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Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Monday June 20, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS Food bank/school meal challenges, an update on FDA’s investigation of Lucky Charms complaints and more! FOOD BANKS/SCHOOL MEAL CHALLENGES Food banks struggle with multiple challenges: hard-to-find items, inflation, higher fuel costs, staff shortages, less money being donated (https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1101473558/demand-food-banks-inflation-supply-chain). Summer school meals: It’s estimated that 1 in 5 meal sites won’t open this summer as t (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday June 5, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS Every day sees rising food costs prompting questions: Are companies raising prices because they can? Will prices ever go down/return to ‘normal’? (Takeaway: Maybe not if you read the section below ‘a different take on rising prices’.) Amid this backdrop is a report: 62 new ‘food billionaires’ were created from pandemic profits (https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/rising-food-prices-made-62-new-food-billionaires-and-the-dynasties-could-ge (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday May 22, 2022 by SNEB member Ellen Schuster,  MS This ‘n that: Submit comments, info on listening sessions ahead of September White House conference on nutrition, hunger and health (https://health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/white-house-conference-hunger-nutrition-and-health). 2023 Farm Bill work begins at first Michigan hearing (https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-bill/1st-senate-farm-bill-hearing-held-michigan); more on the Farm Bill  (https://frac.org/blog/the-road-to-the-2023-farm-bi (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Wednesday May 18, 2022 From July 29 - 31, nutrition educators will meet at the Mariott Marquis in Atlanta, GA, for the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior annual conference. Building on the successful virtual conferences held in 2020 and 2021, the 2022 conference will welcome back in-person attendees and also offer a virtual attendance option. A unique conference feature will be a buddy system linking in-person and virtual attendees for collaboration through the two-day event. With a focus on Re-engineerin (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Monday May 16, 2022 White House conference on hunger, nutrition slated for this September On May 4, President Biden announced that he will convene a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September. The goals of the conference are to “end hunger and increase healthy eating and physical activity by 2030, so that fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.” Conference details are forthcoming. The Administration is planning to hold a number of vi (...)

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 (...)