{"title":"2024 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation Scholarship Recipients","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 3","pages":"Pages 425-432"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"March 2025 Sites in Review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 3","pages":"Page 436"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Vaterlaus Patten, J Mitchell Vaterlaus, Charles Dustin Lybbert, Mckenna Jones
{"title":"Men in Dietetics: A Qualitative Study of Cis-Gender Men's Experiences as Registered Dietitian Nutritionists in the United States.","authors":"Emily Vaterlaus Patten, J Mitchell Vaterlaus, Charles Dustin Lybbert, Mckenna Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Historically, dietetics has been strongly gendered. Recent data indicates that 94% of practitioners identify as women. The Academy is committed to enhancing diversity and inclusion.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to explore cisgender men's experiences in the dietetics profession in the United States.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>As part of a larger study, this was a qualitative analysis of 3 open-ended items from a 60-item survey instrument that was delivered electronically. The survey instrument was expert reviewed. In addition, 9 cognitive interviews and a pilot test were conducted.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>The Commission on Dietetic Registration provided the contact information for all registered dietitian nutritionists who self-identified as male (n = 3697) and a subset of those who did not list a gender in the Commission on Dietetic Registration's records (in total, n = 5003). Of those, 100 were invited to pilot the survey and were excluded from the final analysis. The final survey was distributed to the remaining 4903 people on the contact list. Cisgender men responding to at least 1 open-ended item were included in this analysis (n = 1065).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measure: </strong>To gain a rich understanding of cisgender men's experience in the dietetics profession through analyzing their open-ended survey responses.</p><p><strong>Analyses performed: </strong>The Coding Reliability Thematic Analysis method was used to analyze open-ended responses. Two researchers coded 150 responses independently and reached a substantial intercoder agreement (Cohen's κ = .80). One researcher coded the full data set; the second checked the coding. Member checking and a data audit were conducted to increase trustworthiness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>With approximately one-third of the entire population of male registered dietitian nutritionists (n = 1065), the following 3 themes were identified: (1) Being a man in dietetics: Unproblematic with some advantages (84.1%); (2) Dietetics is a gendered field (49.8%); and (3) Perceived gender barriers and isolation (48.4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As part of the profession's commitment to diversity and inclusion, it is important to explore underrepresented groups' experiences. The majority of men have not found it problematic to be men in the dietetics profession; however, there are challenges associated with it being gendered and there are perceived barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143472081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"March 2025 New in Review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 3","pages":"Pages 437-438, 439, 441-442, 443"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"March 2025 People & Events","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 3","pages":"Page 433"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's New Online","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2212-2672(25)00026-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-2672(25)00026-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 3","pages":"Page 287"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143437966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caitlin A Martin-Wagar, Sarah E Attaway, Lillian King, Oscar R Kronenberger, Katelyn A Melcher
{"title":"Empirical Redundancy? What Is the Distinct Role of Self-Objectification, Thin-Ideal Internalization, and Internalized Weight Stigma on Eating Pathology?","authors":"Caitlin A Martin-Wagar, Sarah E Attaway, Lillian King, Oscar R Kronenberger, Katelyn A Melcher","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sociocultural risk factors predict disordered eating and body dissatisfaction. Three internalized variables (self-objectification, thin-ideal internalization, and internalized weight stigma) have each been shown to relate to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating. Although these 3 variables have distinct conceptualizations and definitions, they show similarity in theoretical definitions, evidence of strong relationships between the 3 variables, and similarity in how they each relate to adverse health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigated potential construct proliferation among these 3 internalized sociocultural variables.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Data collection was cross-sectional, with undergraduate students completing online self-report measures from January to December 2023.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Participants were 599 undergraduate students at a northwestern US university.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The Objectified Body Consciousness Scale body surveillance subscale, Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Questionnaire-4 thin/low body fat subscale, Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale, and Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire-6.0 subscales and behavioral items were used to measure self-objectification, thin-ideal internalization, internalized weight stigma, and eating disorder symptoms.</p><p><strong>Statistical analyses performed: </strong>Six multiple regression analyses were performed to examine how the 3 internalization variables related to the outcome variables: restraint, eating concern, shape concern, weight concern, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors. Given the multiple analyses performed, a Bonferroni correction adjusted alpha levels to .008.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 6 regression models were significant (P < .001). Although self-objectification, thin-ideal internalization, and internalized weight stigma (IWS) each contributed uniquely to the body image variables (weight concern and shape concern), only IWS contributed uniquely to binge eating, and only thin-ideal internalization and IWS contributed uniquely to restraint, eating concerns, and compensatory behaviors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provides evidence that contradicts the premise of empirical redundancy and construct proliferation for these 3 internalization variables. Findings also highlight the potential to target each of the 3 internalized variables within prevention and intervention efforts. Particularly, future research should explore IWS within eating disorder prevention and treatment, given the unique relationship of IWS with all outcome variables.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143456382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kellie A McLean, Angela C B Trude, Kristie J Lancaster
