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

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 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 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 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 development of the toolkit, and how food and nutrition practitioners can collaborate with sports medicine professionals.

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 is to optimize metabolic response in individuals or population subgroups through tailored dietary approaches to promote health and prevent and treat disease.

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 be in the future.

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.

JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND and Edward Frongillo, PhD, professor and director of Global Health Initiatives with the University of South Carolina, discuss food insecurity in children in American including factors in food insecurity, how food insecurity in children differs from that of adults, and policy and programs that assist in the alleviation of food insecurity.

Marlene Schwartz, PhD, discusses how Covid-19 changed the school foodservice environment with JAND Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, including challenges, innovations, and lessons learned that could impact school foodservice and policy in the future.