2020
FREE Ultra-processed foods. Presented by Dr Priscila Machado
Dr Machado is on the team led by Professor Carlos Monteiro of the University of Sao Paulo that coined the term ‘ultra-processed food’. It also developed NOVA, a new classification system ranking foods according to their level of processing rather than nutrient content. In her presentation Priscila explains: The NOVA…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 14 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2020
Binge Eating and Binge Eating Disorder. Presented by Michelle Roberton, APD
Michelle clarifies the difference between overeating, binge eating and binge eating disorder. “Loss of control over eating” is a subjective term used in the definition of BED, which describes someone’s feelings and compulsion to eat. She looks at the LOCOE scale, which helps quantify aspects of behaviour involved in the…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 8 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 1 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2019
Fussy eating in children. Presented by Dr Amy Lovell, PhD, NZRD
Parents and carers commonly report fussy eating in children. It’s a topic that dietitians get asked about both professionally and by friends and family. Picky eating is often considered deviant behaviour by a small child when it is actually normal for them to be developing a sense of autonomy, preferring…
2019
Intermittent Fasting and the Circadian Clock. Presented by A/Prof Courtney Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA
Courtney begins by outlining the physiological mechanisms of intermittent fasting. She describes six popular fasting regimes (alternate-day fasting, alternate-day modified fasting, 5:2 diet, fasting-mimicking diet, weekly intermittent energy restriction and time-restricted feeding) and explains the latest research comparing them with regard to compliance, cardiometabolic benefits and weight loss. Using the…
2019
Logging Education in Nutrition presentations as part of your CPD is easy
Logging Education in Nutrition presentations as part of your CPD is easy. Included with all our presentations is a document “Log an activity for DAA CPD module: Professional Education”. (Check in your library under files). It is designed to match the DAA requirements for DAA Professional Education CPD.
2019
Obesity: Medical management strategies. Presented by Professor John Dixon MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, FRCP Ed
Medical management strategies for patients with obesity Meal replacements, Drugs & Bariatric surgery. Professor Dixon begins his presentation with a quote from an article in the Huffington Post Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong (September 2018). “For decades, the medical community has ignored mountains of evidence to wage a…
2019
Weekly jobs wrap up 10 December
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…