Highlights of American Dietetic Association’s 2005 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 7, 2005

The following is a partial list of FNCE sessions you may find of interest. A complete list is located in the Program Book, which is available in your registration bag and in the Press Room. Speakers’ affiliations are listed in the Program Book. Sessions, speakers and room numbers are subject to change or cancellation.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Opening Session and Ross Keynote Address
5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Halls 1 & 2
ADA President Rebecca S. Reeves, DrPH, RD, FADA, will preside over the opening of ADA’s 2005 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo and speak on ADA’s current and future directions and priorities. The Ross Keynote Address will be given by actress Jane Seymour, speaking on “Remarkable Changes.”


SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

Overweight Kids: What’s Really Happening Inside
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Halls 1 & 2
Stephanie Gerken, RD; Francine Kaufman, MD
Speakers will discuss the growing prevalence of type-2 diabetes among youth; the association of insulin resistance with obesity among children and resulting beta cell failure; and intervention strategies including nutrition, physical activity, behavior change and family involvement.

Successfully Managing Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Rooms 122, 123, 126 & 127
Linda Arpino, MA, RD; Joy Pape, RN, BSN, CDE, WOCN
Speakers will cover symptoms of PCOS, its connections to insulin resistance and dietary methods of reducing insulin resistance while also addressing weight management.

Improving the Lives of Older Adults through the Older Americans Act
8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., Rooms 120-125
Robert Blancato, MPA; Jean Lloyd, MS, RD; Amy Nickerson, MS, RD
This session will cover the role of dietetics professionals in congregate and home-delivered meal programs; the importance of healthy aging in improving quality of life and reducing costs of care; and the intersection of Older Americans Act programs with other food assistance programs in the U.S.

Impacting Children’s Health through School Wellness Policies
10:30 a.m. to noon, 130 Complex
Patricia Mouser, RD; Constance G. Mueller, MS, RD; Teresa Nece, MS, RD
This session will focus on ways of creating school-based solutions to childhood obesity through local wellness policies required by new federal legislation to be implemented in all school districts.

Assessment and Application of the Glycemic Index
10:30 a.m. to noon, Rooms 222-227
Ann M. Coulston, MS, RD, FADA; Thomas Wolever, MD, PhD
Speakers will discuss results of recent epidemiological studies to explain how Glycemic Index values can be affected by measurement methods and ways to use the Index according to ADA and federal guidelines.

Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture: “Challenges and Opportunities When the Whole World Is Our Family”
10:30 a.m. to noon, Ferrara Theatre
Jenny Taylor Bond, PhD, RD, FADA
Bond will offer a global perspective on nutrition encompassing poverty, undernutrition, disease, communication, trade, travel, health, gender and economics and will encourage attendees to embrace internationalization and globalization in their professional and personal lives.

An Unacknowledged Struggle: Eating Disorders in Males
10:30 a.m. to noon, Rooms 261-266
Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD
This session will address behavior, thinking and beliefs among males regarding conditions including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating; discuss physiological, emotional, behavioral and genetic factors that predispose and perpetuate eating disorders; and offer suggestions for treatment strategies.

Identifying Trends and Opportunities for Improving the Healthfulness of Restaurant Meals
10:30 a.m. to noon, Rooms 122, 123, 126 & 127
Barbara Berry, MS, RD; Tim Rosendahl, CEC, CCE, AAC; Jodie Worrell, MS, RD
Speakers will present research into trends in away-from-home eating; identify opportunities to increase fruit and vegetable menu offerings; and outline practical methods home cooks and restaurant chefs alike can use to decrease saturated fat, sodium and calories while adding essential nutrients and other health-promoting substances.

Beyond Calcium: Isoflavones, Vitamin D and Omega-3 PUFA Hold Keys to Bone Health
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Rooms 220, 221, 228 & 229
Ruth Carey, RD; Robert Heaney, MD; Kenneth Setchell, PhD
Speakers will outline new government recommendations on vitamin D intake, discuss possible health benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for bone strength and address research indicating positive health benefits of soy isoflavone on bone density.

Integrative Nutrition Philosophy: Implications for Women’s Health
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., 130 Complex
Josephine Connolly-Schoonen, MS, RD; Thomas Incledon, MS, RD
This session will address scientific evidence of inflammatory response and nutrition recommendations to optimize health outcomes and ways diet may modulate body functions and have beneficial or detrimental roles in women’s health.
 
The Science Supporting the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Rooms 222-227
Lawrence Appel, MD, MPH; Janet King, PhD; Joanne Lupton, PhD
Speakers will discuss the impact of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans on U.S. nutrition policy, review the evidence-based process that led to the Guidelines Advisory Committee report and explain changes and recommendations.

Anthocyanins and Flavonoids: Cancer Prevention Potential?
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Rooms 120, 121, 124 & 125
Susan Bowerman, MS, RD; Christine Sardo, MPH, RD; Kim Stote, PhD, MPH, RD
Speakers will define and identify nutrients and foods that are best sources of anthocyanins and flavonoids suggest potential health benefits and discuss research into potential anti-cancer benefits.

