February 21 - 24, 2010

Department of Pediatrics and Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

This is a four day program with the purpose to improve the nutritional status of infants, children and adolescents by updating health professionals in infant, child and adolescent nutrition at both the individual and public health level. In addition, we will have 1/2 day devoted to prevention, assessment and treatment in childhood obesity. This course is designed for dietitians and other professionals who are involved in the care of children.

Topics include: Pediatric Growth and Development, Feeding Concerns and Disordered Eating, Genetics, Sports Nutrition, Sleep Problems, Vitamin D and Children, On-line Counseling, Community Assessment and reviews of current treatments in pulmonary, GI, Renal, Cardiology, inborn errors of metabolism, children with special health care needs.

CEU: 27 hours has been requested from the Commission on Dietetic Registration

For more information call Charlene Rhoades at (205) 939-9254 or see our website at http://adolescent.chsys.org.

March 26, 2010

Location:
Howard Baker Center & Webcast
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

You are invited to the Spring 2010 "Promoting Healthy Weight Colloquium. Infancy: Fathers' Experiences & Perspectives; Fathers & Infant Feeding; Motor Development in Infancy; & Fathers' Roles in Families."

The Colloquium is offered by the University of Tennessee Public Health Nutrition Program on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 12:30 pm-4:30 pm Eastern Daylight Savings Time at the Howard Baker Center on the UT campus. The conference will be webcast live also! There is no cost to participate, but registration is required. Registration opens February 19.

This colloquium will highlight infancy and how parenting, nutrition, and physical activity relate to healthy weight gain during this first developmental stage of Bright Futures. It will focus on fathers' experiences, perspectives, and roles. Colloquium presentations are intended for researchers, practitioners, and family members. Presenters will be:

• Parent Panel: Fathers' Experiences and Perspectives
• Katie Kavanagh, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Daniela Corbetta, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Jaipaul Roopnarine, PhD, Jack Reilly Professor of Child and Family Studies; Director, Jack Reilly Institute of Early Childhood and Provider Education.

Registered Dietitians and Certified Healthy Education Specialists can receive continuing education credits. For more information and to register after February 19, please go to: http://nutrition.utk.edu/seminars/HealthyWeightColloquium.html. Click here for the "Save the Date" flyer. Please join us in person or online!

Protecting the food supply from bioterrorism is the topic of a web course recently posted on the MCHB training website. Food Protection and Defense consists of 7 modules including: Threat/Vulnerability Assessment, Preparedness, and Response. Key learning objectives for the course are to determine likely targets for potential attacks on the food supply and to recognize the role of agencies in preparing for and responding to attacks. Each 5-8 minute module includes additional reading and a quiz.

The course is intended for public health nutritionists and other public health professionals and is appropriate for professional continuing education. Authors are November McGarvey, MPH; Maria Anne Propp, BS; Gail Harrison, PhD; and Marion Taylor Baer, PhD,RD. Funding was provided by the UCLA Partners in Excellence for Leadership in MCH Nutrition through a grant from MCHB. Additional support was provided by the UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters with assistance from Randal Miller and the Institute for Child Health Policy, University of Florida.

To access this course visit http://elearning.mchtraining.net/course/category.php?id=7.