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Fwd: New Children's Book Sends Farmers' Market Message Home
by Rosemary Rodibaugh 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Just wanted to share this resource with those of you teaching nutrition to young children. We plan to use it in our school-based FSNE program. You can view the entire book on the web at: www.brainchildbooks.homestead.com. Rosemary Rosemary Rodibaugh, PhD, RD, LD Professor - Nutrition University of AR Division of Agriculture 2301 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204 Phone: 501-671-2111 Fax: 501-671-2294 email: rrodibaugh(a)uaex.edu >>> "AR Well Child READs" <arwellchild(a)aristotle.net> 3/10/2006 11:20 AM >>> New Children's Book Sends Farmers' Market Message Home "A Visit to the Farmers' Market" is now available from Brain Child Books. This easy-to-read, 22-page full-color picture book for children provides nutrition education while promoting the benefits of shopping at local Farmers' Markets. Beautifully designed and economically priced, "A Visit to the Farmers' Market" is perfect for distribution to Pre-K-1classrooms, WIC programs, health fairs, clinics, community events, Farmers' Markets, and anywhere you want to reach children and families with messages about healthy eating. To receive book details and pricing information, click "reply" and we will email you an attachment. Or visit our website at www.brainchildbooks.homestead.com Brain Child BooksBooks that are Building Blocks of Great Beginningsarwellchild(a)aristotle.net

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new school rules in UK
by Susan Roberts 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Note mention of return to Home Economics.. Eat <http://news.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/consumerhealth/article_1166005 .php/Eat_To_Live_New_rules_for_schools> To Live: New rules for schools Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK LONDON, England (UPI) -- With the increase in obesity levels among children rising to alarming levels, the British government has introduced some extraordinary ... Susan L Roberts, JD MS RD Director Food & Society Policy Fellows Program Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute 8830 NW 35th Street Ankeny, IA 50023 515.965.3859 515.480.5898 (c) foodandsocietyfellows.org Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, and then delete it.

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school policy changes that help students exercise more
by Lauren Swann 31 May '06

31 May '06

"Experimental Classroom Helps Kids Battle Obesity" "Students are allowed to move freely through the room. Kids can stand, sit on exercise balls or kneel at these adjustable computer stands." http://cbs4boston.com/health/local_story_149152809.html Lauren Swann, MS, RD, LDN e-mail: LS(a)FoodFactsWork.com Concept Nutrition, Inc. www.FoodFactsWork.com 4201 Neshaminy Blvd PMB 206, Bensalem, PA 19020 215-639-1203 CELL 215-779-6477 FAX 215-604-0156

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Summer Food Safety Web resources & MORE
by Alice Henneman 31 May '06

31 May '06

Hi all! I've been busy updating our Extension FOOD Web site with a new look and several new links to help busy professionals. Several new links have been added to the "Food Safety for Home Cooking Section." A separate section has been developed for our free Mix-and match downloadable MyPyramid resources (PowerPoints, handouts, etc.) NOTE: The two MyPyramid food safety PowerPoints have been updated to reflect the new recommended temperature of 165 degrees F for poultry. Web address: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ Wishing you a great summer! Alice ........................................................................ Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County 444 Cherrycreek Rd., Ste. A; Lincoln, NE 68528 USA ahennema(a)unlnotes.unl.edu 402/441-7180 Fax: 402/441-7148 FOOD Web site: http://www.lancaster.unl.edu/food MyPyramid materials: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/resources.shtml

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Children Div: Best Practices 2006
by Sharon Moore 31 May '06

