ASN urges the Administration to reinstate CDC staff essential to NHANES. The recent layoffs threaten future surveys and the nation’s ability to track key health and nutrition trends.

Read the full statement: nutrition.org/cdc-firings-...

#NHANES #NutritionScience #PublicHealth

Workshop summary: building an NHANES for the future The American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN) Committee on Advocacy and Science Policy (CASP) organized a workshop, “Building a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the Future,” ...

NHANES has been facing funding challenges and needs an infusion of cash to be modernized, not cut. These samples are a key dataset for the field of medicine, nutrition, metabolism, endocrinology, aging, etc.
So much innovation that could be brought to Nhanes!
ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...

MMWR stole the show in the first round of headlines about CDC cuts but in the chaos, many missed that the NHANES mobile team remains RIF'd. This is the backbone of this key survey that contains some of the only representative anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data on the country.

ASN urges Congress to act quickly: end the shutdown and complete the FY 2026 appropriations process. A shutdown halts federal funding, stalling critical nutrition research that helps Americans live healthier lives. #NutritionResearch

YouTube video by American Society for Nutrition Best Practices: Getting Your Manuscript Published & Improving the Discoverability of Your Research

Preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEcu...

Celebrating #PeerReviewWeek! Tune into "Best Practices for Getting Your Manuscript Published & Improving Research Discoverability," presented at #Nutrition2025.

#AdvNutr EIC Steven Abrams addresses AI use by peer reviewers.

Watch for free: discover.nutrition.org/content/best...

⤵️ Happening later this week!

Still time to register and join us on Thursday for "Setting the Stage for Determining Dietary Reference Intakes for Macronutrients: Update from the Joint Federal U.S.-Canada DRI Working Group" discover.nutrition.org/content/sett...

ASN Science Policy Fellows joined advocates on Capitol Hill to emphasize the importance of investing in NIH.

Join them from anywhere in the U.S. by contacting your members of Congress tomorrow, Sep. 18 for #RallyMedRes!

RallyForMedicalResearch.org

#FundNIH

Unpacking Food Fermentation: Clinically Relevant Tools for Fermented Food Identification and Consumption Fermented foods have been consumed for millennia, valued for their extended shelf life, distinctive sensory properties, and potential health benefits. Emerging research suggests that fermented food co...

Just published!

Congrats to lead authors, Dalia Perelman & Elisa Caffrey, on publishing "Unpacking Food Fermentation" in Advances in Nutrition.

They explore what we know (and don’t) about fermented foods & why clearer definitions & research matter.

🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

CALL FOR PAPERS! #JNutr Special Issue: Food as Medicine–Unveiling Mechanisms and Advancing Health through Nutrition. Submission Deadline is Sep 15, 2025. For full details on manuscripts we seek & how to submit: jn.nutrition.org/tjnut-food-as-medicine #FoodAsMedicine #Nutrition #NaturalMedicine

I'm always happy to see this newsletter come out!

YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists You Need Science. Now Science Needs You.

The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault on American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlu... savesciencenow.org

Arp 142, two interacting galaxies, observed in near- and mid-infrared light. At left is NGC 2937, nicknamed the Egg. Its center is the brighter and whiter. There are six diffraction spikes atop its gauzy blue layers. At right is NGC 2936, nicknamed the Penguin. Its beak-like region points toward and above the Egg. Where the eye would be is a small, opaque yellow spiral. The Penguin’s distorted arms form the bird’s beak, back, and tail. The tail is wide and layered, like a beta fish’s tail. A semi-transparent blue hue traces the Penguin and extends from the galaxy, creating an upside-down U over top of both galaxies. At top right is another galaxy seen from the side, pointing roughly at a 45-degree angle. It is largely light blue. Its length appears approximately as long as the Egg’s height. One foreground star with large, bright blue diffraction spikes appears over top of the galaxy and another near it. The entire black background is filled with tiny, extremely distant galaxies.

Today is #WorldPenguinDay! This infrared image from #NASAWebb, taken to mark its second year of science, shows an interaction between a distorted spiral galaxy at center, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical galaxy at left, the Egg.

Take a closer look: webbtelescope.pub/3EP21MO 🔭 🧪

CALL FOR PAPERS! #JNutr seeks submissions by Oct 16, 2025 to Advances in Sport Nutrition: Bridging Basic & Translational Research, a special collection to help athletes leverage nutritional strategies to optimize performance at every level of #sports.

🔗 jn.nutrition.org/tjnut-advanc...

Image to represent Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Precision Nutrition

#JNutr - CALL FOR PAPERS: #ArtificialIntelligence, #MachineLearning, and #PrecisionNutrition. Editors seek original research, reviews, perspectives & case studies exploring the interface of #nutrition, health, data science & #AI. Deadline: Sep 15, 2025: jn.nutrition.org/tjnut-theme-...

👏IFPRI congratulates Marie Ruel and Jef Leroy for their recent awards from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) @nutritionorg.bsky.social.

Marie Ruel will be inducted into the 2025 Class of Distinguished Fellows of ASN: on.cgiar.org/3E4Jgog

Jef Leroy has been announced as an awardee of the inaugural group of ASN Excellence in Nutrition Fellows: on.cgiar.org/4l6BHy0

The fellows will be honored in Orlando at #Nutrition2025.

@nutritionorg.bsky.social @cgiar.org

Guest Post - Horizon Shifting, Or, How to be a Human in Modern-day Scholarly Publishing - The Scholarly Kitchen These are not normal times. This is a time where we are all navigating new ways of being, new ways of shifting our horizons on an hour-by-hour and day-to-day basis. It’s a time to give grace to one an...

How to be a Human in Modern-day Scholarly Publishing

scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/16/g...

NEW! ASN proudly recognizes 55 Excellence in Nutrition Fellows (FASN)! 🎉 These outstanding members have made a lasting impact on #NutritionScience. Join us in celebrating them at #Nutrition2025! See the full list of honorees here: nutrition.org/american-soc...

I'm really excited to see this Special Issue take shape!

This is a fascinating article, with reference to an #AJCNutrition article from Great Debates in Nutrition. Really useful in my personal life as I think about cancer risk anemia among family and friends too!

Potentially interesting job for the NOAA crowd - Verisk, one of the biggest modeling firms in the insurance industry, is looking for an experienced atmospheric scientist.

Charles Jackson is hiring, who was on my PhD committee and is just a delight to work with, aside from being a kickass scientist.

A friend of mine just recommended The First State of Being! I'll have to start reading it!

'The First State of Being' and 'Chooch Helped' win top children's book awards This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

Retractions by Nobel Prize winners In 2017, our co-founders wrote an intentionally ridiculous column in Slate: “Want to Win a Nobel Prize? Retract a Paper.” But Nobel Prize winners have indeed retracted papers — so…

Nearly a dozen Nobel Prize winners have retracted papers -- going back to Max Planck.

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

In Nature today:
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Introducing Two New Prestigious Awards Honoring Excellence in Nutrition Science and Childhood Obesity Prevention Nomination Deadline: January 31, 2025 ASNF-NNF Henrik Dam Award for Scientific Discovery in Nutrition & ASNF-NNF Flemming Quaade Award for Innovative Approaches to the Prevention and/or Management of Childhood Obesity

📢 The ASN Foundation and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are excited to launch two new awards that aim to inspire the next generation of nutrition scientists!

Award winners will be honored at #Nutrition2025. The deadline for applications is January 31. ➡️ nutrition.org/foundation/n...

It's a really good piece from Brandy Schillace!

I'm so excited to see the American Society for Nutrition now on Bluesky!

Congratulations!