Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, PA
May 2-3, 2016

PA NEN’s Mission
The Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network facilitates communication among individuals and organizations engaged with improving nutrition in our communities. We work to ensure that effective and appropriate nutrition resources, primarily for low-income populations, are available across the state.

Why Attend?
Do your clients view information about food and physical activity with confusion? In the age of information, much of what people hear about nutrition and physical activity is often misleading or incorrect.

Join nutrition colleagues as they acquire new nutrition information designed to benefit clients by nourishing their minds to form healthy views on food, physical activity, obesity and diversity and encourage lifelong choices.

Conference Goals

• Inform and update participants about current nutrition issues regarding low income Pennsylvanians.
• Engage participants, so they learn about effective nutrition education strategies.
• Increase awareness of factors affecting food access, dietary intake, and nutritional status.

Who Should Attend?
Includes but is not limited to: Registered Dietitians, Nutrition Educators, Nutritionists, Dietitians, Health Professionals and Paraprofessionals, Anti-Hunger Advocates, School Food Service Directors, policy makers as well as those concerned with food access issues and the nutritional needs of the low income populations.

Credits
Information to be provide in winter 2016. PA NEN will be applying for credits from the following organizations:

• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CDR)
• American Association of Family Consumer and Sciences
• Act 48 through the PA Dept. of Health

https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=PANEN&WebCode=EventDetail&&evt_key=6b9b6668-acdb-49f4-9f80-a788802e58b8

While it may seem like we just wrapped up PA NEN’s 2015 conference, the planning committee has been hard at work. Now, they’re searching for 2016 speakers! They want to continue the momentum from 2015 by building the best educational program yet! In order to do so, they’re asking for your help!

If YOU’RE interested in becoming a speaker, make sure you can cover one of the following subject areas:

• Physical Activity and Nutrition
• Nutrition
• Diversity
• Policy Change
• Low Income Populations
• SNAP-Ed
• Obesity
• Senior Population

Then, submit a proposal before October 1, 2015.

http://www.panen.org/conference-call-for-speaker-proposals-2016

Click here for submission guidelines.

http://www.panen.org/sites/default/files/Annual%20Meeting/Submission%20Guidelines%202016.pdf

DoubleTree by Hilton
King of Prussia, PA

PA Nutrition Education Network is Excited to Announce the 2015 Lineup of Speakers and Topics!

• Tackling Obesity: The Number One Public Problem in the Developed World, Todd Burstain, MD
• Diversity, Ivan Juzang, Founder/President MEE Productions
• Food Psychology: Why We Eat More than We Think, Jim Painter, PhD, RD
• Active Learning: Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Academic Achievements, David Genova, PhD
• Enhancing the Nutritional Impact of SNAP, Parke Wilde, PhD, Associate Professor
• Communicate Like a Warrior Using Emotional Intelligence, Jane Welles Schooley, MA, CMBA
• Application of What’s New in Diabetes and Nutrition, Lynn Parker Klees, MA, RDN, LDN, CDE

Session descriptions and speaker bios will be posted on the PA NEN website in late January.

About the Conference

What qualifies as “bad” diet—the kind that leads to obesity and connected diseases? Why are 12.5% of Pennsylvania households food insecure and struggling to attain adequate nutrition? Nutrition educators and health providers, how can you answer these questions? PA NEN recognizes the complicated puzzle in front of you. Even the most qualified health professionals struggle to pinpoint the cause of malnutrition, hunger, and ways to eradicate these problems.

The 2015 conference will help you piece together your role in this multifaceted picture. Join our energizing conference to gain knowledge, awareness, and tools to construct the most fitting nutrition education for your clients.

Registration to open February 2015

NOW ACCEPTING! Abstracts from Local Projects, Graduate and Undergraduate Students.  Abstracts dues February 1st

http://www.panen.org/annual-conference

If you have any questions, please contact Rose at the PA NEN office at 717-233-1791 or e-mail rcleland@phmc.org.

May 4-5, 2015
King of Prussia, PA

What qualifies as “bad” diet—the kind that leads to obesity and connected diseases? Why are 12.5% of Pennsylvania households food insecure and struggling to attain adequate nutrition? Nutrition educators and health providers, how can you answer these questions? PA NEN recognizes the complicated puzzle in front of you. Even the most qualified health professionals struggle to pinpoint the cause of malnutrition, hunger, and ways to eradicate these problems.

The 2015 conference will help you piece together your role in this multifaceted picture. Join our energizing conference to gain knowledge, awareness, and tools to construct the most fitting nutrition education for your clients.

Conference Updates:

• Registration to open Winter of 2015
• NOW ACCEPTING! Call for Speakers.
• NOW ACCEPTING! Abstracts from Local Projects, Graduate and Undergraduate Students.

http://www.panen.org/annual-conference

If you have any questions, please contact Rose at the PA NEN office at 717-233-1791 or e-mail rcleland@phmc.org.