31 May '06

Hello, Everyone, The Nutrition Education for Children Division want to collect "Best Practices" for the division for the upcoming conference in San Francisco, CA. DO YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT TARGETS CHILDREN? (We know there are a lot of great "things out there" happening with nutrition programs for children.) We are inviting ALL MEMBERS to submit an article/ideas/resource/update about their program targeting children (all ages 0-18 y.o.). A template is provided (attached) for you to submit your ideas. Whether you work with the Cooperative Extension Program, after school program, school curriculum, school event, parent group, Head Start, or a private organization revolving around nutrition education for children, please share your accomplishments, ideas, curriculum suggestions, and/or resources. We will be combining these "best practices" for everyone at the conference in July at our Division table and making it available on the SNE website. Please make you submissions to me, at sharonmooreathome(a)yahoo.com by Friday, June 9th, 2006. Sorry for any cross-postings. We hope to see everyone this July in San Francisco, CA. Just as a reminder, our division meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 17 from 7:30a-9am. Regards, Sharon Moore, RD Nutrition Education for Children Division Chair 05-06 Eat lots of fruit & vegetables and be active everyday!

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N.Y. Times: Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets
by Francie Berg 30 May '06

30 May '06

N.Y. Times: Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets May 30, 2006 Well-Intentioned Food Police May Create Havoc With Children's Diets By HARRIET BROWN Earlier this year, our small Midwestern school district joined the food wars, proposing a new policy that would discourage all food in classrooms, ban nuts and sugary foods and do away with vending machines. So much for peanut butter sandwiches, snacks for kindergartners and birthday cupcakes. Like the policies put in place by school systems around the country, this one was driven by anxiety - about food quantity, quality and safety - and by the ever-increasing pressure for children to look a certain way and to weigh a certain amount. Unlike the earlier "mommy wars" or the "war on drugs," which centered around simpler black-and-white divides, the 21st-century food wars are fuzzier, though the feelings run just as deep. Some schools say they are concerned about food allergies, and it is true that for some children a stray bite of someone else's peanut butter sandwich can mean anaphylaxis and even death. But I don't think allergies are the main reason that districts across the country are racing to put new food policies in place. After all, children are allergic to strawberries, wheat and dairy, too, but there are no proposals that I'm aware of to ban any of those foods. I fear there's something else at work - a fear borne out by a flier my fifth grader brought home saying that at the monthly pizza hot lunch, no child would be allowed to buy a second slice of pizza. The district says the new ruling is to avoid bad feelings caused by "inequities": if everyone can't have extra helpings, no one can. This solution may seem rather Solomon-like. But if equity is the issue, I'll eat my lunch tray. I believe the schools are overreacting to the so-called obesity epidemic, and in the process are doing our children more harm than good. Don't get me wrong: I'm all for good nutrition and exercise. I don't buy soda for my own children or bring home fast food. But these food wars go beyond good sense and good science. They're misguided and red herrings, based more in conjecture and politics than on solid research-based solutions. They squander precious social and fiscal capital, and distract us from more complex but reality-based approaches. Leading the way is the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act now before Congress, calling for updated definitions of "minimal nutritional value" of foods served in schools, including those sold in vending machines and at fund-raisers. In theory, such legislation would improve the nutritional options. In reality, it sounds like another call for the food police - highly fraught and bound to backfire. A look at what's happening on the state level confirms this. In Arkansas, for instance, children's report cards now include their B.M.I., or body mass index, along with their grades. The governor, Mike Huckabee recently lost more than 100 pounds and is passionate about stopping the "obesity epidemic." Maryland is considering a similar standard. Never mind that B.M.I. is only a measure of height against weight and does not take into account muscle mass, body type or other factors. (Tom Cruise has a B.M.I. of 31, which puts him in the "obese" category.) "You're setting kids up to feel bad about how they are," says Dr. Nancy Krebs, chairwoman of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Nutrition and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado. Such efforts usually fail, making weight problems and eating disorders worse. A recent Internet discussion board among families with anorexic and bulimic children identified middle school health classes, which focus on weight, as the No. 1 trigger for their teenagers' disorders. The food wars are being fueled by our emotionally fraught relationships with food, and by