Thank you for Supporting RDA

As the RDA Board year is coming to an end, I wanted to thank all of our board members and the RDA membership for all of their hard work and support this year. It has been a wonderful experience as RDA President and I know we have the best RDs and DTRs in the state!

Please continue to support RDA and our incoming President, Sylvia Fetty, as she leads us in 2012-2013. We are actively planning the VDA Annual Conference that will be held here in Richmond at the Holiday Inn, Koger Center on April 7-9, 2013. If you would like to assist on the RDA board and/or with the VDA meeting planning, please contact Sylvia Fetty at  sfetty@mcvh-vcu.edu.

Sincerely,

Crista Galvin-Cox, MS, RD

RDA President, 2011-2012

National Nutrition Month Photos

Bushra Islam, RD--  Healthy eating classes for middle/high school adolescent girls

Sakita Sistrun, MS, RD-- Food demos, samples, informative posters, brown bag discussions, and patient group education in the VCU Clinical Research Unit

Kelly Leonard, RD--Label reading with various food products for employees at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond

Rachel Lyons, RD & Crista Galvin Cox, MS, RD-- Hosting an ice-cream social for residents of Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center with an emphasis on high calorie foods and thickened liquids

Tarren Corbin, RD-- Providing information and interactive games at Southside Regional Medical Center 

Thank you to all the National Nutrition Month Grant Recipients for a job well done!

The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) has been hosting an annual conference for over 40 years and this is the only event geared specifically towards nutrition educators. You are invited to attend the conference in Washington, DC, Nutrition Education: Energy from Synergy on July 14 – 17. This premier event for nutrition education professionals from around the world gives you the chance to interface with influential nutritionists from extension, public health, government, academia, industry and community settings. 

SNEB conference highlights include:

•   Full-day education options during two preconference workshops “Culinary Acculturation: Building Relationships through Food” and “Integrating New National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs” plus a pre-conference Organic Valley farm tour

•  Dynamic speakers such as Sam Kass, White House Assistant Chef/Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives; Karen Miller-Kovach, Weight Watchers International; Robert Post, Deputy Director of USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion; Brian Wansink, John Dyson Professor of Consumer Behavior at Cornell University; Leon Andrews, Institute for Youth, Education, & Families National League of Cities; and Andrea Thomas, Walmart Stores, Inc.

•   The latest research and program outcomes from your peers around the country during over 30 Oral Presentations, 145 Posters Abstracts plus 52 USDA NIFA Poster Abstracts

•    Inspiring events liked the screening of “Cafeteria Man,” winner of a CINE Golden Eagle Award

Full conference details and registration online at http://www.sneb.org/events/conference.html with discounted early-bird registration available June 15, 2012. For conference and sponsorship details, contact the SNEB office at info@sneb.org.

National Nutrition Month Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the following NNM grant recipients. Each has been awarded $150 from the Richmond Dietetic Association to assist with their NNM events.  

Bushra Islam, RD--  Healthy eating classes for middle/high school adolescent girls

Sakita Sistrun, MS, RD-- Food demos, samples, informative posters, brown bag discussions, and patient group education in the VCU Clinical Research Unit

Kelly Leonard, RD--Label reading with various food products for employees at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond

Rachel Lyons, RD & Crista Galvin Cox, MS, RD-- Hosting an ice-cream social for residents of Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Care Center with an emphasis on high calorie foods and thickened liquids

Tarren Corbin, RD-- Providing information and interactive games at Southside Regional Medical Center