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Celebrate National Nutrition Month®: Build the Connection Across All Stages of Life.
Nutrition is key to optimal health from birth throughout the lifespan. At every age and stage of life, nutrition matters.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month®: Explore the Connection Between Food and Culture.
This week's theme for National Nutrition Month is to Explore the Connection Between Food and Culture.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 213 min read
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month®: Connect with a Nutrition Expert.
The theme of National Nutrition Month is Food Connects Us and for week two is Connect with a Nutrition Expert.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 143 min read
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Celebrate National Nutrition Month®: Connect with your food.
It’s March, and that means it’s National Nutrition Month®! This year's theme is Food Connects Us. This week's theme is Connect with Food.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 73 min read
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The Power of Positive Eating: 5 reasons food isn't naughty or nice.
Explore why categorizing food as naughty or nice is so common and 5 reasons food is NOT naughty or nice.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Dec 13, 20244 min read
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Can a communicator manage misinformation? Yes! Here's credible help.
Misinformation is wrong or misleading information. In this post, we will explore a helpful strategy for managing misinformation.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 15, 20243 min read
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Watch and adopt these 10 emerging trends in nutrition communication.
In the ever-evolving landscape of nutrition, effective communication plays a critical role in shaping health. This post explores 10 trends.
Guest post by Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN
Aug 16, 20243 min read
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Are your messages negative or positive? Reframe hard truths to empower audiences.
Many messages regarding nutrition and health come across as negative but positive framing is often preferred and possibly more effective.
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Aug 9, 20243 min read
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How do our decisions impact health behaviors? Which theories can guide us?
When you are deciding on an action to take, are you aware of the decision-making process you go through? Why do you do what you do? In a...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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What are behavior change influencers? How can we use them to impact behavior?
When you hear the word “influencer,” what comes to mind? In today’s social media-saturated world, the word influencer has come to mean...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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National Nutrition Month® 2024 promotes farm-to-fork nutrition.
National Nutrition Month® is a campaign of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, held each year in March, when “everyone is invited to...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 8, 20242 min read
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What does home cooking look like in the 21st century?
How often is everything served at a meal in your home made 100% from scratch? What does that term even mean today? We certainly don’t...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Nov 24, 20233 min read
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Which ethics principles are of greatest concern when communicating nutrition?
In last week’s post, we explored the importance of communication skills in elevating the nutrition expert to a nutrition authority . ...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Oct 20, 20233 min read
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Obesity is misunderstood and BMI is misused. How can we provide clarity?
A nutrition topic that has gone through a major transformation in recent years is our understanding of the disease of obesity. When I was...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Sep 29, 20233 min read
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What creates effective communication? Creating context for the audience is key.
What creates effective communication? This question is the focus of a series of posts featuring 8 key principles from Communicating...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jul 14, 20234 min read
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Are magical nutrition solutions real or a misconception? Learn the truth.
You’re scrolling social media or looking at magazine covers in the grocery check-out line… which of these ads have you seen? “Doctors...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 23, 20232 min read
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Why can’t nutrition experts agree? Conquer this misconception with truth and respect.
A common complaint about scientists in general and nutrition scientists, in particular, is that they can’t agree. One day they say coffee...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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Are dangers lurking in our food? Conquer this misconception with truth and respect.
Do you, or others you know or work with, have a fear of a particular food or food component? If so, why? Is there truly danger lurking?...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Can we conquer the good food - bad food misconception? Yes. With truth and respect.
One of the misconceptions about food and nutrition that drives nutrition professionals crazy is when people categorize food as all good...
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Jun 2, 20234 min read
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Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Use AI to explain complex concepts.
Is using AI smart? Is it safe? That is the question... Just one day before publishing this post, the New York Times published an article...
Barbara Mayfield, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
Mar 31, 20238 min read
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