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Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Saturday May 7, 2022 Susan L. Johnson, PhD Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Advancing Research, Practice and Policy A newer trend in science communication focuses on creating succinct, attractive graphics that convey the take-away findings of your project. A graphical abstract is one example of such communications. Graphical abstracts (GAs) are simple, key messages that allow the reader to visually take home the most important points about your project’s story; they have a s (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Saturday May 7, 2022 Jasia (Jayne) Steinmetz, RD, CD President, Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior The confluence of major global trends has the potential to transform our communities to meet the needs of all people. These trends include 1) increasing acknowledgement of happiness and well-being as significant outcomes of development; 2) rapid population aging in every country; 3) the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which fuses technology, biology, and digital interface; and 4) swift transformations to av (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Saturday May 7, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS As always much is happening online whether in the metaverse, social media, mobile ordering and more. Read on…if you dare… The metaverse, drones: Not yet in the metaverse where you can connect socially in a 3D virtual reality world? See screenshots from the metaverse of Wendy’s, Chipotle and McDonald’s (https://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-mcdonalds-wendys-metaverse-virtual-worlds-photos-2022-4); McD’s in the metaverse - its mission: sell f (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday April 24, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS To celebrate, let’s look at growing food - costs (in light of ever rising food prices), health benefits, using SNAP to buy seeds/edible plants, the deep meaning growing food has for many people. COSTS, BENEFITS Costs/benefits: Is gardening cheaper than buying fruits and vegetables? includes initial/on-going costs and the most cost-effective edible things to grow (https://lifehacker.com/is-gardening-really-cheaper-than-buying-fruits-and-vege-18486988 (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday April 10, 2022 Jasia Steinmetz, PhD, RD , President of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior announces the election of volunteers who will begin their roles August 1, 2022. Sarah Colby, PhD, RD, University of Tennessee, has been elected Vice President. During her three-year term, she will transition into the role of President of the Society serving from 2024-2025. Amy Mobley, PhD, RD, University of Florida, will serve as Secretary. Siew Sun Wong, PhD, MS, Oregon State University, will ser (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday April 10, 2022 by Oyinlola T. Babatunde, PhD, MPH, RDN, FAND, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Healthy Aging Division Point Person, SNEB Advisory Committee on Public Policy Lesli Biediger-Friedman, PhD, MPH, RD Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Member, SNEB Advisory Committee on Public Policy Sara A. Elnakib, PhD, MPH, RDN Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Chair-Elect, SNEB Advisory Committee on Public Policy Jule Anne Henstenburg, PhD, RD, LDN, FAND, The MANNA Institute, MANNA, Philadelp (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday April 10, 2022 by Susan L. Johnson, PhD Senior Associate Editor, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Advancing Research, Practice and Policy Generally, I work hard at seeing the glass half full—always looking out for potential opportunities to innovate in the face of challenges; or as my mother  would have (endlessly) encouraged me, to “make lemonade out of lemons.” I’ve tried hard to look for such openings during the pandemic years asking, “How can we continue to do our research in a ri (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday April 10, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS Plant-based food, Walgreens cooler doors cause a stir, WIC, FDA, SNAP (2 club retailers now accepting/Target to accept online SNAP) and so much more… FOOD The cost of food: USDA’s latest food price outlook for food in 12 categories as well as eating out and takeout sees the largest increase since July 1981 (https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1090086246/grocery-store-food-prices-increase-2022-usda-report). The latest shrinkinflation examples - when a (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Monday March 28, 2022 Karen Chapman-Novakofski, PhD, RDN In January, JNEB developed a collection of articles related to food skills. I'm sure you've seen it by now in the banner ads or collections section of the jneb.org website. What a broad range of subtopics in this collection! Data from a longitudinal study from the US Department of Agriculture's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (ITFPS-2) were analyzed relative to the (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Monday March 28, 2022 Zubaida Qamar, PhD, RDN; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield, PhD, RDN; Virginia B. Gray, PhD, RDN; Mical K. Shilts, PhD, MS; Cara L. Cuite, PhD The Covid-19 pandemic upended the traditional model of face-to-face instruction and provided an opportunity to re-envision our teaching practices. Initial transition to online learning necessitated the development of new skills in delivering and participating in online learning for students and faculty alike. Additionally, heightened attention to multifaceted (...)