increasingly hysterical rhetoric. We often hear, for instance, of a rising tide of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, especially in children. But the science behind such pronouncements is shaky. A study of nearly 3,000 children presented at the American Diabetes Association's 2005 conference suggested that a third of the children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, which is associated with being overweight, were later found to have Type 1 diabetes, linked to genetics. Abigail C. Saguy, a sociologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies media framing of obesity, says it's hard to know if rates are truly rising, since no nationally representative data are available. One study of teenagers in the Cincinnati area found that the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes went from 7 per 100,000 teenagers per year in 1982 to 7.2 per 100,000 teenagers per year in 1994 - a difference that could easily be a result of better diagnostics. "The term 'epidemic' refers to the rapid and episodic onset of infectious diseases and is associated with fear of sudden widespread death," Dr. Saguy says. In reality, she adds, new research shows no significant difference in death rates between "normal" and overweight Americans; mortality rates rise only for those with a B.M.I. exceeding 35 - only 8 percent of the country. What the food wars seem to reflect more than anything is our ambivalence about eating and about our bodies. What they will do, I am afraid, is create even more anxiety around feeding our children and ourselves - anxiety that will, in turn, make it harder for all of us to be "joyful and competent with eating," in the words of Ellyn Satter, the author of "Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming" and a nationally recognized nutrition expert. Besides, like other misguided public health campaigns (remember "Just Say No"?), putting children on de facto diets at school just doesn't work. In a 2003 experiment involving 41 schools, more than 1,700 children - many of them American Indian - were served lower-calorie and lower-fat lunches and were taught about healthy eating and lifestyles. While the children took in fewer calories from fat at school, they experienced no significant reduction in their percentage of body fat. Another study, in rural Nebraska in the mid-1990's, put one group of elementary school students on lower-fat and lower-sodium lunches, increased their physical activity at school and offered more education about nutrition. Compared with students having no special program, the active, lower-fat group showed no differences in body weight or fat, or in levels of total cholesterol, insulin or glucose after two years. Researchers concluded that pupils whose school lunches offered 25 percent fat (compared with 31 percent in the control group) were compensating for the reduction by eating higher-fat foods at home. Big surprise. Anyone who's dieted for a day, a week, a month and then overeaten to compensate is familiar with the deprivation-binge- deprivation cycle - and with the weight gain that often accompanies it. One Harvard study showed that 39 percent of nurses who lost weight through dieting regained it, and in fact wound up 10 pounds heavier on average than those who didn't lose weight. Early in my children's lives, I was a no-sugar, no-fat mom, the legacy of my own childhood with a constantly dieting mother. I thought I was doing the right thing, until a friend told me that every time my children stayed at her house, the first thing they did was ask for ice cream. With sprinkles. And chocolate chips. And gummy worms. By rigidly restricting their sugar intake, I had made it a highly sought out pleasure - the last thing I'd intended. Ms. Satter recommends giving children regular access to treats, at school and at home, by including those foods with more nutritious choices at meals and snacks. "Avoid either extreme of forbidding snack-type food or letting children graze on them," she says. "In the long run, this makes children eat more, not less." What worries me even more than the words being thrown about in the food wars are the unspoken messages we're giving our children about their bodies, themselves and the food they eat. Prohibiting that second slice of pizza sends a message that pizza is bad, that there are good foods and bad foods, safe foods and dangerous foods - a perceived dichotomy that every anorexic is all too familiar with. I can hear the howls of outrage, imagine the letters I will get as a result of saying this. But I will say it anyway: We have nothing to fear but fear itself. That is, our twin fears of fat and food, and the consequent distortions in the way we feed ourselves and our children, will damage us far more than a bowl of ice cream every now and again. "Emphasize providing, not depriving," Ms. Satter suggests. "Maintain the structure of meals and snacks so children can count on getting fed - and fed enough." So serve another slice of pizza. Bring on the chocolate cupcakes. Dish up the broccoli soup and burritos, the strawberries and cheesecake. Give kids more time to run around and play, and also more time to eat. Teach them about the joys of food, not the terrors. And maybe they'll grow up less ambivalent and healthier than we are. Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/health/nutrition/30essa.html If you want to bypass the registration, check out bugmenot.com

