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Latest ACEND AccreditationDecisions Published Online

The Accreditation Council for Educa-tion in Nutrition and Dietetics is theAcademy’s accrediting agency for edu-cation programs preparing students forcareers as Registered Dietitians and Di-etetic Technicians, Registered. ACENDestablishes and enforces accreditationstandards that ensure the quality and

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

Tell Us Your Issue . . .We care about the concerns ofAcademy members and want tohear from you. There are four easyways to submit your issues:• E-mail issuesmgmt@eatright.org.• Fax 312/899-4790.• Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000.• Contact your delegate.You will receive immediateconfirmation that your message hasbeen received and action will betaken within 2 months. For moreinformation, visit the Academy’smember home page and click onMember Issues or visitwww.eatright.org/issues.

Deadline for submitting material forthe People and Events section is thefirst of the month, 3 months before thedate of the issue (eg, May 1 for theAugust issue). Publication of aneducational event is not anendorsement by the Academy of theevent or sponsor. Send material to:Ryan Lipscomb, Editor, Journal of theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago,IL 60606; journal@eatright.org; 312/899-0040, ext. 4829; or fax, 312/899-4790.

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and dietetics education programs. Theaccreditation decisions made at themost recent ACEND meeting are avail-able at http://www.eatright.org/ACEND/content.aspx?id�7829 and include sta-tus of programs that have received can-didacy for accreditation, full accredita-tion, probationary accreditation, andwithdrawal from accreditation.

ACEND Invites ProgramAccreditation Input

Accredited dietetics education pro-grams are periodically reviewed to en-sure they uphold the standards setforth by the Accreditation Council forEducation in Nutrition and Dietetics(ACEND). Part of the program reviewprocess is the consideration of third-party input on a program’s practices,procedures, and educational outcomes.Members with concern as to a pro-gram’s compliance with the standardsare encouraged to forward their com-ments to ACEND. A list of programs un-der review for candidacy or full accred-itation and a corresponding site visitscheduled is available at http://www.eatright.org/ACEND/content.aspx?id�7974. The Accreditation Standards arelocated at www.eatright.org/acend.Any comments on substantive mattersrelated to the quality of any of these ed-ucational programs must be sent 30days prior to the program’s scheduledsite visit or by the designated reviewdate to: The Academy of Nutrition andDietetics, ATTN: Ulric Chung, PhD, 120South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chi-cago, IL 60606.

EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES

Clinical Nutrition ManagementSymposium

April 13-16, 2013, Ravella at Lake LasVegas, Henderson, NV. The Clinical Nu-trition Management Dietetic PracticeGroup Symposium will be an excep-tional educational and networking ex-perience. The goals for the symposiumare to identify strategies to lead and en-gage practitioners; gain insights intoplanning for future health care trends;use outcome measures and best prac-

tices to drive innovation; identify criti-

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cal interdepartmental relationshipsthat increase organizational influence;develop clinical nutrition leaders; andempower staff. In addition to generaland concurrent sessions, there will beopportunities to network with otherhealth care leaders, visit vendor dis-plays, and explore LasVegas and its sur-rounding area. Registrationwill open inJanuary. Please check www.cnmdpg.org for updates.

29th Annual SCAN Symposium

April 26-28, 2013,WestinMichigan Av-enue, Chicago, IL. The 29th AnnualSports, Cardiovascular, and WellnessNutrition Dietetic Practice Group’sSymposium, “Tools & Techniques forPeak Professional Performance,” fea-tures more than 20 skill-based sessionsand 30� speakers. Gain knowledgeabout hot topics in such areas as hyper-lipidemia, eating disorders, sports nu-trition, cardiovascular nutrition, corpo-ratewellness, body composition,mediatraining, and social media. Registrationis now open. Please visit http://www.scandpg.org/e-learning-and-events/2013-symposium/ or contact SCAN at440/481-3560 or scandpg@gmail.com.

E-Learning Module on Vitamin D

The alarming increase in vitamin D in-sufficiency in the United States hasironically coincided with an increasingrecognition that vitamin D likely has abroader contribution to the protectionof health and prevention of diseasethan previously appreciated. This inter-active self-study session will put intoperspective the rapid decline in vitaminD status in the United States; the impli-cations of vitamin D insufficiency onskeletal, inflammatory, and metabolichealth among the population; andpractical guidelines for how to get vita-minD fromdiet, sun exposure, and sup-plements. Eligible for 1.5 hours of level2 CPE credit. Available for download atwww.eatright.org/cpd/online.

ABOUT PEOPLE

Obituaries

Becky Peters, RD, January 2013, was a

member of the Academy for more than

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50 years. After attending West VirginiaUniversity, she completed an internshipat Iowa State University and went on towork for 35 years as a consultant tohealth care facilities in Ohio, Indiana,Maryland, andWest Virginia.Dorothy R. Marshall, MS, RD, Janu-

ary 2013, worked as a dietitian withGeneral Foods and later as a consultantdietitian. She attended Beaver Collegein Pennsylvania, and received a Mas-ter’s degree in dietetics from ColumbiaUniversity in New York. She was amember of the Academy for nearly 60years.Germaine J. Gotshall, RD, November

2012, was a graduate of FraminghamCollege in Massachusetts and com-pleted a dietetic internship in Michi-gan. Sheworked at BostonGeneralHos-pital and was employed as a civiliandietitian in theUSAir Force atOlmsteadAir Force Base in Pennsylvania. Sheeventually rose to the rank of chief inthe Quality Programs Branch of the AirForce Services Office in PanamaCity, FL,where she developed and monitoredstandards and served as a supervisorand consultant throughout Air Force fa-cilities. In addition to being a long-timeAcademy member, Gotshall also be-longed to the Pennsylvania Dietetic As-sociation,which she served inmany ca-pacities, including a term as itspresident in 1975-76.

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ERRATA

Two errors have been identified in the“Position of the Academy of NutritionandDietetics: The Impact of Fluoride onHealth” that was published in the Sep-tember 2012 issue of the Journal of theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Onpage 1443, the first sentence below“Physiology of Fluoride in the Body”originally read, “Typically, about 80% ofdietary calcium is absorbed.” The cor-rected sentence should read as follows:“Typically, about 80-90% of dietary flu-oride is absorbed.” In the Table on page1444, the column labeled “Referenceweights g (lb)” should correctly be la-beled “Reference weights kg (lb).”

doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.01.023

The headline on the cover of the Febru-ary 2013 Journal of the Academy of Nu-trition and Dietetics incorrectly de-scribed the article by Kosova andcolleagues in that issue. The headlineincorrectly read “Sugar-SweetenedBeverage Intake & Cardiometric Mark-ers in Young Children.” It should haveread “Sugar-Sweetened Beverage In-take & Cardiometabolic Markers inYoung Children.”

doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2013.02.018

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