Testimonials

Success Stories

What are your colleagues saying about the ADA Evidence Analysis Library?

	I write for magazines, doing research to support stories and check for incorrect information... Evidenced Based Practice can be used in and outside of the clinical setting. For example, a statement in a draft article said not to use artificial sweeteners because they can increase the desire to eat sweet foods. I went to the EAL and copied the statement on sweeteners to show my editor that this was not true and the statement was omitted from the article. - Neva Cochran, MS, RD, LD, Nutrition Communication Consultant
	I really wanted to get across to students what we know and don’t know based on evidence. Thanks to EAL, all students were required to do projects using EAL, there is a lot less that we don’t know. - Cinda Chima, MS, RD, LD, Ohio Delegate; College Professor
	Hydration is a big concern now with long term care. We were able to show through EAL that that there is no evidence for specific fluid requirements. There even is a possibility to end up over hydrating the resident and send them into congestive heart failure. This was shared with the doctors and the Department of Inspections and Appeals (regulatory body) regarding guidelines we thought were good practice but actually may not be. - Kathleen Niedert, PhD, RD, CSG, LD, FADA; Management in Geriatric Nutrition
	When we go to meet with legislators we plan to talk about how our profession uses Evidenced Based Practice so we should be the preferred provider for nutrition. - Sharon Maynard, RD, LD, State Policy Representative, Past West Virginia Delegate

Listed below are some responses to the question, "Please list any comments that you would like to share about ADA's Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines."

I think the EAL and the Practice Guidelines are a tremendous member benefit!

One of the best things you have done to help us keep up with the latest information. It has also helped us gain recognition from the medical profession.

It is evident much work went into the development of the guidelines - speaking for myself this effort is much appreciated! Allowing us this evidence at our fingertips only works to strengthen our practice and validity as a profession.

An amazing resource to have! Keep up the good work.

Excellent that this is available, one of the main reasons I stay a member of ADA.

I was very impressed with the Evidence Analysis Library. I am able to find reliable journal sources and research articles quickly and easily.

EAL is a useful resource and I will be using it periodically to update my knowledge. Thank you for providing a great service!

Please keep adding to it! This is probably the most worthwhile tangible benefit of being an ADA member.

Keep it up! As I said earlier, this is the best part of ADA's services for us!

It is nice to know that there is a resource available that helps bring us all up to date evidence based information that I can rely on. I believe this helps keep us all on the same page with what we are saying to our clients because this is backed up by evidence.

This is a great resource for finding support when presenting practice change to RDs, physicians and hospital administration.

I think this resource is excellent. Thank you for providing it.

I congratulate ADA for embarking on this journey of bringing evidence based practice into dietetics. This endeavor serves to promote dietitians as knowledgeable professionals who can contribute to the nutrition care of their patients and clients with evidence based practice. This also elevates the credibility and position of dietitians among other healthcare and scientific professionals.

Great service

This is a wonderful resource, and the most beneficial resource ADA has ever provided.

I find them very helpful and practical. Thanks for all your hard work to make the guidelines available to all of us.

Thank you. I see this as an extremely valuable resource and access it to verify protocols.

A wonderful resource - my own personal librarian!

This is one of the most important projects that ADA has ever taken on

I'm EAGERLY AWAITING THE BARIATRIC SURGERY GUIDELINES!!!

I wish it was more readily available to physicians and institutions.

I would like to see it expand further. It is helpful to have a database to refer to that supports the principles that I use in my own practice.

Once, I familiarized myself with the format of the Evidence Based Guidelines, I found them to be a good guidance and look foward to expansion and additions.

Keep up the good work!

The Evidence-based guidelines are probably the greatest accomplishment I have seen in my 25 year career in dietetics.