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MAINE: Two job opportunities
by Kathleen Savoie 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hello Colleagues: Please share these job opportunities in the wonderful state of Maine with people that may be interested. Extension Specialist in Nutrition & Physical Activity - POS#142 Extension Specialist in Food Systems - POS#141 Many thanks, Kathy Savoie Extension Educator University of Maine Cooperative Extension PO Box 9300 Portland, ME 04104 1-207-780-4205

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Leopold news Study shows potential economic payoffs tied to healthy eating
by Tagtow, Angie 30 May '06

30 May '06

Another landmark report from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Angie Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Nutrition & Health Promotion 515.281.7096 atagtow(a)idph.state.ia.us Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture 5-23-06 Contacts: Rich Pirog, (515) 294-1854; Dave Swenson, ISU Economics, (515) 294-7458; or Laura Miller, Leopold Center communications, (515) 294-5272 STUDY SHOWS POTENTIAL ECONOMIC PAYOFFS TIED TO HEALTHY EATING AMES, Iowa - Answering the question, "Does five-a-day pay?" could mean a lot more to Iowans than eating five servings of fruit and vegetables every day. It could mean an additional $302 million in sales and more than 4,000 jobs added to the Iowa economy if just 25 percent of the extra fruit and vegetables are Iowa grown. A new report from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture considers the economic impact if Iowans followed a diet of five servings of selected Iowa-grown fruit and vegetables each day for three months of the year. The report considered additional production of apples, carrots, spinach, squash and tomatoes, half marketed directly by Iowa producers and half sold through existing retail stores. "This is an important question to consider because it ties healthy eating to the additional economic development that could occur if Iowa farmers provided some of the food for this change in diet," said Rich Pirog, who leads the Center's Marketing and Food Systems Initiative. "Eating five servings of fruit and vegetables is recommended because of the potential health benefits, but if more of that produce is grown in Iowa, the state would reap considerable economic benefits, too," Pirog added. Pirog said the report addresses four different scenarios, each hypothesizing an increase in the production of fruit and vegetables in Iowa. The "five-a-day" scenario would increase Iowa consumption of five produce items (apples, carrots, spinach, squash and tomatoes) to a total of five daily half-cup servings, with 100 percent of the crops coming from Iowa farms for three months of the year. He said the items were selected because they can be grown easily in all Iowa counties and potentially could be supplied for three months of the year. They also were chosen for their higher nutrient density relative to other choices. The economic impact analysis was prepared by Dave Swenson, an associate scientist in the Iowa State University Department of Economics, and reviewed by Pirog and Angie Tagtow, registered dietitian for the Iowa Department of Public Health. The analysis was based on several assumptions: * Increased production of fruits and vegetables would reduce corn and soybean production in Iowa. In the "five-a-day" scenario, 31,800 acres of crop land would be required to produce 382 million pounds of produce with expected farm-level receipts estimated at $101.2 million. * Prices reflect sales of conventional rather than organic produce. Swenson estimated that the retail value of the "five-a-day" scenario would be $429.7 million. * Half of the new fruit and vegetables would be sold directly by producers and half would be available in existing retail stores. The analysis offsets the reduced retail store sales of produce in the grocery sector due to increased direct market sales by farmers. * All produce is sold fresh for in-state consumption. * The model also takes into account the inputs needed to produce these crops, such as additional machinery and seed. According to the report, the "five-a-day" scenario would sustain (either directly or indirectly) $331.2 million in total economic output, $123.3 million in total labor income, and 4,484 total jobs in Iowa. Compared with existing production, its net impact would be $302.4 million in total new industrial output, $112.6 million in labor income, and 4,094 jobs. The impact is high because a "five-a-day" scenario would mean that many Iowans would eat more fruit and vegetables than they do now. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, only 19.5 percent of Iowans eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day. The impact also is high because much of the produce eaten in Iowa comes from outside the state. Using current estimates, only 25 to 50 percent of the apples, 12 percent of the squash, 10 percent of the tomatoes, 5 percent of the carrots and 1 percent of the spinach consumed on a fresh weight basis in Iowa is grown within the state. Swenson said the model is based on a common economic concept of import substitution. "By substituting in-state production for out-of-state purchases, money that otherwise would have left the state remains in the state," he said. "Keeping money in the state is desirable because money that leaves the state rarely returns. Money that remains in the state has a multiplier effect on the whole economy." Swenson and Pirog said the scenarios generated in the report are hypothetical, and would require huge shifts in the infrastructure of Iowa's fruit and vegetable industry, as well as gains in the Iowa market share taken from states such as California. Pirog added: "Even though the scenarios are hypothetical, it is important to consider options that could be a win-win for Iowa's farmers, the state's economy, and our overall health." The report, "The Economic Impacts of Increased Fruit and Vegetable Production and Consumption in Iowa: Phase II," is available on the Leopold Center web site at: www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/health_0606.pdf. Through its research and education programs in the areas of policy, marketing and ecology, the Leopold Center supports development of profitable farming systems that conserve natural resources. The Center was established by the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act and is located at Iowa State University. ## The report is at: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/health/health.htm Direct link to report PDF: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/staff/files/health_0606.pdf Direct link to news release: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/news/newsreleases/2006/healthy_052306.htm ------ This news release is from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University. If you would like to add or change an address, or be removed from this list, please contact Laura Miller, lwmiller(a)iastate.edu. Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Iowa State University/209 Curtiss Hall Ames, IA 50011-1050 (515) 294-3711; FAX: (515) 294-9696 All news releases also are posted on our web site: http://www.leopold.iastate.edu <http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/> This email message and its attachments may contain confidential information that is exempt from disclosure under Iowa Code chapters 22, 139A, and other applicable law. Confidential information is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you believe that you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender, and then delete all copies of this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited by law.

