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Barbara Ruhs, MS, RDN PH: (480) 903-3772 [email protected]
SUPERMARKET NUTRITION RESOURCE LIST Barbara Ruhs, MS, RDN – Neighborhood Nutrition LLC
Retail Health & Wellness Expert Oldway’s Annual Supermarket Dietitian Symposium www.oldwayspt.org Food & Culinary Dietetic Professionals (FCP) www.foodculinaryprofs.org Food Marketing Institute (FMI) www.fmi.org Retail Dietitian Business Alliance (RDBA) www.retaildietitians.com The Hartman Group www.hartman-‐group.com Supermarket News www.supermarketnews.com
Interviews & Videos
Nutrition Jobs.com “Career Spotlight” on Barbara Ruhs, Supermarket RD – www.NutritionJobs.com What Is A Supermarket Dietitian? (Video) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REFglt4Vefk#t=19 TEDx Rochester – Jane Andrews, MS, RD, Corporate Dietitian for Wegman’s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P81ABzf5N4g
Articles of Interest: Supermarket Health, Retail Dietitians
“Healthy Plates, Healthy Planet: Oldways 5th Annual Supermarket Dietitian Symposium.” April 2015. http://oldwayspt.org/programs/supermarket-‐dietitian-‐symposium/2015-‐supermarket-‐dietitian-‐symposium “The Rise of Supermarket Dietitians.” By Beth Orenstein in Today’s Dietitian. October 2014. http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/100614p12.shtml “Fad-‐Free Labeling.” By Barbara Ruhs in Progressive Grocer. March 2014. http://www.progressivegrocer.com/departments/fad-‐free-‐food-‐labeling “Reimagining the American Supermarket for a New Era in Food Culture.” Hartbeat Exec (Vol 3 Issue 3). 2013. The Hartman Group, Inc. www.hartmanstrategy.com “How Junk Food Can End Obesity.” By David Freedman in The Atlantic Monthly. June 2013. http://tinyurl.com/ktu713z “The Next Big Marketing Weapon for Supermarkets – The Dietitian.” Advertising Age. April 2013 http://tinyurl.com/ckjjw8y
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“Meet the Supermarket Dietitian.” By Rachel Pomerance in US News. March 7, 2013. http://health.usnews.com/health-‐news/health-‐wellness/articles/2013/03/07/meet-‐the-‐supermarket-‐dietitian “Healthy Competition.” By Barbara Ruhs in Progressive Grocer. November 2012. http://oldwayspt.org/sites/default/files/files/Walking-‐An-‐Aisle-‐Dietitian-‐BRUHS-‐ProgGrocer-‐Nov2012.pdf “Grocers Go Healthy: Stores Aim to Lure Whole Foods, Farmer’s Market Shoppers.” By A. Gasparro in The Wall Street Journal. September 26, 2012. http://tinyurl.com/lz74y8d “Changing Times: Supermarket Dietitians.” By Sharon Palmer in Today’s Dietitian, August 2012. http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/080112p44.shtml “Supermarket Dietitians: What They Can Do for You and Your Clients.” By Sharon Palmer, RD in Today’s Dietitian. 2012. http://www.todaysdietitian.com/news/exclusive0711.shtml “Employing Dietitians Pays Off for Supermarkets.” By Stephanie Strom in The New York Times. August 24, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/business/dietitians-‐pay-‐off-‐for-‐supermarkets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1 “Harnessing the Power of Supermarkets to Help Reverse Childhood Obesity.” The Food Trust, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2011. http://bit.ly/UofADM
Recommended Reading Wansink, B. (2005). Marketing Nutrition. Champaign: Univ. of Illinois Press. Brennan, B. (2009). Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World’s Most Powerful Consumers. New York: Crown Publishing. Lindstrom, M. (2010). Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy. New York: Crown Publishing. Mackey, J., Sisodia, R. (2012). Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. Moss, M. (2013). Salt Sugar Fat: How Food Giants Hooked Us. New York: Random House. Nestle, M. (2007). Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health. Berkeley: University of California Press. Simon, M. (2006). Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines our Health and How to Fight Back. New York: Nation Books. Thaler, R., Sunstein, C. (2008). Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. New York: Penguin Books. Underhill, P. (1999). Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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Barbara Ruhs, MS, RDN PH: (480) 903-3772 [email protected]
Hosting Nutriton Store Tours Cans Get You Cooking™ Supermarket Tour Guide: http://partners.cancentral.com/PDF/CansGetYouCookingTM_TourGuide.pdf Champions for Change: Network for Healthy California. A Retail Program: Fruit and Vegetable Store Tour Guide: http://bit.ly/UogjES Joslin's Supermarket Smarts™: A Heart-‐Healthy Approach to Grocery Shopping (Unilver Spreads Nutrition) www.promiseinstitute.org/tools/SupermarketSmarts Make Half Your Grains Whole: Whole Grains Tour (Oldways Whole Grains Council) www.wholegrainscouncil.org/files/WGStoreTour_SP.pdf