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Highlights of American Dietetic Association’s Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo — October 2-5, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 1, 2004

Media contacts:

Prior to October 2, 2004
Lori Ferme or Irene Perconti
800/877-1600, ext. 4802 or 4806
media@eatright.org

October 2-5, 2004
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California
Press Room: Room 203AB
Phone: 714/765-2031

Note: Sessions, speakers and room numbers are subject to change or cancellation. For updates, see the program book, which will be available in the Press Room. Speakers’ affiliations are listed in the program book.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2

Opening Session and Ross Keynote Address
5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Hall A
ADA President Susan H. Laramee, MS, RD, LDN, FADA, will preside over the official opening of ADA’s Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo and speak on ADA’s current and future directions and priorities. The Ross Keynote speaker will be “life coach” Martha Beck, PhD, author of Expecting Adam, Finding Your Own North Star and The Joy Diet.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3

Opportunity Knocks on the Door of Assisted Living
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Ballroom AB
Maureen Boyle, MBA, RD; Aaron Koelsch, BS; Paula J. Williams, RD
This session will cover nutrition and health services for residents of both assisted living and traditional skilled nursing facilities.
Beyond Liver and Onions: Nutrition Intervention for Hepatitis C Infection
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Room 201 CD
Jennifer R. Eliasi, MS, RD; Charles Smigelski, RD
Speakers will cover ways to recognize transmission risks and symptoms of hepatitis C infection, nutritional complications and managing treatment of the disease and side effects.
Diverse and Flavorful: Healthy Cooking across America
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Room 304 A-D
Roberta Duyff, MS, RD, FADA; Mary Moorachian, PhD, RD; Kristine Napier, MPH, RD
Speakers will look at common threads and unique differences of regional cuisines within the U.S., discuss how diversity of ingredients and cooking styles in American cuisine contributes to healthful, flavorful eating and describe how it can be a tool for weight control and reducing some diet-related health risks.
Do Performance Foods Measure Up?
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Ballroom C
Liz A. Applegate, PhD; Kristine Clark, PhD, RD
This session will cover performance foods as appropriate and beneficial food choices for mental and physical achievement, growth and weight maintenance.
A Spoonful of Novel Nutrients Helps the Medicine Go Down
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Ballroom DE
Gail Cresci, MS, RD; Suzanne W. Dixon, MPH, MS, RD; Juan B. Ochoa, MD, FACS
Speakers will discuss mechanisms of immuno-nutrition for specific nutrients as they relate to oncology and critical illness and the benefits of novel nutrients for critical care and oncology patients.
The Magic of Mealtime: Connecting Families with Food
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Room 204 AB
Frances A. Coletta, PhD, RD; Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RD; Mary T. Story, PhD, RD
This session will cover the importance of family meals on the nutritional quality of children’s diets, eating behaviors, health, weight, academic performance and family relationships.
Weight Bias: Beliefs, Perceptions and Liability
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m., Hall A
Marlene Beth Schwartz, PhD; Sondra Solovay, JD
Solovay, author of Tipping the Scales of Justice: Fighting Weight-based Discrimination, will discuss what she terms the stigmatization of obese people by health professionals and the medical and psychological consequences of this bias.
Behavioral Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Room 204 AB
Molly Kellogg, RD, LCSW
This session will cover psychotherapeutic skills that dietetics professionals can apply to nutrition counseling with clients with eating disorders.
The Role of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Childhood Asthma
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Room 207 A-D
Cynthia P. Shufflebarger, MPH, RD
This session will address connections among nutrition, physical activity and asthma in children and the importance of dietetics professionals in prevention and management of childhood asthma.
New Findings on Diet and Men’s Health
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Ballroom DE
Phyllis E. Bowen, PhD, RD; Tammy Bray, PhD; Armand Zini, MD
Speakers will cover dietary components of men’s health, particularly the role of antioxidants in cardiovascular disease and a proposed mechanism for lycopene’s effect on prostate cancer and infertility.
Lutein and Zeaxanthin: Essential Nutrients in Macular Degeneration
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Room 304 A-D
Sonja L. Connor, MS, RD; William E. Connor, MD
This session will address the science of dietary lutein and zeaxanthin in retina health, specifically the preservation of vision in macular degeneration and cataracts and atherosclerosis and discuss foods that are rich in lutein and zeaxanthin.
Medicare Reform: New Healthcare Systems Impacting Dietetics Practice
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Room 210 A-D
Virginia (Jo Jo) Dantone-DeBarbieris, MS, RD, CDE; Susan Meikle, MD, MSPH; Ross M. Miller, MD, MPH, FACPE
Speakers will discuss recent Medicare reform legislation, especially the new Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, and implications for the public and for health professionals who provide Medicare Part B services.
