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Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday January 31, 2023 In just a few years everyone now seems to have joined the future casting food and drink trend bandwagon. One article suggests it’s due to the availability of consumer data from e-commerce and social media which makes it easier to track consumer food habits and peak at next year’s trends. My takeaway: trends are ‘fun,’ yet they also reflect changes in food habits and the food environment; trends are a ‘heads up’ as we communicate to/connect with/educate the public. A last look (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Monday January 30, 2023 Philadelphia, January 25, 2023 – In continuing efforts by the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) to improve the health of individuals, communities, and food systems globally, the Society has updated the competencies that are essential for nutrition educators to be effective. The rationale and evidence-base for these competencies are presented in a position paper in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, and includes the "what,” "why," and "ho (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday January 13, 2023 As we begin 2023 we look back and forward: U.S. life expectancy drops largely due to COVID and drug overdoses but health-related conditions such as heart disease also figure into decreased life expectancy  (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220831.htm). Inflation has taken a big bite out of budgets: when it goes up health outcomes fall as people choose between everyday costs and those that support health such as medication, healthy food and gym memberships (h (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Tuesday January 3, 2023 SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dairy Council of California, a leader in nutrition education and advocacy, announced today that Amy DeLisio will be the organization’s new CEO. DeLisio succeeds Tammy Anderson-Wise. After 25 years of service to the Dairy Council of California, Anderson-Wise has chosen to retire. The transition will happen in early 2023. DeLisio is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in public health from the University of Southern California (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday January 3, 2023 The New Year often comes with resolutions to eat better or be more active. Many may find this New Year challenging when eating out or choosing options at the grocery due to the examples below. Alternatively, there are better-for-you options and new FDA guidance for online delivery services. Finally, my suggestions of affordable holiday gifts that support good health this New Year - and all through the year! Here’s to a healthy and happy 2023! Eating out… There’s how much caffei (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Ellen Schuster, MS on Thursday December 15, 2022 Families with limited resources are being squeezed on all sides. Overall inflation has slowed yet food prices increased over the past year for different foods/categories of food (https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/business/grocery-prices/index.html) and many companies raise prices and reap profits (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/business/food-prices-profits.html). Vegetables: 90% increase in cost compared to November 2021 due to drought, the cost of water (https://www.fooddive.com/news/d (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Sara Elnakib, RD, MPH, CHES on Wednesday December 7, 2022 In October 2022, the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) was invited to participate in the historic in-person White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This bipartisan event was attended by nearly 600 people from multiple sectors and different levels of government, including Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Ambassador Susan Rice, Congressmember Jim Mc- Govern, Senator Mike Braun, and Senator Cory Booker, as well as leaders in the industry, higher education, an (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN on Wednesday December 7, 2022 I’m taking this opportunity to thank the many people who have supported me in my tenure as your Editor-in-Chief, as this is my last editorial before retirement. Bittersweet, definitely, as I have grown professionally and personally through my associations with so many talented and kind individuals. I know they will pass this forward to my successor, Dr. Lauren Haldeman, as she assumes the role of Editor-in-Chief in 2023. First, to my right-hand women and men who have served as Associate (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Monday December 5, 2022 Place yourself in this scenario: you have questions about your 6-month-old infant's health and well-being, you may be sleep deprived, your infant might not be eating as you expect them to, and you have a well-child visit to attend during which you plan to get information and reassurance from your health care provider (HCP). Well-child visits are packed with tasks and messaging that need to be conveyed in a very short period of time. In this issue, McGowan and colleagues1 point out that the av (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator and Yenory Hernandez-Garbanzo, PhD, President-Elect on Monday December 5, 2022 On behalf of the planning committee, we have the great pleasure of inviting you to the 2023 International Conference of the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) that will take place in Washington, DC, on July 21 to 23, 2023. This month of November, we will start the “Call for Abstracts,” and we would like to thank you in advance for submitting your work as an abstract. To embrace this opportunity, the purpose of this editorial is to share with you “the what-why-how-when” ab (...)