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As Caring Professionals, Remember to Care for Ourselves
As nutrition and dietetics professionals who care for the health of others, are we doing enough to care for our own health—physical, emotional, and mental?To Support All: Diversity and Inclusion
The Academy encourages diversity and inclusion by striving to recognize, respect, and include differences in ability, age, creed, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, size, and socioeconomic characteristics in the nutrition and dietetics profession.—Academy’s revised Diversity Definition, adopted by the Board of Directors (February 2019)Ethics and Civility: The Code We Live By
Consider this practice scenario: A skilled long-term care facility patient with severe dementia tells a registered dietitian nutritionist that she no longer wants to be fed via her gastrostomy feeding tube. She has no advanced directive. The resident’s daughter wants her mother to be fed.1Food Security for Everyone: An Academy Priority
Last month, I wrote about the ways the Academy and our members are addressing the worldwide problem of malnutrition. It’s often a consequence of food insecurity—which is one of the Academy’s highest priorities.Priority: Prevent, Identify, Treat Malnutrition
Malnutrition is one of the most challenging health problems facing our country and the world. Hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition exist in people of all ages and social demographics and may not be immediately visible. Academy members, leaders, our Headquarters Team, and partner organizations in the United States and globally are collaborating to diagnose, treat, and—as possible—prevent malnutrition in communities, schools, health care settings, and workplaces. We are making significant progress.Open to Saying Yes: Career Options in Nontraditional Fields
Have you downloaded the Academy’s recently published 2017 Compensation and Benefits Survey of the Dietetics Profession? Free to Academy members ( www.eatrightPRO.org/salarysurvey ) and based on the replies of 9,000 members and practitioners, the survey lists more than 20 different settings where our members work. In speaking with members, I’m increasingly discovering that our education, experience, and passion for nutrition and health prepare us for success in all manner of careers—including some we might not consider.Members Are Leading the Evolution of Our Profession
At the Board of Directors’ annual planning retreat in July, my BOD colleagues and I spent a great deal of time discussing the future. Through fascinating presentations by Academy expert leaders and follow-up group discussions, we looked at proposed new education and credentialing models that can best prepare students for the changing environment that is impacting our profession, and keep our credentialing format relevant and responsive to the needs of the public, employers, and prospective registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs).Members Improve the Nutritional Health of Immigrants
Immigrants to the United States face many challenges—in language, culture, jobs, health care—and Academy members across the country work tirelessly to help them meet these challenges.We’re Part of the Solution: Malnutrition Prevention, Treatment
It has been 44 years since Charles Butterworth, Jr wrote The Skeleton in the Hospital Closet, a bold exposé of the direct connections among malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality, and malnutrition’s inadequate recognition and treatment in health care facilities. Despite this clear call to action, malnutrition remains a major contributor to suboptimal health.Treating the Whole Person: Food as Lifestyle Medicine
“Food as medicine”—it’s a concept attributed to Hippocrates around 400 BC. The philosophy is to prevent, address, and potentially reverse diseases by personalizing management of an individual’s diet and lifestyle choices.The Value Proposition of Academy Membership
Preparing for the privilege of serving as the Academy’s 2018-2019 President has been a terrific experience! Traveling to affiliate and dietetic practice group conferences from the desert Southwest to the nation’s capital, I have had the honor of meeting and speaking with members and future members, hearing your stories, celebrating your successes, listening to your concerns, and sharing my goals for the Second Century of our Academy and our profession.
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