Growing the Dietetics Profession via a Mentorship Program Between Dietitians and Dietetics Students
We describe the development and evaluation of a project that connected dietetics students to Registered Dietitian Nutritionist mentors in the community. An online survey provided project descriptions available to dietetics students, where they ranked the Registered Dietitian Nutritionists they wanted to be matched with for the experience. Mentor-mentee matches resulted in positive improvements; students reported that they had gained knowledge and improved skills and dietitians cultivated leadership skills. Such project-based mentoring programs can connect students to practicing professionals, providing hands-on field exper...
Source: Nutrition Today - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: Nutrition Communication Source Type: research
Communicating Nutrition and Other Science: It’s a Management Issue
Health, nutrition, and other science communicators, for some time, have been frustrated over the inability or reluctance of policy makers and significant portions of the public to accept scientific messages around topics such as nutrition, obesity, biotechnology, genetic, vaccine, and climate science, as well as other controversial topics of public interest. To date, experts in communication have relied on their experience in developing best practices to overcome antiscience doubts and deliver accurate scientific messages. The National Academies of Science has endorsed a new approach. More than a year ago, the National Aca...
Source: Nutrition Today - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: Nutrition Communication Source Type: research
Sustainable Eating Patterns Should Be Part of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Promoting sustainable eating patterns is an approach to limiting the environmental impact of resource-intensive food production. Incorporating the concept of sustainable eating patterns into the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) would be congruent with established federal policy goals, but societal, economic, and agricultural impacts also need to be considered. The healthy eating patterns established in the 2015–2020 DGA are not markedly different than the proposed sustainable eating patterns. Introducing sustainable eating patterns in the DGA would be a convenient and efficient strategy to align US nutrition policy...
Source: Nutrition Today - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: Food and Nutrition Source Type: research
Food Consumption Patterns and Micronutrient Density of Complementary Foods Consumed by Infants Fed Commercially Prepared Baby Foods
Nutrition is critically important in the first 1000 days, and while most American babies are fed commercial baby foods, there is little or no evidence from nationally representative data to understand the implications of such consumption. We used 24-hour dietary recall data for 505 infants from The Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study to describe food consumption patterns and micronutrient density of complementary foods consumed by infants fed commercially prepared baby food fruit, vegetables, and dinners and compared with those eaten by nonconsumers of these products. Results show that consumers were significantly more like...
Source: Nutrition Today - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: Nutrition and the Lifecycle Source Type: research
Stress and Burnout in Nutrition and Dietetics: Strengthening Interprofessional Ties
Literature from across multiple health professions points to a budding crisis where current and future health professionals are experiencing stress and burnout at an alarming rate that threatens the vitality of our healthcare system and it appears to be no different for professionals engaged in nutrition education and dietetics. We draw attention to stressors impacting the field of nutrition and dietetics and encourage a conversation for stronger interprofessional collaborations between registered dietitian nutritionists and other members of the healthcare team. (Source: Nutrition Today)
Source: Nutrition Today - March 1, 2018 Category: Nutrition Tags: CE Article Source Type: research