Food Intolerance, Sensitivity, Allergy: Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Ballroom C
Lynn Christie, MS, RD; Susan L. Hefle, PhD; Cynthia R. Kupper, RD
This session will look at diagnostic differences for food intolerances, sensitivities and allergies and cover advanced management options.
Linking the Food Supply with Nutrition Counseling
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Room 201 CD
Jeanne Peters, RD; Margaret Pfeiffer, MS, RD; Jennifer L. Wilkins, PhD, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss sustainable agriculture systems, terms and concepts and how sustainable agriculture is presently working at the community level.
Step up to the Plate: Can Eating Out Be Healthy?
10:30 a.m. - Noon, Ballroom AB
Sheila R. Cohn, RD; Catharine Powers, MS, RD; Barbara J. Rolls, PhD
This session will cover whether restaurant meals can simultaneously please the customer and promote health. Speakers will discuss healthy preparation methods for restaurants and foodservice operations, including portion sizes and implications for dietetic practice and the restaurant industry.
Presidents’ Lecture: Satisfaction, Global Service and Leadership: What Today’s Customers Demand
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Ballroom AB
Doug Lipp
Lipp is a business consultant, corporate trainer and author of The Changing Face of Today’s Customer. He will discuss strategies to attract and maintain customers, clients and employees.
Nutrition and Oral Medicine: The Dietetic Dental Team
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Room 303 A-D
Connie Mobley, PhD, RD; David Sirois, DMD, PhD; Riva Touger-Decker, PhD, RD, FADA
Speakers will discuss oral nutrition assessment of dental patients as well as nutrition and oral health issues and appropriate management for long-term care of high-risk populations.
Facts about Women’s Heart Health and Interventions to Improve Outcomes
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Hall A
Marion J. Franz, MS, RD; Debra Ruth Judelson, MD
This session will cover the occurrence and management of cardiovascular disease among women and nutrition guidelines for its prevention and treatment.
Public Health’s Role in Improving Community Food Security
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Room 201 CD
Gail G. Harrison, PhD; Kathryn Petersen, DTR; Alice Marie Quinn, DC, RD
Speakers will discuss aspects of food security, insecurity and hunger, including new approaches to building partnerships in local and global foods systems that can help reduce hunger and provide nutrition education.
Opportunities and Challenges in Implementing Policies to Prevent Pediatric Overweight
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Room 207 A-D
Wanda Grant, RD; Matthew C. Sharp, BA; Lilli Wells, MS, RD
This session will cover comprehensive policies for preventing excess weight in early childhood, school-aged children and adolescents, as well as challenges to implementing such policies. Speakers will also discuss recent child nutrition funding, program and policy changes and legislative changes that are still needed to develop effective prevention policies in schools and community programs.
Hot Topics in HIV Treatment Strategies and Nutrition Research
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m., Room 304 A-D
Mark Holodniy, MD; Heather Southwell, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss metabolic changes that occur at various stages of HIV infection and current treatments, particularly using integrative and practical nutrition strategies.
Effective Teaching Strategies for Dietetics Professionals Counseling Hispanics with Diabetes
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Room 201 CD
Lorena Drago, MS, RD
This session will address culturally appropriate teaching techniques and educational tools for Hispanics, including similarities and differences among Hispanic subgroups where cultural beliefs and practices can hinder people’s adherence to diabetes self-management.
Gut Reaction: How to Manage Gastrointestinal Distress in Athletes
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Room 210 A-D
Leslie J. Bonci, MPH, RD
This session will address the most common digestive complaints and issues for athletes, discuss how athletes can develop a “gut-friendly” meal plan and cover the potential digestive stress and performance-detracting effects of dietary supplements.
Palliative Care, Nutrition and the Law: The Long Goodbye
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Hall A
William H. Colby, JD
The speaker was the attorney for Nancy Cruzan, the plaintiff in the first right-to-die case ever heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. This session will cover legal perspectives of end-of-life care and nutrition.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Maternal and Infant Health
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Room 304 A-D
Susan E. Carlson, PhD; Carol J. Lammi-Keefe, PhD, RD; Norman Salem, PhD
Speakers will discuss neurodevelopmental outcomes that may be affected by availability of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids during fetal and infant development and food sources of omega-3 fatty acids.
Treatment Needs of Extreme Obesity: Medical and Surgical Approaches
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Ballroom AB
Robert F. Kushner, MD; Allison Schimmel Matson, MS, RD
This session will cover the prevalence of severe obesity, the care and treatment of severly obese people, including the impact and effectiveness of medical and surgical treatments and nutritional issues faced by patients both before and after bariatric surgery.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4

Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture: A Nutrition Mosaic for the New Aging Reality
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Ballroom DE
Nancy S. Wellman, PhD, RD, FADA
Wellman will discuss how the “landscape of aging” is being redefined and how a “nutrition mosaic” complements a life-affirming view of aging.
New Frontiers in Gastrointestinal Nutrition
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Ballroom C
Erin Fennelly, RD; Jeanette M. Hasse, PhD, RD, FADA; Laura E. Matarese, MS, RD, FADA
Speakers will examine dietary, medical and surgical options available to treat intestinal failure as well as scientific evidence for the use of probiotics.
Healthy Eating Guidance for Infants and Toddlers
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Room 201 A-D
Nancy F. Butte, PhD, MPH, RD; Susan Pac, MS, RD; Karyl A. Rickard, PhD, RD, FADA
This session will cover scientific and consumer research leading to practical dietary recommendations on developing parent-friendly feeding guidelines for children up to 24 months.

Exercise Physiology, Sports Nutrition and the Fitness Industry
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Room 304 A-D
Jenna A. Bell-Wilson, PhD, RD; Susan M. Kundrat MS, RD
Speakers will discuss ways for dietetics professionals to apply principles of exercise physiology when counseling clients about exercise-related nutrition, as well as how to provide clients with current sports nutrition recommendations and research findings.
Women’s Bone Health: Hard Decisions
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Hall A
Gail C. Frank, DrPH, RD; Nancy C. Greep, MD
Speakers will cover differences among dietary, alternative medicine and pharmacological approaches to preventing osteoporosis among women.
Beyond Antioxidants: Plausible Mechanisms for Cardiovascular and Other Chronic Diseases
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Ballroom DE
Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD; James A. Joseph, PhD; Allison S. Sarubin-Fragakis, MS, RD
This session will cover possible protective effects of polyphenols found in various foods, potential cardiac health implications, results of emerging research on cognitive function in the aging brain and ways for people to include polyphenol-rich foods in their diets.
Schools Are Winning with Healthier Foods and Beverages
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Room 304 A-D
Mary L. McKenna, PhD, RD; Julie A. Stauss, MPH, RD
Speakers will discuss practical ways to achieve changes in schools pertaining to nutrition policies, food and beverage contracts, healthful vending, food choices, accessibility, marketing and fund-raising.
Reckless Goals: Slimness vs. Strength in Athletics
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Room 201 A-D
Kathryn Bertine; Suzanne Nelson Steen, ScD, RD
A triathlete, sports journalist and former figure skater, Bertine will discuss her struggles with anorexia and the issue of eating disorders and recovery among athletes.
Cuisine and Culture
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Room 210 A-D
Linda Civitello, MA
Civitello will speak on the role of food throughout history, including its part in the development of cultures and civilization, plus relationships among food, culinary traditions and historical events such as the French, Russian and American Revolutions.
Are All Calories Created Equal? Emerging Issues in Weight Management
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Ballroom C
Richard D. Mattes, PhD, MPH, RD; Michelle A. Wien, DrPH, RD
The speakers will discuss emerging research indicating that a diet that contains moderate amounts of fat and protein effectively aids in weight loss.
Integrative Medicine: The Past, Present and Future
2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., Hall A
Andrew Weil, MD
Weil, founder and director of the Program of Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, is the author of eight books and an authority on medicinal herbs. He will offer a “reflective and futuristic look at integrative medicine.”

