by | May 2, 2016 | Food Security, Hunger, Monica Hershey, Shopping
Food security has been officially defined as “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life” by the World Food Summit of 1996(1). Food insecurity, therefore, is the opposite of this: when someone’s...
by | Apr 20, 2016 | Monica Hershey, Pediatric Nutrition, VAND Annual Meeting
Dr. Robert Murray, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the Ohio State University School of Medicine, kicked off the last day of the VAND annual meeting on April 12, 2016 in Fairfax, VA. He presented an engaging talk on epigenetics and the importance of...
by | Apr 19, 2016 | Dietetic Internship Preceptors, Monica Hershey, VAND Annual Meeting
At the 2016 VAND Annual Meeting held this year in Fairfax, VA, selected VAND members presented posters on research they had recently conducted. It was a pleasant surprise to see the number of dietetic interns chosen to participate in this year’s session, as well as a...