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 oncology and nutrition.

Journal Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD is joined by Ruth S. MacDonald, PhD, RD, Professor and Chair of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Assistant Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University. Together they discuss what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are, the uses of GMOs, research related to safety, and trends in GMO labeling policies.

Disclosures: No funding was provided for this podcast and Drs. Snetselaar and MacDonald have no potential conflicts to disclose.

Journal Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, welcomes Teresa Marshall, PhD from the Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry at the University of Iowa to discuss the concerns associated with sugar-sweetened beverages, and current studies and recommendations related to the subject.

Journal Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD and the Academy's Chief Science Officer Alison Steiber, PhD, LD, come together to talk about the importance of research to the Academy, trending research topics, and ways Academy members can get involved in research.

Editor-in-Chief, Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, is joined by Gordon Jensen, MD, PhD, from Penn State University to discuss advances in diagnosing and treating malnutrition over the course of recent decades.

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, interviews Julie Albrecht, PhD, RD, professor and extension food specialist in the Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Albrecht discusses current concerns and hot topics (eg, 3D printing and genome analysis) in food safety, food regulation today versus foodborne illness outbreaks, the future of food policy, and biosecurity

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, interviews Marlene B. Schwartz, PhD, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut. Schwartz discusses issues and challenges within the school lunch environment, how school lunches have changed over time, plate waste, strategies to make school lunches healthier, and future policy changes that could have a positive effect on school lunches.

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, interviews Christine Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD, professor emerita of nutrition from Georgia State University with over 25 years of experience in as a sports dietitian, about hot topics and new ideas within the area of sports nutrition and dietetics such as how nutrients support training adaptations for athletes; carbohydrate availability versus intake; and protein, protein, protein.

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, interviews Linda Delahanty, MS, RDN, chief dietitian and director of Nutrition and Behavioral Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Center and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School on the concept of working with individuals with pre-diabetes in both practice and in research settings.

Editor-in-Chief Linda Snetselaar, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, interviews Amy Subar, PhD, MPH, RD, program director with the Risk Factor Assessment Branch of the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program within the National Cancer Cancer Institute, about the Dietary Assessment Primer, a new tool to help researchers determine the best dietary assessment approach for their research objective.