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 - Follow news and updates from the Annual Conference at #SNEB2015 on Twitter.
- Speaker handouts will be posted as received here.
- It's not too late to register — simply visit us at registration beginning at 5 p.m. Friday.
SNEB
Rethink Your Drink: Implementation and Evaluation of a Multi-Level Intervention Targeting Sugar Sweetened Beverage Intake
Noon EDT Tuesday, Aug. 18 | Register
This session will provide a background on the need for efforts targeting sugar sweetened beverage intake. Details on the design of the social marketing campaign, methods for targeting low income audiences, reach of the campaign and design and implementation of direct education efforts will be described. The research design and results of a phone based, survey evaluation of SNAP participants in targeted vs. untargeted areas on their awareness and intent to change sugar sweetened beverage consumption will be presented. Finally, presenters will lead participants in a discussion on the implications of the evaluation on future marketing and direct education efforts. This session sponsored by the SNEB Social Marketing Division.
Click here for more webinars.
SNEB
If you missed the online meetings for the Communications, Healthy Aging, Higher Education, Social Marketing or Weight Realities, those recordings and minutes are now online. If you'd like to get more involved with your division, check out the volunteers opportunities available.
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SNEB
The fall Journal Club series will look at Survey Design and Validation in Nutrition Education and Behavior Research. Presenters include Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, Ph.D., RD; Patricia Markham Risica, DrPH, RD; Brett A. Wyker, MS; Anna Jones, Ph.D.; Julie A. Wright, Ph.D.; Erikka Loftfield MPH; Rosa K. Hand, MS, RDN, LD; and Jayna M. Dave, Ph.D.
These one-hour webinars, conducted at noon EDT on Mondays, will provide valuable learning opportunities for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of creating and validating surveys. Participants also earn CPE by attending. If you would like to be registered for the entire fall webinar series, email rdaeger@sneb.org.
The New York Academy of Sciences
Friday, Oct. 16
Well-informed nutrition policy decisions which consider scientific evidence should strive for effective policies that improve health outcomes on a large scale. This one-day conference will focus on emerging research methodology, how to interpret research outcomes and how these can be used to inform policy. Speakers will address:
- Methods for building an evidence base — what is new in nutrition policy research?
- How to move from evidence to policy, using real-life examples of policy unfolding
- Science or spin: Media personalities tasked with covering nutrition science and policy
More information is available here.
Join the conversation on Twitter: #NutrIYOP
TIME
For decades, there's been a steady line of literature welcomed by anyone who enjoys a regular drink or two: that moderate drinking can actually protect you from having a heart attack by keeping your vessels clear and relatively plaque-free. But there's another set of data that shows too much alcohol can start to poison the heart. So where does the line between good-for-you and bad-for-you lie?
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TOPS
The Technical and Operational Performance Support (TOPS) Program announces that the USAID Office of Food for Peace has granted TOPS a two-year extension until August 2017.
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Department of Agriculture
The USDA's What's Shaking? Creative Ways to Boost Flavor with Less Sodium initiative pulls together and inspires schools, parents, community members and partner organizations to reduce sodium in school meals. Creative Ways to Boost Flavor with Less Sodium Infographic for School Nutrition Professionals is available here.
FoodSafety.gov
Food recall! You hear about the latest recall on the news, and you realize that it's a product you have in your pantry.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison via EuerkAlert!
A diet that starves triple-negative breast cancer cells of an essential nutrient primes the cancer cells to be more easily killed by a targeted antibody treatment, scientists report in a recent study. The study was published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
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Elsevier Health Sciences via EuerkAlert!
Admitting that you have a weight problem may be the first step in taking action, but a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that an increasing number of overweight adolescents do not consider themselves as such. When dealing with self-perception, many factors may come into play.
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ConscienHealth
After sorting through a range of new drugs, surgeries and medical devices for obesity care, the California Technology Assessment Forum (CTAF) voted unanimously yesterday that bariatric surgery offers a net health benefit for people with diabetes and a BMI between 30 and 35.
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HealthDay News via U.S. National Library of Medicine
Weight loss is considered a major health goal for people who are obese, but the reality is that few reach a normal weight or keep any lost pounds off, a new study shows. In any given year, obese men had a 1-in-210 chance of dropping to a normal weight, according to the study, which tracked over 176,000 obese British adults. Women fared a bit better: Their odds were 1 in 124, the study found.
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BMJ
Regular consumption of sugary drinks was linked to onset of Type 2 diabetes independent of obesity, and fruit juices and no-calorie artificially sweetened drinks didn't appear to be any healthier, in a new review.
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Department of Health & Human Services
On July 13, the White House Conference on Aging was held in Washington, D.C., to discuss issues affecting older Americans. In case you missed it or want to learn more, you can check out the WHCOA blog posted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Also, you can check out this MyPlate tip sheet for choosing healthy meals as you age.
The New York Times
Since the publication of the federal government's 1980 Dietary Guidelines, dietary policy has focused on reducing total fat in the American diet — specifically, to no more than 30 percent of a person's daily calories.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
A 20-year retrospective study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and published in the July 2015 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, suggests that kindergarten students who are more inclined to exhibit "social competence" traits — such sharing, cooperating or helping other kids — may be more likely to attain higher education and well-paying jobs.
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Idaho Press-Tribune
What are the basics of healthy eating? How can you stretch your dollar by managing your limited budget? Do you know how to safely increase your physical activity? Look no further, because Eat Smart Idaho is here to provide nutrition and physical activity education for low-income Idahoans.
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NCBI
The rise in the rate of obesity in school-aged children, adolescents and young adults in the last 30 years is a clear healthcare crisis that needs to be addressed. Despite recent national reports in the United States highlighting positive downward trends in the rate of obesity in younger children, we are still faced with approximately 12.7 million children struggling with obesity.
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