| Sugary drinks, fast food to blame for obesity | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:17:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | DECATUR — Although sedentary lives have overcome Americans, the solution to the increase in child obesity is twofold, with food taking on a new meaning in children's lives, local health officials explained.“It amazes me how much soda consumption has gone up, while milk consumption has gone down," said Laura Sechrest, director of food and nutrition services at St. Mary's Hospital. “Twenty years ago, a teen boy drank two times as much milk than soda; that has basically reversed."Sugary drinks, such as soft drinks or sugar-packed juices, should be avoided at all costs, said Dr. Mayra Arzon, a local pediatrician.Fast food is another area that gets people into trouble with weight management.“We recommend trying to pick meals that don't exceed 500 calories," said Bonnie Kruse, food and nutrition manager for St.... | |
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| | | Food from clones to hit stores | | Posted Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:08:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration this week is expected to release a formal recommendation that milk and meat from cloned animals should be allowed on grocery store shelves. The long-awaited decision comes as polling data to be released this week show that the public continues to have little appetite for such food, with many people saying the FDA should keep it off the market. The FDA decision is based on a substantial cache of data from rigorous studies, all of which have concluded that milk and meat from cloned animals is virtually identical to such products from conventional animals. Scientists have also been unable to detect health problems in laboratory animals raised on clonal food. By contrast, studies have found that consumers' discomfort with the idea of eating food from clones is largely based on vague emotions.... | |
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| | | Golden Apples awarded to school backers | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:06:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | Eleven business and community leaders, parents, school board members and staff were honored Monday for their commitment to public education during the annual Golden Apple awards dinner. The Golden Apple awards salute noneducators who make a difference in local schools and the dinner raises funds for scholarships which are given to local seniors each year. Sponsored by the Santa Clarita Valley charter of the Association of California School Administrators, the dinner included guests from all elementary and secondary school districts in the valley. Each district was asked to name honorees who have made significant contributions to local education. The William S. Hart Union High School District saluted Marc Emmer, Betty Peters and Dan Goetz from the School & Business Alliance.... | |
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| | | Not on the menu: Stamford schools opt out of nutrition program | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:12:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | STAMFORD - The school district has opted out of a state program to boost school nutrition, citing the administrative headaches of trying to oversee items sold at bake sales and other food-related fundraisers. The program would have given the district more than $100,000 in return for certifying that all foods sold in school meet state nutrition standards. Although the district is concerned about what children are eating, regulating bake sales would be a "management nightmare" and cause divisiveness in schools, Superintendent Joshua Starr said. .... | |
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| | | Street food on menu for meet on nutrition | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:01:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kolkata, November 2: Roadside snacks and high nutrition value seem like an unlikely match, but the All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIH&PH), Kolkata, is all set to shoulder the challenge. At the 32nd annual meeting of the Nutrition Society of India, to be organised by the AIIH&PH from November 4-6, the catering services will be provided by street food vendors registered under the Hawkers Sangram Samiti an initiative that has never been taken before. And the menu, promises Professor Indira Chakravarty, director of the institute, will be an innovative amalgamation of taste and nutrition. .... | |
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| | | NFU Encourages Cooperation Between Food Program and Farmers | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 11:12:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | Washington, DC -- National Farmers Union told the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week that more should be done to increase coordination and purchasing of farm fresh products for families as part of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. The program, known as the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC), serves to safeguard the health of low-income women and children up to age five who are at nutritional risk. WIC provides nutritious foods to supplement families' diets, provides information on healthy eating and referrals to health care practitioners. In a letter Nov. 3 to USDA commenting on changes to the program, NFU President Tom Buis said that the organization is very supportive of WIC and the many other food and nutrition programs administered by USDA.... | |
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| | | EU to limit 'health' food claims of companies | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 11:23:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | European food and drink companies face new laws next year restricting the health-benefit claims they can make about their products, according to a European Parliament member involved in negotiating the rules. Companies including Nestlé, the world's largest food company, and Unilever have responded to public concerns about obesity-related ailments by developing so-called functional foods that they say improve consumers' health by raising metabolism or reducing the risk of disease. "The new legislation will make it a lot tougher for companies to make health claims" about new products, said Avril Doyle of Ireland, who sits on the European Parliament's Public Health and Food Safety Committee. The rules being introduced by the European Commission, which sets consumer-protection standards for the 25 countries of the European Union, should come into effect early next year, though aspects of the legislation will only be phased in through 2011, Doyle said Tuesday during an interview at a food conference in London.... | |
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| | | Nutrition and Aging: K-State Expert Discusses Food Safety for Older Adults | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 11:19:40 AM by Blog57 Team | | Several factors can increase food safety for aging adults, according to Tina Remig, assistant professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University. "Many believe that if they have achieved old age, their food practices must be correct," Remig said. "But in fact, food safety problems and illnesses that result from food preparation are underreported and many can be avoided." Remig has researched food-handling practices among older adults and how to communicate safe practices to this group. She offered these tips to improve food safety for aging adults: -- Use meat thermometers. "Most aging adults cook as they saw their mothers cook, which usually means without the use of a meat thermometer," Remig said.... | |
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| | | DYS nutrition program going green | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:04:09 AM by Blog57 Team | | The hot lunch nutrition program at Donald Young School in Emo not only has been a success since starting up last month, its also striving to be more environmentally-friendly. We just got in our new containers the other day, noted Anne Marie Vanderaa, a member of the student nourishment committee at DYS. Theyre called Camtrays and they are containers made of a safe, durable plastic with a lid two-inches high, she explained. Were trying to go more green. Vanderaa said they wont have to use paper plates as frequently and so there wont be as much garbage. With the trays, even the milk carton fits in, the carrot sticks and celery sticks fit in, and then the sub, wrap, soup, or whatevertheres space for it all, she noted, adding there are two different colours for the two meal choices each day.... | |
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| | | S. Cotabato to expand food aid program | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:05:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE Provincial Government of South Cotabato is planning to expand the coverage of the Food for School Program (FSP), a hunger relief program of the National Government. Bella Lechonsito, provincial social welfare and development office chief, said the local government is currently seeking complementary programs from different government agencies in order to sustain its goal to alleviate the incidence of hunger in rural areas. .... | |
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