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SNEB
SNEB has received a resolution for consideration which has met the criteria according to the Issues and Resolutions Policy: Building a nutrition education evidence data base to support policy and planning in developing countries. A ballot was sent to all members on Monday, September 26, closing October 21. Email info@sneb.org to request a ballot be resent. A resolution is approved when at least 15 percent of the membership votes and the majority are in support of the resolution.
SNEB
 SNEB invites proposals for conference sessions and for pre- and post-meeting workshops for the 2017 Annual Conference July 20-24 in Washington, D.C. Session organizers must be SNEB members or working with a SNEB Division. Proposals are due by Friday, Oct. 7 and will be submitted online.
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Thank you to Sarah Colby for sharing a PowerPoint presentation she recently created to encourage students to become involved with SNEB. Download here.
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SNEB Journal Club 3: The Meaning of Food in Our Lives: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Eating and Well-Being
Noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3
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Speakers: Paul Rozin, PhD, University of Pennsylvania and Naomi Arbit, MA, MAPP, PhD Candidate, Teachers College. Webinar based on this journal article
Humans are biologically adapted to their ancestral food environment in which foods were dispersed and energy expenditure was required to obtain them.
SNEB Journal Club 4: Adolescent Cooking Abilities and Behaviors - Associations With Nutrition and Emotional Well-Being
Noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10
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Speaker: Jennifer Utter, PhD, School of Population Health, University of Auckland. Webinar based on this journal article
Learning to cook and having the opportunity to cook may provide a unique means for adolescents to develop life skills and contribute positively to their families. Future research examining the relationships between cooking and health may include measures beyond nutrition, such as social relationships and emotional well-being.
Using Complexity Modeling to Inform Public Health Nutrition Educators and Policy Makers
11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct, 27
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Speaker: Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Department of Geography within Michigan State University. Dr. Ligmann-Zielinska's research encompasses a broad range of modeling approaches appealing to public health policymakers.
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Position title: Professor
Organization: California State University, Sacramento
City and state: Sacramento, California
Application deadline: Review of application begins Oct. 1. Position open until filled
Position title: Assistant/Associate Professor — Food and Nutrition/Public Health
Organization: Bowling Green State University
City and state: Bowling Green, Ohio
Application deadline: Oct. 31
Position title: Assistant Professor or Associate Professor — Food and Nutrition Program
Organization: Bowling Green State University
City and state: Bowling Green, Ohio
Application deadline: Oct. 31
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By Ellen Schuster, BA, MS
If you blog, participate in social media or write articles for the public, consider highlighting health and food-related "days," "weeks" or "months" as a way to capture the reader's interest in your message. Here are some online resources to help you do that.
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| Welcome new SNEB members (since Sept. 13)
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- Terah Barrios, AS, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central FL, Orlando, Florida
- Kylee Brown, BS, LSU AgCenter, Port Allen, Louisiana, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Alisha Farris, PhD, RD, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Public Health Nutrition
- Priscilla Riedel-Cohan, MS, RDN, SNS, PriDe Performance Consulting, LLC, Houston, Texas, Public Health Nutrition
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces the launch of the USDA Branded Food Products Database, a free online resource for families, the food industry and researchers containing nutrition details on more than 80,000 name brand prepared and packaged foods available at restaurants and grocery stores.
Member Nancy Gaston served as an SNEB advisor to this project.
SNEB
2 to 3 p.m. ET Friday, Sept. 30
Join meeting online
United States: +1 (872) 240-3311
Access Code: 743-156-573
Colorado State University
Two Colorado State University faculty members and a research associate co-authored the best nutrition education article of 2015, according to a top journal in the field. Professors Susan Baker and Garry Auld and research associate Kathryn McGirr of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition won the 2015 Best Article Award from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
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SNEB
JNEB is soliciting manuscripts for a supplemental issue on breastfeeding and the WIC Program.
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SNEB
Check out the online gallery of poster artwork submitted by many of the SNEB 2016 conference presenters.
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ScienceNewsline
It's no secret that the adolescent years can be challenging: young teens have a heightened sensitivity to perceived injustice and react against authority. And their newfound social conscience and desire for autonomy can motivate many of their decisions — even food choices.
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Medical News Today
A healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years, shows a recent study from Finland. Published in the European Journal of Nutrition, the study constitutes part of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children The study involved 161 children aged 6-8 years old, and followed up on them from the first grade to the third grade in school.
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Department of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking retailer volunteers for a two-year, nationwide pilot to enable Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants to purchase their groceries online. The 2014 Farm Bill mandated a pilot be conducted to test the possibility of allowing retail food stores to accept SNAP benefits through online transactions.
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Science Daily
Having a high body mass index is a well-established risk factor for clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. (BMI is the ratio of weight in kilograms divided by the squared height in meters.)
Yet, paradoxically, the study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology involving thousands of patients in four databases demonstrated that when overweight individuals developed kidney cancer, their disease progressed more slowly and they lived longer than their normal-weight counterparts.
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BBC News
Of all the supplements on the shelves purporting to aid one part of our body or another, the most popular by a long way are those that are supposed to help our joints — and most of those contain glucosamine. In 2014, the world bought over 29,000 tons of it. So what's going on, and why do so many people swear by it?
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NCBI
Objectives: To identify banned and discouraged-use ingredients, such as ephedra, 1,3-dimethylamylamine and beta-methyl-phenylethylamine, in readily available weight loss dietary supplements within a 10-mile radius of Regis University.
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Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that up to $5 million in grant funds is available to help schools create or strengthen farm to school programs this school year. Administered by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, these annual, competitive grants will help further USDA efforts to increase locally sourced foods in America's school meals.
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Department of Agriculture
USDA has released an updated SuperTracker Nutrition Lesson Plans for High School Students. This cross-curricular nutrition education resource for teachers, schools and health educators helps students in grades 9-12 learn how to build healthy eating styles using SuperTracker, an online food and physical activity tracking tool. The tool is a reinvigorated version with new content based on the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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Leanne Brown
The average fast food meal for a family of four can easily cost around $25, while meals prepared at home can cost just a fraction of that. Dining in, instead of eating out, even one time a week can add up to real savings during National Family Meals Month and beyond.
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee will convene its second public meeting Oct. 27-28, 2016. This meeting will include an opportunity for the public to provide oral testimony to the Advisory Committee.
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