{"title":"Prevalence of Functional Food Use for Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Management in a Cohort of Hispanic Adults: Results of an Online Survey.","authors":"Kellie A McLean, Angela C B Trude, Kristie J Lancaster","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Hispanic adults are disproportionately diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and are more likely to use functional foods for T2DM management compared with non-Hispanic White adults. Functional foods contain biologically active ingredients associated with physiological health benefits for preventing and managing chronic disease. Understanding which functional foods are used for T2DM management among Hispanic adults is essential for planning interventions.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to identify the self-reported types, frequency of use, and reasons for functional food use among Hispanic and Latino adults with T2DM; and to examine the demographic characteristics and T2DM-related health behaviors associated with using functional foods.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This cross-sectional study used an online Qualtrics survey to assess the types of foods used to manage T2DM, demographic characteristics, and T2DM-related health behaviors.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Adults (n = 488) 18 years or older who used social media, identified as Hispanic or Latino, lived in the United States, and self-reported T2DM were included. The study was conducted in April 2021.</p><p><strong>Statistical analyses performed: </strong>Multivariable negative binomial regression models were used to assess the association between weekly functional food use, demographic characteristics, and T2DM-related health behaviors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants mean ± SD age was 39.9 ± 10.3 years, they had lived with T2DM for 4.0 ± 3.5 years, and consumed functional foods 2.6 ± 1.9 times/wk. Participants with significantly higher weekly intakes of functional foods were more likely to have a college degree (prevalence rate ratio [PrR] 1.45; 95% CI 1.20 to 1.74), lower perceived health ratings (PrR 1.47; 95% CI 1.22 to 1.78), more frequent blood glucose monitoring (PrR 1.78; 95% CI 1.46 to 2.17), and higher glycated hemoglobin (PrR 1.49; 95% CI 1.24 to 1.81).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggest that gathering information specific to functional food use and incorporating these foods into diabetes care plans, when applicable, may be beneficial for nutrition professionals working with Hispanic and Latino adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143412731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Piekarz-Porter, Juliana Cohen, Rebecca M Schermbeck, Julien Leider, Tanya Agurs-Collins, Jamie F Chriqui
{"title":"State Laws Leveraging the Community Eligibility Provision to Build Healthy School Meals for All: A Content Analysis.","authors":"Elizabeth Piekarz-Porter, Juliana Cohen, Rebecca M Schermbeck, Julien Leider, Tanya Agurs-Collins, Jamie F Chriqui","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Federal child nutrition programs are a key part of the nutrition safety net, but cost serves as a key participation barrier for students. This can also lead to meal debt for schools when students are unable to pay for the meals they take. The US Department of Agriculture Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) seeks to address these challenges by providing free meals to all students within lower-income schools or school districts. Whereas pandemic-related waivers provided universal school meals nationwide, once the waivers expired, states were again confronted with meal participation barriers.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the prevalence of state laws addressing CEP and universal school meals.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Content analysis. State laws effective as of December 31, 2023, were obtained from commercial legal databases and coded using an ordinal coding scheme as part of the National Cancer Institute's Classification of Laws Associated with School Students system.</p><p><strong>Participants/setting: </strong>Statutes and regulations were collected in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Measures included degree to which laws provided access to free breakfast and/or lunch, reporting requirements for school/district CEP compliance/implementation, waivers from expanded meal access requirements based on feasibility, additional reimbursement to provide free meals, and temporary funding or programs with funding contingencies.</p><p><strong>Statistical analyses performed: </strong>Percent agreement and kappa statistics assessed the interrater reliability of the coding scheme. Descriptive statistics were computed to examine the prevalence of specific items in state laws.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean percent agreement was 97% and mean kappa was 0.856 across the items coded. Thirty states' laws aimed to reduce the cost burden of school breakfast and/or lunch through the use of CEP and/or other universal meal initiatives. Specific to lunch policy, 12 states' laws mandated that when students qualify for reduced-priced lunch, they must be served a lunch at no cost. Other laws varied based on identified student percentage-the percent of students directly certified as eligible for free meals through participation in other means-tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; 1 state's law mandated CEP participation at identified student percentage above 40%, 2 states' laws at identified student percentage of 40%, and 10 states' laws required universal free lunch.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Federal programs such as CEP can be used by states to leverage all available funding to help feed children. State laws can act as a springboard toward broader healthy school meals for all initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143412735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2023 Needs Satisfaction Survey of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Commission on Dietetic Registration: Executive Summary.","authors":"Erik Dosedel","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}