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Comments on documentaries: Food, Inc. & Fresh?
by Suzy Pelican 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

SNE and F&NSPEC listserv members: **Apologies for any duplicate messages** I am hoping some of you may be able to point me toward information I think must be out there...but that I haven't been able to find! I've seen both "Food Inc." and "Fresh" - two recently released documentaries about the contemporary U.S. food system, with emphasis on serious problems created by factory farms and other practices common within large-scale agricultural operations. These are powerful and thought-provoking films, and they put forth - visually and orally - some critical issues (health, ethical, environmental to name just a few) for all to consider. That said, I am also interested in viewers who may question some of the perspectives/facts shared in either or both of these films. As I said above, I know the films raise critical issues, but I sense that some of the films' generalities might be overstated. (Admittedly, I may be wrong in this, but I'd like a broader foundation for evaluation than just my own inadequate knowledge base!) Thanks, in advance, for any insights you could share with me and/or any references/websites/etc. you could point me toward. Suzy Suzanne Pelican, MS, RD Food & Nutrition Specialist / WIN Wyoming Coordinator Family & Consumer Sciences University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service Dept. 3354, 1000 E. University Laramie, WY 82071 307-766-5177; fax: 307-766-5686 pelican(a)uwyo.edu www.uwyo.edu/cesnutrition www.uwyo.edu/winwyoming

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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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Food issues and autism
by Schlitt, Carol 04 Mar '10

04 Mar '10

Dear Sneezers, I received a request from a school nurse who has a student with numerous problems with food -- unable to eat food away from home and only willing to eat a very limited selection of foods. He has autism and is high functioning. These concerns are related to his autism. Does anyone have a suggestion on where his mother might be able to find assistance with these issues? They have seen a nutritionist, but because that person was not versed on the unique characteristics of autistic spectrum disorders, it did not yield positive results. This will probably require someone how knows about strategies that will address his sensory aversions and/or his social behavior deficits. Thanks for any ideas or resources you may know. Sincerely, Carol ************************************************** Carol C. Schlitt MS, CFCS Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness University of Illinois Extension Edwardsville Extension Center 200 University Park Drive, Suite 280 Edwardsville, IL 62025-3649 Phone: 618-692-9434 FAX:618-692-9808 email: cschlitt(a)illinois.edu <mailto:cschlitt@illinois.edu> Interim Associate Regional Director University of Illinois Extension Southern Regional Office 4202 Williamson Place, Suite 2 Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 Phone: (618)242-9474 FAX: (618)242-9386 Email: cschlitt(a)illinois.edu <mailto:cschlitt@illinois.edu> <http://www.jcep.org/> ************************************************* Raising Kids, Eating Right, Spending Smart, Living Well NEAFCS-National Extension Association of Family & Consumer Sciences is the Proud Sponsor of the Living Well Public Service Campaign

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Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities Webinar Available
by angie.tagtow＠mac.com 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

Please excuse the cross posting. Food System's and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Special Issue The webinar "Food System's and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities" is now available at http://foodandsociety.blip.tv/file/3268439/. Note: If you have challenges viewing the webinar, go to the bliptv Help tab at the top of the page to assure updated software. In addition, check out the articles in the special issue of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (Volume 4, Issues 3 & 4) at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WHEN (click on Online Contents on the right) "Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities," a recent double issue of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition (JHEN), bridges food systems and public health by identifying successful research, programs and policies within agriculture, food, and health to advance a food system that supports healthier diets and reduced obesity. Spearheaded by Mary Story, PhD, RD, of the University of Minnesota, Michael Hamm, PhD, of Michigan State University, and David Wallinga, MD, of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, this dynamic collection of articles is the outcome of a conference held in April 2009 that focused on the food system, food, agriculture, and agriculture policy—a discussion which is central to healthy diets and obesity prevention. The conference was sponsored and funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Listen to an overview of this issue, a discussion on the state of the science, and an exploration of policy opportunities to develop healthier diets and healthier communities. Featured speakers: • Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD, Consultant, IATP Food and Society Fellow, and HEN/ADA Managing Editor • David Wallinga, MD, MPA, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy • Michael Hamm, PhD, Michigan State University Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Environmental Nutrition Solutions An ecological approach to food and health 13464 NE 46th Street Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com 2008-2009 Food & Society Policy Fellow Managing Editor Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WHEN

