november 2011 people & events

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Donating Journals

Members often inquire about donat-ing their old Journals to a goodcause, but don’t know where tostart. The Web site for the HealthSciences Library at the Universityof Buffalo provides a list of organi-zations that accept donations of oldjournals and redistribute them todeveloping countries, found at http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php?id�book_donations. The Jour-nal encourages our readers to takeadvantage of this opportunity toshare our knowledge.

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

International Physical Activity, Nutrition,and Health Congress

November 23-26, 2011, Wow Krem-lin Place Hotel, Antalya, Turkey.The 1st International Physical Ac-tivity, Nutrition, and Health Con-gress is a multidisciplinary organi-zation where people from alldifferent disciplines share theirknowledge with the aim of improv-ing health. Topics of the Congresswill focus on various aspects ofphysical activity and nutrition, in-cluding psychological well-being,special groups (children, adoles-cents, elderly, athletes, people withdisabilities), measurement issues,chronic diseases, public health,weight management, recreation,and public policy. For more informa-

ADA CALENDAR2012 ADA Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 6-9, 2012Philadelphia, PA

2013 ADA Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 19-22, 2013Houston, TX

tion, visit www.ipanhec2011.org. m

1770 Journal of the AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATI

DA Teleseminar on Celiac Disease

December 8, 2011, 2:00-3:00PM East-rn. How will the Food and Drug Ad-inistration’s (FDA) proposed gluten-

ree food labeling impact your clientsith celiac disease? At the upcomingDA teleseminar, “FDA’s Gluten-Freeulemaking: Implications for Your Cli-nts with Celiac Disease,” results fromrecent Web-administered FDA sur-

ey and experimental study that fo-used on gluten-free diet-related issuesill be presented. An overview of theajor legislative and other activities

hat led up to FDA’s gluten-free foodabeling rulemaking and the resultingroposed requirements for a food la-eled gluten-free marketed in thenited States will be described. Visitww.eatright.org/pd/glutenfree for

Honorary Member Lorraine Thomas Dies

American Dietetic Association Honor-ary Member Lorraine Thomas passedaway on August 5, 2011. Thomas wasSpecial Assistant to the Executive Di-rector of the ADA. In the citation rec-ognizing her honorary membership in1984, Thomas was honored for herdedication and loyalty to the AmericanDietetic Association, her 19 years ofservice in the executive office at ADAheadquarters, her ability to contributeaccurate historic information and valu-able perspectives essential for decisionmaking, her effective support of theBoard of Directors, and her longstand-ing and faithful service to the profes-sion of dietetics. Thomas, a lifelongChicago resident, was 88 years old.

ore information and to register.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

Obituaries

Mary Lee Marshall, MS, RD, Feb-ruary 2011, worked for many yearsin the Nutrition department at theUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville,where she also earned bachelor andmaster’s degrees. Marshall was an ac-tive member of the Knoxville DistrictDietetic Association as well as theAmerican Dietetic Association.

Katherine H. Scialla, RD, Au-gust 2011, was a lifetime member ofthe American Dietetic Associationsince joining in 1944.

Deadline for submitting materialfor the People and Events sectionis the first of the month, 3 monthsbefore the date of the issue (eg,May 1 for the August issue).Publication of an educationalevent is not an endorsement by theAssociation of the event orsponsor. Send material to: RyanLipscomb, Editor, Journal of theAmerican Dietetic Association, 120S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000,Chicago, IL 60606; journal@eatright.org; 312/899-4829; or fax,

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● E-mailissuesmgmt@eatright.org.

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You will receive immediate confir-mation that your message has beenreceived and action will be takenwithin 2 months. For more informa-tion, visit ADA’s member home pageand click on Member Issues or visitwww.eatright.org/issues.

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by the American Dietetic Association