The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics commends the members of the 117th U.S. Congress who worked in a bipartisan, good-faith effort to pass the Keep Kids Fed Act.

Academy member Ginger Carney again provided expert testimony representing the nutrition and dietetics profession during a congressional hearing today on the infant formula shortage.

Academy representatives participated in an event hosted by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington, DC.

RDN Ellen R. Shanley, the dietetics director in the department of allied health sciences at the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, began her year-long term on June 1 as the 2022-2023 President of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.