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5

Plant Power: From ORAC Research and the Portfolio Diet
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Room 204 AB
Susan B. Davis, MS, RD; David Jenkins, MD, PhD, DSc
The speakers will cover physiological benefits and production of recombinant human milk proteins and their potential uses in infant formulas and the role of a diet with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on optimal development of an infant’s brain and eyes.
Nutritional Periodization for Endurance Athletes
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Room 210 A-D
Jennifer Hutchison, RD, CSCS; Bob Seebohar, MS, RD
This session will address principles of nutritional periodization, which separates an endurance athlete’s training into specific cycles focused on different physiological goals.
America’s Table: Measuring Dietary Status Using NHANES Data
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Room 304 A-D
Linda E. Cleveland, MS, RD; Clifford Johnson, MSPH; Alanna J. Moshfegh, MS, RD
What do Americans eat? Speakers will summarize government data and discuss features of a new Web site that offers the public data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Speakers will discuss the latest findings on eating pattern trends and other health issues.
Childhood Overweight: The Next Generation for Surgery
8 a.m. - 10 a.m., Ballroom ABC
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD; Shelley Kirk, PhD, RD; Helmut R. Roehrig, PhD
Speakers will discuss the emerging, controversial issue of bariatric surgery for children, including complications, psychological issues and other questions.
New Diagnostic and Treatment Options for Celiac Disease
10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Room 201 A-D
Veronica L. Alicea, MBA, RD; Michelle M. Pietzak, MD
This session will cover new research as well as diagnostic and treatment procedures for celiac disease, plus advantages and disadvantages of non-dietary treatments compared to a gluten-free diet.
Bariatric Surgery: Nutrition Considerations for Women of Reproductive Age
10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Ballroom DE
Jeanne D. Blankenship, MS, RD; Bruce M. Wolfe
Speakers will address the impact of weight-loss surgeries on women’s health, particularly during pregnancy and lactation.
Update on Dairy Nutrition and Health: Research to Recommendations
10 a.m. - 11 a.m., Room 207 A-D
Yvonne L. Bronner, ScD, RD; Michael B. Zemel, PhD
This session will cover current research on the role of dairy food intake on blood pressure and weight management, health-care cost savings that could be realized by increasing per capita consumption of dairy products andthe role of dairy foods in the diets of African-Americans.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Chronic Disease: Where’s the Evidence and What’s a Dietetics Professional to Do?
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Room 201 A-D
Mary Beth Augustine, RD
This session will compare conventional and complementary and alternative medicine laboratory testing for inflammatory, gastronintestinal and autoimmune disorders and food allergies and discuss CAM therapeutic diets and supplements used in the management of those disorders.
Gestational Diabetes: A 2004 Perspective
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Room 210 A-D
Sharmila Chatterjee, MSc, MS, RD; Elaine R. Simon, RN, MSN, CDE
Speakers will cover standards of care for gestational diabetes, especially among ethnic cultures at high risk for developing the disease, and cultural factors that affect women’s diets during pregnancy.
Naturally Nutrient Rich Foods: Packing More Power on Your Plate
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m., Room 204 AB
Richard Chamberlain; Adam Drewnowski, PhD; Joanna Kriehn, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss ways to improve people’s diets by focusing on whole foods that offer maximum nutrients per calorie and explain the science behind a new nutrient density index that ranks foods by nutritional value.
Inside the Human Body
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Hall A
Christine Gerbstadt, MD, MPH, RD, LDN; Mehmet Oz, MD
Oz is professor of surgery at Columbia University, author of Healing from the Heart and host of Second Opinions on the Discovery Channel. His interactive presentation goes inside the human body to look at damage to organs caused by behavioral and nutritional factors such as overeating, smoking and drinking.
Improving Children’s Health with Nutrition Education and Physical Activity
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., 210 A-D
Jeanne P. Goldberg, PhD, RD; Helen Robinson; Elizabeth M. Ward, MS, RD
Speakers will summarize current research on children’s fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity levels and discuss ways to evaluate and increase these levels among kids.
Solving the Fiber Deficit: Research, Development and the Role of the Dietetics Professional
2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., 207 A-D
Mary Donkersloot, RD; Michael McBurney, PhD, FACN; Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RD
This session will cover research on people’s need for dietary fiber and the severity of the “fiber deficit,” practical solutions that dietetics professionals can suggest to patients and clients to boost their fiber intake and ways in which the food industry is helping to address the nation’s fiber deficit.

With nearly 70,000 members, the Chicago-based American Dietetic Association is the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being. Visit ADA at www.eatright.org.