. SNEB was recognized as a conference partner.
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La Jolla Playhouse
Joanne wrote, "Should you find yourself yearning to go to the theater while in San Diego for the SNEB Annual Meeting, my daughter, Jennifer Ikeda, has a major role in a new play opening at the La Jolla Playhouse on July 26. Here are all of the details."
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SNEB
This Way to Produce: Strategic Use of Arrows on Grocery Floors Facilitate Produce Spending Without Increasing Shopper Budgets
Authors: Collin Payne, PhD; Mihai Niculescu, PhD; David Just, PhD; Michael Kelly, PhD
Interview: Collin Payne, PhD, describes how in-store marketing efforts moved shoppers to purchase healthier foods while not increasing budgets. This intervention showed that the produce spending proportion increase is possible without increasing overall spending per shopper transaction and could trigger a public health shift.
July/August 2016
Duration: 5:30
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| Announcing the Fall 2016 Journal Club
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This is the eighth in a series that JNEB is holding a Journal Club. Based on member interest, the fall series will focus on the topic of Health behaviors across the lifespan: Education, theory and policy. The series is anticipated to begin Sept. 12 and be held at noon ET each Monday.
The webinars will host nutrition education and health behavior experts who will share their research that uses education, theory and/or a policy approaches focused on improving the health of individuals across the lifespan. These informative educational workshops will provide valuable learning opportunities for participants to learn the latest hot topics in the nutrition and health field. Participants can also receive CPEs by attending these educational webinars.
Food and Drug Administration
Your rheumatoid arthritis is flaring up? A trainer at your local gym suggests a safe and easy way to treat it: a three-minute session in a freezing tank, called whole body cryotherapy. He says not only will WBC help you put an end to rheumatoid arthritis pain better than an ice bath or pack, but also promises that a couple sessions will help with depression and weight loss! Not so fast.
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MedPage Today
There are few topics more divisive in medicine than low-fat versus low-carbohydrate diets. And recently, that divide was thrown into sharp focus with the publishing of a study partly funded by the Nutrition Science Initiative, a group formed by prominent low-carb advocates including journalist Gary Taubes and Peter Attia, MD, the group's former president.
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University of Arkansas via Newswise
Marketing researchers at the University of Arkansas and their colleague at the University of Mississippi compared nutrition information labels on the front of packaged food products to understand which labels help consumers choose more healthful items. Their conclusion: It depends.
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The National Academies
"Increasing health equity and reducing health disparities requires aligning healthcare system demands and complexities with individual skills and abilities, and such alignment requires attention to the integration of health literacy, culture competency and language access," said Bernard Rosof, Chief Executive Officer of the Quality in Healthcare Advisory Group, as part of the workshop introduction.
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Secure Nutrition
The Cost of Diet (CotD) software, developed by Save the Children, analyzes the amount, combination and cost of local foods needed to provide families with a nutritious diet. The software uses linear programming to find optimal combinations of available foods that meet energy, macronutrient and micronutrient needs.
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Alliance for a Healthier Generation
The Smart Food Planner is a one-of-a-kind tool that meets the healthy meal planning needs of schools and sites that serve youth nationwide. In addition to robust product search functionality for a wide variety of healthy foods and beverages, this tool allows users to view interactive sample menus and recipes and share comments or suggestions with one another.
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UC San Diego Health
The University of California San Diego School of Medicine Center for Community Health recently received a $3.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase affordable food access to low-income community members who are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formally known as the Food Stamp Program.
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