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SNE releases a report on the value of nutrition education
by strategicnutr＠aol.com 07 Jan '11

07 Jan '11

Dear SNEEZErs, Attached is a press release announcing SNE's report State of Nutrition Education and Promotion for Children and Adolescents. Please forward it to friends and colleagues who would also be interested in reading it and using it to help justify the need for more nutrition education. Thanks, Nicole Nicole Turner-Ravana, MS Strategic Nutrition Communications LLC “Talking Food, Inspiring Health" www.StrategicNutrition.org 818.825.9136

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Announcing Latest Issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues
by Jackie McClelland 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Greetings: This note is to introduce the latest issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues found at http://ncsu.edu/ffci. You may have already read this issue as I should have sent this announcement out quite a while back. I am including the Welcome and the paper abstracts below: Welcome! Promoting the health and wellbeing of our country’s youth is an effort I believe all citizens and professionals support. Our youth and their families play pivotal roles in our society. Yet there is much that we need to learn about our youth and how they as a population have increased in size and have changed in needs and behavior over the years. For instance, children and adolescents from birth to age 17 now constitute one-fourth of our country’s population. The U.S. adolescent population increased by 16.6 percent from 1990 to 2000 and the population is projected to increase to an estimated 41.6 million by the year 2010. While the youth are healthier than adults in general, from 13 to 23 percent experience special health care needs or chronic illnesses and disabilities. In 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey showed that 14.5% of students in grades 9 to 12 had lifetime asthma and 13.1% were overweight. To add to the health issues large differences exist between the stresses, pressures and lifestyles lived by today’s youth than that previously experienced by earlier generations. Seventy one percent of all deaths among persons aged 10 to 24 years result from four causes: motor vehicle crashes, other unintentional injuries, homicide and suicide. Professionals who serve our population of youth need more knowledge, skills, tools, and training to promote positive outcomes. In this issue we offer a diversity of papers that focus on a variety of approaches to and issues that surround our youth and their eventual growth, health and wellbeing. They cover the gamut from older youth reaching younger youth to supporting pediatricians with parenting information, and from direct delivery of educational curriculum to students to looking at the role of parental communication quality on youth behavior. These papers will benefit many areas of your efforts with youth. Enjoy! Paper Abstracts: Recruiting college students to be youth mentors Kathy Dimick,Utah State University Extension System; Brian J. Higginbotham, Stacey MacArthur, Utah State University; Monti Poulson, Utah State University Extension System Abstract Mentoring programs are becoming an increasingly popular intervention to promote positive youth development. However, in the United States there are more at-risk youth than there are mentors. One concentrated source of mentors is students on college and university campuses. This article discusses the recruiting strategies employed by one Extension-sponsored mentoring program. The three strategies outlined have been instrumental in securing committed and caring college-aged mentors. Rites of passage during adolescence Scott D. Scheer, Stephen M. Gavazzi, The Ohio State University; David G. Blumenkrantz, Center for the Advancement of Youth, Family, and Community Services, Inc. Abstract The literature on rites of passage in adolescence is reviewed, with particular attention given to the essential components for positive developmental outcomes. Three human development orientations – life course, life span, and life cycle – are presented to examine rites of passage as they relate to life transitions. Within these orientations, positive rites of passage are framed as requiring both events and cognitive processes of the event. In other words, rites of passage events must be significant for adolescents not only as experiences, but having special meaning, emotion, and understanding. A model is introduced that highlights the potentially positive and negative roles that rites of passage can play in the transition to adulthood. In addition, investigations are discussed to help understand the complex rites of passage mechanisms. Finally, the benefits of employing rites of passage strategies are illustrated through youth development programs. Family life educators supporting pediatricians with parenting information Karen DeBord, Rebecca Stelter, North Carolina State University Abstract Pediatricians report seeing 40 to 60 patients per day. Many parents of these patients have specific questions about behavioral and developmental issues such as discipline, sleep, nutrition, and toileting, all of which are topics that family life educators are prepared to address routinely. Collaboration between Extension educators and pediatricians can benefit patients, parents, and pediatric practices, as well as family life education programs. Adolescent nutrition and exercise behavior: A preliminary investigation into the role of parental communication quality Kay M. Palan, Mary Lynn Damhorst, Iowa State University, Jennifer Paff Ogle, Colorado State University; Cheryl O. Hausafus, Cheryll A. Reitmeier ,Iowa State University ; Grace Marquis, McGill University Abstract This paper addresses an issue that has