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2013 Blueprint Grants Now Available
| |  ASTPHND is offering another round of technical assistance grants to members interested in using the Cornerstones of a Healthy Lifestyle Blueprint for Nutrition and Physical Activity in their state. The Blueprint outlines practical, consumer-focused, state and local strategies for improving eating and physical activity that will lead to healthier lives for children, adults, and families. Applications are due February 25, 2013 for grants up to $5,000. Click here for complete grant application information.
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Your ASTPHND Elevator Pitch
| |  As part of ASTPHND's new Communications Plan, we now have seven Key Messages that can help you quickly and easily convey to your colleagues just what ASTPHND is about. For example, the first message is: ASTPHND is a non-profit membership organization comprised of public health nutritionists and related professionals. The second message is: ASTPHND promotes the value of public health nutritionists. Each of the key messages are accompanied by supporting bullets. Take a look at our new Key Messages and help spread the word about ASTPHND today!
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CDC Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion Funding
| | For the past few years, the CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (Center) has been working to coordinate the categorical, disease-specific programs, such as heart disease and stroke, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, and nutrition, physical activity and obesity. To help coordinate these programs, the Center
developed a four domain framework. ASTPHND expects that the four domain framework will continue to shape the future of work funded by CDC's Combined Chronic Disease Prevention Grant Program (CCDPGP). This change will likely affect the CDC nutrition, physical activity, and obesity state programs.
ASTPHND's Obesity Prevention Nutrition Steering Committee has prepared a summary of the four domain framework using examples relevant to public health nutrition. Click here to view ASTPHND's document and to review the original CDC Examples of Strategies with Domains and Four Domains from November 2012.
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Call for
Nutrition Resources Developed for the Affordable Care Act
| | Has your state been working on public health nutrition activities related to the Affordable Care Act? The ASTPHND Obesity Prevention Council Steering Committee is interested in any public health nutrition documents you may have developed. Possible topics include essential benefits, breastfeeding, menu labeling, worksite wellness, obesity and chronic disease prevention, MCH or other aspects of public health nutrition. Please send your materials to Helene Kent.
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New MCH Knowledge Path
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents
| | The MCH Library at Georgetown University presents a new knowledge  path, Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents. The knowledge path directs readers to a selection of current, high-quality resources about the prevention, identification, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in homes, schools, and communities. Health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, and researchers can use the knowledge path to learn more about overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, improve care, develop programs, and locate training resources and information to answer specific questions.
Companion resource briefs include:
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New ASTPHND Brief
The Role of Public Health Nutritionists
in Obesity Prevention
| |  The ASTPHND Obesity Prevention Nutrition Council Steering Committee has released a two-page primer, The Role of Public Health Nutritionists in Obesity Prevention. The primer describes the skills and activities performed by public health nutritionists and reviews why public health nutritionists are essential partners in obesity prevention. For additional information or questions about this new brief, please contact Helene Kent.
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Mark Your Calendar for a
New Member Orientation
| | New to ASTPHND? Please join us on Tuesday February 26, 2pm Eastern Time for an orientation call for all new ASTPHND members. The call will last one hour, and it will give you an overview of the organization, including the benefits of membership, ASTPHND's structure and funding, navigating ASTPHND's website and much more. You'll leave the call with a greater knowledge of what ASTPHND does and how you can get involved. To join the call, dial 800-750-4065, access code 46844664#. Contact Allison McGuigan for more information.
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Retiring soon?
You can stay on as an ASTPHND member!
| | If you're planning to retire soon, please consider staying connected to ASTPHND as an Associate Member. An associate member is an individual or agency with an interest in public health nutrition but not part of a state public health department. Click here to view the associate member application. It's that easy!
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USBC Celebrates 2012 Accomplishments
| | The United States Breastfeeding Committee is proud to share its 2012 Activities and Accomplishments, based on its five-year strategic plan. Click here to view USBC's report.
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New Healthy Vending Standards from NANA
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 The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) recently completed model beverage and food standards for vending machines and a corresponding model policy. These model vending standards can be used:
- In an agency policy, executive order, regulation, or other executive branch approach to implement vending standards in states or localities.
- As a resource on your website.
- To encourage a hospital, university, or organization to move to healthy vending.
- As standards for any other location with a vending machine.
Offering healthy food and beverage options on state property demonstrates the state's commitment to addressing obesity. These steps support other state nutrition and obesity efforts, and they are a no-cost policy option in these times of tight budgets.
NANA is now developing a list of products that meet the vending standards, producing a factsheet about the impact of healthy vending standards on revenue, and compiling healthy vending success stories. To share your success story about vending or food procurement policies, or for more information about healthier food choices on public property, please contact Katie Bishop.
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ASTPHND Gift Card Winners
| | ASTPHND thanks all of the members who completed our annual survey of members' training needs. We entered each member who completed the survey into a drawing for a gift card. Here are our three winners:
- Amy Koren-Roth (NY) - Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinator
- Jennifer Madden (VA) - Expanded member
- Helen Brown (ID) - Associate member
Congratulations and thank you!
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Mark Your Calendar for the
2013 ASTPHND Annual Meeting
| | The ASTPHND 2013 Annual Meeting will be held June 9-11. Watch the ASTPHND website for location and complete details.
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About ASTPHND
| | | The Association of State & Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (ASTPHND) is a non-profit membership organization that develops leaders in public health nutrition who strengthen policy, programs and
environments, making it possible for everyone to make healthy food choices and achieve healthy, active lifestyles.
Our vision is to create new environmental norms where healthy eating and active living are the easy and natural choices for all Americans. We welcome your involvement in our growing organization. Learn more about us at About ASTPHND.
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