Hawaii Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsAloha all! Please join us for this year’s HAND in-person conference on April 21st from 8:00-4:30 pm! Please see details below. Go to the Eventbrite link to learn more about the speakers and buy tickets to this event. We are excited to see you all there!
Save the date for the Hawaii Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2023 conference! This year it will be held on Friday, April 21st at 8:30 am-5:00 pm at Pearl Country Club. The CPI committee has been working hard and we are excited to see you all there!
Are you interested in sharing your passion for nutrition and dietetics? Do you have knowledge in an interesting or niche topic? We’d love to hear and learn from you. Consider speaking at our upcoming HAND 2023 conference in April! Please fill out this form and submit by January 25th, 2023.
HAND 2023 Conference Speaker Proposal
Any questions? Please contact Gabrielle Parilla at cpi@eatrighthawaii.org
Please join us! November 3rd, 2022
Childhood obesity is a major health threat to Pacific populations, fueling diabetes and other health problems. In this hybrid Pau Hana talk, Rachel Novotny (PhD, RD) describes how an innovative approach using culturally sensitive and community based interventions is improving the health of Pacific children and their families.
Attend in person at AgSci 219 — light refreshments and social time beginning at 4:30 p.m. – or tune in on line when the program begins at 5 p.m. This event is free, but please register at https://honolulu.arcsfoundation.org/civicrm/event/info?id=2141&reset=1 to receive the Zoom link. Sponsored by ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter and co-hosted by the UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
2022 ARCS Honolulu Scientist of the Year, Dr. Novotny is principal investigator of the Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations of the Pacific Center of Excellence. CHL’s multi-level intervention trial, training and outreach program has decreased the prevalence of young child overweight and obesity throughout the US Affiliated Pacific, including the Marshall Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia.
Trained in maternal-child health, global nutrition, epidemiology, anthropology and environmental biology, Dr. Novotny has published more than 155 scientific papers related to maternal, infant and child nutrition and health, with particular focus on remote regions of the world and culturally diverse populations. She is a professor in the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and co-director of the Children’s Healthy Living Dietetics Scholarship Program.
Aloha Registered Dietitians and HAND Members,
This year’s CPI committee is putting together a variety of virtual events to support continuing education and networking within the Nutrition and Dietetics community of Hawaii and the Pacific.
For our first journal club of 2021 we will be discussing “Microbiota Stability and Gastrointestinal Tolerance in Response to a High-Protein Diet with and without a Prebiotic, Probiotic, and Synbiotic: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Older Women” written by Amanda L. Ford and colleagues, currently in press with the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Article available HERE)
Please join us in our virtual networking and discussion opportunity!
The event is free, but registration is required and limited! See the information below:
When: Jan 14, 2021 05:30 PM Hawaii
Register HERE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The CPI committee looks forward to seeing you there!