Sneeze_l September 2007

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faculty positions at Texas Tech
by Reed, Debra 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Hello Colleagues, Attached and below is a description of the two tenure-track positions available here at Texas Tech. I would greatly appreciate it if you could disseminate this to doctoral students and others who may be interested. Best regards, Debra Debra B. Reed, PhD, LD, RD Dept. of Nutrition, Hospitality, and Retailing College of Human Sciences Texas Tech University Box 41162 Lubbock, TX 79409-1162 806-742-3068 debra.reed(a)ttu.edu Texas Tech University Department of Nutrition, Hospitality, and Retailing Two Assistant/Associate/Professor Faculty Positions Application Due: Open until filled (review of applicants will begin 11/1/ 2007) Type: nine months, Tenure-track Position Availability: 1/1/2008 or 9/1/2008 (negotiable) Salary: Competitive and commensurate with qualifications Minimum Qualifications and Responsibilities: Assistant/Associate Professor: Doctorate in Nutrition or related field, Registered Dietitian, Licensed Dietitian in the State of Texas (within three months of hire). Candidates should have commitment to and experience with university teaching and be able to teach a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in food and nutrition to support the Didactic Program in Dietetics and other major/minors in Nutritional Sciences. A demonstrated ability to establish a focused research program, secure external funding, and publish in peer-reviewed journals is required. Preferred areas of interest include obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease prevention and interventions, wellness or other areas that complement existing strengths in the department. Experience in multidisciplinary collaborations for academics and research is desired. The new faculty member will be expected to participate in graduate student research committees and other departmental, college, and university committees. Application: Apply at www.depts.ttu.edu/personnel. Click on Applicants, then the employment website. Create an application for position number 74466 or 74459. The position is also available through the search postings feature. Include with the completed application a letter of application, vita, copy of transcripts (official transcripts will be required upon appointment), and the contact information (name, address, telephone number, and email address) of three references. For additional information, contact Dr. Debra B. Reed (806-742-3068 or debra.reed(a)ttu.edu)

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Support the Rockstar Nutritionist
by Jill Pakulski 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

Hello Sneeze! I am pleased to announce the release of my Jumping Jacks with Jill DVD, Fitness Videos for Kids. Copies are available at www.jumpingjill.com under store. The press release is below. I produced this video entirely myself and appreciate your support. Secondly, my band, Sunset West, is releasing a new album on Sunday, June 3rd at the Knitting Factory in New York. If you are in the area and want to rock, you can pick up a ticket for $10 and get a free copy of our CD at www.sunsetwest.net or www.knittingfactory.com. It is an all-ages afternoon show, so little punks are also welcome. The theme is Punk Rock Prom, so punk an old dress with safety pins and wear it with Converse tennis shoes. Check out our new tunes as www.myspace.com/sunsetwest. Sincerely, The Rockstar Nutritionist Jumping Jack with Jill New York, NY FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact: Jill Jayne, RD Phone: 646-596-7454 E-mail: whataboutjill(a)gmail.com DATE: March 5, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUMPING JACKS WITH JILL LAUNCHES IN MULTI-MEDIA NEW YORK- Move over Dora! Jumping Jacks with Jill, nutrition education through entertainment, is now available in multi-media. Four instructional videos get kids up and moving, while a fifth story features kids doing exercises with Jumping Jill. The DVD is ideal for ages 4-8, for educators and parents alike. The DVD is available on the new and improved Jumping Jill website, www.jumpingjill.com. A new promotional video highlighting what Jumping Jill can do for you is also available. Check out recent press, upcoming shows, editorials, and recommended resources there as well! Only one out of three kids meets basic fitness requirements. With heart disease remaining the number one killer of adults, and its primary causes such as high cholesterol and high blood pressure developing in childhood, nutrition and fitness education are crucial. Health professionals are reacting to childhood obesity, but Ronald McDonald continues to serve over 47 million per day. No matter how educationally correct, well structured nutrition education competes with an intensely pervasive and persuasive media environment. Jumping Jacks with Jill uses the tools of mass media proven to sell unhealthy foods with excitement, humor, bandwagoning, and role modeling. Previously, Jumping Jacks with Jill was only available as a live character. With the launch of the website and the DVDs for kids, Jumping Jill is now multi-media, taking her message of healthy habits and a positive body image to the masses. "It is very exciting to expand my reach. I can have more staying power with these many media, as kids interact with media more than ever before," says Jumping Jill. Rather than waging war on the media, Jumping Jill is part of it to become a competitive force in how kids learn about health. To request a multi-media press kit, call 646-596-7454 or email whataboutjill(a)gmail.com. To order Jumping Jacks with Jill Fitness Videos for Kids visit www.jumpingjill.com. -30- ****************************** Jill Jayne, RD-- Rockstar Nutritionist 240 W 104th Street-3A NY, NY 10025 Office: 646-596-7454 Cell: 917-497-4248 Sunset West www.sunsetwest.net www.myspace.com/sunsetwest thejill(a)sunsetwest.net Jumping Jacks with Jill Nutrition Education through Entertainment www.jumpingjill.com jumpingjackswithjill(a)gmail.com

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Food Portions
by Kathy Orchen 26 Oct '07

26 Oct '07

Dear Colleagues - Great thanks to LeeAnn Weniger for providing these food portion pictures. They are from USDA. Also a great web site for food pictures is: http://usa.stockfood.com/ Thank you for your assistance! Kathy ******************************************** Kathy Orchen, MPH Senior Program Coordinator for Nutrition Education Programming and Training Rutgers University 26 Nichol Avenue, Davison Hall Room 226A New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Phone: 732-932-5547 Fax: 732-932-6522 email: orchen(a)aesop.rutgers.edu web: http://www.rce.rutgers.edu ********************************************

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JHEN Special Call for Papers: Sustainable Food Systems-A Global Perspective
by angie.tagtow＠mac.com 12 Oct '07

