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Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday July 13, 2020 Getting started...what do we know about health disparities and systemic food injustice? (Note: A wide and complex topic such as this is difficult to address in one place and not every community is represented here). Read on.. Health disparities/health equity... What are health disparities? provides a definition and examples. Health disparities - infographics for various diseases/conditions. Social determinants of health including education, housing and income - infographics. (...)

Posted by: Jennifer Wilkins, PhD, RD on Friday July 10, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge with immediate impacts on public and economic health. It has radically changed relationships across the globe. Our personal relationships have been radically altered as we've learned to socially distance ourselves, wear face masks when walking or shopping, smile more with our eyes, and nod or wave our greetings. We're holding Zoom meetings and classes and forming exclusive social “pods” of quarantine buddies and sharing meals virtually. (...)

Posted by: Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Friday July 10, 2020 This is the time of year when we are normally getting ready to see everyone at annual conference, and to celebrate all the accomplishments. I first want to acknowledge JNEB's Best Article Award authors, Morgan McCloskey, Susan L. Johnson, Traci Bekelman, Corby Martin, and Laura L. Bellows, for their article “Beyond Nutrient Intake: Use of Digital Food Photography Methodology to Examine Family Dinnertime.”1 The Best Article Award is selected by the Board of Editors and a subcommittee of the (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Wednesday July 1, 2020 Join the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior for five days of cutting-edge research, virtual abstract presentations, live Q&A, and more! Below are just a few of the benefits of attending this premier nutrition education event: Education: The SNEB Annual Conference is consistently a great opportunity to earn continuing education credits but the new virtual format allows for even more credit opportunities. CDR – 46 total CEUs which can be viewed for credit over the next 3 (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 29, 2020 In response to the recent events SNEB has shared these helpful resources from the Food Solutions New England Network as they work to transform the food system so that it is sustainable, just and resilient: Racial Equity Challenge Resources - food systems; 21-day challenge and learning materials. I am sharing some additional resources. Books Two books that have stayed with me: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down:A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors and the Collision of Two Cul (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Wednesday June 17, 2020 The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) Statement on Addressing Racial Injustice We are heartbroken, angry and deeply saddened by the repugnant displays of police violence against Black People and other People of Color across our country. Our deeper heartbreak, anger and sadness is over the social injustice, systemic racism and lack of accountability that have long defined and divided our country. Longstanding misuse of privilege and power by individuals, institutions, and poli (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 15, 2020 When school resumes in the fall (or late summer) of 2020, school foodservice will look different. Schools, already challenged by the pandemic, will change operations. Some districts are surveying parents about re-opening schools and some are asking about school lunch. The School Nutrition Association is leading a series of Zoom meetings to help their members gear up for re-opening. Nutrition educators who teach nutrition and health in classrooms and cafeterias will want to be aware of the c (...)

Posted by: Mackenzie Ferrante, MS, RDN on Wednesday June 10, 2020 The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior's Research Division is focused on three functions: 1) engaging members in research through capacity building and networking; 2) increasing the rigor of submissions to JNEB; and 3) bringing together students and researchers to strengthen the potential of future nutrition educators. Mentorship is central to these functions, and mentors have been found to exist laterally, virtually, and among peers.1 Peer-to-peer mentoring among students and researc (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Wednesday June 3, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS (June 3, 2020) – Distinguished nutrition educators from around the world will gather in a truly global event this summer as the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior hosts its 53rd Annual Conference entirely online. Times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic make it all the more clear how important a sustainable food system is to ensure healthy affordable food at the local, national and global levels. “Charting the future of nutrition education is more important tha (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 1, 2020 For now, our focus is still on the food supply chain and how we are eating, spending our money on food and takeout. In the immediate future, will what we are eating change? Will online grocery shopping increase? In the longer term, how will the food system change? What will school meals and eating out look like? Cue up the crystal ball... Food now...a snapshot **Charting the spread of COVID-19 in the food system looks at what states have seen food processing/farm worker COVID-19 outbreaks (...)