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SNEB's Nutrition Educator Competencies have been drafted by a task force of SNEB members with input from relevant outside organizations. Before being submitted to the SNEB Board of Directors for final approval, the membership is asked to provide feedback. Please use the comment space before Oct. 15. When commenting, please indicate which section and number your comment pertains to (ie. Nutrition across the Life Cycle — point 2.)
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SNEB Journal Club 4: Test-retest reliability; internal consistency
Noon EDT Monday, Oct. 19 | Register
Presented by Suzanne Baxter, Ph.D., RD, LD, FADA, FAND, University of South Carolina; Albert F. Smith, Ph.D., MS, Cleveland State University
What's Shaking? Creative Ways to Boost Flavor with Less Sodium
2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 22 | Register
This webinar is intended to inform nutrition educators on the science and rationale behind sodium moderation for parents, caregivers and children. Presenters will also share popular resources that provide practical, hands-on advice to moderate sodium intake, including culinary tips and techniques to enhance flavor with less sodium in meals at school as well as in homes and in the community.
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Journal Club 2: Test-retest Correlations; Construct Validity (Oct. 5)
Journal Club 1: Face and Content Validity, Cognitive Interviews with Children, and Measurement Sensitivity (Sept. 28)
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- Laura Balis, MS, University of Wyoming, Lander WY, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Jeanette Bronée, CHHC, Path for Life, New York, NY, Food & Nutrition Extension Education
- Cheryl Jackson Lewis, MPA, RD, LDN, Alexandria, Virginia, International Nutrition Education
- Claire Uno, MLIS, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, New York, New York, Sustainable Food Systems Network
- Alicia White, MS,RD, USDA Food and Nutrition Service Springfield, Virginia, Nutrition Education for Children
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- Priscilla Connors, Ph.D., RD, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, Sustainable Food Systems Network
- Beth Hartell, MS, Seattle, Washington, Nutrition Education with Industry
- Siew Sun Wong, Ph.D., Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, International Nutrition Education
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As part of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign, Cooking Matters is a free program that helps families shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget. Wal-Mart, the national sponsor for Cooking Matters, makes this program possible. And now there is funding available to help these efforts succeed. Organizations interested in providing Cooking Matters at the store tours may apply for a grant to help support their efforts. Visit www.cookingmatters.org/grants for more information.
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The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) recognizes ad hoc reviewers and authors for their contributions to the scientific literature through their work with JNEB. Thank you to our recipients of Reviewers of Excellence; Platinum, Gold and Silver Authors; Best Article Awards; and Best GEM Awards.
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An Online Workplace Healthy Lunchbox Challenge for Adults
Sample promotional materials used in Bring a Healthy Lunch Box to Work Challenge
Department of Agriculture
Last year, researchers in Wisconsin published an article in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior assessing the effectiveness of farm to school programs in their state in increasing students' fruit and vegetable intake. They found that students grades three through five participating in farm to school activities had better attitudes toward and greater willingness to try fruits and vegetables.
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Volume 47, Issue 5 — New Resource Podcasts
Shirley quickly summarizes the New Resource, Understanding Nutrition. For the full written review, see the New Resources collection.
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Cell Press via EuerkAlert!
Falling levels of polyamines, compounds present in all living cells, cause circadian rhythms to slow down in older mice, reports a study published Oct. 8 in Cell Metabolism. This effect was reversed by dietary supplementation with a type of polyamine called spermidine, which is abundant in foods such as soybeans, corn, green peas and blue cheese. No studies have yet been conducted in humans.
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International Osteoporosis Foundation via EuerkAlert!
Whether you're young or old, the right nutrition can make a difference to your bone health and influence your ability to live an independent, mobile, fracture-free life into your more senior years. That's the key message of a new scientific review published today in the journal Osteoporosis International by leading bone and nutrition experts, in anticipation of World Osteoporosis Day on Oct. 20.
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The National Academies Press
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has several provisions that could greatly improve the behavioral health of children and adolescents in the United States.
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Concensus Action on Salt & Health
New research by Action on Sugar has revealed the shockingly high and unnecessary levels of free sugars found globally in sugar-sweetened soft drinks and is now calling for all international drink manufacturers to unite in setting sugar reduction targets immediately.
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WHO
WHO Evidence and Programme Guidance (EPG) Unit in the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development is calling for expressions of interest from external experts to be part of the Guideline Development Group for Nutrition Actions 2015-2017.
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Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the availability of up to $16.8 million in funding to help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increase their purchases of fruits and vegetables. This is the second round of awards to be made under the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program created by the 2014 Farm Bill. USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will administer the grants.
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Think Progress
The U.S. veteran obesity rate has reached 80 percent, surpassing that of the general population. The Department of Veterans Affairs says more than 165,000 veterans who use its healthcare services have a body mass index higher than 40, a threshold that interferes with basic physical functions and leads to chronic illness.
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CDC
Approximately 34 percent of children eat fast food daily, and kids get 12 percent of their overall calories from fast food restaurants, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. Researchers also found that Asian children had significantly lower caloric intake from fast food compared with white, black and Hispanic children.
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Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference
April 25-29, 2016
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista | Orlando, Florida
The 26th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference brings together more than 600 professionals with a passion for health promotion — individuals who represent the most successful programs in workplace, clinical, educational and community settings.
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The New York Academy of Sciences
Thursday, Nov. 19
The General Assembly of the United Nations' proclamation of 2016 as the "International Year of Pulses" focuses attention on pulse crops, such as beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas.
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