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Posted by: Mary Beth Anderson, Learning ZoneXpress on Monday August 6, 2018 Thanks to everyone who joined the Learning ZoneXpress team for the Dialogue Now session, “Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign!” at the 2018 SNEB Conference in our home state of Minnesota. For those of you who missed it, Learning ZoneXpress consults with clients worldwide to create customized, high-impact signs with images and messages to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Custom banners, posters, shelf signs, lawn signs, and supporting handouts are used in all kinds of settings from s (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Thursday July 26, 2018 Article originally appears in the July 19, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. The USDA discontinued SuperTracker on June 30, 2018. Begun in 2011, SuperTracker had 27 million users including registered dietitian nutritionists, students and others. Functionalities included tracking daily food and physical activity as well as analyzing recipes or menus. Why was the tool discontinued? USDA recognized that currently there are many available tools. More @ https://www.choosemyplate.gov/supertr (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Thursday July 5, 2018 Article originally appears in the July 5, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. Multiple social media (SM) platforms are new opportunities to reach new audiences...AND more work. Do not despair, it doesn’t have to be that way. What is repurposing? Reformatting existing content so it can be used in different ways or for different audiences. Consider ways to repurpose your online content effectively and more easily for use across many platforms with the ideas and resources below. **10 way (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Monday July 2, 2018 The App Quality Evaluation tool (AQEL) allows nutrition professionals to quantitatively evaluate apps. This evaluation is helpful when deciding which apps might be most appropriate for your clients or program audiences.  This validated tool provides a method of scoring apps based on the following areas: Behavior Change Potential Support of Knowledge Acquisition Skill Development Function App Purpose In addition to these 5 scores, 2 additional scores are calculated based on t (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 25, 2018 Article originally appears in the June 21, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. There are many articles about the changing food environment. This one focuses on three aspects of a changing food environment that caught my attention recently: 1) a dizzying array of food flavors especially in the snack food sector (consumers demand individualization/customization of their food with more flavor choices); 2) food availability in more and more venues as the line between meals and snacks blurs; an (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Monday June 18, 2018 The SNEB 2018 Annual Conference is just a few weeks away and we are excited to see everyone in Minneapolis! We recorded a 30 minute webinar this week to help you prepare for your conference experience. You can view the recording here. Have a question not answered in the webinar? Send an email to info@sneb.org. (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 11, 2018 Article originally appears in the June 7, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. If you’re not familiar with alternative meats it’s time! After all, White Castle recently offered one - the Impossible Burger - this past April at some locations. Before starting, here are a few terms... **Cellular agriculture - producing agriculture products from cells in a lab **Lab-grown meat/clean meat/cultured meat - meat produced from animal cells ‘grown’ in a lab Background/major ‘players (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday May 29, 2018 Article originally appears in the May 24, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. When I read about a new nut butter alternative (chickpea) it prompted me to dig a little deeper. Not so long ago there was peanut butter - creamy or chunky. Now, in response to food allergies and our desire to have oodles of flavors/choices, behold the nut butter aisle. You’ll see at least 5 kinds of nut butters (more depending on where you shop or if you shop online), different flavors (chocolate, cinnamon rai (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday May 15, 2018 Article originally appears in the May 10 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. As nutritionists we talk a lot about food...to people, to groups. Sometimes we conduct a food demo and could use some ‘patter’ to keep the audience interested. Or maybe we want to keep current on new cookbooks or food trends. Podcasts to the rescue! The Splendid Table and The Sporkful are two podcasts that have been around awhile but here are some ‘new’ podcasts you may not have heard of. Some are ‘expert-dri (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday April 30, 2018 Article originally appears in the April 26, 2018 issue of the SNEB eCommunicator. I remember the first time I told my parents that I wouldn’t be joining them for dinner because I wasn’t hungry. Their reply? But it’s TIME for dinner. My approach to eating has served me well over the years - eating when hungry and eating s-l-o-w-l-y - I am usually the last person at a table to finish eating. In this article I look at Intuitive/mindful eating and body positivity and provide some resources (...)