WHAT

MyPlate: Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables Webinar

WHEN

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. Space is limited.

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:

https:/ / www2. gotomeeting. com/ register/ 235477426

WHO/About the Presenters:

Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD

Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition,

University of Minnesota

Topic: All Vegetables Fit on MyPlate

Adam Drewnowski, PhD

Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition & Professor of Epidemiology

School of Public Health, University of Washington

Topic: The Economics of Filling Half Your Plate with Fruits & Vegetables

WHY

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released earlier this year and USDA has developed consumer messages, one of which is "Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables." This update on the science behind the 2010 Dietary Guidelines and MyPlate message, "Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables" will be particularly helpful to nutrition educators, especially those who advise low-income families.

This webinar, sponsored by the Food & Nutrition Extension Education Division with an unrestricted grant from the Alliance for Potato Research and Education, will specifically highlight a number of commonly consumed, affordable vegetables and fruits that can provide all age/gender groups with a range of important nutrients.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the process and questions the 2010 DGAC Carbohydrate Committee considered as the members reviewed the science and updated recommendation for fruits and vegetables.

Apply practical applications of the specific fruit and vegetable recommendations for nutrition educators in a practice setting.

Update education programs with the emerging science on affordable strategies for meeting vegetable and fruit guidelines, considering food prices and real food choices for real people.

Cost: Webinar is free for member of the Society for Nutrition Education. Non-member attendees are $25. (Special Note: The grant covers the $25 registration fee for the first 50 non-member registrants + media representatives.)

System Requirements:

PC-based attendees

Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer

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