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Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Wednesday January 20, 2021 A new year...a new beginning? There’s limited research on the success of making New Year’s resolutions stick but setting goals happens all year. Read on... What the experts say... Largest study on New Year’s resolutions says add good behaviors instead of dropping bad ones (the research article about this Swedish study - the intro includes the limited research on New Year’s resolutions). Dr. Laurie Santos on making resolutions offers a timely mindset for behavior change in thes (...)

Posted by: GetVisualz on Tuesday January 12, 2021 The following was written as a follow up to a virtual presentation and cooking demonstration at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences conference in September of 2021. Visualz (formerly Learning ZoneXpress) has successfully written and published several cookbooks over the years. The Farmers Market Cookbook, published in 2017, features simple recipes using fresh fruits and vegetables - perfect for food tastings and cooking demonstrations at the farmer’s market. (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday January 12, 2021 Does everyone has a list of 2021 food/nutrition trends? It seems so, there are more than a dozen here. As you read these 2021 trend forecasts you will see the footprint of the pandemic in many of them - in some cases  the pandemic accelerated some changes that would have occurred further down the road. Note: some trend lists rely on data analysis, others are based on observations, others rely on expert input and some are a mix. Enjoy a look at the year ahead in food/health/nutrition/fitness! (...)

Posted by: USDA on Tuesday January 12, 2021 Grouped into three sections by education level, the FNIC Nutrition and Food Safety Education section offers both lesson plans and activities appropriate for each stage of development. The Pre-School to Elementary School level lessons and activities are hands on and active ways to discover how food helps healthy bodies grow. The Middle School to High School level lessons incorporate lessons on math, science and history including lessons on reading the new food label. Lastly, the General an (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Thursday January 7, 2021 We are greatly saddened by the January 6, 2021 violent attack at the United States Capitol. Our sympathy goes out to the families of those who have died. Respect for the democratic process and honoring the vote of the people is the foundation of a functioning democracy. During these unsettling times, it is important to remember the key principles of justice. As a public health nutrition society, we champion the virtue of justice for all.   This is evidenced by the Society for Nutrition (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday December 15, 2020 Affordable gift ideas to promote health/physical activity, local food outlets, growing something at home and help break out of cooking fatigue! Happy holiday giving! Take-a-break ideas These ideas are for taking those much needed breaks. **A basket sampler of teas **A tin filled w/popcorn and DIY seasonings (Mexican cocoa, gingerbread, cinnamon sugar, coconut curry and more or vegan chili cheese). **A book about changing habits or intuitive eating or equitable and sustaina (...)

Posted by: Joanne D. Burke on Monday December 14, 2020  As 2020 closes, Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) members will remember a year unlike any other. Friends, relatives, or colleagues may be included in the sobering statistics of more than 219,000 lives lost to COVID-19.1 We have faced significant disruptions in our personal, political, economic, social, and professional ways of thinking and being. From food justice, COVID-19 justice, racial justice, climate justice, to policing justice, this year has amplified inequities rout (...)

Posted by: Susan L. Johnson, PhD on Monday December 14, 2020 The closure of US public schools during the COVID-19 public health emergency has affected up to 55 million students, 13.6% of whom come from food insecure households.1,2 In the study reported by McLoughlin et al., they remind us of the breadth of services that schools offer to children and families. 3 Not only do schools seek to educate and provide opportunities for cognitive and social-emotional growth, they also support physical growth and health, providing nutritional stability and food se (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Wednesday December 2, 2020 Cooking fatigue‘ has set in...many are tired of cooking at home, cooking for no one/themselves/family. A survey of 2,000 Americans conducted for SunBasket found that the average respondent had prepared the same dish 28 times since the pandemic began. The survey identified some familiar sources of cooking fatigue - time, prep work needed, clean-up and planning. A program associate with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Warren County suggests getting help from others especially with clean-up (...)

Posted by: Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Monday November 9, 2020 Family meals have changed quite a bit over the past 6 or 8 months. We may be eating at home more with immediate family or eating alone more often because we aren’t getting to restaurants. We may be trying more new recipes because of boredom or eating more frozen meals because of fatigue and stress. Looking back over the past year of meal-related articles brought some interesting highlights. A systematic review published in May concerning the relation between family meal frequency and dietar (...)