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The Newsletter of the Raleigh District Dietetic Association November 2004 |
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The
Nutrition Experts
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Sarah Carnathan: |
Hello RDDA Members!
Thank you for a great start to the 2004 – 2005 year of RDDA! We had a terrific turnout for the
September meeting on Celiac Disease and enjoyed sampling gluten free products from Whole
Foods Market. To all who have joined us, welcome and thanks! Applications for membership
are still available on our website: www.raleighnutrition.org
As Thanksgiving approaches, a goal of the RDDA is to reach
out and serve the community. The US
Census Bureau reveals over 2,100 people are homeless in Wake County. Statistics show that the number of homeless
women and children has doubled since 1989.
To aid in hunger relief, we will be sponsoring a food drive in
cooperation with the Interfaith Food Shuttle.
Please help us by bringing non-perishables or canned goods to our
November 16th meeting.
A big Thank you to those who participated in the World Food Day “Yam Jam Gleaning Party” on October 16th. Individuals helped in harvesting leftover fall crops in Smithfield that was transported to local food assistance programs.
Please feel free to contact me at any time with comments, suggestions, or ideas for RDDA. I look forward to seeing you at the November meeting.
Enjoy the beautiful North Carolina Fall!
Sarah Carnathan MS, RD, LDN
RDDA President
sarah.carnathan@duke.edu
(919) 308 - 8175
WHAT’S INSIDE
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Member Profile |
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Save the Date |
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Member News |
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Meeting Agenda |
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Announcements |
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Board Members Contact Information |
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Nutrition in the News |
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RDDA Website Information & Newsletter Deadlines |
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MEMBER
PROFILE: Doris Sargent, RD, LDN Nutrition Events Chair
Doris Sargent started her career as a Home Economics
teacher in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. While her children were in high school, she
returned to college and received her Masters in Nutrition. After becoming a
Registered Dietitian she worked as a clinical dietitian and food service
manager in long- term care. While
living in Pennsylvania she was employed five years with the Cooperative
Extension Service with Penn State University in the position of a Family Living
Agent. In 1999 she came to Raleigh to assume the position as the Assistant
Coordinator with the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). She has worked with EFNEP and other
Nutrition Programs in the Family and Consumer Sciences Department at North
Carolina State University for the past five years. In her present position she develops and coordinates special
nutrition projects in the Family and Consumer Science Department at North
Carolina State University. She received
her undergraduate degree in Home Economics Education and her Masters in
Nutrition from Mansfield University in Mansfield Pennsylvania. She is pursing
her doctoral degree in Adult Education and will graduate this spring with a
Ph.D. from the college of Agriculture and Extension Education. Doris enjoys
playing tennis and hiking. She has five
grown children and four grandchildren.
MEMBER NEWS: BARBARA ANN HUGHES receives an ADA Medallion Award!!
Our
own Barbara Ann, RDDA Government Affairs Chair was recently awarded one of
eight Medallion Awards during the recent FNCE meeting in Anaheim, CA.
ADA’s
Medallion Award, given each year since 1976, honors individuals who have shown
dedication to the high standards of the dietetics profession through active
participation, leadership, and devotion to serving others in dietetics and
allied health fields. RDDA is very
proud to congratulate Barbara Ann on such a great achievement!
Congratulations
to Lisa K. Hood,
one of RDDA’s past presidents, for exceeding her fund-raising goal of $2,000 for the American Diabetes
Association’s America’s Walk. She was
able to personally raise a total of $2, 120 and the event itself was a great
success with over $100,000 raised for diabetes research. As one of millions of people with diabetes,
Lisa stated “I am excited at the prospect of a cure in my lifetime”.
Congratulations
to Nancy Porter,
an RDDA member, for receiving a special award given by US Foodservice.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: RDDA Web site – Check it out!!
Did
you know you can get the latest information on upcoming membership meetings,
RDDA, NCDA, and ADA news by visiting www.raleighnutrition.org? Visit us and let us hear from you about what
you’d like to see on your Web site!
NUTRITION IN THE NEWS:
Sheree
Thaxton, RDDA board member, is one of several experts featured on a WRAL-TV special about childhood
obesity. Kelly’s Story: Weighing the
Options, is a unique program that takes viewers into the life of a teenage girl
who struggles with the difficulties of being overweight, then gives experts and
a studio audience the chance to discuss it.
WRAL News anchor Pam Saulsby and reporter Kelcey Carlson host Weighing
the Options, the half-hour long program is part of WRAL’s For the Children
campaign. WRAL Health team nutritionist
Lynn Hoggard offers tips on how to control portion sizes and fitness experts offer
activity examples for families who are ready to make healthy lifestyle
changes. Watch an encore presentation
Saturday, Nov. 27th at noon. The program also aired on WRAL’s sister
station FOX50 Sunday, Sept. 19th, and on Charlotte station WWWB on
Saturday, Sept. 11th. The
special will also air on WUNC-TV in January, dates and times to be
announced. On August 24th,
WUNC radio host Melinda Penkava spoke with Thaxton, the Coordinator of the
Healthy Weight Initiative for the North Carolina Division of Public Health;
Penny Gordon-Larsen, an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill’s
School of Public Health; and Dr. Terrill Bravender, an Assistant Professor of
Pediatrics and Director of Adolescent Medicine at Duke University Medical
Center, about Childhood Obesity in North Carolina. You may listen to the interview at http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/index.php?m=200408.
