2023 Year End Wrap Up
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® eNews is a monthly e-newsletter shared with the global PEN Community and created to help dietitians position themselves as leaders in evidence-based nutrition practice. In addition, users of the PEN System will find articles on the new evidence, resources and features available and how to maximize one's use of PEN.
Top 5 Knowledge Pathways of 2023
Welcome to the last newsletter of 2023! Dietitians from around the world found these five Knowledge Pathways to be the most interesting or most pertinent to their practice this year. Designed in a question-and-answer format, the Knowledge Pathway represents a collection of Practice Questions, evidence-based answers, references, Practice Guidance Toolkits, Summaries of Recommendations and Evidence, Backgrounds, Tools and Resources, and other related materials on a particular topic. Here is your chance to read them again (or for the first time!). Enjoy our countdown!
Do you know where to find the entire list of Knowledge Pathway Topics? You can find it in the
Tables of Contents!
Top 5 Handouts of 2023
PEN Client Handouts enables you to download client and practitioner-tested tools designed according to the best evidence in adult education. PEN client handouts may be customized with your own logo and contact information. They can be printed or emailed from PEN System directly to your client or colleague. All handouts are available in English and French and many consider multi-cultural foods and dietary practices. Read on to find out the Top 5 Handouts of 2023. Which ones were your favourite?
Looking for interested dietitian volunteers across the globe to review nutrition videos
Raising Our Healthy Kids is a series of free, short 1-2 minute videos providing information to parents and care providers on the healthy growth and development of children up to 12 years of age.
There are a total of 70 videos, a number of which are focused on general nutrition, healthy growth and development, including positive body image and understanding how marketing affects choices and food intake.
The Raising Our Healthy Kids Working Group is looking for interested dietitian volunteers to review the nutrition related videos for currency.
The titles of these videos available on the Raising Our Healthy Kids vimeo website are:
- Feeding Habits for Healthy Teeth
- Rethink your Drink for Healthier Teeth
- Food Skills
- Make Meals Happen: Regular Meals
- Enjoying Breakfast: Start the Habit Early
- Make Meals Happen: Well Stocked Fridge
- Make Meals Happen: Involve Family Members
- Eat together Role Modelling
- Caffeinated Beverages
- Enjoy Vegetables and Fruit for Active Kids
- Healthy Beverages Choose Water
- Plan Ahead and Make Meals Happen
- Kids Food Versus Adult Food
- Colour and Packaged Foods
- Calories on Packaged Foods
- What's on the Outside Might not be on the inside
- The Feeding Relationship
- Learning to Self-Feed
- Starting Solid Foods
- Iron Rich Foods for Babies
- Responding to Baby's Cues
- Offering a Variety of Textures to Your Baby
- Breastmilk and Other Drinks for Babies
- Sippy Cups and Tooth Decay
- Eating Together
- Offer Healthy Meals and Snacks
- Find out if your Child is a Healthy Eater (NOTE – we know this video needs updating as the nutritionscreen website and related tools are not currently available)
- Role Model Healthy Eating
- Enjoy more Vegetables and Fruit
- How and What to feed Children is Important
- Patience works Better than Pressure
- Make Meals and Memories Together
- Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids
- Eating Habits and Oral Health
- Infant Feeding
Your role:
- Review any of the above videos that are of interest to you. You do not need to review them all; only those that relate to your practice area.
- Review the video(s) for general parent/carer guidance. We are looking for any major content issues to make sure the content is accurate. We are not looking for small wording changes as these are very costly to update.
- Relate back to jane.bellman@dietitians.ca the names of the videos you watched and any major issues you found.
- Completed review by mid-January, 2024 would be most appreciated.
- Feel free to show, embed and share any or all of the videos!
Thank you
PEN eNews
December 2023 Volume
13 (12)
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