Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Editor's Podcast

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND and Juliana Cohen, ScM, ScD, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Public Health at Merrimack College discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic affected Federal Child Nutrition Program policy, specifically the impact on health disparities and nutrition equity.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND and Uriyoan Colon-Ramos, ScD, MPA, with George Washinton University, discuss the Water Up!@Home Intervention Trial and how the use of water filters increased water consumption in Hispanic communities and implications for further research and dietetics practice.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Healther Schier, MS, with The Ohio State University department of human sciences about best practices in collecting sex and gender data in nutrition research and practice.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with JAND editorial board member Philip Gleason, PhD about path analysis and equation modeling in nutrition research.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Marissa Shams-White, PhD, MSTOM, MS, MPH, with the National Cancer Institute, about the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Assessment (ASA-24) tool and its value in diet-related research and practice involving sleep.

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN and Shannon E. Whaley, PhD, director of Research and Evaluation at PHFE WIC discuss how covid-19 impacted California Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program participants and agencies, WIC policy, and how RDNs counsel patients.

Guest Editor Dana Buelsing Sowards, MS, CAPM and Supplement Author Christina Badaracco, MPH, RD, LDN highlight articles and topics from the 2022 Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) supplement to the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND speaks with JAND editorial board member and researcher Carmen Byker Shanks, PhD, RDN about how and why diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) can and should be included nutrition research. Byker Shanks is a co-author of the article "The Need to Incorporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Reflections from a National Initiative Measuring Fruit and Vegetable Intake" in the July 2022 issue of JAND available here:...

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND speaks with Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD about concerns, safety, and best practices for the use of multivitamin/mineral supplements with young children.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND interviews Megan Winkler, PhD, RN, about recent research conducted by Dr. Winkler and colleagues on the marketing of sugar sweetened beverages in retail settings as well as working with clients that frequently purchase sugar sweetened beverages.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Francene Steinberg, PhD, RDN about a recently awarded National Institutes of Health grant to study and validate biomarkers of foods and food intake with the goal of providing objective measures to assess individuals’ diets, how this research will advance personalized nutrition, and the impact on the field of dietetics.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Krista Varady, PhD about the different types of intermittent fasting, the biological mechanism behind intermittent fasting, who may benefit the most from intermittent fasting, and where to look to get the best information.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND and Ana Poblacion, PhD, MSc, one of the authors of the JAND Commentary "Comparing Food Security Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations When Choosing Measures" discuss food security and food security measures and how these have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND and Regan Bailey, PhD, RD, MPH, discuss the article “Dietary and Complementary Feeding Practices of US Infants, 6 to 12 Months: A Narrative Review of the Federal Nutrition Monitoring Data”. Topics include current research knowledge on this important life stage, the addition of this age group to Dietary Guidelines recommendations, and take home messages for clinical dietitians.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with JAND editorial board members Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RD and Jeffrey Harris, DrPH, MPH, RDN, LDN, FAND about their article “Pointers and Pitfalls in Interpreting Nutrition and Dietetics Research: The Importance of Statistical and Clinical Significance” and the importance of clinical significance to nutrition and dietetics practitioners.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Melinda M. Manore, PhD, RD, FASCM, emeritus professor at Oregon State University about the Physical Activity Toolkit for RDNs, a collaboration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise is Medicine initiative. Manore, one of the authors/developers of the toolkit, discusses the importance of physical activity knowledge for registered dietitian nutritionists, the...

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND talks with Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH with the Office of Nutrition Research at the National Institutes of Health about precision nutrition, a framework in research and practice that considers multiple, synergistic levels of influence: dietary habits, genetic background, health status, microbiome, metabolism, food environment, physical activity, socioeconomics, psychosocial characteristics, and environmental exposures. The primary goal...

Denise D. Payan, PhD, MPP is the lead author of a commentary in the May 2021 issue of JAND, "Structural Barriers Influencing Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, and Health Among Latinas During and After COVID-19: Considerations and Recommendations." In this podcast, JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND sits down with Payán to discuss rapid increases in food insecurity brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which Latinas are impacted by these changes now and will...

Reagan Bailey, PhD, RD, MPH, joins JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, to discuss the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and its first-ever recommendations for birth to 24 months.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, highlights articles from a special issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on cancer and diet.