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I WANT TO THANK ALL ACADEMY members for the high honor of serving as your president. One of our organizational goals is that members and prospective members view the Academy as a key to professional success. I believe we have made significant strides toward meeting this goal and we will continue under the leadership of our 2013-2014 president, Glenna A. McCollum, DMOL, MPH, RDN, who will serve all of us well.Be a Preceptor: Create Tomorrow's Leaders
ONE OF THE ACADEMY OF Nutrition and Dietetics' Strategic Goals is that members and prospective members view the Academy as key to their professional success. To achieve this goal, the Academy strives to provide relevant and valued products and services for diverse member audiences. We make strong efforts, across all organizational units, to provide leadership opportunities to enhance members' knowledge and skills. This translates into success in practice, the workplace, and within our communities.Make Your Point with Knowledge, Civility, Respect
ONE OF THE PRIMARY PURPOSES of National Nutrition Month and Registered Dietitian Day, both of which we celebrate this month, is to demonstrate to the world that we are the trusted leaders who provide the straight story on food and nutrition for the public, the media, other health providers, policy makers, and all groups and individuals. Earning and keeping this reputation enables us to meet the Academy's strategies of enabling practitioners to position ourselves as leaders in our field, and assuring competence through education and professional development opportunities for career success.Strengthen Our Competence, Address Health Disparities
A HIGHLIGHT OF FEBRUARY IS valentine's day and celebrating our loving relationships. February is also American Heart Month, reminding us that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. While each of us has likely been touched by CVD in some way, we as registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) know that that many of the risk factors for CVD can be prevented and controlled—including high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, excess weight, and obesity.“Believing Is Seeing”
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL members and friends of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics! I hope 2013 brings you and your family good health and much happiness. I also hope that we as an Academy are able to make continued progress toward improving the nation's health.Translating Science into Action
THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION and dietetics has set as an organizational goal that the public trusts and chooses registered dietitians (RDs) as food and nutrition experts and leaders. One of the strategies we have adopted to achieve this goal is that, as nutrition leaders, we take active and practical positions based on science and evidence. A second strategy to achieve this goal is to work cooperatively with the local, state, national, and international food and nutrition communities. I am happy to tell you that we are making strong progress in implementing these strategies.Lifelong Learning Advances Us—One and All
A GOAL OF THE ACADEMY'S strategic plan is that the public trusts and chooses registered dietitians as the food and nutrition experts. Continuing education is critical to creating and promoting a trusted brand and to establish value to the public. Effective programs, services, and initiatives offered by registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered, are our professional specialty, and engaging in lifelong continuing education enables us to stay on the forefront and ahead of our competition.Our Role in Achieving Food Security for All
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING a summit meeting in Washington, DC, in late June, co-sponsored by the Academy, titled “The Future of Food: Food Security in the 21st Century.” This fascinating and important meeting was co-sponsored by the Academy and the Innovation Center for US Dairy and was hosted—and broadcast online—by the Washington Post.The Olympic Torch: Symbolizing Excellence
ON JULY 11, I WAS FORTUNATE to represent the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics by participating in the Olympic Torch Relay in Basingstoke, England, as the torch traveled to London for the 2012 Olympic Games. The relay is a traditional preparation component of the Olympics; the Academy made our own history in 2010 when Jessie M. Pavlinac, MS, RD, CSR, LD, became the first Academy president to bear the torch prior to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.Empowering Members and Making an Impact: At Home and Abroad
AT THE SAME TIME THE ACAdemy is making great progress in realizing our mission—empowering members to be the nation's food and nutrition leaders—we are extending our expertise across borders, helping our international colleagues bring the profession of dietetics to their countries and influence health care across the globe.Public Policy: Become Informed, Get Involved
What an exciting time to be part of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. I hope you feel as though you are changing lives—or at least that you can. We are experienced and positioned to do so, thanks in large part to the Academy's vision, mission, and strategic plan. In the months to come, I will write about aspects of our plan and how they are helping us change the Academy, change dietetics, and change health care. A series of columns based on our strategic plan may sound boring, but I hope you'll read them, because our plan is important to the nation and the Academy members.
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