Newswise — The Society for Nutrition and Behavior (SNEB) announces that Mary Story, PhD, RD has been selected as one of 15 nationally recognized experts to serve on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Announced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, the committee members will make recommendations that will serve as a basis for the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
“I am honored and grateful that SNEB nominated me to serve on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,” said Dr. Story. “The DGAs provide healthy eating advice, but they are the basis of nutrition policy in the US.” Every five years, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans are updated and published jointly by HHS and USDA. The Dietary Guidelines provide key recommendations for the general population as well as specific population groups to help people choose an overall healthy diet that works for them.
Dr. Story is Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. A longtime member of SNEB, Dr. Story is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Story concurrently serves as Director of the National Program Office for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthy Eating Research Program that supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity. She has conducted numerous school and community-based environmental intervention and obesity prevention studies for children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Story was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2010 and is currently a member of the IOM Food and Nutrition Board and the Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention.
A published author, Dr. Story’s most recent contribution to the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior was “Predictors of Adolescent Breakfast Consumption: Longitudinal Findings from Project EAT,” JNEB 43:390-395, 2011. She has also published in JNEB on the topics of calcium and dairy intake, family meal patterns, locally grown food, television watching and family meals, and children’s involvement in grocery shopping.
The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior represents the unique professional interests of nutrition educators in the United States and worldwide. The 950 members of SNEB are dedicated to promoting effective nutrition education and healthy behavior through research, policy and practice and have a vision of healthy communities, food systems and behaviors. Visit the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior at www.sneb.org. SNEB is a USDA/Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion National Strategic Partner.
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