Greetings! As the president of the Southwest Virginia Dietetic Association, I am proud to represent our district of nutrition experts. Our mission is to empower Southwest Virginia’s Registered Dietitians to be the nutrition leaders. I am excited and honored to be the president of 2009-2010 and am looking forward to a great year with many members, informative meetings and the progression of our profession. Our goals for this year are to become more involved with the community, prove the value of membership, stay updated through our website and increase the public’s awareness of registered dietitians.
Thanks to Beth Barnett-Boebel for putting together a fantastic website!
Enjoy!
Cheers to your health,
Dorothy Shaver, RD, LD/N

NNM Canned Food Drive
Help those in need in your community - start a food drive! Click here for all the details on items most needed and here for the step by step instructions on how to successfully create a can food drive.

PPW Kick-Off Event
Come experience the ADA Public Policy Workshop with your colleagues. The SVDA is hosting a kick-off event on Monday March 22nd. Registration, food and beverages start at 4:00. The live webinar by ADA starts at 5:00pm and ends at 6:30, at which point we'll discuss public policy issues specific to our region for 30-45 minutes. The event is FREE and receive 1.5 CEU's! Fralin Hall on the Virginia Tech Campus (West Campus Drive). Contact Beth Barnett-Boebel for more information (beth at webmail dot us)





Registered Dietitian Day
Don't forget to wear your RD shirt on Registered Dietitian Day, March 11, 2010!

Meat And Colorectal Cancer Risk: Scientists Suggest Potential Mechanisms

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 PST - Scientists in the US who undertook a large study to investigate what biological mechanisms might be behind the already established link between colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed meat, confirmed that such a link exists and suggested the main players are three compounds: heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines...

Low-Income Women Living In Small Cities Have Higher Chance Of Obesity

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST - A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them -- increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location...

University Of Florida Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties In Papaya Tea

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PST - The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas...

First Time Research On Long-term Consequences Of Intravenous Nutrition On Children's Health

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST - No work is known in the literature to date which provides a long-term and generalised evaluation of the health of children fed intravenously in their own home...

New Survey Finds Out What Americans Are Really Paying Attention To When Choosing Foods

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST - Americans recognize things need to change in the grocery aisle, and they support Uncle Sam's efforts to overhaul what is included in their food and on the packages. The majority also believe they are individually responsible for making the right food choices to avoid obesity, but will readily accept the government's help to be successful, according to a new survey by FoodMinds...

NNM Canned Food Drive 
March 2010
Your Community


Better Brains/Better Bodies 
April 28, 2010
Holiday Inn - 3315 Ordway Dr NW
Instructed by Michael Howard, Ph.D.
6 credit hours
Seminar time 8:30-3:30, registration begins at 7:45a

PPW Kick-off  
March 22, 2010
Blacksburg
Get Ready for PPW 2010! ADA's 2010 Public Policy Workshop will begin Monday, March 22 at 5:00pm. We'll be hosting a kick-off party at Virginia Tech Fralin Hall. More details to follow - look for it under the SVDA News section to the left.