Newswise — The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) announces the 2016 Best Article and Best Great Educational Material (GEM) awards, which will be presented at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) annual conference, “Next Practices Help You Create the Future,” in San Diego, California, July 30–August 2, 2016. These annual awards recognize the authors of the best article and best GEM, published in the prior year in JNEB, as judged by members of the JNEB Journal Committee and Board of Editors. All authors will receive a plaque and the lead authors will receive a monetary award.

The Best Article Award will be presented to authors Garry Auld, Susan Baker, Lisa Conway, Jamie Dollahite, Maria Carmen Lambea, and Kathryn McGirr for their article “Outcome Effectiveness of the Widely Adopted EFNEP Curriculum Eating Smart ∙ Being Active” published in the January/February 2015 issue of JNEB. The best article was selected from 69 published articles, briefs, and reports. Dr. Baker will present the results of the Best Article following the conference opening keynote on Sunday, July 31.

The Best GEM award will be presented to authors Mical K. Shilts, Margaret C. Johns, Cathi Lamp, Connie Schneider, and Marilyn S. Townsend for their paper “GEM No. 546 A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Customizing MyPlate for Low-Literate, Low-Income Families in 4 Steps,” published in the July/August 2015 issue of JNEB. GEMs are resources developed to educate on certain topics or distribute programs to help in the nutrition education field. The Best GEM was selected from 12 published GEMs.

Detailed conference information is online at http://www.sneb.org/2016.