12 Oct '07

Please share this announcement with colleagues and other listservs. The deadline for manuscripts is October 26, 2007. Thank you Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Environmental Nutrition Solutions 13464 NE 46th Street Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com Check out the new Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition at http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Call for Papers Special Double Issue: Sustainable Food Systems: A Global Perspective Guest Editors: Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD, Consultant, Environmental Nutrition Solutions and Alison Harmon, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition and Director Dietetics Program, Montana State University Manuscripts Due: October 26, 2007 Examining hunger and the interconnectedness among individual, political, and institutional factors that govern how people produce, procure, and consume food and the implications on nutrition and health. The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition is the premier, peer- reviewed journal among professionals interested in the growing connection between the environment, food, nutrition, and health. It comprehensively examines local, national, and international hunger, and environmental nutrition issues—specifically, food and water security, agriculture, food production, sustainable food systems, poverty, social justice, and human values. The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition is currently accepting manuscripts for consideration for a special double issue focusing on global perspectives on sustainable food systems. Manuscripts from Canada, the European Union and the United States are specifically sought. The deadline for manuscripts for this special theme issue is October 26, 2007. This special issue will be published in August 2008. Manuscripts that are accepted but are not published in this double issue, will be published in future issues of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. Papers are sought on any topic related to sustainable food systems, agriculture, food production, social justice, and human values, including but not limited to: ● Food and Water Systems and the Connection to Public Health Disparities and Chronic Diseases (e.g., obesity) ● Agricultural Practices and the Nutritional Quality of the Food Supply (e.g., health and nutritional impacts of reduced-chemical, organic, and sustainable agricultural systems) ● Food Consumption Trends and How Food Choices Affect Health and Global Food Security ● Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Local, Regional or Community-based Food Systems ● Food, Nutrition, and Energy Security (e.g., food miles, petroleum use in agricultural inputs, and energy requirements for food production) ● Impacts of Climate Change on Global Food and Water Systems ● Consumers’ Perceptions of Sustainable Agriculture, Local Foods and Related Issues ● Nutrition, Health and Societal Implications of Aquaculture, Agricultural and Food Technologies and Practices ● Biodiversity Trends of the Food Supply ● Politics and Policies Pertaining to Sustainable Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition ● Outcomes of Farm-to-Cafeteria Research and the Impacts on Behavior Change ● Roles of Food Policy Councils in Promoting Optimal Nutrition and Health ● Programs, Policies, and Initiatives Addressing Sustainable Food Systems Kinds of papers accepted: ● Original Research and Research Briefs ● Reports on Successful Programs, Policies, and Practices ● Reviews of Current Knowledge and Research Needs ● Interdisciplinary Analyses of Sustainable Food Systems and Related Issues ● Commentary on Relevant Issues and Controversies ● Implications of Public Policy Related to Sustainable Food Systems Articles must be original and should emphasize new knowledge and discuss potential solutions or innovative practices. These articles should be timely, informative, and written in a clear, accessible style. Information about submission requirements is available at: http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com. Manuscript submissions for this special issue are due October 26, 2007 to the Editor: Marie Boyle Struble, PhD, RD Editor, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Southern Maine Community College 2 Fort Road South Portland, ME 04106 Tel: (207) 741–5648 Fax: (207) 998–7049 E-mail: mstruble(a)smccme.edu The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition is designed to provide current research and application information on public policy, legislation, and regulation related to food production, procurement, consumption and the link with maintaining optimal nutrition and well being for all people. The journal: ● Provides a distinguished interdisciplinary venue for the publication of original articles prepared by scholars and practitioners in the field and reviewed by qualified peers ● Publishes manuscripts that advance knowledge across the range of research and practice issues in food and water security, nutrition, health, agriculture, and the environment ● Supports the professional growth of researchers and practitioners in these areas ● Provides an essential resource for dietitians, nutritionists, agronomists, anthropologists, economists, educators, epidemiologists, food scientists, public health practitioners, and policymakers Published by: The Haworth Press 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904–1580 USA Tel: 1–800–429–6784 • Fax: 1–800–895–0582 Outside US/Canada Tel: 607–722–5857 Outside US/Canada Fax: 607–771–0012 E-mail: orders(a)HaworthPress.com The journal is published quarterly in both print and electronic format. For a FREE print sample copy of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, please send an e-mail to: samplecopy(a)HaworthPress.com.

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FW: [COMFOOD:] Foodlinks America Newsletter 9-28-2007
by Fern Gale Estrow 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

