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📢 The Academy's Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2026 national ballot!

🔗 Review the candidates: sm.eatright.org/election

🗳️ Thank you all for participating in the nominations process, and mark your 2026 calendars to vote early: January 20-27!

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November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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📜 The reintroduced Medical Nutrition Therapy Act is an effective solution to address the costly and continued rise of diet-related chronic diseases – many of which can be remedied with MNT delivered by an RDN.

🔗 Urge congress to co-sponsor the MNT Act today: https://sm.eatright.org/MNT25alert
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November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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🤝 The Academy is excited to be a part of the #HIMSS26 Global Health Conference & Exhibition as a conference collaborator!

#eatrightPRO members receive the #HIMSS Collaborator Rate to attend #HIMSS26 with code AND26.

🔗 Learn more and get the early bird rates by December 14: www.himssconference.com
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November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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💻 During #DiabetesAwarenessMonth, check out our Nutrition in Kidney Disease Certificate of Training!

This program's 5 unique modules will solidify your understanding of the disease & provide guidance for completing patient assessments to create personalized eating plans: https://bit.ly/4o6svKC
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🚨 Our future dietitians need your support!

🎓 Without Grad PLUS loans, many aspiring dietitians will face new barriers to their education.

✅ Help us protect the future of our profession—make your voice heard today with our action alert: https://sm.eatright.org/LoanAlert

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November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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📄 The recently released Breastfeeding Registry Study found that higher-quality documentation and more visits to registered dietitian nutritionists were associated with improvements in breastfeeding infants’ nutrition diagnoses.

🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3XEGKLI

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November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Passage of the MNT Act, reintroduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. @robinkelly.house.gov & Jen Kiggans (Va.), is an effective solution to address the costly, continued rise of diet-related chronic diseases in America – many of which can be remedied with MNT delivered by an RDN.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Do you work with the pediatric population? 👶

📄 Be sure to read our new Summary of Science on the best available tools for diagnosing pediatric malnutrition: https://bit.ly/3K31o4U

#eatrightPRO #dietetics #pediatrics
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November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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During #DiabetesAwarenessMonth, check out our Nutrition in Kidney Disease Certificate of Training!

💻 This program's 5 unique modules will solidify your understanding of the disease and provide guidance for completing patient assessments to create personalized eating plans: https://bit.ly/4o6svKC
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November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🔊 New JAND Editor's Podcast!

☕ JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, and researcher and author Leah Chapman, PhD, MPH, sit down to discuss new research on caffeine consumption in US middle and high school students.

🎙️Grab a cup & listen: sm.eatright.org/JRNeditorpodcast
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November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🚨 DEADLINE APPROACHING! #FNCE 2026 session and workshop proposals are due by Thursday, November 20 at 5 pm CT! 🚨

Find out what the Committee for Lifelong Learning is looking for in a proposal and submit yours here: sm.eatright.org/fncesessionproposal

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November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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📆 November 17 is the deadline to apply for Academy Foundation awards and grants!

💰 Get grant info at sm.eatright.org/grants, and award info at sm.eatright.org/recawards, and apply by Monday at 5:00 pm CT!

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November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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On #WorldDiabetesDay, check out the "Health Professional's Guide to Nutrition, Diabetes, and Pregnancy." 🤰

📙 This award-winning resource provides guidance to health professionals caring for pregnant patients with diabetes: https://bit.ly/49TxjiN

#eatrightPRO #DiabetesAwarenessMonth
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November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🏦 Last night the president signed the bill passed by Congress to fund the government through the end of January 2026.

📄 The continuing resolution includes provisions that protect access to essential health & nutrition services for millions of Americans: https://bit.ly/3XxuvAo
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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#eatrightPRO and @nutritionorg released a joint statement today in response to the @WHO’s new, first-ever ICD code for undernutrition in clinical settings for adults.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4oCD0WO
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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✨ Our Best of #FNCE 2025 bundle is out now! ✨

📽️ This curated selection of top-rated sessions showcases the most impactful insights and innovations from this year's program.

👉 Check out the sessions today: https://sm.eatright.org/BestFNCE25FB

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November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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🚨 An investigation is currently underway for a multistate outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula.

🍼 ByHeart has recalled all of their Whole Nutrition infant formula products. Consumers are advised to not use this formula.

More: sm.eatright.org/InfantFormulaX

#eatrightPRO #dietetics
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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📌 Reminder: The call for #FNCE 2026 sessions and workshops ends on November 20! Do you have an original idea? 🤓

Get tips for a successful proposal, plus details about the selection process, presentation style, responsibilities and more:
sm.eatright.org/fncesessionproposal

#eatrightPRO #dietetics
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November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This #VeteransDay, we honor those who have served and sacrificed for our country. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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During #DiabetesAwarenessMonth, check out our downloadable set of educational handouts and resources on managing diabetes!

📖 The handouts are created as fillable PDFs for ease in virtual counseling, or they can be printed: https://sm.eatright.org/ManagingDiabetesBL

#eatrightPRO #diabetes
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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🚀 During #NationalDiabetesMonth, level up your diabetes care with resources from the Academy!

🔗 Explore our educational handouts, webinars, publications and more: https://sm.eatright.org/STOREdiabetesBL

#eatrightPRO #diabetes #dietetics
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November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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A new study shows that Medicaid coverage and reimbursement policies for MNT varies widely within and across states.

Read more about the study, led by researchers at the Academy and George Washington University and published in JAND: https://sm.eatright.org/MNTstudyPR

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A press release titled 'State Medicaid Coverage for Nutrition Therapy Varies Widely', dated November 6, 2025. Text reads, "Washington, D.C. and Chicago – A new study shows that Medicaid coverage and reimbursement policies for medical nutrition therapy (MNT) varies widely within and across states. The project, led by researchers at The George Washington University and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, concludes that access to this important health care service remains a concern for both consumers and providers."
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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⏰ Tomorrow, November 7 is the last day to take our Supporting Quality in Nutrition and Dietetics Survey!

🔗 Help us shape the future of quality in nutrition & dietetics by sharing your insights in our brief survey (5-7 min): sm.eatright.org/QualitySurvey

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November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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✨ New FREE webinar for members and non-members! ✨

💻 #eatrightPRO is proud to host this joint webinar with leading nutrition and food organizations to highlight ongoing nutrition security efforts, as well as ways you an get involved.

🔗 Register: https://sm.eatright.org/NutritionAccessWebinar
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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✨ Academy members: There are two new FREE CPE opportunities from JAND!

🔗 Read the articles & take the CPE quizzes here: https://sm.eatright.org/JANDcpe

📰 And check out the new November issue of JAND today: https://sm.eatright.org/Nov25JAND

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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM