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Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Tuesday April 2, 2024 Discover the latest updates on food, nutrition, and health in our regular blog. Stay informed with latest news that covers a wide range of topics important to the well-being of the audiences you reach. Today's update focuses on the most recent developments in food purchasing, specifically regarding the costs and health benefits of fruits and vegetables, alongside the current and potential future trends in weight loss medication. THE COST OF FOOD & HEALTH IN THE NEWS The issue (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday March 15, 2024 Discover the latest updates on food, nutrition, and health in our regular blog. Stay informed with latest news that covers a wide range of topics important to the well-being of the audiences you reach. In today's post, delve into the current insights on the cost of food and its impact on health. Trends indicate that high food prices will continue to impact healthy eating THE COST OF FOOD & HEALTH IN THE NEWS As 2024 begins, the public continues to be concerned about high food p (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday March 1, 2024 By Ellen Shuster, MS Here are the 2024 food/nutrition/fitness trend predictions from various groups as well as a survey of dietitians. Some predictions are based on data, others on interviews with thought leaders, and other sources. Below is a list of helpful resources that have been gathered for your convenience: Whatever the source, AI will definitely be involved; this report from the 2024 CES Conference shares that Walmart will predict when you run out of foods (https://thetakeout.c (...)

Posted by: Nicole Brandt on Monday February 26, 2024 Dear SNEB Community, With great enthusiasm and a profound sense of responsibility, I am honored to step into the role of Executive Director of SNEB. As I embark on this journey, I am filled with gratitude for the trust placed in me by the board, staff, volunteers, and all of you who form this vibrant community. I want to express my heartfelt appreciation for the remarkable work done by my predecessor, Rachel Daeger, and the entire SNEB team. Their dedication and passion have laid a robust foun (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday February 18, 2024 from the February 2024 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Noreen Springstead, Jason Wilson, Dr. Elanna S. Yalow, Tyler Yarbrough, Yenory Hernandez Garbanzo Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA),1 along with its partners, has learned that it is critical to create visibility for healthy and nutrient-dense foods in order to increase consumption of them. Here are just some of the ways we can work together to improve fruit and vegetable consumption that were shared at the (...)

Posted by: SNEB Administrator on Sunday February 18, 2024 Madeleine Sigman-Grant, PhD, RD Most authors and readers know they need to be careful not to overstate findings, to distinguish between causation and association, and to accurately represent the data. While some authors that submit to JNEB received classroom training on how to structure a scientific paper, others may not have had that opportunity. Fortunate persons may have had personal mentors to coach them through a thesis or dissertation, while some may have struggled on their own. It (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Sunday February 18, 2024 By Ellen Shuster, MS As always, buying food and health is in the news: high grocery/fast food prices, the status of the Kroger-Albertsons merger, the latest in gamification, a podcast looking at weight and health and a video about how more than one industry might be disrupted by weight loss drugs. And just in, an interesting article about how cocoa prices may change what we see on the chocolate shelf. Buying food Biden administration gets in the middle of high grocery prices READ MORE&g (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday February 3, 2024 By Ellen Schuster, MS New foods include more than one cereal, an update: Panera’s Charged Lemonade is the target of another lawsuit; now has less caffeine  https://thetakeout.com/panera-charged-lemonade-menu-third-lawsuit-caffeine-mg-1851192476. In health news, anti-obesity drugs continue to be in the news and in buying food, will the Kroger-Albertsons merger happen? And just in, 2 senators introduce legislation to ban cultivated meat from school lunches https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/ar (...)

Posted by: Pam Koch, EdD, RD on Wednesday January 31, 2024 On July 26, 2018, SNEB received special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN). This allows SNEB to designate official representatives to attend ECOSOC events. Pamela Koch, who led the application process to ECOSOC and is a Past-President of SNEB represented the Society at the 2024 Partnership Forum of ECOSOC which was held at the UN Headquarters in New York City on January 30. Pam describes her experience below. I was delighted and hon (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Wednesday January 24, 2024 Share the amazing work you are doing as a nutrition educator by submitting an abstract for the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior 2024 International Conference in Knoxville, TN from July 29 – August 1. Abstracts are 300-word descriptions of your work, the audience, the evaluation, results, and conclusions. Submissions are accepted online at https://www.sneb.org/abstracts-2024/. Abstracts can focus on the conference’s theme, “Understanding Foodways | Learning • Growing • Su (...)