received little attention within the literature: the role that parents play in shaping children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Of particular interest was the influence of parental style and the quality of parent-child communication upon children’s nutrition and exercise beliefs and behaviors. Twenty family units with a child in middle school were studied during home visits. Data were collected with a survey instrument, including measures related to parent-adolescent communication quality, warm and restrictive parenting styles, adolescent nutrition concern, adolescent weight loss behaviors, and adolescent exercise commitment and satisfaction. Results suggest that adolescents’ nutrition concerns were positively related to good communication quality and restrictive parenting behaviors, and they support the significance of parental communication on adolescents’ nutrition and exercise attitudes and behaviors. Implications for education and intervention are identified. Morality and money: Relating character and values to financial education in grades K-4 Thomas A. Lucey, Illinois State University; Duane M. Giannangelo, The University of Memphis; Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Oklahoma State University (Tulsa Campus); Julia A. Heath, Michael M. Grant, The University of Memphis Abstract This study examines the inclusion of a moral component to teaching financial education to children in grades K-4. Comparisons were made between current financial education areas and suggested moral items. Morality was defined and measured by modifying items from the courtesy, generosity, and sportsmanship subscales of Bulach and Butler’s (2002) survey. The study found that levels of agreement with financial morality items were similar to the levels of agreement with the generally accepted areas. Findings must be extended to a larger sample for confirmation or refutation, using a more extensive measure of financial morality. The authors invite further examination into the prospect of developing moral tenets within financial education. Got Calcium? - A youth curriculum that promotes dairy and non-dairy sources of calcium Martha Raidl, Rhea Lanting, Katie Miner, Joey Peutz, University of Idaho Abstract Most children are not meeting dietary calcium requirements. To address this issue, a four-lesson youth curriculum called Got Calcium?, which promotes dairy and non-dairy calcium-rich foods, was developed. Two hundred and thirty-two students and 196 family members participated in the study. After four lessons, students significantly increased (p<0.001) their knowledge of calcium and calcium-rich foods. A parent take-home food frequency form revealed that students’ current intake of calcium came from dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt) products. By the end of the four lessons, approximately 40 percent to 70 percent of students selected non-dairy calcium-rich foods (kale, greens, tofu, and salmon) when planning calcium-rich meals. Strengthening Families Through Military 4-H Partnerships Debra A. Jones, Joanne Roueche, Utah State University Extension Abstract Extension, 4-H, and the military have been partners since World War I. Through the recent decade, the U.S. Army, Air Force, and 4-H have partnered to provide positive youth development on military installations involving over 7,000 youth in 4-H clubs in the U.S. and abroad. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a new initiative extends this same support to military youth and families who are not affiliated with military installations, but who are dispersed in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the nation through the National Guard and Reserve. All youth involved through military outreach are enrolled as 4-H members through their respective counties. As the program becomes more widely known, counties integrate these youth in local, state, regional, and national 4-H activities and events. Authors share their experience developing relationships, implementing positive youth development programs, and explain how these successful actions resulted in funding sources for increased outreach. Youth Teaching Youth: Evaluation of the Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions cross-age teaching program Carly Emil, Jodi Dworkin, Carol Skelly, University of Minnesota Extension Abstract The Alcohol/Tobacco Decisions (ATD) program was developed by the Extension Service in a midwestern state. The program’s unique format of cross-age teaching uses local high school students to instruct fourth-grade students, rather than the typical teacher-to-student format. The ATD program operates under the 4-H model of promoting positive youth development and older youth teaching younger youth. To begin to evaluate the effectiveness of the ATD program in changing students’ knowledge of alcohol, tobacco, and advertising, students completed a pre- and post-test. This pilot evaluation yielded statistically significant improvements in knowledge in all content areas. Future directions for evaluation of cross-age teaching programs are explored. -- ***************************************************************** Jacquelyn W. McClelland, Ph.D. Professor, Department Extension Leader,and Nutrition Specialist Department of 4-H Youth Development and Family & Consumer Sciences North Carolina Cooperative Extension, CALS, NC State University Campus Box 7605, 112 Ricks Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-7605 Phone: 919-515-9148 FAX: 919-515-2786 Email: jackie_mcclelland(a)ncsu.edu Department Home Page: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/dept/fcs/faculty/jmcclell.html Editor-In-Chief, The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues (FFCI) http://www.ncsu.edu/ffci/ Author: Give Your Heart a Healthy Beat! http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/hhb/

