Member News - Special Congratulations to
NYSDA Members:

June 2010
Constance Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN, National Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, is pleased to announce the release of her latest book, The African American Guide To Living Well With Diabetes. The book received the Favorably Reviewed designation from the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and carries their logo on the back cover. The designation of Favorably Reviewed by AADE assures health professionals that the educational content of the book has been carefully evaluated by representatives of a variety of health professions based on set guidelines, and with respect to:

• Accuracy of the diabetes information
• Readability and grade level (using the SMOG readability scale)
• Cultural, gender and body-type diversity
• Appropriateness for target audience

The book is available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

December 2009
Marlisa Brown, Past President of The New York State Dietetic Association, is pleased to announce the release of her new book: Gluten-Free Hassle Free-A Simple, Sane Dietitian-Approved Program for Eating Your Way Back to Health. For more information on Marlisa's book, visit http://www.glutenfreeeasy.com/book.asp.

November 2009
Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN, a registered dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, proudly announces the publication of her new book, Nutrition At Your Fingertips, part of the At Your Fingertips series by Alpha Books/Penguin. She also created a companion Web site, nutritionatyourfingertips.com, and launched a series of video tips from the book. She is a regular contributor to MSNBC.com and Galtime.com, and writes a new blog called The Zied Guide. Elisa's first article for Parents Magazine will appear in the February 2010 issue

March 2009
Jackie Newgent, RD, is thrilled to announce the release of her new book, Big Green Cookbook: Hundreds of Planet-Pleasing Recipes and Tips for a Luscious, Low-Carbon Lifestyle (Wiley, April 2009). Ideal for both culinary novices and experienced cooks, vegetarians and non-vegetarians, it’s like a “Prius” … or a hybrid of cookbooks. Jackie is author of The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook, winner of the 2007 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Health and Nutrition Book. She’s also a columnist for Glamour, culinary instructor at the Institute of Culinary Ed ucation, and recurring guest expert on Emeril Green. Visit www.jackienewgent.com and www.biggreencookbook.com for more.

January 2009

Congratulations to NYSDA Member Rita Batheja for her appointment to ADA's Physician Outreach Workgroup. Rita is one 1 of only 4 in the country to be appointed to this position.

December 2008

Lyssie Lakatos, RD, CFT and Tammy Lakatos Shames, RD, CFT, also known as The Nutrition Twins®, have teamed up with Day-Timers®, the company dedicated to helping people achieve their goals, to create 2009 Wellness and Weight Management Planners. They will be featuring their planners several times on QVC on New Years Day. The Twins also are working on their next diet book which is due out in Fall 2009.

November 2008

Linda Arpino, MA, RD, CDN is the incoming Chair of the Coding and Coverage Committee of the American Dietetic Association(ADA). Cracking the Code is a slide presentation available to all state and districts program planners. In addition, Linda is now acting as liaison to the Evidenced Based Analysis committee. In August ADA trained Linda to present a program at districts to inform members of the wealth of resources available to all members from the Evidenced Based Analysis Library. Linda debuted her latest revised book, Rise to Success: Nutrition Practice Guideline's at ADA FNCE in October.

Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN, is in her fifth year as a proud spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. She is a regular contributor to MSNBC.COM 's Chew on This Column, and is currently at work on her third book called Nutrition At Your Fingertips which will be published by Alpha Books (a division of Penguin) in November 2009. Elisa is the coauthor of Feed Your Family Right! (Wiley, 2007) and So What Can I Eat?! (Wiley, 2006).

September 2007

Jackie Newgent, RD, a culinary nutritionist, is pleased to announce the fall 2007 release of her cookbook, The All-Natural Diabetes Cookbook: The whole food approach to great taste and healthy eating; available at http://store.diabetes.org, www.amazon.com and bookstores nationwide. All proceeds from the sale of the book go to further the mission of the American Diabetes Association.

April 2007

Keri Gans, MS, RD, CDN - NYSDA President-Elect has been selected as an ADA Spokesperson for New York. Keri is a past chair of the Greater NY Dietetic Association's PR Committee and has her own televison show, Diet Diva, on MNN on Time-Warner Cable in Manhattan.

January 2007

Linda Arpino, RD - NYSDA Media Rep and former WRDA President, recently published the book: Eat Fit, Be Fit: Health and Weight Management Solutions; available at most online bookstores.
www.amazon.com

Connie Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN - NYSDA Past-President recently published the book: Eating Soulfully and Healthfully with Diabetes ; iUniverse, June, 2006 (ISBN: 0-595-38051-4)
www.eatingsoulfully.com

Elisa Zied, MS, RD, CDN - recently published two books: Feed Your Family
Right! :How to make smart food and fitness choices for a healthy lifestyle and
So What Can I Eat?!
www.elisazied.com

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