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Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Sunday July 16, 2017 Green Tree, a new imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, is set to refresh and reshape self-improvement publishing with a range of books that will inspire, inform and motivate. Launching the imprint is the US publication of The Gut Makeover: 4 Weeks to Nourish Your Gut, Revolutionize Your Health, and Lose Weight by Jeannette Hyde. This ground-breaking four-week eating plan designed by a leading nutritional therapist provides life-changing benefits for a healthier you. The Gut Makeover is base (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Saturday July 15, 2017 Audrey N. Maretzki, PhD , is Professor Emerita of Food Science and Nutrition in the Department of Food Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Co-Director of the Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge, and served as SNEB president in 1985. She was the first to serve as both president and as editor of the Journal of Nutrition. In her time with SNEB, Maretzki said she made wonderful friends she could count on for professional assistance, amo (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Saturday July 15, 2017 Fresh Baby is a National Strategic Partner with the USDA and Drink Up Campaign sponsor. For more than 14 years, Fresh Baby has been supporting public health programs with obesity prevention solutions that motivate participants to make healthy choices. Be sure to stop by the Fresh Baby booth #25 for a chance to win a $100 Fresh Baby gift certificate. Check out the NEW Fresh Baby products today! For more information about Fresh Baby and how they can support your nutrition education program (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Saturday July 15, 2017 The United Sorghum Checkoff Program has been working with checkoff dollars to help improve profitability for sorghum producers nationwide. Since 2008, the Sorghum Checkoff has enhanced its efforts in the areas of research, promotion and information to help sorghum producers yield greater financial return. Today, the economic picture for sorghum is bright with greater acreage being devoted to sorghum and increased demand coming from foreign markets and right here in the U.S. (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Friday July 14, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition promotes and protects the public’s health and economic interests by ensuring that food is safe, nutritious, wholesome and honestly, accurately and informatively labeled. (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Thursday July 13, 2017 Élise Jalbert-Arsenault, Dt.P. M.Sc.(C), received  SNEB Foundation Student Scholarships at the 2015 and 2016 Annual Conferences in Pittsburgh, Penn. and San Diego, Calif. With these scholarships, she was able to attend her first international conference and give her first presentation outside of Canada. Jalbert-Arsenault said she has many wonderful memories from the conferences from both the activities and the people she met. "These conferences were amazing occasions to meet other dietician (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Wednesday July 12, 2017 Wouldn’t it be nice to have access to a portable nutrition library whenever you need it? Do you see the value in a website that offers links to nutrition resources which have been critically reviewed by registered dietitians? It’s time to visit Nutrition.gov! Visit Nutrition.gov for general nutrition related insights and information. Here’s a sample of the topics that are addressed: What's In Food?, Smart Nutrition 101, Nutrition from Pregnancy through Older Adults, Weight Management (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Monday July 10, 2017 As part of its mission to safeguard the health of its target audience, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has a long history of providing, nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support, in addition to supplemental foods and referrals to social and health care services for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children up to 5 years, who are at nutritional risk. Nutrition education is the benefit t (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Wednesday June 28, 2017 For nearly a century, Dairy Council of California has partnered with educators, health professionals and communities to elevate the health of children and parents through the pursuit of healthy, balanced eating habits and lifelong values for milk and dairy foods. Funded by California's dairy farm families and local milk processors, Dairy Council of California's science-based nutrition education resources, Mobile Dairy Classroom assemblies, training programs and online tools reach millions in Cal (...)

Posted by: Kayla Jenkins on Tuesday June 27, 2017 9:45 am – 10:45 am | Friday, 7/21 | Independence F - I | Moderator: Mallory Koenings, PhD, RDN, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA Speakers: Helen Chipman, PhD, RD, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA; Sandy Procter, PhD, RD, LD, Kansas State University Research & Extension; Jennifer McCaffrey, PhD, MPH, RD, University of Illinois Extension; Susan Baker, EdD, Colorado State University; Mallory Koenings, PhD, RDN, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (...)