The Academy and its members — other professional associations, government agencies and industry — use position papers to shape food choices and impact the public's nutritional status. Positions and Issues press releases announce new or updated information to Academy positions and new issues or key concerns of the public in which the Academy addresses.
03/27/2020 – The Academy has created the COVID-19 Nutrition Resource Center to offer guidance to the public about grocery shopping, healthful eating, recipes, food safety and more.
02/11/2020 – Using one standardized screening tool to identify adults who may have malnutrition (undernutrition) increases the likelihood of an accurate diagnosis and timely treatment, according to a position paper from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
02/06/2020 – The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is collaborating with Intellicure, Inc. - U.S. Wound Registry to help make it easier for clinicians in ambulatory, small group practices, surgical specialties and private practice to comply with reporting malnutrition quality measures to government agencies.
02/06/2020 – The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is collaborating with Premier Healthcare Solutions, Inc. - Premier Clinician Performance Registry to help make it easier for clinicians in hospitals, medium to large medical practices and other health care facilities to comply with reporting malnutrition quality measures to government agencies.
11/18/2019 – A new survey conducted by the Academy shows median salaries for registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered have increased significantly more than inflation during the past two years.
09/25/2019 – Food insecurity is a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
08/29/2019 – Preventing a patient from becoming malnourished can shorten his or her hospital stay, decrease hospital fees and, most importantly, improve the patient’s quality of life
06/27/2019 – Older adults benefit from participating in community-based food and nutrition programs that enable them to remain healthy and independent, according to an updated position paper by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
02/27/2019 - Changes in food variety, portion size, dietary energy, and selected micronutrients are potentially fueling the obesity epidemic, according to a new study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
01/18/2019 - Many dietary recommendations in a report released January 16 by the EAT-Lancet Commission are achievable if people around the world also receive guidance in nutrition and meal planning.