_____ From: Sympa user [mailto:sympa@elist.tufts.edu] On Behalf Of Hugh Joseph Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 3:11 PM To: comfood(a)elist.tufts.edu Subject: [COMFOOD:] Foodlinks America Newsletter 9-28-2007 Foodlinks America - September 28, 2007 In this issue: Stopgap Measure Keeps Government Funded Senate Farm Bill Timetable Still in Flux Food Inflation Eating Up TEFAP Supplies Proposed Legislation Food Stamp Facts Obesity Round-Up Backpack Programs Expanding Nationwide Small Bites Foodlinks America is published 24 times a year by California Emergency Foodlink in Sacramento, CA and distributed by Weinberg & Vauthier Consulting, 6412 CR 116, Burnet, TX 78611; Zy Weinberg and Barbara Vauthier, Editors; email: bvauthier(a)tefapalliance.org. Foodlinks America is not copyrighted, so the information can be freely shared with colleagues and friends, though attribution for reprinted articles is appreciated. For archived issues of Foodlinks America, go to: www.tefapalliance.org <http://www.teffapalliance.org/> . To request a free subscription to the newsletter or to submit story ideas, contact Barbara Vauthier at: bvauthier(a)tefapalliance.org <mailto:bvauthier@tefffapalliance.org> . Stopgap Measure Keeps Government Funded Congress is taking action to maintain funding for federal programs after the October 1 start of fiscal year 2008 through a continuing resolution (CR). On September 26, 2007, the House of Representatives passed a short-term CR to keep government operating through November 16. The bill passed by a vote of 404-14. The Senate will act shortly and the President will likely sign the legislation before October 1. A CR is necessary because Congress has not finished work on any of the 12 annual appropriations bills for fiscal year 2008. The CR will maintain the status quo, keeping most programs at fiscal year 2007 levels for the time being. Although Republicans were quick to jump on the Democratic majority for failing to pass fiscal year 2008 spending measures, CRs have become increasingly commonplace. "Continuing resolutions date from at least the late 1970s, and have been a regular part of the annual appropriations process for over 50 years," commented the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) in a recent report. "In fact, with the exception of three fiscal years - 1989, 1995, and 1997 - at least one continuing resolution has been enacted for each fiscal year since 1954," CRS noted. Congressional Democrats claim Republicans share the responsibility for spending decisions, or rather the lack of them. In a posting titled, "The Facts on Appropriations Bills: How this Congress Stacks Up," House Appropriations Committee chair David Obey (D-WI) stated, "The President's rhetoric on appropriations bills is over the top when you consider the record. Since the President took office . the federal government has operated under a CR for at least some portion of every year and appropriations bills were completed in December twice, in January twice, and in February twice," noting that for fiscal year 2003 there were a dozen CRs before the process was completed. Given the lack of consensus on spending issues, additional CRs are likely before final fiscal 2008 appropriations are decided. Senate Farm Bill Timetable Still in Flux Consideration of the Farm Bill - the omnibus agriculture legislation that also authorizes the Food Stamp Program, commodity distribution programs, and other nutrition services - in the U.S. Senate remains a moving target that is shifting daily. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Tom Harkin (D-IA) initially promised to have a bill ready this summer, but summer has turned to fall and no action has been taken yet at the committee level. Harkin is "very hopeful that we can still bring it up before the [Senate's] Columbus Day recess" from October 8-12 (the House will remain in session), but the odds of that happening are diminishing daily. The House of Representatives, which passed its 2007 version of the Farm Bill in July, awaits Senate action. In the meantime, an extension of the 2002 Farm Bill is part of the government-wide continuing resolution that will keep programs intact and operating through mid-November. How long current law will be extended is anyone's guess at this point. Harkin was initially opposed to any extension of the current Farm Bill, but recently said, "We're going to try to do a new bill. We need a new Farm Bill for the future. But I am not unalterably opposed to extending the present Farm Bill." Funding remains the major sticking point. "The difficulty is just trying to find adequate money to meet everyone's needs and what people want in the bill," Harkin said. And three key Democratic Senators are offering competing fiscal plans to expand Farm Bill programs. Finance Committee chair Max Baucus (D-MT) says he can identify up to $10 billion in offsets to support Farm Bill programs, but his outline focuses on setting up a trust fund to provide more permanent disaster relief for farmers. Baucus plans to reveal details of his plan in early October. Another Senator from the Northern Plains, Kent Conrad (D-ND), who chairs the Budget Committee, released a chart on September 26 that offers three Farm Bill funding alternatives, ranging between $10.4 billion and $11.9 billion. Conrad said his chart should be considered as a menu of options rather than a Farm Bill proposal. Harkin has his own funding plan in mind, but details have not been circulated publicly. Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are meeting almost daily to try to reach consensus on Farm Bill provisions and funding. But regardless of the final Senate outcome, reconciliation of any new Farm Bill with the House version will present unique challenges, as the legislation from the lower chamber includes a new tax on profits from foreign corporations that appears to be dead on arrival in the Senate. A further complicating factor is the attitude of the Bush administration, which is also opposed to the House plan for financial support based on new taxes. Moreover, the Administration just had a change in leadership; Agriculture Secretary Mike Johannes, who was representing the President on Farm Bill matters, resigned this month to seek a Senate seat in his home state of Nebraska next year, an action that irritated Democrats. "It is completely irresponsible for the Secretary of Agriculture to leave his post right in the middle of negotiations over the next Farm Bill," commented Conrad. Johannes has been replaced by Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner. Meanwhile, anti-hunger advocates are concerned that more than $4 billion for hard-won food stamp improvements in the House bill could be in jeopardy. Though both the Harkin and Conrad plans reportedly contain similar support for food stamp changes, inclusion in the final legislation is far from a certainty. "The House of Representatives found new money to stem the losses in food assistance from growing numbers of hungry families," said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of America's Second Harvest in a mid-September statement. "It is hard to understand why the Senate seems to be having so much difficulty doing this," she added. Capitol Hill observers have likened the Farm Bill situation to a three-dimensional chess game, with the Administration, the House, and the Senate at the corners. Senator Harkin, though frustrated in constructing a package that will move the Farm Bill forward, remains unfazed about the slowness of the process and finishing the Farm Bill. "I've been through seven Farm Bills," said Harkin. "This happens all the time." However, optimism remains. "I'm really hopeful we'll figure this all out," said Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), a member of the Agriculture Committee. "I think by the time we're drinking eggnog, we'll have a new Farm Bill." Food Inflation Eating Up TEFAP Supplies Food price increases averaging 36 percent over the past seven years have significantly diminished the amount of food being provided to food banks and food pantries nationwide under The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), according to a detailed analysis of commodity prices conducted by the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association (WISCAP). Combined with a nearly 80 percent reduction in federal bonus commodities during the same period, emergency food providers across the U.S. are struggling to meet local hunger needs. WISCAP's member Community Action Agencies and partner organizations, which distribute TEFAP foods statewide, are also running short of food to give needy residents. To detail the extent of the problem, WISCAP Food Security Program Specialist Mark Bauman looked at 41 TEFAP entitlement food items available in the second quarter of fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2008 to examine the difference in prices. Thirty-eight of the 41 foods increased in price, with 16 rising by more than 50 percent. The biggest increase was in the price of egg mix, which went up 115 percent over the seven-year span. Other large price increases were found in grain products - corn flakes, grits, flour, spaghetti, and macaroni - and beans of all types. "Most of the increase is recent," noted Jonathan Bader, Community Action Programs Manager for WISCAP. Commodity purchase prices increased 19 percent for these items between fiscal year 2007 and fiscal year 2008 alone. With current funding for TEFAP entitlement foods at $140 million a year since the last Farm Bill in 2002, "It would take an increase of tens of millions of dollars in annual TEFAP entitlement funding just to offset price increases that have occurred since then," Bader said. The overall situation becomes much starker when taking into account the huge increases in local demand states have experienced - Wisconsin has had a 57 percent increase in households served since 2001 - and the precipitous drop in bonus foods in recent years. "All states are facing the same triple whammy of price inflation, increasing demand, and plummeting bonus supplies," Bader added, "which makes it painfully clear how deficient current funding levels really are for entitlement foods - the very backbone of TEFAP. This price data further buttresses urgent nationwide calls to substantially increase TEFAP entitlement funding in the Farm Bill," he concluded. For additional details, contact: mbauman(a)wiscap.org. Proposed Legislation Among bills recently introduced in the 110th session of the U.S. Congress are the following: House Resolution (H.R.) 3257: Introduced by Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) and 18 bipartisan co-sponsors, the Fitness Integrated with Teaching Kids (FIT Kids) Act would, among other objectives, improve access to nutritious food and nutrition education for school children. H.R. 