Member Support Chair

Lee S Wallace, MS LDN RD FADA

At its February 2011 meeting, CDR approved a process for allowing RDs to “rollover” up to 15 excess CPEUs (up to 10 CPEUs for DTRs) earned in the last 75 days of their current recertification cycle to the next cycle.  CPEUs to be transferred must meet ALL of the following requirements:

We happily share the news that Joanne Arena, MS, RD (Windsor Locks, CT) received first place recognition for her Dynamic Initiative in Dietetics Practice and Education display entitled “Incorporating Motivational Interviewing (MI) Training in a Health Care Setting”. This display was presented during the Dynamic Initiatives in Dietetics Practice and Education session conducted during FNCE 2011 in San Diego. As noted by Nora Nyland, PhD, RD, CD, Chair, Council on Future Practice, this is the third year for conducting it, which recognizes practitioner contribution to the profession of dietetics. Joanne was selected by her peers to receive this recognition. The abstract for the display follows here:

FNCE 2012 Call for Abstracts
www.eatright.org/FNCE/content.aspx 

 The Call for Abstracts for the 2012 (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 6-9, 2012, will open January 3 and close February 23, 2012. 

Abstracts on research and project or program reports will be presented during a Research and Practice Innovations session or poster session at FNCE.

PNPG Schedule at FNCE 

Membership Reception: 
Sunday, September 25th, 5:30-7:30 pm
San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina
Sponsors:  California Walnuts, Latino Infant Nutrition Initiative (L.I.N.I.), Sunsweet, California Date Commission
 
Membership Breakfast: 
Sunday, September 25th, 7-8:30 am
San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina
Sponsor:  Mead Johnson
 
PNPG Spotlight Session: 
Monday, September 26th, 8-9:30 am
This year PNPG’s Spotlight session is titled:  What Every RD Needs to Know About Breastfeeding:  Why Every Ounce Counts.  This session will be presented by Amy Brandes, RD, LD, IBCLC and Julie Stagg, MSN, RN, IBCLC, RLC
 
DPG Showcase: 
Monday, September 26th
Come check out PNPG at the showcase to see how we Measure Up! 
 

ADA’s position paper on “Nutrition Intervention in the Treatment of Eating Disorders” has been published in the August issue of JADA.
For a brief overview, go to:  http://www.eatright.org/Media/content.aspx?id=6442464602

This position paper was written by registered dietitians Amy D. Ozier, PhD, RD, LDN, assistant professor of family, consumer and nutrition sciences at Northern Illinois University; and Beverly W. Henry, PhD, RD, LDN, associate professor of family, consumer and nutrition sciences at NIU.

(Bev Henry is currently the PNPG Past Chair)