The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior announces Inaugural Health Promotion Policy Award

Aug. 27, 2012 - PRLog -- The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) announces that Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has received the inaugural SNEB Health Promotion Policy Award. The award was presented at the 45th SNEB Annual Conference, “Nutrition Education: Energy from Synergy,” in Washington, DC on Monday, July 16 during the SNEB Annual Business Meeting and Awards ceremony.
Thomas Richard “Tom” Harkin is a United States Senator from Iowa. As former chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, where he led efforts to enact the 2002 and 2007 farm bills, and current chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Harkin is being recognized for his many years of dedicated service and leadership to promote nutrition and health programs important to SNEB members.

This newly established award given to individuals or groups who have significantly contributed to creating and/or implementing policies or policy-based changes that support and positively impact the food and physical activity environment. The award is sponsored by SNEB’s Advisory Committee on Public Policy (ACPP), a committee that focuses their efforts on the established public policy priority issues of the Society.

Information on submitting an award nomination is online at http://www.sneb.org/advocacy/advocacy.html.