Three-Dimensional Tour of the Female Athlete Triad: 10-Year Update
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., 130 Complex
Katherine Beals, PhD; Melinda Manore, PhD, RD; Nanna Meyer, PhD
Speakers will discuss clinical disorders and new features of the female athlete triad disorder, underlying mechanisms and symptoms and current methods for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Developing Healthy Eating Patterns in Hispanic Infants and Toddlers
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Rooms 122, 123, 126 & 127
Lucia Kaiser, PhD, MS, RD; Julie Mennella, PhD; Paula Ziegler, PhD, RD, CFCS
Speakers will draw on results of the 2002 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study to discuss food, nutrition and feeding practices affecting young Hispanic children; relate the findings to new research on traditional practices, cultural beliefs and early flavor experiences in Mexico; and provide a foundation to translate recommendations into effective culturally based outreach to achieve healthy eating patterns in children.

Close Encounters of the Bariatric Kind in the Rehabilitation Setting
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., 130 Complex
Betty Krauss, RD; Julie Parrott, MS, RD
This session will address the role of dietetics professionals in providing appropriate interventions and adequate nutritional intake for post-bariatric surgery patients to promote healing in rehabilitation settings.

Lifestyle Strategies to Promote Lifelong Weight Management: From Evidence to Practice
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Halls 1 & 2
Arthur Agatston, MD; Gary Foster, PhD; Carolyn O’Neil, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss evidence-based strategies to treat and prevent obesity, including diet and lifestyle changes linked to successful weight maintenance.

Science-Based Tools to Put the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans into Practice
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Rooms 222-227
Eric Hentges, PhD; Penelope Royall; Barbara Schneeman, PhD
A panel of government experts will discuss the 2005 Dietary Guidelines’ consumer and health professional materials, their difference from previous guidelines and applications of food labels and the USDA Food Guidance System in implementing the Dietary Guidelines.

Phytochemicals to the Rescue in Cellular Warfare
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Rooms 222-227
Diane Birt, PhD; Winston Craig, PhD, MPH, RD
This session will look at the mechanisms of action by health-promoting phytochemicals in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease; the complex relationships of fruit and vegetable intake to cancer risk and advice for consumers on practical ways to incorporate phytochemicals in their diets.


MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

Military Dietitians’ Responsibilities in Humanitarian Assistance/Support Missions
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room 274
Teresa Kemmer, PhD, RD; Kathleen Manning, MPH, RD; Craig Olson, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss working with civilian populations in a military setting, techniques and tools used to assess local individuals’ and communities’ risk for malnutrition and the impact of research and evaluation reporting on national policies, both in developing countries and in military doctrine development.

Impact in the Aisles: Reaching Consumers in Supermarkets
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Rooms 120-125
Jane Andrews, MS, RD; Michael Sansolo; Michele Tuttle, MPH, RD
Speakers will discuss consumer trends that drive food choices and demonstrate the need for nutrition education in supermarkets, give examples of innovative nutrition education initiatives and address opportunities for dietetics professionals to build alliances with the retail food industry.

FNCE Showcase: “Open Roads, Open Minds”
10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Halls 1 & 2
Steve Uzzell
Drawing on more than 30 years of photography experience at National Geographic and corporate clients, Uzzell will use his photos as illustrations for lessons in possibility and creativity.

Presidents’ Lecture: “Globesity”
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Halls 1 & 2
John P. Foreyt, PhD; James O. Hill, PhD; W. Philip T. James, MD, DSc, FRCP, FRSE
From epidemiology to community intervention, a panel of national and international experts will discuss approaches that offer hope for progress in addressing obesity around the globe.

When Children Won’t or Can’t Eat: Understanding Feeding Disorders in Young Children
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Rooms 261-266
Aida Miles, MMMSc, RD; Cathleen C. Piazza, PhD
This session will explore differences between eating disorders and feeding disorders among children, conditions that place a child at risk for developing a feeding disorder and procedures that can be used to increase food intake in children with feeding disorders.

Dietary Supplement Use in the USA: Who’s Using What and Why?
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Ferrara Theatre
Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD; Joanne Holden, MS; Mary Frances Picciano, PhD
Speakers will draw on current data to discuss the prevalence of and reasons for dietary supplement use in this country; methods for dietetics professionals to assess a person’s total dietary intake, including supplements; and development of a publicly accessible dietary supplement database.

Nutritional Neuroscience: Having a Positive Impact on ADHD and Autism
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., 130 Complex
Jeff Bradstreet, MD; Victoria Kobliner, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss specific genetic polymorphisms and resultant metabolic disorders present in children with ADD, ADHD and other autism spectrum disorders and ways to design appropriate interventions based on nutritional deficiencies or malregulations resulting from biochemical/physiologic defects.

