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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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Research shows rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled]
by jikeda 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

Isn't it sad that no one intervenes before children reach these massive weights! --

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Annual National Food Policy Conference-don't forget to register
by Tracy Fox 31 Jul '09

31 Jul '09

On September 8 and 9, the Consumer Federation of America and Grocery Manufacturers Association will host the 32nd Annual National Food Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. This year's conference will focus on food safety and child nutrition, two issues that have become critical concerns in recent months both domestically and internationally. This year's conference will explore food safety reform at the Food and Drug Administration, the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act and children's health. Speakers and panelists will explore the connections between health policy and nutrition, how to regain consumer trust once it has been lost, and the implications of new media technologies on policy making, among other issues. Please visit www.consumerfed.org to register for the conference or contact Sally Karwowski at 202-939-1005 for more inormation. 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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August Nutrition Education Links
by Judy Doherty 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

August: Breastfeeding Letter, August Calendar, Healthier Lunch Handout and new items http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=NEW Beautiful August clipart - all new from our artist - breastfeeding, family meals, farmer's market: http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=CAJ Cooking and Meal Planning: Recipe Modification, Meal Planning, Best Quick Meals http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=FOODCOOK Weight Control: 10 Commandments of Weight Control, 100 calorie snack guide http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=WT REALLY restrict calories - are you doing enough? Great tips from Dr James Kenney, PhD, RD, FACN about calorie restriction help slow aging and disease and aid lifespan and quality of life. http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG1 2 Ways to Stop Stress and Overeating >From our advisor Victoria Shanta Retelny, RD, LD. Stress is a major factor in overeating and it�s certainly a big cause in today�s society. http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG2 5 People ate 16 cups of veggies with this meal! This meal provided a great way to entertain the healthy way. Find out how we used so many veggies that we ended up eating over 16 cups with a meal that feeds 5 to 6 people. http://www.foodandhealth.com/go/to.cgi?id=BLOG3 Enjoy! Judy Doherty www.foodandhealth.com -- Judy Doherty www.foodandhealth.com 3979 Nighthawk Drive Weston, FL 33331 800-462-2352

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Excellent childhood obesity prevention programs
by jikeda 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Greetings! I thought that those of you who were not able to attend the excellent post conference session at the Society for Nutrition Education Meeting in New Orleans would be interested in the attached information compiled by Ann Macpherson-Sánchez, who wrote the grant which funded this program. The post conference workshop featured 4 different childhood obesity prevention/health promotion programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity *and *have an eating disorders prevention component and a body satisfaction promotion component. Three of the four programs have been formally evaluated. These are all excellent programs that I hope you will consider using or recommending their use in your work. Best Wishes to you! --

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[Sneeze_l] Job openings at the Food Research and Action Center (DC, MD)
by Heather Hartline-Grafton 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is currently hiring for the following positions: Nutrition Associate, DC Hunger Solutions (based in DC) Nutrition Associate, Maryland Hunger Solutions (based in Baltimore, MD) Grants Writer/Manager of Foundation Relations (based in DC) Go to the following site for more information: http://www.frac.org/html/all_about_frac/jobs.html <http://www.frac.org/html/all_about_frac/jobs.html> Questions? Send an email to: employment(a)frac.org <mailto:employment@frac.org> (no phone calls please). ______________________________________ Heather Hartline-Grafton, DrPH, RD Senior Nutrition Policy Analyst Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 540 Washington, DC 20009 202-986-2200 x3017 (t) 202-986-2525 (f) hhartline-grafton(a)frac.org www.frac.org

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[Fwd: [fnemail] News: new eXtension website on obesity prevention]
by jikeda 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

A great deal of practical advice is available on this website. There are some excellent downloadable handouts. --

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From Walmart!
by Ana Islas 28 Jul '09

28 Jul '09

Walmart Announces Sustainable Product Index http://walmartstores.com/FactsNews/NewsRoom/9277.aspx

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