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Food preparation, children and diet quality
by Chrystalleni Lazarou 28 Feb '10

28 Feb '10

Dear Sneezers, I've been trying to locate strong research which might correlate involvement of children with food preparation /cooking with their dietary habits or diet quality . I'd very much appreciate any info which might help . Thanks in advance! -- Chrystalleni Lazarou,MSc,PhD Special Scientist of Human Nutrition Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology Visiting Lecturer of Health Ed. European University Cyprus Personal contact details: stalolaz(a)logosnet.cy.net stalolaz(a)hua.gr 28 Kronos street Ayios Dhometios 2369 Nicosia Cyprus tel +35799059820 fax +35722770676 Cyprus Food Virtual Museum http://cfvm.gnomon.com.gr/web/guest/home

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visit to Guatemala
by Althea Engle 27 Feb '10

27 Feb '10

Dear SNEEZERs, I am planning a visit in March to Guatemala, in order to study and photograph the foods that are eaten there, for presentation to nutrition/dietetics students in a cultural foods course. Would anyone know of a dietitian or nutritionist in Guatemala that I could meet with and learn more about the nutrition work that is being done in the country and the eating habits of the people? Many thanks in advance for any assistance. Althea Engle, MS, RD, CDN Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences Lehman College Bronx, NY 10468 phone: 718-960-8487 email: althea.engle(a)lehman.cuny.edu

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Request for multicultural pyamids
by Jill Patterson 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

Hello Sneezers, I have a request for multicultural pyramids (picture with foods, hopefully labelled) for ethnic groups such as Asian, African American, Puerto Rican, Mexican, etc. I vaguely remember seeing these from a midwestern Extension group. If you have a suggestion for access of these, please sent it to. Much thanks, Jill ********************* Jill Patterson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of nutrition Dept. of Nutritional Sciences 122 Chandlee Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 Office: 814-865-1857 Fax: 814-863-6103 email: jxp54(a)psu.edu

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Call for Proposals: Childhood Obesity Pre-Conference American Community Gardening Association
by Brandi Whitney 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

SNEEZE members and friends, The planning committee of the American Community Gardening Association invites you to submit a presentation proposal for the Childhood Obesity Pre-conference at the 31st Annual American Community Gardening Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on Aug 5, 2010. Pre-conference Theme: "Growing Healthy Children, From the Ground Up!" Time line: Proposals are DUE on March 19, 2010. Abstract Proposals will be reviewed by a selection committee and notice of selection is anticipated by April 09, 2010. See attached forms. We welcome your proposals and participation. SAVE THE DATE American Community Gardening Association's 31st Annual Conference Aug 5-9, 2010 Atlanta, GA. www.communitygarden.org/

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How Characters Can Help Children Eat Healthily
by Chris McCullum 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

FYI - from FoodNavigator.com How characters can help children eat healthily >From Disney to Tony the Tiger, consumer groups have been campaigning hard to break the links between childhood icons and unhealthy foods. But furry friends and super-heroes are now putting in more of an appearance on healthy products... Read http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/How-characters-can-help-chi… Article excerpt: The capacity for children’s eating habits to be swayed by association with characters was researched in 1997, when a team from the University of Bangor in Wales invented the Food Dudes. A group of 200 children were shown videos and other marketing materials featuring the characters, who invited them to eat fruit and vegetables in order to help in the fight against the Junk Food Junta. The children were rewarded with t-shirts, caps, stickers and ultimately a family outing. But the results in terms of dietary change were astounding. The researchers reported that agreement to eat was increased to 100 per cent for some fruits and vegetables, and remained high even six months after the Food Dudes had disappeared from their lives. The findings were published in the British Food Journal in 1998 (DOI: 10.1108/00070709810207496).

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