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The Role of Sponsorship in Achieving Our Mission
This past year has been one of the most exciting and inspiring of my life. I am honored to have served as your president, and I look forward to working closely with our 2015-2016 President, Evelyn Crayton, EdD, RDN, LDN. She has been a hard-working, creative teammate in the leadership of our Academy, and with her as president we will accomplish great things for our organization and our profession.Our Challenge to Industry and to Each Other
In the beginning, food was what was available to eat—and humans had to expend considerable energy to get that food. With time, education, and curiosity, we began to experiment and create foods I call “science wonders” that were not limited to basic sustenance—chips, soda, chocolate, wine, beer, and olive and other oils, to name a few. People liked them! So more and more (and more) were created.Preceptors Enrich Practice, Profession
Precepting has been one of the most rewarding parts of my job because it allows me to stay current and hopefully influence the dietitians of tomorrow.—Kristi Fogg, MS, RD, LD, CNSCOur Academy’s First Hundred Years—and the Next
Dietetics is a profession born out of national emergency: the need to conserve food and feed our troops during World War I. Our association was founded in 1917 as the American Dietetic Association by brave and bold women who at the time didn’t have the right to vote, but they had the right idea about the importance of nutrition to the success and survival of our military and our country’s citizens. And since then, we have grown to become the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals in the world.Meeting the Needs of the Future
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.—Nelson MandelaSolving Our Patients’ Nutrition Problems
Patients are increasingly more complex and yet, as a profession, we must continue to prove our effectiveness in solving our patients’ nutrition problems. One way in which we can do this is by incorporating the Nutrition Care Process and Terminology (NCPT) into our dietetics practice. Implementing the NCPT leads to consistency in practice and makes outcomes research possible. Adopting the process and terminology empowers us to remain competitive with other health disciplines that use a standardized process and terminology and produce outcomes data.New Websites: Nutrition and Dietetics PRO and the Public
The Academy’s website, www.eatright.org , is our single most important and influential piece of communication. It is where members, prospective members, consumers, the media, stakeholders, health professionals, and others turn first to learn more about registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), our organization, and our products and services. Our website also defines and symbolizes our organization’s reason for being, demonstrating our authority in evidence-based nutrition and health.Licensure Sets Standards, Protects the Public
Although it seems like just yesterday, 27 years ago I volunteered to lead the effort to achieve licensure for dietitians in Oregon. Two years later, in 1989, our dream was realized. Our licensure law, although not specific, affords Oregon dietitians a broad scope of practice. Licensure has helped us ensure public safety by requiring strict standards for licensed dietitians.Bring Value to the Affordable Care Act
Health care delivery and payment are changing in the United States! Traditional fee-for-service payment systems are being replaced by bundled payments and value-based purchasing. Care is moving from a volume-driven system to one driven by value.Academy Deliverables: GENIE
During the recent orientation for incoming Academy committee chairs, we spent productive time discussing committee deliverables: the products and services the Academy created for members in the last year. The total number of deliverables was impressive: 33 products and 26 programs were developed; 16 services were provided; 22 articles were published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (including position and practice papers); 25 communications disseminated to inform members; and 10 actions taken to support membership.Responsibilities, Resources, and Challenges
I am excited to serve as your Academy President for 2014-2015. Two life experiences are key to the thinking I bring to this esteemed office. First, I grew up on the plains of western Kansas in the 1950s, where my mother ran a diner. I always said, “No matter what I do in life, to be sure, it will have nothing to do with food.”
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