3503: Introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act would take actions in the public health arena to reduce the prevalence of obesity. H.R. 3628: Introduced by Representative Zachary Space (D-OH), the Promoting Charitable Action Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend for four years the enhanced charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory. Senate (S.) 2066: Introduced by Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), the Back to School: Improving Standards for Nutrition and Physical Education in Schools Act would, among other objectives, establish and implement nutrition standards for school foods. For bill summary and status information, along with the text of legislation, visit: http://thomas.loc.gov <http://thomas.loc.gov/> and enter the bill number. Food Stamp Facts Access and participation grants made: USDA has awarded almost $5 million to six states and one city-county to test ways to modernize and simplify the Food Stamp Program application process. The grants will support technological advances such as on-line applications, automated telephone services, and application sites outside of the traditional social services office to help serve the elderly and disabled. Awardees are the states of Mississippi, Montana, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, and Louisville/Jefferson County in Kentucky. To learn more, see: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2007/PR-0254.htm. Administrative bonus awards announced: A total of $18 million has been given by USDA to states that demonstrated exceptional performance in the administration of the Food Stamp Program in fiscal year 2006. States that received cash for the best program access last year were Maine, Missouri, Tennessee, and Oregon. Massachusetts, Mississippi, Vermont, and Maryland were noted for the most improved program access. And receiving awards for the best application processing timeliness rates were Massachusetts, Kentucky, South Dakota, West Virginia, North Carolina, and New Hampshire. For further information, see: http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/PressReleases/2007/PR-0255.htm. Obesity Round-Up Sugar is back in school: It was just last year that the major international beverage companies - Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Cadbury Schweppes - in a deal brokered by ex-President Bill Clinton, agreed they would sell only water, low-fat milk, and 100 percent juices in U.S. elementary and middle schools to help reduce sugar intakes that are contributing to America's obesity problem. In addition, sports drinks and light juices with no more than 66 calories per eight ounces would be allowable for high school students. But earlier this year, the beverage companies amended the agreement to permit "other drinks" with no more than 66 calories per eight ounces to be sold in high schools, opening the door for the vending of vitamin waters - basically sugar water with vitamins added. Vitamin waters appear to be a fast growing market the beverage companies want to cash in on. Industry claims it was just tweaking the standards and the changes are "much ado about nothing," according to the American Beverage Association. Not so, say nutrition advocates. "This is a huge loophole that will bring lots more sugar and calories into kids' diets," claimed Margo Wootan, director for nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. Kate Cyrul, a spokesperson for the Senate Agriculture Committee, chaired by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), who has long sought federal oversight of school drink sales, called the industry move a "quiet backsliding to sneak sugary beverages into our schools again. For the sake of our children's health, Congress should pass science-based school nutrition standards that cannot be altered at the request of just a few parties and without public input," she added. Obesity problem getting bigger: Adult obesity rates increased in 31 states last year, with 22 states experiencing an increase for the second year in a row, according to the Trust for America's Health in Washington, D.C. in its 2007 annual report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, released on August 27. No state's obesity rate decreased, the Trust reported. Mississippi, with the nation's highest poverty rate, is also at the top of the obesity charts, becoming the first state ever in which more than 30 percent of adults are obese. Rates of adult obesity exceeded 25 percent in 19 states, up from 14 states last year and nine in 2005. A mere 15 years ago, no state exceeded 20 percent in adult obesity. The report, which includes state data and recommendations for combating obesity, may be found at: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2007/. Gestational diabetes affects childhood obesity: Results of a new study show that the more diabetic a pregnant woman is, the more likely her children are to become obese. Children of mothers who had very high levels of blood sugar were 89 percent more likely to be overweight and 82 percent more likely to be obese by the time they were 5-7 years of age, compared to children whose mothers had normal blood sugar levels during pregnancy, according to researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, OR. "The risk of childhood overweight and obesity rose in step with higher levels of blood sugar in pregnant women," said Dr. Teresa Hillier, an endocrinologist and senior investigator at the Center. But "the good news here is that when pregnant women were treated for gestational diabetes, their children's risk for overweight and obesity dropped considerably. In fact, their obesity risk was not statistically different than children of mothers with normal blood sugar levels," she noted. For more information, go to: http://www.kpchr.org/public/news/new.asp. Take a walk: Forty years ago, half of all American students walked to school or rode their bikes. Today, fewer than 15 percent get to class under their own power. Instead, they are driven to school by a parent or take a bus. In an attempt to promote exercise, October 3 has been declared national Walk to School Day by the Partnership for a Walkable America. To join the movement, see: http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/. Backpack Programs Expanding Nationwide School lunch and breakfast programs provide schoolchildren with daily nourishment during the week, but low-income children often fail to get enough food on weekends when school meals are not available. An easy and effective solution to the problem has been found to help thousands of children nationwide stave off hunger over the weekend - backpack programs that provide easy-to-prepare foods distributed at school and sent home with the children every Friday. Started in 1999, Food For Kids, operated by the food bank of the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency in Sonora, California, mostly likely was the first backpack program in the country. Food bank director Lee Kimball initiated the novel concept after lamenting that The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) was not reaching needy children in her remote rural corner of northeast California. Food distribution in such locations involves significant challenges - huge distances, physical barriers such as mountains, a lack of transportation, and frequent inclement weather. "The school bus is the only public transportation that goes everywhere in our county," Kimball told Foodlinks America. "It just made sense to distribute kid-friendly TEFAP foods, like peanut butter, directly to children," she said. Kimball sought and received state approval to distribute TEFAP commodities and other donated foods not just to elderly, disabled, and low-income adults, but directly to children through the schools. A modest infusion of other resources helped get the effort underway. Pilot funding from the now-defunct Community Food and Nutrition Program (CFNP) was used to purchase backpacks and other basic foods that kids could carry home on the bus at the end of each school week. And "Volunteers came out of the woodwork to help assemble the backpacks and deliver the food to the schools," Kimball noted. Food For Kids offers items that children say they like and will eat - cereal, dry or shelf-stable milk, soup and crackers, tuna, canned or fresh fruit, and nutritious snacks such as pudding cups, raisins, trail mix, and granola bars. Nutrition fliers and simple instructions, geared to a second-grade reading level, accompany the foods. "Kids themselves will even call in their own recipes or tell us which foods they don't like," said Kimball. The Tuolumne program still serves a fairly modest 700 or so children a week, but now reaches a significant 83 percent of low-income children in the poor rural county it serves. More importantly, similar programs have proliferated in urban as well as rural areas across the country. An Oklahoma City backpack program, recently featured in USA Today, is reaching 7,500 students at 250 elementary schools, according to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The Food For Kids program run by the Arkansas Rice Depot in Little Rock helps ameliorate weekend hunger for 18,000 children in 502 schools across the state and distributes school supplies and personal care items as well as food. Backpack programs can now be found in 40 states and the District of Columbia aiding approximately 50,000 children a week, according to America's Second Harvest, the national food bank network. And those numbers continue to grow. Second Harvest announced on September 13, 2007 that part of a $4 million contribution from the Wal-Mart Foundation would help initiate backpack programs at an additional 24 food banks nationwide and allow 33 other food banks to expand their current backpack efforts. Hunger among children is abated in many different ways by backpack programs. Some children take the food home and squirrel it away for themselves, while others proudly share the bounty with their siblings. "What makes backpack programs so successful," said Lee Kimball, "is that the kids own the food." Small Bites Taking credit I: A full 93 percent of Americans own a credit card today, compared to just 51 percent in 1970. Taking credit II: The average cardholder has seven credit cards. Where credit is due I: The typical American household owes $9,659 in credit card debt. Where credit is due II: The average American family must dedicate 14 percent of its disposable income to paying off its debts. Poor credits: One-third of low- and middle-income American households say they use their credit cards to pay for rent, utilities, and food. Taking too much credit: Americans owe a total of $850 billion in credit card debt, more than twice as much as the combined debt of the world's 54 poorest countries.

