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
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!
- Celebrate Dietitians Day, Canada
- Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 PDT - Ontario's Registered Dietitians and their colleagues across the country are celebrating the first Dietitians Day. Dietitians of Canada (DC) designates each March as National Nutrition Month, and Dietitians Day celebrates the professionals who bring nutrition to the public...
- Intergovernmental Committee Meeting Focuses On E. Africa Food Security
- Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT - Experts meeting at the 14th Intergovernmental Committee meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, which kicked off on Sunday, are focusing on food security in East Africa, where FAO says 20 million people are vulnerable, the New Times/allAfrica.com reports. The U.N...
- Cloves Are The Best Natural Antioxidant
- Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:00 PDT - Using spices eaten in the Mediterranean diet as natural antioxidants is a good way forward for the food industry, given the beneficial health effects of these products. This has been shown by researchers from the Miguel Hernández University (UMH), who have put the clove in first place...
- What's Mom's Influence On Baby's Obesity Risk?
- Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT - Aspiring moms may be advised to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant, and to gain only the recommended amount of weight during their pregnancy. Now ongoing studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded investigator Kartik Shankar and colleagues could provide new insights into those recommendations...
- More Support For Health Benefits Of Coffee
- Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PDT - Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as "the devil's brew," coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, polyphenols) that may promote health...
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.
