Announcements

Announcements

Register Now for March 13-14, 2008 Workshop!
The Obesity Challenge in Public Health:
Integrating Best Practices into Culturally Competent, Family-Centered Solutions

March 13-14, 2008
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Central Time
10:00 am – 5:30 pm Eastern
7:00 am - 2:30 pm Pacific

An Interdisciplinary Distance Learning Workshop

10 or more continuing education credits for your professions! (RD, RN, OT, PT, SLP, social work, case managers, educators, psychologists, physicians, and others)

Registration is free; however there is a $20.00 lunch fee.

Host site: Memphis TN: Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Live Interactive Webconference sites:
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina
Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina
Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee
Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University
Miami, FL: University of Miami
Portland, OR: Oregon Health and Science University
Richmond, VA : Virginia Commonwealth University
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester

Speakers include:

William Dietz, MD, PhD, Director of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dayle Hayes, MS, RD, President of Nutrition for the Future

David Mirvis, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and Adjunct Assistant Professor (Research),Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Brown Medical School.

Topics include:

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Effects of Overweight/Obesity on Health Status

Health Disparities and Relation to Overweight/Obesity

Evidence-Based Research and Best Practices for Intervention and Prevention of Pediatric and Adolescent Overweight/Obesity

The Importance of Understanding Culture in Health Promotion

Federally Mandated School Wellness Policy: What does It Look Like In Real Life?

Also case studies and model programs, with a chance for participants at all sites to interact and ask questions of the speakers.

For more information and downloadable forms, please visit our website at http://www.utmem.edu/bcdd/training/community/obesitychallenge.htm.
For questions, email lswallace@utmem.edu or call (901)448-6589.

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ADA FOUNDATION AWARDS
Throughout the year, the ADA Foundation offers several awards to dietetics students and professionals in recognition of their professional accomplishments, to further research objectives and to enable dietitians to enhance their education and skills. All award applicants (excluding International Awards) must be current ADA members and U.S. Citizens.

Available awards include:

F. Ann Gallagher Award

Ann A. Hertzler Research Award

Julie O'Sullivan Maillet Research Grant

Barbara Ann F. Hughes- NEP DPG Continuing Education Award

Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics and Management

First International Nutritionist/Dietitian (FIND) Fellowship for Study in the USA

Colgate Palmolive Fellowship to Support Research in Nutrition and Oral Health/Dental Education,

For details on the awards, click here. You may also contact the ADA Foundation at (800) 877-1600 ext. 4803, or email epuga@eatright.org. To download an application, visit the American Dietetic Association website at http://www.eatright.org.