Congratulations to these ALDA members for their recognition at the national level.
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A Heartfelt Thanks From Dr. Evelyn Crayton
Congratulations to our new leadership in the Alabama Dietetic Association. I look forward to working within the new administration.
A heartfelt thanks to all who supported me. We as members, must be committed to being the nations' leaders in Nutrition and Health! Let's encourage each other and our President Elect to continue to strive for excellence in all that we do. Let's volunteer to serve at the district, state and national levels. Become active in at least one DPG and a MIG. Become familiar with the Academy's Strategic Plan. Become an advocate for our profession and yes donate to the Foundation and to ANDPAC.. Thank you again for your support.
My candidacy for President -Elect of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. I received 41% of the votes cast. Twenty per cent (20%) of our Alabama members voted.
Alabama always seems to be first in many things. Did you know that we proposed "National Nutrition Month"? Yes, we were trying to get all of our activities completed during "National Nutrition Week". We did not have enough time to complete all that we had planned. Therefore, we requested that we expand it to National Nutrition Month (NNM)!!
Others can now see possibilities in the Academy, which is well worth the effort! Remember,there have been others who have run for these high offices from Alabama, Harriett Cloud, Audrey Wright, Ken Wear and many have served as Chairs, on committees, others have received the Medallion. It may take time for change to happen, but happen it will, one day we will elect a President from Alabama.
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Dianne Lollar was elected Chair-Elect of the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (HEN) Dietetics Practice Group in the recent Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics election.
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Julie Drzewiecki received the Diabetes Care and Education (DCE) Dietetics Practice Group Legislative Activity Award. 
THANK YOU ALABAMA DIETETIC ASSOCIATION!
By Julie Drzewiecki, MS, RD, CDE
On March 11, 2013, I was awarded the Legislative Activity Award by the Diabetes Care and Education Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). I would have never received this national honor without the help of the Alabama Dietetic Association.
They gave me the opportunity to serve on their Board as the Legislative Network Coordinator, State Policy Representative, and Public Policy Coordinator. Dr. Ethan Bergman, PHD, RD, President of AND, presented the award to me at the AND Public Policy Workshop in Washington, DC.
Sixteen years earlier, Dr. Bergman was my mentor as the Washington State Dietetic Association Legislative Network Coordinator. Receiving my award from Dr. Bergman made the moment much more special. Very Special Friends, Susan Miller, RD, Susan Scott, RD, and Susan Yake, RD, worked with me on nutrition legislative issues. All three of them were in the audience on this day. Talk about God working in mysterious and beautiful ways!
Reflecting on this experience, I encourage all Alabama Registered Dietitians to become involved in local or state or national dietetic associations. Lend your talents to any committee! You never know what joys and surprises await you! In closing, I accepted the award on behalf of the Alabama Dietetic Association and the Washington State Dietetic Association.
THANK YOU Alabama Dietetic Association members, from the bottom of my heart, for letting me serve!
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Vital Plants that Provide Better Health and Healing: Jamu
Submitted By: Marta Sovyanhadi, Dr. PH, RD and Janine Castillo
Indonesia has the world's largest biodiversity reservoir with around 140 million hectares (1 hectare = 10,000 square meters) of rainforest. Therefore, nature is deeply rooted in the life of the people culturally, socially and economically. The leaves, fruits, roots, seeds, flowers or tree barks, has been widely used since ancient times for daily health maintenance and healing.
Jamu, originated by Javanese royalty in the 8th century, is Indonesia's traditional health and beauty system. Indonesian women have relied on it for centuries to retain healthy skin and hair, maintain regular menstruation, rediscover their shape after childbirth, and transition more easily into menopause. Despite the loss of many traditions due to modernization, Indonesians still cling to their belief in jamu's transformative powers; as an herbal tonic or applied through face and body mask, body wraps, massage oil and balms and is considered by Indonesians to be the best way to increase blood circulation and metabolism, regulate digestion and increase longevity.
Traditionally, Jamu is made by pounding up the ingredients with a pestle and mortar, until you have bowls of herbal pulp, pots of elixirs and various smaller cups for mixing. Then after mixing the pulp in a brownish liquid the juice is squeezed out over a strainer.2 However, currently, you may mix all the ingredients in a house hold blender.
Jamu's Core Ingredients:
Kunyit (Curcuma domestica, turmeric, kunir)
Turmeric adds flavor and taste to several dishes. Plays a role in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatism, asthma, angina, high blood pressure, fever, liver disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer's Disease.
