The California Walnut Commission is sponsoring "Food For Your Whole Life", a symposium to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on June 6 & 7, 2010

Registered dietitians (RD) and Dietetic Technicians, Registered (DTR) can receive up to 12 total continuing education hours for this unique two day event.

For more information, call (800) 758-2100

Calling all shutterbugs!

The Journal is looking for ADA members with an eye for photography and a head for dietetics. Beginning in March 2010, the Journal will be accepting original photographs from ADA members as part of our second annual Journal Cover Contest.

Submit one (1) original photograph representing any area of food, nutrition, or dietetics by August 30, 2010, and you could see your masterpiece on the cover of the Journal in 2011!

Finalists will be reviewed and judged using a subjective scoring grid based on creativity, image quality, representation of trends in nutrition and dietetics, and appeal to the Journal readership.

Dear DNS Members,

I have something very exciting to tell you about....it's a brand new program that will be delivered through a Distance Learning methodology led by Mark DeLegge MD who has been very active in DNS through our Advanced Skills Workshops in the past.

The Advanced Enteral Nutrition Program is designed to promote advanced knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm for enteral nutrition (EN).

Here are a few key points about the program:

Do you need FUNDING for a great research question? 

DNS has a $10,000 grant for which you qualify if you:  1) are a DNS member; 2) develop a great application packet using the forms posted on www.dnsdpg.org; and 3) compete successfully in a peer-review process with other applicants.

In order to be considered for this grant opportunity, please submit your application documents electronically in PDF format by sending an e-mail with attachments to Beth Labrador at the ADA Foundation:  NO LATER THAN 5 PM CST on April 1, 2010.  

DNS is continuing its Webinar Series with the March 16th offering of "Parenteral Nutrition in the Acute Care Setting" presented by DNS' renowned former Chair Susan Brantley, MS, RD, LD, CNSC.  Registration is now available for via the following link: https://store.dnsdpg.org/node/4

We look forward to your participation.  Please contact me for questions or comment.

Ainsley

Nutrition and Health: State of the Science and Clinical Applications is a premier nutrition conference in the U.S. for health professionals, assembling internationally recognized researchers, clinicians, educators, and chefs whose work focuses on the interface between nutrition and healthful living.

Date: May 10-12, 2010

Location: Omni Hotel at CNN Center  Atlanta, Georgia

Details and registration: www.NHConference.org/register

Singer P, Pichard C, Heidgegger CP, Wernerman J. Considering energy deficit in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Nutr Metab Care. 2010; 13(2):170-176.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A discrepancy has emerged between experts' recommendations on how to feed ICU patients according to their requirements using parenteral nutrition, if enteral nutirtion is not reaching the target. This review describes the differences in the recent guidelines issued by the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) regarding these aspects.

Port AM Apovian C. Metabolic support of the obese intensive care unit patient: A current perspective. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010; 13(2):184-91.

Mary Jo Porter, RD

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the Dietitians in Nutrition Support (DNS) Nominating Committee for awarding me the DNS Professional Development Scholarship fund.   This was a trip of “firsts”. It was my first ASPEN conference, first abstract submission, first oral presentation and first trip to Las Vegas! I would not have experienced such an incredible opportunity without the support and encouragement of DNS, my manager Neha Parekh, and mentors, Dr. Ezra Steiger and Dr. Cristiano Quintini.  

Recent publications on pediatric nutrition support:

Brotschi B, Baenziger O, Frey B, Bucher UH, Ersch J.  Early enteral feeding in conservatively managed stage II necrotizing enterocolitis is associated with a reduced risk of catheter-related sepsis.  Journal of Perinatal Medicine.  2009;37:701-705.

Hartman C, Ben-Artzi E, Berkowitz D, Elhasid R, Lajterer N, Postovski S, Hadad S, Shamir R.  Olive oil-based intravenous lipid emulsion in pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation:  a short-term prospective controlled trial.  Clinical Nutrition.  2009;28:631-635.