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FW: SF Chronicle: Some schools, students make a hash of anti-junk food law
by Lynn Parker 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

An interesting article about competitive food restrictions... San Francisco Chronicle Some schools, students make a hash of anti-junk food law Stacy Finz, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:sfinz@sfchronicle.com> Friday, September 28, 2007 Despite a new law designed to ban the sale of junk food at California schools, the kiosk at Santa Clara High is stocked with chocolate-chip cookies, the lunch window at Novato High serves up potato chips, and the concession stand at Albany High is doing a booming business in Cheetos. But don't call the food police. All three districts are in compliance with the state law that requires snacks and individual entrees sold on campus to contain fewer calories and less fat and sugar. It seems that while kids were preparing to go back to school this fall, food manufacturers were busy re-creating their products - shrinking portions, eliminating trans fats and baking instead of frying - to make them meet the requirements of the Food Nutrition Standards Bill by July 1. The statute is intended to improve students' diets by nudging them into eating a well-rounded healthful lunch. But so far, that goal has proved elusive. Some campuses, such as Piedmont Middle School, appear to be ignoring the regulations altogether. And others let kids make a meal of revamped snack foods. According to food industry statistics, in the last year more than 10,000 products have been either introduced or reformulated to contain less fat and sugar. Now, snacks such as Nutter Butters, Rice Krispies Treats, nacho-flavored Baked Doritos and barbecue Corn Nuts comply with the school nutrition standards. Although these products meet the letter of the law, do they meet the spirit? "Taking away a little fat and a little sugar does not convert highly processed foods into healthful foods," said Marion Nestle, professor of food studies and public health at New York University and author of "What to Eat." "The kids are still eating junk foods. They are just better-for-you junk foods, and put quotes around 'better-for-you.' " The legislation, passed in 2005 as Senate Bill 12, was carried by former Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Montebello (Los Angeles County), and sponsored by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California School Boards Association. It was intended to reduce childhood obesity and diseases associated with poor nutrition by ridding schools of empty-calorie snacks and fattening entrees. No longer, officials hoped, would kids be able to make a lunch out of a bag or two of Doritos from a campus vending machine or a couple of cookies from the snack cart. Ideally, officials anticipated that the snack bars on campus would be shuttered. The idea was that, without junk food, students would be lured into the cafeteria, where a full meal approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture awaited. But Bay Area kids are still making lunches out of pizza, cookies and chips - albeit mostly baked ones - because those items continue to be sold. Taylor Keating, a seventh grader at Piedmont Middle School, bought a mini-pizza for lunch from the concession stand on campus earlier this week. But there are times, she said, when she'll skip the entree altogether and spend some of her lunch money on a bag of chips. "One of my friends always eats chips and cookies for lunch," she said. "Her parents are really into being healthy, so that's her only chance to get junk food." Food manufacturers won't talk about how they've reformulated their products for proprietary reasons, but companies such as Frito-Lay, Kellogg's and Kraft Foods all have snack lines that comply with the new law. They say they, too, want to fight the battle of the bulge, but they don't want to deprive consumers of choice. "The industry is committed to providing products that promote health and wellness," said Robert Earl, senior director for nutrition policy at the Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group. "Companies are doing everything from portion packs to baked chips." In order to adhere to California nutrition requirements, snacks sold in middle and high schools can have no more than 250 calories; in elementary schools, snacks must be 175 calories or less. No more than 35 percent of the snack's calories can come from fat and no more than 10 percent from saturated fat. Sugar is limited to 35 percent by weight. Fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, nut butters, seeds, eggs and cheese are excluded from the regulations, as is food brought from home. Individually sold entrees such as pizza, burritos and hamburgers can't be more than 400 calories, with a maximum of 4 grams of fat per 100 calories. The law does not limit how many snacks or entrees students can buy at a time. In addition, half of the drinks sold on high school campuses must be juice, water and low-fat or non-fat milk. In 2009 all soda will be banned (it already is banned from elementary and middle schools). The sale of sugary athletic drinks is still permitted. "The standards are some of the most rigorous in the country," says Phyllis Bramson-Paul, California Department of Education's director of nutrition services. She says that the California statute is a model for other agencies, including the Institute of Medicine, which is part of the National Academy of Sciences. The institute, at the behest of Congress, published its own recommendations for school snacks in July. They resemble California's but are even stricter, suggesting that fruit, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat or non-fat dairy be the only snacks sold on campus. NYU's Nestle, a leading nutrition expert, warns that policies like California's, dictated by fat, sugar and calorie content, sometimes are rife with problems. The reality, she says, is that foods with minimal nutrition value squeak in under the wire. Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and one of the designers of the statute, countered that even had the state's lawmakers eliminated individual foods from schools, manufacturers still would have found ways to sneak them back in. "If we had banned candy bars, the manufacturers would have said, 'This isn't a candy bar, this is a brownie. If we had banned brownies, they would have said, 'This isn't a brownie, it's a cookie.' If we had banned cookies, they would have said, 'This is bread.' "What's really important for parents and students to understand is that these are not healthy food standards," Goldstein said. "They were meant to weed out the worst of the worst." Bramson-Paul said the overall goal is to move kids away from the a la carte items to a balanced meal. "If snack foods become less appealing or nonexistent, the cafeteria gets a second look," she said. But to make that happen, school districts have to work at it. Some, including San Francisco and Berkeley, started purging their halls of junk food even before SB12 passed. Others, like Piedmont, are still serving foods that are too fattening - Pop Tarts containing 400 calories, potato chips with more than 50 percent calories from fat and Sun Chips with 38 percent calories from fat. "Our parent club runs the food concession," said Piedmont Middle School principal Jeanne Donovan. "They are having their first meeting next week to look at how we can move toward these guidelines. In the meantime, we are serving more healthful foods and will continue to." Amy Honigman-Tobe, president of Piedmont Middle School's parents club, said the club just does the accounting for the program and is not qualified to make nutrition decisions. The Legislature did not spell out how to penalize districts that break the law, said Bramson-Paul, adding that offenders at least will be required to submit a corrective-action plan. But discovering which schools are noncompliant could prove difficult. The Department of Education has money for only one monitor, who works out of Sacramento and primarily tracks schools in the San Joaquin Valley. For some districts that are adhering to the rules, getting rid of snacks and individually sold items has been difficult - especially because campus food-service programs are pressured to at least break even. The cafeteria competes with sack lunches brought from home, and schools with open campuses contend with students heading out to nearby fast-food joints and convenience stores. At Mill Valley's Mount Tamalpais Elementary School, instead of serving cafeteria lunches, the Parent-Teacher Association sells meals purchased from popular local restaurants. They say the kids like the food. Bramson-Paul is not pleased, however, saying that a steady diet of restaurant food is unlikely to meet either the requirements of the balanced federal lunch program or the new state law. Jane McDonough, a principal in the district and food liaison between the PTA and the schools, argued that her schools not only comply with the new regulations but adhere to the USDA's lunch standard of a balanced meal of 640 calories. At Palo Alto High School, on any given lunch break you can find more than half of the student body at the shopping center across the street buying candy, burritos, deli sandwiches, pizza and French pastries. "The food here isn't too good," freshman Renel Sun said about the offerings at her school. "The only thing I buy are the chocolate-chip cookies. I can't get them across the street." It's no wonder that the district's lunch program has been running at a significant loss for some time, said Greg Lynch, Palo Alto Unified School District's new food services director. "I'd just as soon that we didn't sell potato chips on campus," he said. "I'd rather sell fruit and vegetables." But Lynch says that in order to compete, he has to keep the a la carte program going. Miguel Villarreal, director of the Novato Unified School District, has been making lunches for students with organic produce as part of the Farm-to-School program, supplied to by local growers. He hopes to eventually get rid of the baked potato chips and sell more vegetables and fruit. Albany Unified School District's executive chef Clell Hoffman says next month he'll stop selling individual entrees on campus. He wants to steer kids to the cafeteria's hot lunch and the more healthful fruit cups, salads and yogurts. But the chips and cookies will stay. Hoffman's philosophy is that eating a treat during the school day isn't going to kill anyone. "There's such a thing as comfort food," he said. "The emotional satisfaction you get from a snack while you're at school all day trying to learn is just as important as any physical benefits." Juan Cordon, food service consultant at Santa Clara Unified School District, said in the last few years he's been trying to push kids into eating a full cafeteria lunch and no longer sells the worst of the a la carte offenders like corn dogs and cheeseburgers. But to keep financially afloat, he has to keep selling low-calorie cookies and baked chips. "If we were completely subsidized we could turn the whole thing around," he said. "Unfortunately, however, there's not as much money in selling salads and homemade granola." Sound off: Have something to say? Call (415) 777-6268 to comment for an Open Mic podcast on sfgate.com. THE LAW California's School Food Nutrition Standards Bill (formerly SB12) went into effect on July 1. Here are the highlights: -- Snacks sold in middle and high schools must be 250 calories or less; in elementary schools, they must be 175 calories or less. -- Fat can account for no more than 35 percent of a snack's calories. -- Saturated fat can account for no more than 10 percent of a snack's calories. -- Sugar can be no more than 35 percent by weight. -- Fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, nut butters, seeds, eggs and cheese are excluded from the regulations, as is food brought from home. -- Individually sold entrees such as pizza, burritos and hamburgers must be 400 calories or less, with no more than 4 grams of fat per 100 calories. -- Other state law bans sale of soda in elementary and middle schools, although it can still be sold in high schools. Sugary athletic drinks are permitted. However, half of the drinks sold in high schools must be juice, water or low-fat or nonfat milk. In 2009, all soda sales will be banned from high schools. Manufacturers won't say exactly how they reformulated the product, but they shrunk portions, reduced calories, fat and sugar. School nutrition resources For previous Chronicle stories about school nutrition, see the links with this story on sfgate.com. -- For a summary of the School Food Nutrition Standards Bill, go to publichealthadvocacy.org/PDFs/SB12Summary.pdf -- The California Center for Public Health Advocacy: publichealthadvocacy.org -- California Department of Education: cde.ca.gov -- Federal nutrition standards: mypyramid.gov -- Institute of Medicine recommendations: iom.edu -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: cdc.gov What you can do to support the law If you suspect that a school may be out of compliance with state nutrition standards: 1 First, determine if the food or beverage is being sold outside of the USDA meal program (for example, in the student store, as a fundraiser, in the snack bar, from a vending machine or as an a la carte item) and during school hours. 2 Next, obtain a copy of the school's wellness policy to determine if competitive food sales (those sold outside of the meal program), including fundraisers, are addressed in the policy. 3 If so, contact the person the district has put in charge of monitoring compliance with the district's wellness policy. 4 If the issue cannot be resolved at the local level, or if the district wellness policy does not mention "competitive" foods, contact NSDEXEC(a)cde.ca.gov to determine if the product in question is allowable or if the issue needs to be addressed by the California Department of Education. E-mail the writer at sfinz(a)sfchronicle.com.

