02/03/2020 - In order to help identify and diagnose patients with malnutrition, screening tools are often used during admission.
02/14/2020 - The Academy believes that nutrition and food access, including access to culturally appropriate food, plays a vital role in the health and well-being of Native Americans and honors cultural preferences.
02/12/2020 - Academy President Terri Raymond, MA, RDN, CD, FAND, represented the Academy on February 11 at the United Nations headquarters in New York City celebrating the 5th International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
02/11/2020 - The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act now has the support of 178 members of Congress, one more than its previous high water mark in the 114th Congress.
02/07/2020 - The new blueprint outlines the agency's science priorities for the next five years.
02/07/2020 - The Academy believes that nutrition and food access plays a vital role in child and student health and success as well as the health and well-being of older adults and those providing kinship care.
02/06/2020 - The Academy urged HHS and CMS to make changes to various specified laws and regulations that prevent Medicare beneficiaries from getting the critical and effective care they need from RDNs without unnecessary and expensive delays.
02/05/2020 - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day will be celebrated on March 11. Members can enter the contest through February 14.
02/03/2020 - In order to help identify and diagnose patients with malnutrition, screening tools are often used during admission.
02/03/2020 - The Academy stresses the need to adequately cover and reduce access barriers to nutrition services for diabetes, prediabetes, and obesity; modernize federal telehealth laws and regulations; recognize obesity as a disease; and better coordination between agencies.
01/31/2020 - The U.S. House of Representatives filed a brief in support of a recent lawsuit by 15 state attorneys general.
