Sean Lee supports Fuel Up to Play 60
Sean Lee supports Fuel Up to Play 60 as a Health and Wellness program for youth. Watch this video for his message to Texas Registered Dietitians.
School Grants for Healthy Kids
Through partners such as Kellogg's and the Walmart Foundation, Action for Healthy Kids is pleased to release its School Grants for Healthy Kids opportunities for the 2012-2013 school year. Over 500 schools nationwide will be awarded funds that will range from $1,000 to $5,000 with significant in-kind contributions from Action for Healthy Kids in the form of people, programs, and school nutrition expertise. We'll also provide schools with management expertise and support to develop strong nutrition programs around school breakfast, competitive foods, summer meals, access to healthy food and nutrition education.
Award amounts will be based on building enrollment, project type, potential impact, and a school's ability to mobilize parents and students around school wellness initiatives. Schools must participate in the National School Lunch Program and National School Breakfast Program; and must have a free/reduced priced meal eligibility greater than 50% to be eligible.
Visit Action for Healthy Kids website for more information: www.actionforhealthykids.org
Click link below for more details regarding School Grants for Healthy Kids:
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/upcoming-events/grant-opportunities/school-grants-for-healthy.html
Legislative Action Alert on the Academy's Grassroots Manager: http://www.eatright.org/Members/content.aspx?id=8847
Support Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act!
Write your U.S. Representatives and urge them to support the Preventing Diabetes in the Medicare Act (H.R. 2741). This legislation will help save lives, the economy and fight diabetes!
Teens Eat Right Free Lesson Plan
Please visit www.scandpg.org for a free nutrition lesson plan teachers at the secondary level can use. It includes 52 slides, 16 pages of notes, 7 handouts that teens helped design, and a quiz with the answer sheet. The RD can use it for their own practice and we are hoping they will contact the health and fitness coordinator in their local school district and spread the word about the free lesson plan to teachers. If teachers use the lesson plan, they are invited to SKYPE a Registered Dietitian into their classroom to answer student questions during National Nutrition Month. Any RDs who would like to participate in a SKYPE sessions can contact me at carol.lapin@yahoo.com.
URGENT ACTION ALERT: A LETTER FROM The Academy PRESIDENT, SYLVIA E. ESCOTT-STUMP, MA, RD, LD CONCERNING CMS DECISION CONCERNING COVERAGE FOR INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING FOR OBESITY: CLICK HERE TO VIEW LETTER
Ready to take action?
Communicate with your members of Congress by visiting The Academy's Grassroots Action Center. Let elected officials who know RDs deserve to be able to bill directly for these services and that coverage should be expanded beyond primary care.
Please note TDA's new contact information:
Texas Dietetic Association
13490 T I Blvd, Ste 102
Dallas, TX 75243
Phone: 972-755-2530
Fax: 972-351-8783
Email: tda@eatrighttexas.org
Welcome to the Texas Dietetic Association (TDA). TDA, an affiliate of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is a not-for-profit professional organization of over 4,000 registered dietitians, dietetic technicians, and students in Texas .
TDA members provide expert food and nutrition resources for Texans. They are here to help Texans improve and manage their health—and make eating an enjoyable and delicious experience.
Read more on what it means to be a Registered Dietitian or Technician at what is an RD/LD/DTR?
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Year of the Whole Child - Be Active
Webinar: 12/7/11, 8:30-11:30pm
The Year of the Whole Child webinar will provide tools and resources to strengthen focus on implementing coordinated school health programming by garnering the support of administration, community, governing, bodies, and parent groups. Join us as we explore the importance physical activity plays in our children's ability to learn and grow. Learn ways for families to be active, and ways to help your schools be active.
>>Click here for more information and to register.
Share Your Breakfast™ Grants, Support for More School Breakfasts!
>>Click here for more information
Where TDA Members Work
TDA members work in a variety of settings throughout the state:
• Business and Industry |
• Hospitals and Clinics |
