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Posted by: Barbara Lohse, PhD, RD, President of SNEB and sneb on Monday July 17, 2023 A great perk of SNEB membership is the no-cost availability of SNEB webinars. Sponsored by SNEB Divisions, members, friends of the Society, and related organizations, the webinars offer continuing education and course resources on theory, content and contextual features pertinent to development, delivery, evaluation, planning, and innovation of nutrition education and behavioral topics. These webinars, examples of the superior application of SNEB member expertise, are a desirable deliverable for (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Friday June 30, 2023 The latest…from poor air quality affecting outdoor activity to foods and our quest for sleep. This interesting article about readability has implications for reading info on phones/screens: fonts change your reading speed (increase it by 35% on a screen in a recent study) but also change how you’re perceived; ‘bad’ fonts can make it hard to recognize words; when you read small text on a phone the difference in height between capital and lowercase letters is important. Note: in the artic (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Saturday June 17, 2023 JNEB Editorial - June issue Jared T. McGuirt, PhD, MPH, Associate Editor A NEW SEASON OF REACH AND ENGAGE­MENT FOR JNEB You may have noticed that JNEB is popping up in new ways and places across social media: new platforms, graphics, and content. If you haven’t seen this change, please connect with our vari­ous social media platforms to avoid missing out on the excitement! More on where to fnd us in a minute. MORE THAN JUST PERIODICAL What’s behind this shift and expan­sion? This (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Saturday June 17, 2023 JNEB Editorial - June issue Alexandra L. MacMillan Uribe, PhD, RDN Emily Welker Duffy, MPH, RD Basheerah Enahora, PhD, MBA, RDN, LDN Phrashiah Githinji, PhD Jared McGuirt, PhD, MPH Gina L. Tripicchio, PhD, MSEd The incorporation of digital technol­ogy (digitech) within nutrition education and behavior change in­terventions (NEBI) has markedly increased, and COVID-19 rapidly accelerated advancement and acceptability in this area.1 The pro­liferation of digite (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday June 17, 2023 No…it’s not 2024 yet when all the trends for the new year are shared. Instead this article was prompted by the trends shared by Phil Lempert, the Supermarket Guru and includes other related trend-related articles. You may not agree with all of Lempert’s retail dietitian/grocer focused trends but his ideas and data will certainly highlight our changing world. Enjoy! Snack & sweet trends from the May 2024 Expo include offering different package sizes https://thetakeout.com/top-5-candy-s (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Monday June 5, 2023 Food prices continue to take center stage in grocery retail. Many shoppers view snacks as cheaper food options. And there’s a fascinating story about how precise data drives increases in fast food prices. With the normalization of Buy Now Pay Later for groceries, Consumer Reports ratings of these apps is timely. Value used to be mostly about price yet this has expanded to quality, convenience and other factors. Also, a look at school meals, plant-based, technology (chatGPT, AI and digital coo (...)

Posted by: Lauren Haldeman, PhD on Saturday May 20, 2023 Published in the May 2023 issue of JNEB by Lauren Haldeman, PhD, JNEB Editor in Chief JNEB's reputation as the premier journal for nutrition education and behavior is due in large part to our excellent group of reviewers. As an important platform for researchers and practitioners to share their findings and insights, it is vital that the articles published in JNEB are of high quality and rigorously reviewed. While it does take some time, the importance of reviewing papers and the benefits it b (...)

Posted by: Rachel Daeger, CAE, IOM on Saturday May 20, 2023 Published in May 2023 issue of JNEB At the end of 2022, the membership of the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) demonstrated their commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) through the passing of a resolution to adopt a DEI statement. The written resolution in its entirety is viewable at https://www.sneb.org/resolution-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-statement-for-the-society-of-nutrition-education-and-behavior/. A committee of diverse individuals in regard to place (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday May 20, 2023 Teens can get a free pass this summer at one nationwide gym, Michelle Obama’s new food company aimed at children, legislation to standardize food expiration labels, how we pay for food/wellness changes, an update on the Kroger/Albertsons merger; the state of weight loss drugs and insurance coverage and looking to the future…Apple health coaching platform and tweaking genes to make vegetables taste better. Physical activity, food and health… Physical activity is central to physical and (...)

Posted by: Ellen Schuster, MS on Saturday May 6, 2023 Tools to save money, how the retail grocer market is changing and rural communities losing grocers are all forces in nutrition education. In food news, food prices, a new offering targets those seeking blood sugar management and changes to the yogurt standard-of-identity in 2024 to be aware of. And there’s a lot going on with regard to food in indigenous/other communities. Buying food… Instacart’s new shopper tools to save money (https://www.grocerydive.com/news/instacart-rolls-out-i (...)