Cyclospora Deep Dives, Surveillance Pricing, and More! | ELLEN’S BLOG – Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior

The Summer May Be a Time for Slowing Down, but Not When it Comes to Food

Cyclospora is still in the news and what do we know? Dr. Marion Nestle provides a deep dive and an update as well as recommendations to move forward; CIDRAP provides its assessment. And hard to believe, but a trending SM joke is about ‘Cyclospora skinny’: getting the parasite to lose weight. Read how different schools are handling the outbreak (story 1), (story 2), and (story 3). In food buying news, New Jersey puts surveillance pricing and electronic shelf labels in the spotlight as bans to both go into place (scroll down to the middle). Read how grocers see surveillance pricing and what other states have done about it. And how well did 2021’s voluntary sodium reductions do at the grocery store? Not well, according to a new study. After the rollout of the Dietary Guidelines this past spring, The Real Food Show is a new YouTube series featuring HHS Secretary RFK Jr. w/celebrity chefs preparing healthy meals under $5; a registered dietitian provides a detailed review of the information shared in the first episode. Ready for school? The July/August 2026 Today’s Dietitian provides an overview of trends and challenges facing school nutrition. Read about SNAP in the past year and more.