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Higher Ed. Division ... student conference info
by Rena Quinton 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Dear Higher Ed. Division members, I've attached a flier on student events and other features of interest to students and young professionals at the upcoming SNE conference. Please share this information with your students who will be attending or may be interested in attending. The flier is both in Publisher and pdf for those who don't have Publisher. Regards, Rena Rena Quinton PhD. RD, LDN Chair: Higher Ed. Division Assistant Professor/ Director Dietetic Internship Immaculata University Imaculata, PA 19345

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calciuim content in milk
by Judy Huffaker 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hello group, Could you help clarify the amount of calcium content in various milks I've gone to several sites and do not seem to find consistency in the values. Some sites list the calcium content of milk as equal for the various types of fluid milk. Another lists skim milk(324 mg) as more calcium than whole or 2% (302mg); while another site lists skim milk with the least amount of calcium content verses 1% or 2%. What's the correct calcium content?? Judy Huffaker, R.D. Alhambra Unified School District Network for a Healthy CA Phone: 626.308.2212 FAX: 626.308.2207

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- How much sugar is in that?...
by Fern Gale Estrow 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

A few pix shared with me...not sure of source - also valuable in recognizing impact of portions.... Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN The FGE Food & Nutrition Team 200 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 212/691-5154 (phone) 212/627-7641 (fax) fge2(a)earthlink.net Beg - How much sugar is in that?... We know the facts, but this brings perspective quickly, doesn’t it? Each cube is a teaspoonful. Who uses taht little ketchup? Fern Gale Estrow, MS, RD, CDN The FGE Food & Nutrition Team 200 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011 212/691-5154 (phone) 212/627-7641 (fax) fge2(a)earthlink.net

