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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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Consider adding your nutrition and health resource (or those of colleagues) to this NEW website
by Schuster, Ellen R. 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Looking for a resource for parents on childhood obesity? Or training materials? We want YOU to share your materials on a Wiki collaboration page so that others across the country can benefit from them. When recently surveyed, 94% of state nutrition and health specialists said they wanted a one-stop web page to share timely resources. The NIFA Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance Committee has set up a wiki collaboration page at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/USDA-NIFA_Nutrition_and_Health_Commit… There is a 3 ½ minute Windows media player introduction video about this webpage and how to submit resources on this website. How do you submit resources to this wiki page? · Go to the webpage (see above) and click on the link for the on-line submission form · If you know of a resource that someone else has developed that you think should be added to the webpage, send an email to Ellen Schuster (link to email address off the wiki main page) and Ellen will follow up on your suggestion. · Forward this email to a colleague and suggest they submit their resource. Questions? Feel free to contact Ellen Schuster at schusterer(a)missouri.edu<mailto:schusterer@missouri.edu>, NIFA Nutrition and Health Committee for Planning and Guidance Committee (communications subcommittee chair) Thanks and take care! Ellen

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Now Hiring Regional Specialists - Nutrition
by Schuster, Ellen R. 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

See attached and forward on... Nutrition & Health Education Specialists. Duties include providing nutrition, health, food safety, food resource management, and physical activity education to communities and families. Four positions currently available as follows * Vacancy 100280 located in east central Missouri Warren County (Warrenton) * Vacancy 100282 located in northeast Missouri (Memphis, Unionville,or Milian TBD) * Vacancy 100283 located in northwest Missouri Nodaway County (Maryville) * Vacancy 100284 located in southwest Missouri Dallas County (Buffalo) Starting salary: $36,500-46,500 plus University of Missouri benefits Minimum qualifications: An earned master's degree in nutrition, dietetics, health, exercise physiology, food science or related area with appropriate coursework exhibited is required. Ability to travel and to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends is required to fulfill assigned responsibilities. Application Procedure: All interested applicants must submit a cover letter articulating which position(s) you are applying for, current resume, list of 3-5 references, and copies of all academic transcripts to: MU Extension, Human Resource Development, 205 Whitten Hall, Columbia, MO 65211. If you have any questions, please call (573) 882-4721 or email hrdext(a)missouri.edu. A complete position description is available at http://extension.missouri.edu/careers. Preference will be given to applications received by October 29, 2010. EEO/AA/ADA employer

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Environmental DNA Modifications Tied to Obesity
by Chris McCullum 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

FYI - Environmental DNA modifications tied to obesity. Chemical modifications to DNA may affect the activity of key genes involved in regulating body weight, a study finds, raising the possibility that scientists could discover environmental factors beyond calorie intake and exercise that influence a person’s size. Science News Full article is available at: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63405/title/Environmental_DNA_mo… For a related resource, see: Grandjean P, Bellinger D, Bergman A, et al. The Faroes Statement: Human Health Efects of Developmental Exposure to Chemicals in our Environment. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 2007;102:73-75. For more information, contact the corresponding author at: pgrand(a)hsph.harvard.edu

