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2009 FLORIDA DIETETIC ASSOCIATION ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM JULY 12TH.
For more information visit Florida Dietetic Association website.

MEMBERSHIP FORM
TDA 2008-2009 Membership/Directory Information form is available online here.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Hello and welcome to the Tallahassee Dietetic Association (TDA) website. TDA is the advocate of nutrition/dietetic professionals serving the Tallahassee and surrounding counties through the promotion of optimal nutrition and health. Members of the association include registered dietitians (RDs), licensed dietitians/nutritionists, registered dietetic technicians, and dietetic interns and students. Our members are employed in a variety of different areas including business and industry, schools and universities, hospitals and clinics, health maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, local, state, and federal government agencies, fitness centers, and private nutrition counseling practice.

I am looking forward to another great year of serving the members of TDA and the community in any way possible. We hope your "wellness recipe" involves making a conscious decision to choose fruits and vegetables vibrant in color, hearty whole grains, lean protein-rich meats, poultry, fish, beans/legumes, and skim and low-fat, calcium-rich dairy foods each day. Keeping balance, variety, and moderation in the "recipe mix" with a hefty dash of physical activity helps add health and vitality to life. We hope you will join us in the journey to wellness.

Eat well, live well, Tallahassee!

Rick Parks, MS, RD
TDA President

MEETINGS

On Friday, June 12 the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences (NFES) at Florida State University is offering the 7th Hazel K. Stiebeling Symposium which is entitled “Factoring Exercise into the Nutrient Needs Equation”.  This all-day event is being held in Tallahassee at the Residence Inn by Marriott at 600 W. Gaines St. 

Admission is free and we have applied for 6 hours of CEUs through CDR. 

For additional information and to pre-register  please visit our College of Human Sciences web site: www.chs.fsu.edu.

To make reservations at the Residence Inn call (850) 329-9080.  The room rates are very reasonable.

Thank you in advance for passing this information on to your respective members.

 

ACTIVITIES

Greetings FDA Members:
It is not too early to start planning to attend the FDA 2009 annual meeting. It will be held at the Naples Grande Resort, July 12 – 15th.  To preview a few of our confirmed speakers visit us at www.eatrightflorida.org click on the annual symposium on the left hand side then click on 2009 Highlights. Highlights will be added continuously so check back frequently.

 

Congratulations to our new TDA Officers for 2009-2010.

TDA 2009-2010 Officers 

Pres  elect - Jamie McHaffieSecretary – Amy Jacobs 

Nominating Committee
Rick Parks
Melissa Dancer Brown
Katie Klokkenga 

Outstanding RD – Ruth Debusk 

Emerging – Melissa D. Brown 

Recognized Young RD – Jamie McHaffie 

 

SPOTLIGHT DIETITIAN
Heather Fisher, MS, RD, LD/N

Heather Fisher, MS, RD, LD/N is a Registered Dietitian at Thagard Student Health Center.  She has been in practice for eleven years. Heather received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Florida State in Food and Nutrition. Her employment background includes working at an eating disorder treatment center, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Archbold Memorial Hospital, and Davita Dialysis. Additionally, Heather had a private practice for three years. Heather’s experience includes counseling and educating patients with a variety of nutrition-related health complications on optimal nutrition practices to help them improve their health and well being. Currently, she provides individual nutrition counseling for students, presents on various nutrition topics and assists in coordinating outreach nutrition education activities at FSU as well as in the community. Heather is a member of the Thagard Student Health Center and the University Counseling Center’s multidisciplinary eating disorder treatment team.  In the college population, she specifically works in the areas of general wellness, weight management, eating disorders, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension. Her primary interest is in helping individuals overcome food fears and body dissatisfaction that keep them entrenched in unhealthy eating and exercise patterns. 

The Florida Dietetic Association (FDA) publishes a well-respected and widely-used diet manual, The Handbook of Medical Nutrition Therapy: The Florida Diet Manual (2007/2008 Edition). This comprehensive manual is written and reviewed by over 100 registered dietitians, and updated by many Registered Dietitian Educators for more information go to
http://www.eatwell-fl.com Second Affiliate Membership in the Florida Dietetic Association
Do you know an ADA member who lives in another state but would like to keep up with the nutrition happenings in Florida?

Second Affiliate membership is now available in the Florida Dietetic Association for members who have established their primary membership in another state. The fee for the Second Affiliate membership is $25.00 and entitles you to: receive email blasts, the state newsletter and mailings. Membership applications can be obtained by contacting the Florida Dietetic Association at 850-386-8850 or info@eatrightflorida.org Please help us spread the word.
TDA serves Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties as one of 15 districts of the Florida Dietetic Association (FDA). For more information on FDA, visit the FDA web site at http://www.eatrightflorida.org