American Society for Nutrition | Nutrition 2024

Thousands of members of the nutrition community will gather in Chicago for the American Society for Nutrition’s Nutrition 2024 conference June 29–July 2. The conference—which is dubbed, “Where the best in science and health meet”—will feature scientific presentations on topics such as global and public health nutrition, climate and food systems, clinical and translational nutrition, physiological nutrition, and more. 

RTI International experts will join other researchers, practitioners, public health professionals, policymakers, and advocacy leaders to present nutrition-related outcomes related to infants and children, complementary feeding, findings from the National Institutes of Health’s Nutrition for Precision Health program, and more. View the RTI presentations below, and learn more about RTI’s work in Nutrition and Precision Medicine.

RTI Presentations

Added Sugar Intake Among Infants in Low-Income Households: Amount Consumed and Dietary Source
Sunday, June 30 | 11:45AM CT | Poster Board 520
Presenting Author: Jinga Dharod (UNC Greensboro, RTI University Scholar)
Co-Authors: Maureen Black, Valerie Flax, Mary Muth, Kierra Sattler (UNC Greensboro), Kristen McElhenny (UNC Greensboro)

Implementing a Multilevel, Multicomponent Intervention to Engage Fathers in Complementary Feeding in Northern Nigeria: Barriers, Facilitators, and Suggestions for Change
Sunday, June 30 | 2:00PM CT | Poster Theater Flash Session 9, Hall F1
Presenting Author: Stephanie Martin (UNC Chapel Hill)
Co-Authors: Diana Allotey (UNC Chapel Hill), Abiodun Ipadeola (Datametrics Associates, Ltd.), Sarah Kwasu (FHI 360), Olatoun Adeola (Equitable Health Access Initiative), Sujata Bose (FHI 360), Valerie Flax

Factors Related to Complementary Feeding in Turkana County, Kenya: A Mixed-Methods Study
Monday, July 1 | 11:45AM CT | Poster Board 162
Presenting Author: Valerie Flax
Co-Authors: Esther Anono (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya), Calistus Wilunda (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya), Faith Thuita, Hazel Odhiambo (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya), Chessa Lutter, Monica Ng’ang’a, Albert Webale, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya), Estelle Sidze (African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya)

Methodology for Meal Composite Production and Analysis: Lessons from the Nutrition for Precision Health Study
Monday, July 1 | 12:00PM CT | Poster Theater Flash Session, Hall F1
Presenting Author: Becca Wright
Co-Authors: Kayla Airaghi (Tufts University), Cathy Champagne (Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Sai Krupa Das (Tufts University), Jane Hubbard (Harvard University), Beth MacIntosh (UNC Chapel Hill), Chelsea Preiss (Illinois Institute of Technology), Eileen Vincent (Northwestern University)

Factors Associated with Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices in Kaduna and Lagos States, Nigeria
Monday, July 1 | 12:45PM CT | Poster Board 161
Presenting Author: Valerie Flax
Co-Authors: Carrie Ngongo, Mariam Fagbemi (Yucca Consulting), Laiba Bahrawar, Susan Edwards, Jinga Dharod (UNC Greensboro), Victor Ogbodo (FHI 360)

*RTI experts are bolded