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Tamarind contains many health benefiting essential volatile
chemical compounds, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber. 100 g of fruit pulp provides 5.1 or over 13% of dietary fiber. A good source of copper, potassium, calcium, iron, selenium, zinc and magnesium. It is also rich in many vital vitamins including thiamin, vitamin A, folic acid, riboflavin, niacin,vitamin-C that are essential for optimum health.
Jahe Ginger is the be best known member
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of the Zingiberaceae family and has been used by herbalist to warm the body since ancient times. It is used for food flavoring and to improve appetite and digestion as well as to help relieve rheumatic pains.
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Lengkuas
(Languas galangal, greater galangal, laos)
Lengkuas is used in the Indonesian cuisine dishes like beef or chicken dishes and fish curry. The galangal rhizome has a fresh smell and tastes of ginger and pepper, with a hint of sour lemon. Widely used in the Indonesian jamu healing, jamu for attomach aches, diarrhea and flatulence and as an antiseptic.
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It has a sharp, slightly camphor-like taste in soups, sauces, curries and stews. It's rhizome is always used in warming jamus' and is recommended for about 20 illness. Due to its warming effect, it causes perspiration, hence effective if used for poultice and compress paste in treating fever, muscular rheumatism, abdominal pain, stomach ache and swelling.
Lempuyang
(Lempuyang pahit; Zingiber amaricans,
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bitter ginger and lempuyang wangi; Zingiber aromaticum, fragrance ginger)
The main function of Lempuyang is to warm the body and increase muscle flexibility. In terms of flavor, lempuyang has a strong and extremely biting and bitter taste hence it is a popular appetizer seasoning that activates the taste buds.
Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza)
Like turmeric and galangal, its main functionis to
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stimulate digestion and release bile from the gallbladder. It has been to treat diarrhea and constipation, fever, muscle spasm, skin complaints, stimulates lactation during breastfeeding
and improves blood circulation. Also used in cosmetics and face and body care preparations of body slimming.
The basic and most common recipe:
Tumeric Jamu
- 1 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 Tbsp tamarind
- 4 oz. Hot water
- Lemon or lime
- Optional sweetener (agave, molasses, honey)
lime. Drink! It is recommended to drink monthly or if desired; there is no harm in consuming Jamu weekly. You may also double the portion or add additional Jamu core ingredients as needed to obtain extra health benefits.
In a small mixing bowl, add the tamarind to the hot water to soak for 10 minutes. Add the turmeric, ginger and soaked tamarind plus the soaking water to a blender and mix until combined. Pour into a cup; add optional sweetener, and a squeeze of lemon or
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Marta Sovyanhadi, Dr.PH, RD, LD/N, is chairman of the Family and Consumer Sciences Department and dietetics internship director at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. Janine Castillo, is a sophomore dietetics student at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama.
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2013 Policy From the Ground Up: ALDA Delegation Stormed the Hill!
Summary by Susan Scott, RD, LD, ALDA Public Policy Coordinator
The ALDA Delegation of Dr. Evelyn Crayton, Mrs. Julie Drzewiecki, Mrs. Dana Herazo, Mrs. Susan Miller, and Mrs. Susan Scott stormed the Hill March 13 in a deluge of rain after President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Ethan Bergman PhD, RD, CD, FADA, presented Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern with the 2013 Public Policy Leadership Award. "Hunger is a political condition," stated Rep. McGovern as he spoke on the importance of the Academy advocating against budget cuts to nutrition and nutrition education programs.
McGovern went on to tell PPW attendees about his challenges with living on a food stamp diet for one week, limiting his food costs to $3 per day. "It's hard to be poor," said McGovern.McGovern pointed out that nutrition plays a huge role in health care and the fight against hunger.
Later that morning, Iowa State Representative Bruce Braley, whose daughter is an RD, spoke on moving from health care delivery systems to systems that reward for patient outcomes. Rep. Braley stated, "It is best to invest in prevention and wellness than treating sick people."Rep. Braley ended hi discussion by pointing out that investing in training professionals, changing behaviors and educating patients could save the U.S. $25 billion a year in health care costs. RDs can play a pivotal part and help lead the charge.
Highlighting our visit was a personal meeting with the Honorable Rep. Jo Bonner, AL 1st District, confirming that he would co-sponsor a bill to support MNT and pre-diabetes when the bill is re-introduced this year. We met with all staffers at all our legislators' offices to discuss the following issues set forth as key action items by the Academy:
1) Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act - 1 out of every 5 federal health care dollars is spent treating people with diabetes. We stressed the benefits of MNT provided by an RD for effective evidenced-based practice resulting in diabetes prevention.
