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Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday April 8, 2019 Article originally appears in the March 29, 2019 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. Cuisines from other cultures are popular (read about the most popular ethnic cuisines in the U.S. @ https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/05/18/top-10-most-popular-ethnic-cuisines-in-us/). Recipes may be a good way to get people to try new foods such as fruits/veggies and plant protein. Yet sometimes an interesting recipe is daunting if you don’t have access to ingredients. Online sources, loca (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday March 26, 2019 Article originally appears in the March 15, 2019 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. If the article on grocery stores and technology wasn’t enough tech for you...here’s more coming your way. Some are being used now, some are in development. OVERVIEW **5 ways robots are changing the food industry - agriculture, processing, packaging, food delivery, cookery https://blog.robotiq.com/top-5-ways-robotics-is-changing-the-food-industry **All Sides with Ann Fisher - fascinating podcast abou (...)

Posted by: Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Wednesday March 13, 2019 Originally appears in the March issue of JNEB. Implementation science is gaining in adoption by nutrition education and behavior researchers. You probably already know this and are wondering why I bring this as a focus for this editorial. Well, although we acknowledge the growing popularity of implementation science, there are so many perspectives within this discipline that I want to raise awareness. In the Frigge et al1 article, the authors frame their research in Normalization Process (...)

Posted by: Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Wednesday March 13, 2019 Originally published in the March Supplement issue of JNEB. I am so excited to be publishing this US Department of Agriculture (USDA)- funded childhood obesity prevention work, referred to as the iCook 4-H project. This supplement represents over 5 years of outstanding collaboration,  although I am sure there were challenges that this adept team needed to overcome. As you read this supplement, pay special attention to the thoughtfulness of the planning. We sometimes overlook the format (...)

Posted by: Marissa Burgermaster on Wednesday March 13, 2019 Originally appears in the March issue of JNEB. In July 2018, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) launched the Digital Technology in Nutrition Education and Behavior Change (Digi- Tech) Division.1 Sharing SNEB’s mission and  vision with the other 11 divisions, the DigiTech Division purposefully aligns its goals and values to SNEB’s. We aim to strengthen the promotion of effective nutrition education and healthy behavior through research, policy, and practice that inc (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday March 4, 2019 Article originally appears in the February 28, 2019 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. Last year I shared some grocery store disruptors. Guess what? Here are more... **5 tech trends that will shape grocery in 2018 Interesting datapoint, 55% of U.S. households will have speakers like Alexa or Google Home by 2022 so look for grocers to hop on the voice ordering bandwagon. https://www.grocerydive.com/news/grocery--5-tech-trends-that-will-shape-grocery-in-2018/534337/ **Technologies and tr (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Wednesday February 20, 2019 Article originally appears in the February 14, 2019 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. The recent government shutdown highlighted the challenges of school lunch, especially rural districts working within tight budgets. Did you know that the first Friday in May is School Lunch Hero Day when you can recognize school food service staff? The National Education Association has School Nutrition Employee Week (first week of May). Let’s celebrate early and learn about the real world of school food s (...)

Posted by: Andrea Morris on Friday February 8, 2019 Originally published in the January 2019 issue of JNEB. As the New Year begins and thoughts of resolutions to be healthier, save more money or take a vacation fill your mind, the FNEE Division would like for you take a moment to consider a resolution about professional development.  As nutrition professionals, we seek to make the lives of others better by being healthy.  To stay true to that, we must continue to sharpen our skills and stay on top of current trends, practices, and programs. (...)

Posted by: Casey Coombs, MS, RD on Friday February 8, 2019 Originally published in the February issue of JNEB. Public health nutrition is a unique, multifaceted discipline that includes a wide range of experts in the research, policy, and programming sectors.1 A goal of the SNEB Public Health Nutrition Division is to help translate public health nutrition research into practice and policies. This translation process is essential to ensure practitioners have the tools to implement effective, evidence-based interventions that have demonstrated improv (...)

Posted by: Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Tuesday February 5, 2019 Originally published in the February issue of JNEB. I realize that all of JNEB’s readership knows that February is National Heart Health month. Most of us have taught pro- grams on lower saturated fat, lower sodium, or higher fruit and vegetable eating patterns. In 2015, JNEB published a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of the Mediterranean Diet on hypertension, reporting that a positive, significant effect was found between the Mediterranean Diet and blood pressure alth (...)