HIV/AIDS: The Ryan White Care Act and the Impact of the Disease on Minority Populations
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Room 275
Marcy Fenton, MS, RD; Celia Hayes, MPH, RD
Speakers will cover nutritional aspects of HIV/AIDS, the role of dietetics professionals in developing and administering federal Ryan White CARE Act programs and the disproportionate prevalance of HIV/AIDS among minority populations in the United States.


TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

Eat and Run, Walk or Sit? Exercise Alternatives for People with Disabilities
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room 274
Joan Guthrie Medlen, RD; James Rimmer, PhD
Research shows that improved physical activity and nutrition for people with disabilities indicates improved health outcomes. Speakers will describe ways to teach individuals, families and communities how to increase opportunities for physical activity and good nutrition for people with disabilities.

Metabolic Changes in the HIV/AIDS Patient of 2005
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room 275
Virginia Bouvier, MEd, RD; Lucia Vining, MS, RD
Speakers will discuss the multiple metabolic changes seen in HIV/AIDS patients in an era of improved medications and ways to provide appropriate nutritional interventions to meet these metabolic changes.

Cuisine of Discovery: Foods That Fueled Lewis and Clark
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 130 Complex
Mary Gunderson, BS; Martha Marino, MA, RD
This session will examine the roots of American cooking and the ways which Native American and frontier American cooking influence people’s food choices to this day.

Harvard and ADA Research Symposium (Part I):
Critical Appraisal of Research on Behavioral Counseling Theories
8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Rooms 222-227,
Anthony Fabricatore, PhD; Ken Resnicow, PhD; Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RD, LD; Victor Stevens, PhD
Speakers will give an overview of two main theories of counseling - cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing - and review research from other disciplines (including smoking cessation, alcohol addiction and psychoanalysis) and their parallels to dietetics settings and clients.

No Bones about It: The Role of Vitamin D in Chronic Kidney Disease
10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Rooms 120-125
Catherine M. Goeddeke-Merickel, MS, RD; Kevin Martin, MB, BCh, FACP
This session will cover the physiological roles and mechanisms of vitamin D among people with kidney disease; risks and benefits of supra-physiological doses of vitamin D in dialysis; and advantages and disadvantages of therapeutic use of vitamin D in patients with chronic kidney disease prior to starting dialysis.

Dietary Supplements and Ergogenic Aids: Lessons From a Sports Nutritionist
10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Rooms 122, 123, 126 & 127
Carrie Peterson, MS, RD
This session will cover popular nutritional ergogenic aids used by athletes as well as evidence and claims associated with the products.

Guide to the Hispanic Food Market: Skills for Dietetics Professionals
10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Rooms 263 & 267
Lorena Drago, MS, RD
This session will offer an overview of Hispanic foods found in supermarkets and ethnic stores, from aguacate to zapote; identify food shopping habits, attitudes and trends; and discuss how advertisers are responding to changing demographics of U.S. consumer markets.

Teas: Traditional Beverages or Functional Foods?
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Rooms 120, 121, 124 & 125
Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, FACN; Cynthia Thomson, PhD, RD, FADA
This session will examine patterns of beverage consumption and associated nutrient intakes in the United States, review the principal phytochemical components of various teas and discuss research into a potential role for tea in reducing risks for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Better Together: Effective Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Seniors
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Rooms 220, 221, 228 & 229
Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD; Jo Ann Pegues, MPA, RD; Martha J. Peppones, MS, RD
Older adults can benefit from nutrition and physical activity interventions that improve health, functionality and quality of life. Speakers will use community-based program models as examples of program techniques that can be applied in a variety of community settings.

Closing the Gap with Nutrient-Dense Whole-Grain Foods
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Rooms 261, 262, 265 & 266
Frances Coletta, PhD, RD; Julie Jones, PhD; Maureen Storey, PhD
Speakers will discuss how consumption of whole grains is associated with decreasing risk of major public health problems, common barriers to consumers eating recommended amounts per day and whether added nutrients can effectively help move consumers closer to meeting their dietary and health goals.

Hidden Costs of Supersizing: How to Address Large Portions
12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., 130 Complex
Barbara Rolls, PhD; Margo Wootan, DSc; Lisa Young, PhD, RD
Speakers will discuss current consumer attitudes, trends and policy options regarding food portion sizes.

Harvard and ADA Research Symposium (Part II):
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Predictors and Strategies for Prevention
12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Rooms 222-227
Maxime Buyckx, MD; Susan C. Finn, PhD, RD, FADA; Cathy Kapica, PhD, RD, LD, CFCS, FACN; Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS; Carine Lenders, MD, MS; Virginia Stallings, MD; W. Allan Walker, MD
Speakers will discuss what is known and unknown about opportunities to prevent obesity and address obesity prevention issues from fetal nutrition to eating behaviors in childhood.

The Secret Ingredients in Menu Planning
2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., Room 274
Steve Schimoler
This session will explain the role of a “research chef,” including the process of developing new menu products and the role of nutrition in the process.

Give Me a Break
2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Halls 1 & 2
John Stossel
The speaker, co-anchor of ABC’s 20/20 , will offer fresh perspectives on issues facing health care and society.

With nearly 65,000 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.


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