Texas Dietetic Association

Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2015 Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition Abstract Form

Dietetics professionals and students (at any level) are invited to submit abstracts of their work. Successful applicants will be asked to present a poster of their work at the 2015 Texas FNCE at the Houston Marriott Westchase Hotel in Houston, Texas April 8-10, 2015. Examples of appropriate work include traditional work such as primary research or secondary data analysis, but may also include reports on wellness or nutrition promotion at the workplace or school, literature review, assessment instruments, management projects, or community outreach. We seek projects in foodservice, administration, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community work, health promotion and wellness or basic or clinical research that are relevant to this year’s theme:

Texas Academy Membership Not Necessary To be eligible for consideration you do not need to be a Texas Academy member. As a non member your presentation must still meet the appropriate work standards and all other rules governing a presentation submission. If a Texas Academy member was involved please list them below. If the student is a Texas Academy member, they should list themselves. If the student is not a Texas Academy member, then the advisor, preceptor, or other supervisor of the project can be listed as a Texas Academy member. This individual can also be listed below as a presenter and could be acknowledged or included in the poster presentation.

Texas Academy Member Name: ______

Email Address: ______

Key Contact The key contact should be the primary presenter for the project.

Name: ______Credentials: ______

Daytime phone: ______Fax: ______

Email address: ______

Address: ______

City/State/Zip: ______

Title of Presentation: ______

(In Arial, 12 point, Bold font; UPPER CASE LETTERS; 30 maximum words)

Names and Credentials of Presenter(s): In the following format: Initials, Last Name, 1 1University or institution For example: J. E. Smith,1 D. A. Doe,2

1XYZ University, Anywhere, TX, 2ABC Hospital, Someplace, TX

(If the Key Contact is a presenter, please do not forget to include this person here. Include the Texas Academy member as well.)

Learning Outcome: ______

Learning Needs Codes (Refer to listing in 2015 Call for Abstracts): ______For example: Primary: 4040 Disease prevention Secondary: 4120 Life Cycle

Brief Synopsis of Content of the Proposed Presentation: Please insert below a summary of a maximum of 300 words describing your project. Please use Arial 12-point typeface and write in the past-tense if the work has already been done. Organize using headings (as applicable) such as: Background, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. (Please note: you will be providing additional study or project information in your poster, but remember to provide sufficient specific details in your abstract for the reviewer to clearly understand your study or project.)

Background: XXX Methods: XXX Results: XXX Discussion: XXX Conclusions: XXX Funding Source: XXX Word count: xxx (maximum 300)

Describe in 1-2 sentences, how your proposed presentation supports this year’s theme, ______.

Submit 2 copies (one blinded per instructions) of your abstract via the abstract upload system. Please direct questions about your abstract to Valencia Browning-Keen, PhD, RD, LD and questions about the upload system to the Texas Academy at the following addresses:

Valencia Browning-Keen PhD, RD, LD Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Chair, FNCE Research & Education 2014 FNCE Research & Education [email protected] [email protected]

Abstracts must be uploaded (before midnight central time) on or before Sunday, January 19, 2015. See you at the Houston Marriott Westchase Hotel in Houston, Texas, April 8-10, 2015. Please consider submitting!