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evidence based results
by Tracy Fox 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi all - a number of you asked that I share results I received when I inquired about evidence-based nutrition ed programs that include the family. Here are the responses (in no particular order and I can't vouch for any of them). EFNEP http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/efnep/efnep.html *** I know of two programs that meet that criteria. The contact for both would be Carol Boushey. No Bones About It Eat Move Learn No Bones About It package (Grades 5-8) is six lessons on DVD and CD designed to inspire early teens to become lifelong consumers of calcium-rich foods. Personnel at eight universities created the lessons, which meet national academic standards for grades 5-8. Specifically, the lessons meet Science Content Standards A, B, C, F, and G and Health Standards 1 through 7. This package contains a 60-page facilitator's guide, master copies of 24 handouts, one DVD and six CDs that contain games that reinforce the information presented in the interactive portion. Extra copies of the CD (item number CD-CFS-741) in packages of 25 are available for $40, plus shipping. Another option for nonprofit, educational institutions is to order the site license for the games, which costs $50 and is item number CFS-741-ES. CFS-741 $60.00 Order now... *** Here in NYC we conduct Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings. There is a component of the program that is specific to parents of 3 and 4 year olds. The curriculum is written by NY State Health Department CACFP. Link below. http://www.nyhealth.gov/prevention/nutrition/cacfp/ewphccs_curriculum/index. htm *** See the Family Fitness Program from Penn State Extension at www.extension.psu.edu I am the program leader if you have questions. I also have an article in ADA Nutrition Education for the Public's summer newsletter and we won their Program of Excellence award this year. We have won several other awards as well. Lynn James: Here is the exact link: www.extension.psu.edu/familyfitness *** Take a look at Share our Strength's Operation Frontline's Side By Side curriculum. Side By Side brings school-age children and their families together to learn about healthy eating and the importance of family mealtime. http://strength.org/operation_frontline/courses/ Strengthening Nutrition Education for Families: An Evidence-based Revision of Operation Frontline Side By Side Curricula Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages S26-S26 (July 2009) L. Edwards, J. McLaughlin, L. Seman, J. Panichelli I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but the program I created, the "Healthy 'n Fit Weight Management Program" is a nutrition and fitness education and weight loss program that involves parent education and involvement in making dietary changes and promoting a healthy body weight. I also have statistics and case studies available to show the effectiveness of this program. You can view more details here: www.healthynfitkids.com -Erin Erin Palinski, RD, LDN, CDN, CPT *** maybe these will help... http://kidshealth.org/parent/index.jsp?tracking=P_Home http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?tax_level=1&info_center=4 http://www.nutritionforkids.com/ http://www.superkidsnutrition.com/pdf/Nutrition_Label_Reading5to7.pdf Misti Gueron MS, RD www.mistigueron.com Santa Monica, CA *** NHLBI's We Can: Check out We Can! I modified it for grandparents raising their grandchildren and it worked well for me. *** BodyWorks from the Office of Women's Health Really great toolbox with 10 teaching sessions Hope that helps! *** HI Tracy: I have spent 4 years working on a nutrition education program for families. We used research to design it, but have not yet had research done using the curriculum. We are starting to work on some soon, hopefully. Our goal is to simplify nutrition into "take home messages" and assist parents to develop strategies that they can use immediately. Check it out at www.FeedingTheKids.com, and let me know if you need more information. It is available through NASCO and NCES, and through our own publisher. Thanks, Ellie Taylor *** A bright young dietitian who did a postdoc with me, Melanie Hingle, but who is now on the faculty at U Arizona, is doing a review of those studies. She has found 20+ published articles. I have included her email address in case you wanted to contact her directly. Best! melanie.hingle(a)gmail.com. Tracy A. Fox, MPH, RD President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC 1214 Constitution Ave. NE Washington, DC 20002 w: 202-621-7697 c: 301-922-3570 tracyfox(a)comcast.net Website: www.foodnutritionpolicy.com <http://www.foodnutritionpolicy.com/>

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obesity statistics
by Chrystalleni Lazarou 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Dear SNEEZERs, I'm looking for statistics regarding the percentage of individual contribution of the following factors: genetic, genetic-environment interaction, environment to adult/ childhood obesity development/prevalence. Thanks for any info! Chrystalleni -- Chrystalleni Lazarou Special Scientist of Human Nutrition Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology Personal contact details: stalolaz(a)logosnet.cy.net stalolaz(a)hua.gr 28 Kronos street Ayios Dhometios 2369 Nicosia Cyprus tel +35799059820 fax +35722770676

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FW: New Food & Nutrition Assistance information @ ERS
by Guthrie, Joanne 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