The
News and Observer printed an article in the business section on Wed., Oct. 13th
titled “Blue Cross to Fund Fight Against Fat.”
Dr.
Barbara Ann Hughes is quoted as saying that she receives daily calls from
patients who choose not to schedule nutrition counseling once they learn that
it will not be covered by insurance. The move by Blue Cross Blue Shield, she
adds, “…will save lives and money.”
Save the Date: 2005 Public Policy Workshop
Your RDDA Grassroots Liaison, Barbara Ann Hughes, encourages you, our RDDA members, to take advantage of this great opportunity.
The meeting will be held March 1-3 at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, DC ADA will once again offer scholarships to enable additional members to attend the workshop. Your help is needed to make nominations for these scholarships. The criteria used to select recipients this year will be weighted toward members who have not had an opportunity to attend in previous years. The $350 scholarships will cover the $265 registration fee and up to $85 in actual expenses. Nominations must be received by Dec. 3, 2004. Please be sure to request your nomination form from RDDA.
November Meeting Agenda
Come and network with other
dietetic professionals!
Nutrition Standards for Food in School
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Topic: This
two hour, interactive presentation will highlight the methods used to develop
and plans to implement nutrition standards for foods available to students in
all grade levels and all school activities.
Eat Smart: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for All
Foods Available in School will be featured. Come prepared with your ideas for involving the dietetics
community in implementing positive changes in the school nutrition environment.
Learning Objectives:
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Participants will become familiar with the Eat Smart School
Standards and their development.
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Participants will learn about the barriers to implementation
of the Eat Smart School Standards.
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Participants will learn about the potential role for
nutrition professionals in implementing the Eat Smart Standards.
Speaker:
Sheree Thaxton, MA, RD, LDN
Healthy
Weight Coordinator
Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch
NC Division of Public Health
Schedule: 5:30 Networking and Refreshments
5:45 Announcements/Introduction
of RDDA members (please stand when you’re called)
6:00 Presentation
CPE Units: 2
Continuing Education Credits by the CDR
Cost: Members: Free
Non-Members: $10.00 for 2.0 CPE credits; $5.00 for no CPE
credits.
Location: Rex
Wellness Center in Raleigh
Contact: Please call or email Natalie Hughes-Newell, RD, LDN
for questions
(919) 784-1396 or natalie.newell@rexhealth.com
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RALEIGH DISTRICT DIETETIC ASSOCIATION BOARD MEMBERS: |
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PRESIDENT Sarah Carnathan sarah@carnathan.com (910) 592-8511 ext.
8509 PRESIDENT-ELECT
Natalie Newell (919) 784-1396 SECRETARY Amy Kelly Dak8401@hotmail.com (919) 250-4729 |
TREASURER Ellen
Morrison ELM@ELMWellness.com (919) 656-3448 PAST PRESIDENT Amy Buehrle amy.buehrle@momentushealth.com (919)
468-0349 PUBLIC RELATIONS & MARKETING Sheree Thaxton Sheree.Thaxton@ncmail.net 919-715-1928 |
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR Joye Willcox JwillcoxRD@nc.rr.com (919) 931-4849 NUTRITION EVENTS CHAIR Doris Sargent doris_sergeant@ncsu.edu (919) 515-9143 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AFFAIRS Barbara Ann Hughes Barbara-ann@bahughes.com 919-787-2949 |
HUNGER COMMITTEE CHAIR Cathryn Saff eat4healthrd@hotmail.com (919) 562-6555 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Elizabeth Dunn eag817@quixnet.net (919) 363-8518 NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR Amy Buehrle Amy.buehrle@genesishcc.com (919)
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RDDA Web Site: www.raleighnutrition.org
On the newly designed site,
you’ll find downloadable membership, member profile and survey forms (in case
you’ve misplaced yours), membership meeting dates, times and locations, your
board of directors’ information, the newsletters, and much, much more!
The site is intended for
professional nutritionists and dietitians in our area, not as an educational
resource for the public, so continue to steer your clients to www.eatright.org
for consumer-friendly nutrition information.
Our goal is to make the Web
site indispensable to you, our valued member. Send us feedback of what else
you’d like to see. And happy surfing!
Your Web Masters, Amy Buehrle and
Sheree Thaxton
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Newsletter
Deadline Notes: If you have any news to share with us, the deadline for
submissions is the 20th of the month prior to the next meeting. Please send this
information by email when possible and in text or word format only. Please
also write the information/article, as you would like it to appear. Thank you
in advance for your timeliness. Please submit to: Elizabeth G. Dunn, RD, LDN, 303 B Hunter St. Apex, NC 27502. Phone: (919) 363-8518, E-mail: eag817@quixnet.net RDDA MAILING ADDRESS: P. O. Box 20987,
Raleigh, NC 27619 |
At each meeting, please remember to stop at the Membership Desk
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