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Posted by: Lauren Haldeman, PhD on Friday January 5, 2024 as published in the January 2024 issue of JNEB  by Lauren Haldeman, PhD, JNEB Editor in Chief As I begin to write this editorial to start 2024, I can't help but look back at my first complete year as the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB). I knew I was walking into a very big role with lofty expectations, but I had no idea the impact this position would have on me personally as well as professionally. I have been a member of the Society for Nutrition (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Friday January 5, 2024 as published in the January 2024 issue of JNEB Virginie Zoumenou, Jenn Mampara, Chanda Robinson Banks, Tambra Stevenson, Daniel W. Thomas Introduction In our continuous quest for a fair and sustainable food system, the recent panel discussion at the 2023 SNEB conference, titled "Cooking Up Empowerment Ingredients for Food Citizens Transformation," provided valuable insights and inspiration. These discussions emphasized the critical elements, such as the United Nations-endorsed right to (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday January 5, 2024 By  Ellen Schuster, MS Coming soon…2024 food/nutrition/fitness trends. Now is a good time to look back at 2023 and what took up much of our attention (Ozempic anyone?). How many will be around in 2024? Snapshots…looking back at 2023… The year of Ozempic https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-year-of-ozempic  looking back @ SNAP from a grocer perspective (https://www.grocerydive.com/news/2023-snap-retail-grocery-supermarket/703182/ top 2023 recipes from Google (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday December 16, 2023 By  Ellen Schuster, MS As always, the list starts small and grows. Read about interesting news about buying food one grocery alerts shoppers digitally when fresh-picked produce arrives at stores, the price of eggs is the top Google 2023 search in every state), subscription services is the price of convenience worth it?) and health weight loss drugs continue to make news with Oprah and poison control center calls, House passes bill to allow whole milk in schools, Latino food insecurity data a (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Saturday December 16, 2023 by Alexandra MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN When I applied to be the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) Mentored Editor, to say I had a vague idea of what the position entailed would be outright generous. While I had previous experience publishing in and reviewing for JNEB, how manuscripts moved through the editorial process was largely enigmatic. What I came to learn was far richer and more complex than I had imagined and has instilled a profound appreciation for the thoughtful (...)

Posted by: Sara Elnakib, RD, MPH, CHES on Saturday December 16, 2023 by Sara Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RDN; Ricardo Kairios, MS; Laura Vollmer, MPH, RD Engaging in Advocacy The Advisory Committee on Public Policy (ACPP)1 is a committee of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) that focuses on food, nutrition, and health policy at the national and state levels. Membership for this committee is open to all and is a great place for SNEB members to hone their policy and advocacy skills. SNEB members have an important role to play in supporting the d (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday December 2, 2023 Weight loss drugs continue to pop up in the news as does the focus on food costs and there climate change, SNAP and physical activity are also in the news. And a new online tool tracks the crops that are grown in your county - where they come from and where they go to. In the news… Is this a joke? Nope. Subway is bringing footlong cookies to their menu in January: nutrition info not yet available https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/subway-footlong-cookie-rcna127189. FTC warns food inf (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Saturday November 18, 2023 Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, EdD, RDN, Alyshia Gálvez, PhD While we are joined as co-authors of this piece, the two of us met each other in a different context: as journal associate editor and prospective author. Both of us are committed to interdisciplinary work (Pamela is a nutritionist and qualitative researcher within an interdisciplinary health science department, while Alyshia is an anthropologist with a primary appointment in an ethnic studies department who largely collaborates with c (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Saturday November 18, 2023 Wendy J. Dahl, PhD, RD; Sayaka Nagao-Sato, MSc, RDN; Christina Riccardo, EdD, RDN Culinary Medicine (CM), which combines food, cooking, and the science of medicine1 for the management of chronic disease conditions, is an emerging practice area for health professionals, particularly physicians.2 Culinary skills and food-disease-related knowledge are enhanced by CM training3; however, there is much to learn regarding optimal program outcome measures.4 What cannot be gained from a CM program i (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday November 17, 2023 The upcoming holiday weekend is an opportunity for some nutrition-related reading, listening to podcasts or viewing online content we might not have time to otherwise. Enjoy! Reading… ***USAToday’s 5-part series on diabetes in America: Part 1 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/10/01/type-2-diabetes-prevention-progress/70768126007/; Part 2: diabetes in MS https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/10/01/diabetes-runs-deep-in-rural-mississippi/70769018007/; Part 3: (...)