2) The Farm Bill - in its re-authorization, we strongly asked to retain SNAP-Education, stressing the power of education, while citing examples from AL.Also, we asked for support for the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Agriculture Research, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, the Seniors Farmers Market, and the Commodity Supplemental Food Programs.
3) The Older Americans Act - We asked that reauthorization of the benefits of the OAA nutrition programs be acted upon when due without delay. The cost of a year's worth of delivered meals to one older American is the cost of 1 day in a hospital! Our message included - use qualified staff, include the RD, and utilize strong evidenced-based nutrition and health components to support the program.
4) Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reauthorization - Prioritizing funding for the provision of food and nutrition services, including MNT, is an investment that was shared first-hand by Mrs. Herazo, who provides RD services for the Mobile County Health Department. Supplementing a person for $20/day improves the effectiveness and tolerance of HIV medications and helps to alleviate the diseases adverse effects, while a hospital stay cost upwards of $4,000/day.
5) Access to Frontline Health Care Act (H.R. 702) - The bill creates a Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program which will provide student loan repayment in exchange for a commitment to practice in regions that have a scarcity of health services for underserved population - including qualified RDs.
Stay posted for email blasts on how you can help advocate for nutrition services for Alabama. If you are interested in volunteering for grassroots effort on any specific issue, please contact Susan Scott (scsnutr@comcast.net). Also, we need outcomes. If you are involved in any research regarding evidence-based practice outcomes, please share these so that ALDA can share them with policy makers and stakeholders.
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RD Day on Capitol Hill
April 10th was RD Day on Capitol Hill in Montgomery. Susan Miller, ALDA's State Policy Representative, did a wonderful job of providing an overview of how the legislative process works, telling the ALDA delegation who to concentrate their efforts on and explaining the issues we would talk to the legislators about. Thank you to all who were able to take time off to speak up for the dietetics profession. Pictured are Dana Herazo, President Elect and Molly Killman, ALDA President visiting with Senator Greg Reed, Chairman of the Senate Health Committee.
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Alabama Dietetic Association Celebrates National Nutrition Month 2013
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Montgomery District Dietetic Association Donates to Food Bank
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MDDA President Anna Patterson and ALDA President Molly Killman are pictured with food collected by dietitians at Baptist Hospital and the ADPH.
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Montgomery District Dietetic Association Donates to Food BankTo celebrate National Nutrition Month, the Montgomery District Dietetic Association (MDDA) sponsored a food drive during March. Nonperishable foods were collected at Baptist Hospital and the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) in Montgomery.
MDDA members Gail Mask, Anna Patterson, Michael Polis and Mim Gaines are ready to deliver food to the Montgomery Area Food Bank.
The food was donated to the Montgomery Area Food Bank. In 2012, the Montgomery Area Food Bank distributed approximately 19 million pounds of food across 35 counties. They serve over 330,000 people annually. The foods collected through this food drive will become a part of a larger picture, one that makes the difference between hunger and health to families across the state.
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Eat Right My Way Every Day
"Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day," was the theme of National Nutrition Month 2013. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics encourages personalized healthy eating styles* and recognizes that food preferences, lifestyle, cultural and ethnic traditions and health concerns all impact individual food choices. Registered dietitians and student dietitians play a critical role in helping people eat right, their way, every day.
 My name is Marta Sovyanhadi, I am one of the dietetics professors at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, and I would like to reveal to you my way of eating right every day. First, I start my day with two glasses of pure water then with a banana. Drinking water on an empty stomach first thing in the morning provides outstanding health benefits. For example, it helps purify my body's internal system, including the colon which makes it more readily available to absorb nutrients from food. Also, it increases hematopoiesis and metabolism, purges toxins from the blood which contributes to glowing skin, and also balances the lymphatic system, as well. Bananas are rich in fiber, an important nutrient for colon health because it helps to stimulate bowel contractions and produce healthy intestinal bacteria. Furthermore, the combination of fiber, glucose, sucrose, and fructose of banana help to naturally boost and sustain energy levels. Research has proven that bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. Bananas are not only beneficial for energy; its high potassium content also assists in the treatment and prevention of several conditions such as depression, iron-deficiency anemia, high blood pressure, as well as constipation. I love bananas because they are highly nutritious and delicious! Eat a banana every day to help boost your day!