ERS-logo <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=a&t=/> New or updated information is available from USDA ERS <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=b&t=/> on Food & Nutrition Assistance topics. See new items in all topics at http://www.ers.usda.gov/WhatsNew/ <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=c&t=/WhatsNew/> This update covers Monday, October 26, 2009 to Friday, October 30, 2009 ________________________________ DOES SNAP DECREASE FOOD INSECURITY? UNTANGLING THE SELF-SELECTION EFFECT Self-selection by more food-needy households into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) makes it difficult to observe positive effects of the program in survey data. This study investigates self-selection and ameliorative program effects by examining households' food security month by month for several months prior to initial receipt of SNAP benefits and for several months after joining the program.Two-year panels are constructed by matching the same households interviewed in the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement in 2 consecutive years using data from 2001 to 2006. Food security is observed to deteriorate in the 6 months prior to beginning to receive SNAP benefits and to improve shortly after. The results clearly demonstrate the self-selection by households into SNAP at a time when they are more severely food insecure. The results are consistent with a moderate ameliorative effect of SNAP-reducing the prevalence of very low food security among recent entrants by about one-third-although they do not conclusively demonstrate that extent of amelioration. Released Thursday, October 29, 2009 See http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR85/ <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=1&t=/Publications/ERR85/> ________________________________ This notification service is provided by the USDA's Economic Research Service <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=d&t=/> to keep you informed on the latest and most relevant research on the topics that interest you. You can change or cancel your subscription at http://www.ers.usda.gov/Updates/ <http://www.ers.usda.gov/eMail/?l=FoodNutritionAssistance-at-ERS&d=10/30 /2009&p=e&t=/Updates/> Follow ERS on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/USDA_ERS/

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policy updates and food marketing webinar
by Tracy Fox 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

If you are interested in nutrition policy - or just want to keep abreast of some of it (no one can keep abreast of it all.), think about signing up for the weekly policy update that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity (www.reversechildhoodobesity.org) sends out. Go to the site and click on the "Email Alerts, Click here to Subscribe" option - on the left near the bottom. There is a general alert with center info sent every 2 weeks and the policy update sent each week. This is a great way to get a snippet of the policy and federal agency happenings (including health reform with a prevention focus) and links if you want more info. Also, don't miss the centers' upcoming webinar on food marketing to kids on Thursday, Nov. 5th from 12 noon till 1pm east. FREE. Here are the details. You can sign up for this on the center web site as well. Feel free to share this message with others. November 5, 2009 -- 12 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Central, 9 a.m. Pacific) <https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=ihzbbgl3zo4y> "Changing the Channel: The Influence of Food Marketing on Childhood Obesity" <https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=ihzbbgl3zo4y> Featured Speakers: * Jennifer Harris, Director of Marketing Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity * Vivica Kraak, Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisor, Save the Children * Pamela Weddington, Vice President of Communications, MEE productions * Margo Wootan, Director for Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest Tracy A. Fox, MPH, RD President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC 1214 Constitution Ave. NE Washington, DC 20002 w: 202-621-7697 c: 301-922-3570 tracyfox(a)comcast.net Website: www.foodnutritionpolicy.com <http://www.foodnutritionpolicy.com/>

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Physicians in Contra Costa CA resign from AAFP
by Fern Gale Estrow 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

fyi... Physicians in Contra Costa CA resign from AAFP William Walker and more than 20 other physicians in Contra Costa Health Services resigned from the American Association of Family Physicians over the AAFP deal with Coke to promote sweetened beverages "as part of a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle". They are encouraging public health physicians, primary care practitioners and others to contact the AAFP to express their revulsion and resign if they are members. See the picture below of Indignant Docs in White Coats giving thumbs down to the AAFP: Below is a link to the Contra Costa Health Services web site with further information. Next week the California Senate will be holding hearings on the impact of sweetened beverages on the health of Californians. This is a key issue for public health and chronic disease control. http://cchealth.org/groups/health_services/aafp_protest.php __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1)Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Members | Calendar www.hendpg.com MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe RECENT ACTIVITY 7 New Members 1 New Files Visit Your Group Need traffic? Drive customers With search ads on Yahoo! Yahoo! Groups Mental Health Zone Schizophrenia groups Find support Cat Groups on Yahoo! Groups discuss everything related to cats. . __,_._,___

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