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FW: [Sneeze_l] Diet-health report
by Susan Roberts 30 May '06

30 May '06

I found this report if any one is interested. Here is the link: http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/270555009.pdf Susan L Roberts, JD MS RD Director Food & Society Policy Fellows Program Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute 8830 NW 35th Street Ankeny, IA 50023 515.965.3859 515.480.5898 (c) foodandsocietyfellows.org Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, and then delete it. _____ From: sneeze_l-bounces(a)email.rutgers.edu [mailto:sneeze_l-bounces@email.rutgers.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Roberts Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:47 AM To: SNEEZE_L(a)EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU Subject: [Sneeze_l] Diet-health report Study from Europe: Poor diet as bad as <http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=795462006> smoking for health: Dutch report Scotsman - United Kingdom ... "Unhealthy diet composition currently reduces the average life expectancy of a 40-year-old Dutch person by 1.2 years, while obesity claims 0.8 years.". ... Susan L Roberts, JD MS RD Director Food & Society Policy Fellows Program Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute 8830 NW 35th Street Ankeny, IA 50023 515.965.3859 515.480.5898 (c) foodandsocietyfellows.org Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, and then delete it.

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Federal Obesity Funding Opportunity: Academic Institutions and School Systems
by Mary Ann Passi 30 May '06

30 May '06

FYI -- * This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood. This initiative also encourages evaluative comparisons of different intervention strategies, as well as the use of methods to detect synergistic interactions between different types of interventions. * Eligible organizations: For-profit or non-profit, organizations, public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories, units of State and local governments, eligible agencies of the Federal government, domestic or foreign institutions/organizations, faith-based or community-based organizations, Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized); Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized); and Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organization. Department of Health and Human Services School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R21) Grant <http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9614> http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9614 Department of Health and Human Services School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01) Grant <http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9615> http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9615 Department of Health and Human Services School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R03) Grant <http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9616> http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=9616 Mary Ann B. Passi, CAE Executive Director Society for Nutrition Education 7150 Winton Drive, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46268 800-235-6690 317-280-8527 map(a)sne.org www.sne.org <http://www.sne.org/> This may contain information about an SNE product or service. If you do not wish to receive future emails from SNE, please send a message to <blocked::mailto:drudolph@sne.org> drudolph(a)sne.org with "OPT OUT" in the subject line.

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