 My name is Avanelle Thomas, and I am a sophomore dietetics student at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. My way of eating right, my way, every day, is by eating breakfast with a bowl of whole grain breakfast cereal. I eat breakfast because without it, I will not have adequate amounts of essential nutrients, or energy to keep me boosted throughout my day. I choose whole grain cereals as part of my breakfast because it is quick to eat, simple to prepare, and delicious, as well! Not only so, but it provides me with substantial health benefits. For example, whole grain cereals such as Honey Nut Cheerios®, which is my favorite, provide me with 12 vitamins and minerals such as calcium, zinc, iron, vitamin C, Niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin A, folic acid, vitamin D, and vitamin B12. Eating this cereal enriched with B12 is extremely essential for me because I am hardly able to incorporate it into my diet being that I do not consume animal products, which are natural sources of vitamin B12. Honey Nut Cheerios® also contains whole, rather than refined grains, along with fiber, which helps to reduce my risk of developing chronic diseases such as hypertension and Type 2 diabetes, and helps me with healthy digestion, as well. Eat right, your way, with a bowl of whole grain cereal each day!
 My name is Loica Marc, and I am a senior dietetics student at Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. I eat right, my way, every day with a smoothie. Smoothies help me to stay awake rather than the traditional method of drinking coffee, which is low in nutrients and high in caffeine. I prefer a peanut butter-banana smoothie with honey, milk (I like almond milk) and sometimes oats and flaxseeds. There are many health benefits found in this amazing drink. As previously mentioned, bananas are rich in fiber and potassium which helps to alleviate various diseases and give a boost of energy to my day. Peanut butter contributes many essential nutrients such as vitamin E, niacin, folic acid, magnesium and oleic fatty acids, which benefit the heart. Peanut butter is also an excellent source of protein which reduces the rate in which sugar enters my blood, and instead helps me maintain consistent energy levels. Honey also contains a wide variety of vitamins and minerals including niacin, riboflavin, calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc and glucose for energy. Oats, an excellent source of fiber help stabilize blood sugar levels, boost the immune system, lower HDL-cholesterol levels, and helps prevent heart disease and some cancers with the aid of lignans. Finally, flaxseeds provide omega-3 fatty acids, which are excellent for brain health. When you're feeling low on energy, instead of reaching out for coffee, while missing out on many essential nutrients, reach for a peanut butter & banana smoothie instead. Your body will appreciate you for eating right, your way, every day!
 My name is Claudia Follette Associate Professor & Dietetics at Oakwood University. My way of eating right, my way, every day, is by including a handful of nuts and dried fruit in the morning. With my family history of heart disease I know that eating nuts as part of a healthy diet is good for my heart. Nuts can lower the LDL, low-density lipoprotein or "bad," cholesterol level in blood. Yes nuts are high in fat but it is the "good" fats- both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats - they help to control bad cholesterol levels. So I eat nuts sensibly by sticking to a one ounce portion which is equal to about one quarter cup each day. Nuts are also a good source of l-arginine which is an a non- essential amino acid that may help improve the health of artery walls by making them more flexible and less prone to blood clots that can block blood flow. Nuts are also an excellent source of Vitamin E, a potent antioxidant. Vitamin E may help stop the development of plaques in your arteries, which can narrow them. Lastly, nuts are a good source of phytochemicals- these are biologically active plant chemicals with high antioxidant properties which are linked to the prevention of coronary heart disease.
I must confess that I have a sweet tooth. I like to consume a serving- which is 5 tablespoons or 1/3 cup of dried fruit each day with my nuts. Dried cranberries are one of my favorites. They help me to get the sweet taste I desire without consuming a lot of empty calories. Dried cranberries contain important anti-inflammatory & anti-adhesion phytochemcials called flavinoids, phenolic acids, proanthocyanids or PACs which may help to prevent urinary tract infections, stomach ulcers and gingivitis. So go ahead include nuts and cranberries in your diet, your way today!
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Celebrate National Preceptor Month
As the demand for dietetic internships has increased, highly qualified students aren't getting positions, not because they don't have good grades or varied work experiences, but simply because too few dietetic internship positions are available. The profession needs more practitioners who are willing to train and serve as positive role models, to assure that all qualified students can complete their education and sit for the registration exam.
The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) and the Nutrition and Dietetic Educators and Preceptors (NDEP) DPG are working with the Academy to increase our efforts to locate practitioners who are interested in teaching dietetic students. To kick start our preceptor recruitment campaign, we are proud to announce that the leadership of the Academy has declared April to be National Preceptor Month!
We are asking all members to pay it forward. Remember how valuable your preceptor was? Make that same impact on a student by helping them continue down their career path.
Create Tomorrow's Leaders - Become a preceptor today!
