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Academy National Ballot Nominations Open
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The nominating committee is accepting nominations for visionary and dedicated individuals for the 2017 national ballot positions.
Nominations for President-elect, Treasurer-elect, and Speaker-elect are due August 22, 2016. All other nominations are due October 28, 2016. For more information please click
here.
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 Authors
are invited to submit high-quality original research, research briefs, systematic reviews, narrative reviews, case studies, or commentaries on all nutrition-related aspects of the following topics:
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Cancer prevention, treatment, and survivorship
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Eating disorders
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Underserved populations in the United States
Please consult the Journal's Information for Authors for instructions on manuscript preparation and online submission. All manuscripts will be subject to peer
review.
If you have any comments or questions, please contact Associate Editor Lois Ahrens at
[log in to unmask].
We are hoping that you can either contribute a paper on these timely topics or recommend someone who can. Please forward this to colleagues who might find
these topics of interest and encourage them to submit to the Journal...the premier source for the practice and science of food, nutrition, and dietetics.
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Action Alerts Remain Open!
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The action alerts for the Academy's three current legislative issues are still open for our members. With August around the corner,
it is perfect time to connect with your members of Congress! Please send your members of Congress email letters today. Click on each of the titles below to take action. It takes only a minute!
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HEN Member Participation Rates in Action Alerts as of June 28, 2016:
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Treat and Reduce Obesity Act - 4.6%
Preventing Diabetes Act - 4.0%
House CNR Bill - 14.7%
Senate CNR Bill - 20.7%
Hi fellow HENs! Please help HEN take action in advocating important nutrition issues by going to the Academy's Grassroots Action
Center and participating in the above action alerts. It only takes a minute, and while these issues may not impact you directly, they do impact your fellow RDN colleagues. Let's do our best to unite and support our profession. Thank you! - Courtney Puidk,
Policy and Advocacy Leader
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Save the Date - Quarterly Advocacy Day Announced
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The Academy will host its first quarterly advocacy day on September 26th in Washington, D.C. in collaboration with partner organizations
from the Defeat
Malnutrition Today Coalition. The event will include a Congressional briefing, Hill visits and ANDPAC hosted reception focused on malnutrition. While members local to the D.C. area are encouraged to attend, the event is open to all Academy members and
there is no charge to participate. Register for
the event today or contact the Policy Initiatives and Advocacy Team for more information.
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President Obama Signs Global Food Security Act
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President Obama has signed S.1252, the Global
Food Security Act of 2016. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released a statement supporting the president's Feed the Future Initiative, which has been combating hunger and poverty: "We can be assured that this important work will carry on long past this
Administration."
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President-Elect Announces USDA Final Rules for Healthy School Environment
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The Obama Administration has announced four final rules under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that will improve the health and
nutrition of children. The Academy President-Elect, Donna Martin, EdS, RDN, LD, SNS, FAND, helped announce the release of the rules, noting their positive impact on her school nutrition programs in Burke County, Ga.
Learn
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HEN Public Policy Expertise Form
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This form is meant for the ongoing collection of information about the expertise of our members. If you have work, research, volunteer, or other life experience within a HEN topic of interest, please consider filling out this form this
form so that we may more easily gather comments and insights from our members. The information will be used to further advocacy efforts in areas important to our membership. It will also be used to identify opportunities and areas to offer members education
and mentorship. The form will take two minutes to complete.
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Comments Needed on Use of Drugs in Agricultural Livestock!
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Please consider collaborating with HEN to contribute to the Academy's comments on the use of drugs in animal
agriculture. The FDA is announcing the availability of a draft revised guidance for industry #3 entitled "General Principles for Evaluating the Human Food Safety of New Animal Drugs used in Food-Producing Animals."
This draft revised guidance is intended to inform sponsors of the scientific data and/or information that may provide an acceptable basis to determine that the residue of a new animal drug in or on food, when consumed, presents a reasonable certainty of no
harm to humans. This guidance describes a recommended approach for providing human food safety scientific data and/or information. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) acknowledges that alternate approaches also may be appropriate and encourages
sponsors to discuss with CVM whether an alternate approach may be appropriate for specific new animal drugs.
The draft guidance is available at:
http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/GuidanceComplianceE
We need your comments/input by August 16th!! Please contact Courtney Puidk at [log in to unmask] for
more information.
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Call for House of Delegates "Key Informants"
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I'm currently seeking a diverse group of HEN members to serve as "key informants" to help me stay informed on
professional issues at the recommendation of the House of Delegates (HOD) Leadership Team. At minimum, I'm seeking 5-7 HEN members including a dietetic intern, an under 30 member, a male, and a NDTR. All HEN members will be contacted for feedback on mega issues,
but I hope to increase the amount of input and make sure certain groups are represented.
If you are interested in being a "key Informant" on professional issues, please contact me at [log in to unmask].
I also welcome your suggestions on future mega issue topics, ways to improve the HOD, and strategies to support HEN delegate communications with HEN members. Representation on the HOD is an important way for HEN members to work towards the future we want to
see.
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17th International Congress of Dietetics
Theme "Going to Sustainable Eating"
4th Annual Yale Food Systems Symposium
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
It Takes a Region Conference
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