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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Expiring Positions
As of December 31, 2007, the AmericanDietetic Association positions “Fat Re-placers” (J AM Diet Assoc. 2005;105:266-275) and “Nutrition and Women’sHealth” (J AM Diet Assoc. 2004;104:984-1001) will no longer be designatedas positions of the American DieteticAssociation. Any questions may be di-rected to Donna L. Wickstrom, MS, RD,ADA Headquarters, 800/877-1600, ext.4835 or [email protected].
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Members often inquire about donatingtheir old Journals to a good cause, butdon’t know where to start. The SpecialLibraries Association Web site providesa list of organizations that accept dona-tions of old journals and redistributethem to developing countries, found athttp://www.sla.org/content/resources/inforesour/reftool/bkdonate.cfm. TheJournal encourages our readers totake advantage of this opportunity toshare our knowledge.
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Vegetarian Nutrition Conference
March 4-6, 2008, 5th InternationalCongress on Vegetarian Nutrition,
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda,CA, sponsored by the Department ofNutrition, Loma Linda University.For information on registration, con-tact Venice Brown at [email protected] 909/558-4595. For program inquir-ies, contact Sujatha Rajaram, Chair,Scientific Program, at [email protected]. For online registration and ab-stract submission access, visit www.vegetariannutrition.org. Deadline forabstracts for short oral and posterpresentations is November 15, 2007.
Clinical Nutrition Management Symposium
March 29-April 1, 2008, Crowne PlazaRiverwalk, San Antonio, TX. Thisyear’s Annual Clinical Nutrition Man-agement (CNM) Dietetic PracticeGroup (DPG) Symposium is “LeadingSystem Improvement: Optimizing Or-ganizational and Patient Outcomes.”Although Clinical Nutrition Mangers(CNMs) have made significant progressin improving the quality of patient careand the environment of care in theirorganizations, there is still a need forimprovement in these care systems.This symposium is designed for CNMswho are interested in learning moreabout innovative strategies that willimprove systems and result in safer,higher-quality care. The topics include:1) leading system change in a complexand highly technological health careenvironment, 2) using informationtechnology to advance clinical andmanagement components of healthcare, and 3) using complexity scienceprinciples to build teams. Brochureswith registration information will besent to all CNM DPG members in Jan-uary. If you are not currently a CNMDPG member and would like to receivethe mailing when available, please e-mail your request to [email protected] or fax to 1-312-475-1405. If youwould like to consider sponsorship orexhibiting at the symposium, pleasecontact Kelly Danis at 1-412-647-3621or [email protected] no later thanFebruary 1, 2008.
Weight Management Symposium
April 4-6, 2008, Loews Vanderbilt Ho-tel, Nashville, TN. Save the date forthe Annual Weight Management Di-
etetic Practice Group (WMDPG) Sym-posium—Weight Management: TheHarmony of Science and Practice.Looking for techniques to put theoryinto practice? Join the Weight Man-agement DPG as invited speakers ex-plore research in weight managementscience and real-world applicationsthat yield results. Networking oppor-tunities daily, including memberproduct display and exhibits. WM-DPG members will receive a mailingearly in 2008. Non-WMDPG memberscan receive a brochure, when avail-able, by e-mailing [email protected] or faxing 312/475-1405.
ADA CALENDAR2008 Food & NutritionConference & Expo
October 25-28, 2008Chicago, IL
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ABOUT PEOPLE
Obituaries
Sister Eleanor Anne Young, PhD,RD, July 2007, was an internationallyrecognized leader in nutrition. Sheearned a PhD in nutrition, biochemis-try, and physiology from the Universityof Wisconsin and later joined the fac-ulty of the health science center. Youngalso taught at Incarnate World Collegeand developed a nutrition curriculumtaught at the University of TexasHealth Science Center. In her career,Young was named Texas Dietitian ofthe Year, inducted into the TexasWomen’s Hall of Fame, elected as afellow of the American Institute of Nu-trition and president of the AmericanBoard of Nutrition, and presented theLenna Frances Cooper Lecture atADA’s 1982 Food & Nutrition Confer-ence & Expo.
Margaret Jean Gregg, Septem-ber 2007, was an ADA member since1949. Gregg earned a degree in dietet-ics from the University of Minnesotaand first worked at Good SamaritanHospital in Cincinnati, OH. She re-turned to Minnesota and held variousdietetic positions, culminating at Be-thesda Hospital in St Paul, MN, serv-ing as director of Dietetics. Gregg wasalso a leader in both national and Min-nesota chapters of many professionalorganizations, including being a 20-year board member of the AmericanDiabetes Association and a foundingmember and past president of the TwinCities Consulting Dietitians.
ERRATAThe “Position of the American DieteticAssociation and Dietitians of Canada:Dietary Fatty Acids” (September 2007issue, vol 107, pp 1599-1611) containedan error on page 1604, under the sub-heading, “n-3 Fatty Acids.” The thirdsentence of the paragraph reads:
The Health Professionals Follow-UpStudy reported that a 1% energy in-crease in ALA intake was associatedwith a 40% lower risk of myocardialinfarction, after adjustment for totalfat intake (69), while results from theNurses’ Health Study (114) foundthat women in the lowest quintile ofALA intake had a 38% to 40% lowerrisk of sudden cardiac death thanthose in the highest two quintiles.
The sentence should correctly read:
The Health Professionals Follow-UpStudy reported that a 1% energy in-crease in ALA intake was associatedwith a 40% lower risk of myocardialinfarction, after adjustment for totalfat intake (69), while results from theNurses’ Health Study (114) foundthat women in the lowest quintile ofALA intake had a 38% to 40% higherrisk of sudden cardiac death thanthose in the highest two quintiles.
doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.10.030
The winner of the 2007 OutstandingDietitian Award for the state of Mich-igan was incorrectly listed as “GraceKull, MS, RD, Adjunct Instructor,Madonna University” on page 1650 ofthe September 2007 Journal. The cor-rect listing is: “Laura Freeland Kull,MS, RD, Adjunct Assistant Professor,Madonna University.”
doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.10.028
PEOPLE & EVENTS
December 2007 ● Journal of the AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION 2151