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Childhood Obesity Control Initiative-- Program Nomination Request - Submission deadline October 26, 2007
by Tracy Fox 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hi All – please see the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) request below for programs/policies to address childhood obesity. Please contact Nicola Dawkins (contact info at end of message) should you have any questions or wish to submit a program or policy. Tracy A. Fox, MPH, RD President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC 5927 Beech Ave. Bethesda, MD 20817 p: 301-564-0737 c: 301-922-3570 HYPERLINK "mailto:tracyfox@comcast.net"tracyfox(a)comcast.net Website: HYPERLINK "http://www.foodnutritionpolicy.com/"www.foodnutritionpolicy.com ******** Childhood Obesity Control Initiative-- Program Nomination Request - Submission deadline October 26, 2007 We are seeking nominations for programs or policies that fall into the following 3 areas: 1) comprehensive school physical activity programs, 2) after school/daycare programs addressing obesity, and 3) increasing access to fresh foods in low SES inner city communities. As the search for answers to effectively address childhood obesity continues, organizations and communities across the country are experimenting with various strategies aimed at changing children’s environments to reduce the incidence of obesity. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Prevention Research Centers Program Office, and the CDC Foundation are undertaking a 2-year collaborative project to identify and assess local-level programs and policies that have been implemented with apparent notable success to improve the eating habits and physical activity levels of children. Macro International Inc. serves as the coordinating center for the project. The goal of this project is to conduct evaluability assessments, which are "pre" evaluations to determine if a program is promising and ready for a more rigorous full evaluation. The first round of evaluability assessments is currently underway and we are preparing for the second round. Similar to the first round, we will be aiming to conduct 10 assessments in each of the topic areas. A program that has not been rigorously evaluated can be considered for an evaluability assessment. Once a nominated program is chosen by our Expert Panel, the evaluability assessment consists of a 3-day site visit where trained project staff assess program implementation, data collection, and program outcomes. As part of the site visit, a limited amount of on-site technical assistance will be provided to each site. Please see the text below which explains the project and the topic areas in more detail. The submission deadline is Friday, October 26, 2007. **************************************************************************** ********************************************************** Types of Programs and Policies Sought NOTE: We are seeking innovative programs and policies addressing the physical, economic, or social environment (NOT individual behavior interventions). Additionally, they should not have already undergone rigorous evaluation. 1) Comprehensive School Physical Activity Programs A comprehensive school physical activity program includes a physical education component and opportunities for students to be physically active during and outside of school. Such opportunities include recess, physical activity breaks and movement during instruction, intramurals or physical activity clubs, interscholastic sports, and walk and bike to school initiatives. If you are nominating a comprehensive school physical activity program, the description on the last page of this document should include the following details about the program: -A description of the physical education component of the program (i.e., indicate the number of days physical education is offered and for how long each class period is offered; provide an overview of the physical education curriculum that describes the grade levels covered, the major goals of the curriculum, and the relationship to standards; and describe the policy that addresses waivers or exemptions for student participation); and -A description of physical activity opportunities available to ALL students and the frequency with which these opportunities are offered (e.g., recess is offered daily to all elementary students, regardless of grade, gender, or disability). 2) After school or Daycare programs or policies An after school or daycare center program/policy which enhances nutrition and physical activity opportunities in children ages 3 – 17. If you are nominating an after school or daycare program/policy, the description on the last page of this document should include the intensity (e.g., moderate or vigorous) and duration (how many minutes per session) of physical activity that is offered, any rules on screen time, and any nutritional guidelines followed. -After school: Organizations that provide activities to school-age children (grades K-12). These may be school-affiliated, public, private, or faith-based programs. The program or policy nominated ideally must include 60 minutes of physical activity per day. -Daycare: Facilities where licensed operators supervise and protect children in the absence of a parent or legal guardian. The defining factor for a daycare center is that they are licensed facilities by the state. A nominated program or policy ideally must include 60 minutes of physical activity per day, allow additional time for free play, limit screen time (i.e., how frequently children watch TV, videos, etc), and offer high quality nutritional meals and snacks. 3) Access to healthier foods in supermarkets/convenience stores/restaurants A supermarket/convenience store/restaurant program or policy which enhances food choices for community residents. The program or policy needs to improve access for community residents to affordable, higher quality, less calorie-dense foods (see examples below). If you are nominating a program/policy in this category, the description on the last page of this document should describe the particular change that is taking place and the population the program is serving. -Restaurants offering healthier items, menu nutrient labeling, offering healthier children’s menus -Supermarkets being offered tax/financial incentives to locate in inner-cities -Supermarkets/convenience stores/restaurants changing the composition of products sold to include healthier items. ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ To nominate a program or policy for review, please provide the following information to Nicola Dawkins (HYPERLINK "mailto:Nicola.U.Dawkins@macrointernational.com"Nicola.U.Dawkins@macrointern ational.com; 404-321-3688 fax; 404-321-3211 phone) Submission Deadline: October 26, 2007 Program or Policy Title: What Type of Program or Policy? Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program After School/Daycare Program or Policy Food Access Program or Policy Location of Program or Policy (city, state, school, district if applicable): Program or Policy Contact (name, phone number, email): Your Contact Information (name, phone number, email): Program or Policy Description: please describe the program/policy components as specified above and why you are nominating this program/policy for review. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 8:02 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.32/1033 - Release Date: 9/27/2007 11:06 AM

