Title: Resources and Meetings

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Section/SPIG: Food and Nutrition

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Links to Information Resources about Hurricane Katrina

American Dietetic Association List of Disaster Preparedness Resources-http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_23759.cfm

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Disaster Assistance-http://www.fns.usda.gov/disasters/disaster.htm

WIC Hurricane Katrina Disaster Response-http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/hurricanekatrina.htm

Food Research and Action Center: Special Hurricane Katrina Center-http://www.frac.org/html/disaster/disaster_index.html

School Nutrition Association: USDA Memo on Emergency Feeding of School Children in Areas Devastated by Hurricane Katrina-http://www.schoolnutrition.org/Index.aspx?id=1418

Share Our Strength-http://www.strength.org/

General Information on Hurricane Recovery- http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery.shtml

American Diabetes Association: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Reponse-http://www.diabetes.org/hurricane-katrina.jsp

American Public Health Association Hurricane Preparedness and Response-http://www.apha.org/preparedness/Katrina_relief.htm

Other Nutrition Resources

My Pyramid Resources for Kids-http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html

Nutrition Meetings, Conferences and Activities

Oct. 6-9, 2005 - Ninth Annual Conference of the Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC). Atlanta. Contact CFSC

Oct. 21, 2005 - Food Marketing to Children and the Law. Robinson Courtroom, Girardi Advocacy Center, Loyola Law School, 919 Albany Street, Los Angeles. Contact Bridget Klink; (213) 736-1407; bridget.klink@lls.edu or Michele Simon; (510) 465-0322; michele@informedeating.org; http://www.informedeating.org/events.html

Oct. 22-25, 2005 - American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Exposition. St Louis. Contact ADA, 216 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60606-6995; (312) 899-0040; fax (312) 899-0008; mtgsinfo@eatright.org; http://www.eatright.org

Oct. 24-25, 2005 - 3rd National Prevention Summit. Innovations in Community Prevention. Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.; http://www.healthierus.gov

Nov. 2-3, 2005 - Iowa Dietetic Association Annual Meeting. Ames, Iowa; http://www.eatrightiowa.org

Nov. 15-16 2005 - What We Eat in America/NHANES: Understanding and Using Data Workshop. Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, Md. Contact Alanna Moshfegh; (301) 504-0376; http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12355000/pdf/WorkshopRegistration.pfg

Jan. 18-20, 2006 - American Heart Association Conference. Obesity, Lifestyle, and Cardiovascular Disease Symposium. Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, D.C. Contact American Heart Association National Center, Dallas; (888) 242-2453; (214) 570-5935; scientificconferences@heart.org; http://www.my.americanheart.org

Feb. 17, 2006 - NIDDK Clinical Obesity Research Panel (CORP) Meeting. Natcher Building, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Md. Contact Susan Yanovski; (301) 594-8882; yanovskis@mail.nih.gov

April 1-5, 2006 - Experimental Biology 2006. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. Contact LSRO, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 208114-3998; (301) 530-7050; fax (301) 634-7014; http://www.faseb.org/meetings/eb2006