Empowering Public Health Nutritionists in Times of Change is the theme of this year's ASTPHND Annual Meeting.  We will gather from June 9 through 11 at the Westin Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri.  We are developing sessions on a number of topics, including the Affordable Care Act, the Randolph Sheppard Act, Policy Evaluation Framework developed by UNC, and Messaging for Impact.  You can view a draft agenda on ASTPHND's website.  Register today!

2012 Success Stories from the Ohio Department of Health's Creating Healthy Communities Program is now available.  

The IOM website now has tools and resources to support healthy weight gain during pregnancy.

USDA’s Team Nutrition has released an updated CACFP Provider Handbook.

Implementing stronger school nutrition standards can make a big difference for Latino students at risk for obesity, according to new research materials from Salud America!

CDC has published a funding notice for NCCDPHP - CDC-RFA-DP13-1301, Sodium Reduction in Communities Program, at www.grants.gov.  The application deadline date is June 18, 2013.

A new report reveals that in the last fourteen years, fast food restaurants have only modestly increased nutritious offerings.  The American Journal of Preventive Medicine published this report, along with a commentary from CSPI's Margot Wootan on key ways that restaurants can offer and promote healthier options.

View updated MCH prezi presentations: Main Prezi, Mini #1, Mini #2, Mini #3.

The HBO documentary series, The Weight of the Nation for Kids, focuses on what kids are doing to make healthy changes to their diets, school menus, and every day activities and will air in May 2013.

NCHS Data Brief - Consumption of Added Sugars Among US Adults, 2005 - 2010 Number 122, May 2013

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Examining the Evidence to Define Benefit Adequacy is now available from the National Academies Press.

Our vision is to create new environmental norms where healthy eating and active living are the easy and natural choices for all Americans.

Our mission: The Association of State & Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (ASTPHND) develops leaders in public health nutrition who strengthen policy, programs and environments making it possible for everyone to make healthy food choices and achieve healthy, active lifestyles.

ASTPHND has developed tools to make it easy for you to talk about the Association's important work to your colleagues.  Click here to view ASTPHND's seven Key Messages, a Powerpoint presentation that includes tips and ideas for how you can incorporate the Key Messages into your conversations, and a "Cheat Sheet" that can help you remember the Key Messages.


Take a look at ASTPHND's Newest MCH Nutrition Success Story: Strengthing Child Care Nutrition Standards in North Carolina.

You can connect with one of Collaborate for Healthy Weight's 49 Local Healthy Weight Teams around the nation working on obesity prevention.  Click here to read about the teams' successes in their communities.  Contact Helene Kent if you are interested in connecting with a team near you.

ASTPHND's Obesity Prevention Nutrition Council Steering Committee has prepared a summary of CDC's new four domain framework for coordinating the categorical, disease-specific programs.

Mary Ann Ellsworth, an ASTPHND Board member and chair-elect of the National Council of Fruit and Vegetable Coordinators, was recently featured in the New Jersey Department of Health’s newsletter for her December visit to the White House.

New ASTPHND Brief: The Role of Public Health Nutritionists in Obesity Prevention. 

ASTPHND May 2013 Newsletter

ASTPHND March 2013 Newsletter

ASTPHND February 2013 Call for Volunteers

ASTPHND February 2013 Newsletter

Happy New Year from ASTPHND

ASTPHND 2012 Newsletters

The ASTPHND Board of Directors met on April 12, 2013. 

The Board welcomed new associate member Judy Sundquist (OR).

In addition, the Board appointed President-Elect Suzanne Haydu to represent ASTPHND on a call with Collaborate for Healthy Weight, a national initiative to reverse the obesity epidemic. 

The Board also announced:

• Joel Kimmons from CDC will discuss operationalizing food service guidelines for a healthy environment on the May 7 Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Coordinators' monthly training call.
  
  
• The ASTPHND Annual Meeting will be June 9-11 in Kansas City, MO.
  

Click on Full Story to view the March 2013 Board meeting minutes.

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