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Think Healthy! New Education Materials available
by Wendel, Josefine 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

We are pleased to introduce Think Healthy! a program bringing children and their families simple, kid-friendly information on the connection between eating well and feeling good. Think Healthy! Middle School Brochure Tri-panel brochures illustrate the cyclical nature of healthy eating and mental well-being in an accessible and appropriate way. This continuum of healthy eating and feeling better about oneself allows children to improve both their mental and physical well being. Brochures are available in both English and Spanish Think Healthy! Caregiver Brochure Tri-panel companion brochures emphasize a caregiver's role in promoting physical and mental health in children. The pieces encourage adults to act as a role model for the children they care for by choosing a healthy diet and appropriate portion sizes. These brochures will be available in both English and Spanish CHF Health Education Materials CHF produces low-literacy, culturally relevant health education materials. Elementary school materials test at or below 1st grade reading level, and middle school materials test at or below 5th grade reading level. All materials are produced in accordance with low-literacy design conventions. Materials are reviewed by a medical anthropologist for cross-cultural appropriateness and an exercise physiologist for safety. Think Healthy! was made possible by a grant from MetLife Foundation. Availability and Distribution: Healthy KIDS - Ready, Set, Go! materials are available online at: http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/publications/healthed.php#thinkHealth y All materials may be reproduced in entirety. For additional information, contact: Jennifer Pruitt The Children's Health Fund 215 W 125th Street New York NY 10027 212-535-9400 www.childrenshealthfund.org jpruitt(a)chfund.org Thank you for this opportunity to share Think Healthy!

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Assistant Professor - Health U of Arkansas Extension
by Rosemary Rodibaugh 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service is searching for an Assistant Professor - Health. This is a non-tenure, 100% Extension position. The position announcement is posted at: https://jobs.uaex.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1187…. Please pass the information along to anyone you think might be interested in the position. Thanks in advance. I appreciate your help. 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

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Current Contents with Abstracts for Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
by Angie Tagtow 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

For those attending FNCE this next week, this issue of JHEN will be distributed by the Hunger & Environmental Nutrition DPG at their showcase on Monday, October 1 in the Philadelphia Convention Center. Stop by and pick up an issue! Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Environmental Nutrition Solutions 13464 NE 46th Street Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com Check out the new Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition at http://JHEN.HaworthPress.com > > Thank you for requesting the table-of-contents email alert service > for this Haworth journal. > > Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition > > Volume 1, Issue 4 > Editor(s): > Marie Boyle Struble , PhD, RD > > This issue is now available online and will soon be mailed to > subscribers in approximately 4-6 weeks. > > NOTE: If the URLs in this email are not active hyperlinks, copy and > paste the URL into the address/location box in your browser. > > TABLE OF CONTENTS > > WELCOME LETTER > Angie Tagtow, Marie Boyle Struble > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106828 > > Food Insecurity as Market Failure: A Contribution from Economics > Cecilia Rocha > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106829 > > The Impact of High Diastase Malted Barley Flour on Weight and > Height of Malnourished Children in Panama > Sondra King, Aimee D. Prawitz, Josephine Umoren, Thomas O'Gorman > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106830 > > Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Health-Associated Outcomes and > Food Characteristics of Northern Plains Indian Households > Blakely Brown, Curtis Noonan, Mark Nord > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106831 > > "Always a Vegetable at Dinner": A Fruit and Vegetable Qualitative > Study with Primary Care Providers of Preschoolers Enrolled in an > Inner-City, Head Start Childcare Center > Sheila Fleischhacker, Katherine Cason, Cheryl Achterberg > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106832 > > Policy Recommendations to Improve the Health of School-Age Children > in the 2007 Farm Bill > Rainbow A. Vogt, Diana Cassady, Lucia L. Kaiser > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106833 > > BOOKS & MEDIA IN REVIEW > Helen E. Costello > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106834 > > INTERNET RESOURCES > Christine McCullum-Gomez > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/ArticleAbstract.asp?ID=106835 > > > > Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition is published both in > print and electronically. Library subscribers may be entitled to > electronic site wide access with paid subscriptions. For more > information go to http://www.haworthpress.com/journals/ > libraryonlinejour.asp or contact online_help(a)haworthpress.com > > For more information about the journal: > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/Product.asp?sku=J477 > > To recommend the journal to your library or a colleague: > http://www.haworthpress.com/store/RecommendProduct.asp?sku=J477 > > > > To contact the journal's editor(s): > > Editor(s): > > Marie Boyle Struble , PhD, RD > Chair, Dietetics Program Southern Maine Community College > 2 Fort Road, South Portland, ME, 04106 > E-mail: mstruble(a)smccme.edu > > > This email has been sent to you from The Haworth Press, Inc. To > ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please > add eresources(a)haworthpress.com to your address book. > > Please click here to email us your comments and suggestions for > improving this service. > > To cancel this service or unsubscribe: click here. > > > Copyright 2005 - The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. | > Privacy Statement

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