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Be a Founding Member of the Iowa Food Systems Council
by angie.tagtow＠mac.com 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Dear SNE and DSFS Members, Please forward this invitation to constituencies, networks or colleagues - especially to those in Iowa. For more information log on to www.IowaFoodSystemsCouncil.org. This is a great organization that will further advance a food system which supports healthier Iowans, communities, economies and the environment. Best Regards, Angie Tagtow & Susan Roberts, Co-conveners Shaping the Future of Iowa’s Food System Join the Iowa Food Systems Council Today! www.IowaFoodSystemsCouncil.org Now is the time to help shape the future of Iowa’s food system. The Iowa Food Systems Council (IFSC) is an emerging member-based non-profit organization whose charge is to monitor Iowa’s food and health landscape, to encourage and coordinate connections between food system leaders and decision-makers, and to identify policies, programs and research that cultivate a resilient and sustainable food system - a system which builds a healthier food economy, a healthier environment and healthier Iowans. The IFSC offers a forum for members to gain a deeper understanding of the total food system, its web of interdependence, and the issues needing addressed for the benefit of all concerned. It’s a place to find common ground and partners to deal with ssues effectively. Anyone can be a member - from businesses and organizations to government agencies and individuals. Vision Iowa has a just and diverse food system which supports healthier people, communities, economies and the environment. Mission To recommend policy, research and program options for an Iowa food system which supports healthier Iowans, communities, economies and the environment. Be a Founding Member Join today and enjoy the following benefits of a founding IFSC member: Be a voice in an Iowa organization focused on cultivating a food system that supports the health of Iowans, communities, economies and environment which is broadly based to cultivate a variety of views and all sectors of the Iowa food system Receive regular electronic communications on food system issues and events in Iowa Vote on member issues and for the 17-member IFSC Board of Directors Run for a position on the IFSC Board of Directors. Lend your expertise on a variety of working groups focused on monitoring the gaps, needs and opportunities across the food system Provide input on food system policy, program and research recommendations of the IFSC Participate in IFSC member meetings and networking events Receive registration discounts to IFSC conferences and food system educational opportunities Enjoy access to reports, publications and educational materials Interact with state regulatory agencies Receive recognition as a founding member And, many more member benefits yet to come! A membership application form can be accessed at http://www.iowafoodsystemscouncil.org/membership/ Please feel free to forward to interested groups and colleagues. For more information, go to www.IowaFoodSystemsCouncil.org Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Owner, Environmental Nutrition Solutions | www.environmentalnutritionsolutions.com Cultivating an ecological approach to food and health Co-convener, Iowa Food Systems Council | www.IowaFoodSystemsCouncil.org Managing Editor, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition | www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WHEN 2008-2009 Food & Society Policy Fellow | www.foodandsocietyfellows.org 13464 NE 46th Street, Elkhart, Iowa 50073 515.367.5200 angie.tagtow(a)mac.com

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DINE: Brazil's Zero Hunger Program Sees Results
by Chris McCullum 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

This article may be of interest to DINE members and other SNE members who are interested in global hunger issues. Best regards, Chris McCullum-Gomez Brazil's Zero Hunger Program Sees Results http://www.lapress.org/articles.asp?art=6191

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old issues of JNEB
by Kolasa, Kathryn 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

I am cleaning for a move and have old issues of JNEB if anyone is interested. I have almost all issues dating to volume 1, number 1 1969. Not in mint condition. but am willing to give them away If it is a worthy cause I might pay shipping ' Our library isnt interested. Thought I would offer before I recycle them Kathy Kathryn M Kolasa PhD, RD, LDN Professor Emeritus. Master Educator. University Health Systems Nutrition Consultant Department of Family Medicine; of Pediatrics Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27834 252.744.1358 252.744.3040 Fax kolasaka(a)ecu.edu www.personal.ecu.edu/kolasaka

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September Cook It Quick Newsletter
by Alice C Henneman 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

Hi Everyone! The September issue of Cook It Quick with its NEW look is now online at: http://food.unl.edu/web/fnh/ciq-september-2010 There are lots of materials you can use in classes, handouts, blogs, news articles, etc. ... Hope you enjoy it and find it helpful. It is posted on our new FOOD website -- we just reached over 100,000 page views today after about 6 weeks on the web! Alice ---------------------------------------------------------------- Alice Henneman, MS, RD, Extension Educator University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County 444 Cherrycreek Rd., Ste. A, Lincoln, NE 68528 USA ahennema(a)unlnotes.unl.edu 402/441-7180 Fax: 402/441-7148 Visit new FOOD Web site: http://food.unl.edu YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/alicehenneman Twitter: http://twitter.com/alicehenneman

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