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ALDA Delgate Report
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April 2013
Upcoming Spring Meeting
The 2013 Spring Meeting of the House of Delegates is scheduled for May 4 and 5. As part of an ongoing effort to strip costs and streamline Academy activities, this meeting has, for the past few years, been conducted in a virtual format. From the comfort of their homes and offices, HOD members will be connected through computer and phone in order to conduct discussions and take care of business.
The mega topic to be discussed at this meeting is pre-determined by the House Leadership Team. This spring we are discussing food security in America, and its effect on dietetic practice. To help all Academy members develop a greater understanding of food insecurity, a Backgrounder (55 pages long), Fact Sheet and Executive Summary have been posted to the Academy website. They are available to members at www.eatright.org. Log in, go to Members > Governance > HOD and scroll down to Spring 2013 Virtual Meeting > Meeting Materials. After reading this, there is an opportunity to contribute your input via a short survey on Survey Monkey, available until April 12. You will be asked for your member number, email address (in case of survey issues) and affiliation (Alabama affiliate); then there are four short questions. It is a one-shot opportunity-if, once you begin the survey, you exit without finishing, it will deny re-entry. You can access the survey at this address: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/S53987R
Submitted by Robin B. Fellers, PhD, RD, LD.
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From the Archives...
April 2013 Newsletter
HISTORIAN'S CORNER--ALDA 50 YEARS AGO
From the Archives
Did you know that 50 years ago the dietetic internship at UAB was yet to be? Furthermore, coordinated programs in dietetics were a thing of the future. So how did Alabama dietetic graduates complete their dietetic training? Many of them went through dietetic internships in other states: Massachusetts General Hospital ("Mass General"), VA Hospitals in Houston and the Bronx, Duke University Medical Center, Cook County Hospital (Chicago), and Johns Hopkins are examples of internships of that era. But besides dietetic internships, there were two other routes that graduates from ADA-approved dietetic programs could take to become dietitians. One was something called a traineeship. In this apprentice-like arrangement, a dietetic graduate typically got a job (paid) in a hospital as a dietitian's assistant, a position that was a step above being a diet clerk. The dietitian undertook to train and supervise the assistant for a specified period of time (2 to 3 years) using a formalized plan that was approved by the Education section of the ADA. The other route to membership in the ADA was to complete a masters degree and do a 6-month experience under the supervision of a dietitian. Both routes were popular and well established and they served the profession well in the days before registration was implemented in 1969.
You will hear more about the beginnings of the highly respected UAB internship as it approaches its milestone birthday next year.
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Become a Kids Eat Right Crew Volunteer. Being a KER crew member allows access to many toolkits and grants, which are available to students! Cindy Huggins is the Alabama contact if you have any questions. Below are some examples of the great toolkits and grants available. Contact Cindy at cindyjaderd@gmail.com Kids Eat Right Family Meals Mini-Grant Opportunity and Recipients: To support the use of the Kids Eat Right Family Meals toolkit, thirty-six (36) $200 grants were made available. Recipients of the mini-grants agreed to give two presentations from the Family Meals toolkit (for adults and/or teens). Congratulations to the fifty-seven (57) Kids Eat Right Campaign Members selected to receive a Kids Eat Right Crew mini-grant! Each mini-grantee will receive $200 to lead two presentations from any of the Kids Eat Righttoolkits in their communities through April 30, 2013. Kids Eat Right Tool Kits:
The Family Meals toolkit is available www.kidseatright.org/volunteer as a free downloadabletoolkit consisting of ready-made presentations-one for parents and one for teens, activities and handouts.This Kids Eat Right Family Meals Mini-Grant Opportunity was made possible by an educational grant from the Alliance for Potato Research and Education.
The new Hunger in Our Community toolkit is available at www.kidseatright.org/volunteer as a free downloadable toolkit consisting of ready-made presentations-one for adults and one for teens, activities and handouts. This Kids Eat Right Hunger in Our Community Toolkit is part of the Future of Food partnership of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Feeding America and the National Dairy Council. The toolkit was created in partnership with the Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (HEN) DPG and was made possible by an educational grant from the National Dairy Council. Kids Eat Right News Bite quarterly newsletter: http://www.eatright.org/Foundation/content.aspx?id=6442452354 Kids Eat Right News Bite is a quarterly newsletter filled with pictures and stories to highlight the great work that is being done to help kids eat right around the world. Learn about the latest Kids Eat Right projects and programs and get a sneak peek into what's to come! If you would like to submit a story and photo of what your state or DPG Kids Eat Right members are doing for submission in an upcoming News Bite, please email kidseatright@eatright.org, subject: KER News Bite. |
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