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ª 2014 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. J
FROM THE ACADEMY
People & EventsACADEMY CALENDAR
2014 Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 18-21, 2014Atlanta, GA
2015 Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 3-6, 2015Nashville, TN
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EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES
E-Learning Module on Vitamin DThe alarming increase in vitamin Dinsufficiency 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 in-teractive self-study session will putinto perspective the rapid decline invitamin D status in the United States;the implications of vitamin D insuffi-ciency on skeletal, inflammatory, andmetabolic health among the popula-tion; and practical guidelines for how toget vitamin D from diet, sun exposure,and supplements. Eligible for 1.5 hoursof level 2 CPE credit. Available fordownload at www.eatright.org/cpd/online.
ABOUT PEOPLE
ObituaryFormer Academy Staffer CorinneBronson-Adatto Dies
Corinne Bronson-Adatto, MS, RD,LDN, FADA, FAND, passed awayFebruary 5, 2014, at age 59. She wasa member of the Academy of Nutri-tion and Dietetics for the past 34years. Bronson-Adatto served the
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profession admirably by melding herbackground in art—a BFA from theUniversity of Michigan in 1976— withscience—a BS in Dietetics from theUniversity of Illinois at Chicago in1980. She later completed an MSdegree in Human Services Adminis-tration from Spertus College in Chi-cago in 1986.
As a student volunteer she wrote anddesigned newsletters for the ChicagoDietetic Association and then built onthose skills in her positions at theAmerican Dietetic Association. Asnutrition resources administrator shewas in charge of National NutritionMonth Campaigns as well as directingnational task forces on Cholesterol,Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation, andWomen’s Nutrition. She was the keystaff person on the first two USA TodayNutrition Hotlines and helped selectand train Academy spokespeople. Shewas instrumental in the developmentof the American Diabetes Association/American Dietetic Association FamilyCookbook, Volume III, and wrotenumerous nutrition consumer educa-tion brochures.
Moving on to the American DentalAssociation as their consumer affairsmanager, Bronson-Adatto followedthrough with providing updated nutri-tion and dental health information andcoordinated their National Children’sDental HealthMonth campaign. She thenbecame a nutrition consultant at High-land Park Pediatric Associates, whereshe provided nutrition education forpatients and their families for the past24 years.
Bronson-Adatto was RecognizedYoung Dietitian of the Year in 1985,served as President of Chicago DieteticAssociation in 1988-1989, and becamea Fellow of the American Dietetic As-sociation in 1996.
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