Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from April 2001

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from April 2001

The value of expectations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... It is reaffirming to see proof of the aphorism, "Where there's a will there's a way." In several of our articles this month, the potential of will power--or determination, dedication, and belief--is demonstrated, both for our clients and for us...

From catsup to salsa: A revised vision of multiculturalism.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... During much of the 20th century, America was considered "the great melting pot." Immigrants came to the United States and, over the course of one or two generations, their cultures were absorbed and transformed into ours. The goal was to look,...

An internal procedure manual important in managing volunteers in nonprofit organizations.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Keeping your head above water. Many nonprofit organizations try to do just that by looking for ways to keep up with technological change and compete with salaries in the private sector while providing and even improving the services they offer...

Herbal foods: Health and happiness on a corn flake?
April 1, 2001... Chances are, you've got a client taking herbal supplements either as pills or as additives in foods arbitrarily called "functional foods." According to the FDA, dietary supplement sales per year nearly doubled from $3.3 billion in 1990 to $6.5...

Dietitian business Web sites: A survey of their profitability and how you can make yours profitable.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... The Internet provides the opportunity to advertise and promote products and services quickly and cost-effectively to a worldwide audience. Small firms can develop an attractive home page at a fraction of the cost of traditional advertising...

FDA May Combine Approvals of Irradiation Petitions.(US Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Three petitions that would allow the irradiation of several multi-ingredient and meat products may be combined in a single approval, George Pauli, director of the Division of Product Policy at the Food and Drug Administration's Office of...

USDA Outlines FY2002 Budget Priorities.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... USDA Secretary Ann Veneman recently outlined a series of sweeping budget priorities for fiscal 2002. Veneman said the administration is proposing $17.9 billion in discretionary spending for USDA, down from $19.3 billion in FY 2001....

USDA Issues Listeria Rule.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... USDA recently published its long-awaited proposed rule that would require makers of ready-to-eat meat and poultry items to test for Listeria in their plants. The proposal would require plants to test product-contact surfaces for generic...

USDA Awards Food Safety Research Grants.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The Department of Agriculture awarded $14.2 million in grants for 29 food safety research and education projects recently. Awards include $600,000 for Cornell University researchers to develop a comprehensive food safety education and training...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2001... Avocado fruit is a rich source of beta-sitosterol To the Editors: As dietitians strive to learn more about dietary supplements and fabricated foods, it is important to stay abreast of new knowledge about whole foods. Recently, analysis...

ADA'S historic commitment to improve nutrition policy.(American Dietetic Association)
April 1, 2001... Editor's Note: This article is part of a year-long series exploring issues related to nutrition policy. The first article appeared in the February Journal (Nutrition policy: Your opportunity to be involved. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001; 101[1]:177)....

MNT: Success means ongoing effort.(Medical Nutrition Therapy)
April 1, 2001... Passage of the long-sought-after Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) benefit for individuals with diabetes or kidney disease alters the American Dietetic Association's Washington work plan this year. However, it does not lighten the...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
April 1, 2001... The Journal has learned of the death of the following members of the Association: Shirley McNamara Brobst, RD. Formerly the director of the Dietetic Services Dept. for the Maryland State Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene before her...

ADA launches new initiative.
April 1, 2001... A new initiative to develop a validated nutrition quality of life (NQOL) measure is being launched by the ADA. This tool will allow members, for the first time, to utilize a specific guide to assess the impact of nutrition services on a...

News from the CDC.
April 1, 2001... In a recent issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga, released the following information of interest to dietetics professionals: A primer intended to help physicians in...

What we know for sure.
April 1, 2001... "The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse" Those of you who are fans of American poet Walt Whitman--and those of you who remember Robin Williams' portrayal of the iconoclastic English literature teacher John Keating in the...

Popular diets: Correlation to health, nutrition, and obesity.
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To examine the association between a range of health and nutrition indicators and popular diets. Design The Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII) 1994-1996 data were used to examine the relationship...

Change in women's diet and body mass following intensive intervention for early-stage breast cancer.
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To determine the effectiveness of an intensive dietary intervention on diet and body mass in women with breast cancer. Design Randomized clinical trial. Subjects 172 women aged 20 to 65 years with stage I or II...

A longitudinal study of children's juice intake and growth: The juice controversy revisited.
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objectives To determine associations between children's longitudinal juice intake and growth parameters at age 72 months and to determine children's beverage intake patterns over time. Subjects/setting White children (n=72)...

Getting back to basics: Tips for squeezing by the juice controversy.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Conflicting research findings- such as the one presented by the so-called juice in-take controversy- can be confusing to parents and the nutritionists that advise them: In 1997, Dennison et al reported 100% juice intakes greater than 12 ounces...

Stature as a prognostic factor in cystic fibrosis survival.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective/Design This study provides a longitudinal analysis of the National Cystic Fibrosis Patient Registry to determine if height-for-age percentile would be a useful predictor of survival. Subjects All patients were...

Effect of timing of introduction of complementary foods on iron and zinc status of formula fed infants at 12, 24, and 36 months of age.
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective The timing of introduction of complementary food to an infant's diet is variable throughout the world. Our objective was to determine whether early introduction of complementary foods affects iron and zinc status of...

Bulimia nervosa during pregnancy: A review.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Pregnant women with bulimia nervosa present interesting practice challenges for dietitians and healthcare professionals due to potential complications of bulimia nervosa for both mothers and fetuses. This review summarizes case...

Assessment of the effect of fat-modified foods on diet quality in adults, 19 to 50 years, using data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals.
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Fat-reduction strategies and the role of fat-modified foods in the US diet were assessed using a nationally representative survey: the 1996 US Department of Agriculture Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. A sample of...

Internet hoaxes: How to spot them and how to debunk them.
April 1, 2001... Have you heard about the canola oil, aspartame, and banana scares that are circulating on the Internet? How does this happen and what can we do about them? Internet hoaxes, or "netlore," alleged to be true, are various sorts of...

Soy protein lowers fat and saturated fat in school lunch beef and pork entrees.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Since 1946 the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) has aimed to improve the health of American children. The School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children (SMI) has reinforced this by ensuring that NSLP meals are consistent with the Dietary...

Use of low-fat milk by children in the New York State WIC varies with parental characteristics.(Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children )
April 1, 2001... Many public health nutrition experts recommend reducing dietary total fat and saturated fat to decrease risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer [1,2]. Because dietary habits and preferences for high-fat foods develop during childhood [3,4]...

Acceptability of peanut butter cookies prepared using mungbean paste as a fat ingredient substitute.
April 1, 2001... The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends choosing a diet low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol [1]. In a survey of strategies to reduce fat intake in the long term, use of fat-modified foods was ranked as the easiest and most...

Size categories most effective for estimating portion size of muffins.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... Muffins are popular, quick breads that come in a wide range of sizes, shapes, and flavors. Because muffins commonly are eaten at breakfast or as a snack, the effects of consumption may be more pronounced for certain meals or specific eating...

Standards of Professional Practice: Measuring the beliefs and realities of Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... ABSTRACT A dietetic practice group of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), Consultant Dietitians in Health Care Facilities (CD-HCF), surveyed members (n=5930) on agreement with the six standards of professional practice and frequency...

Adaptive metabolic changes after weight loss and weight regain.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Energy restriction results in a transient hypothyroid and hypometabolic state that normalizes after energy balance is restored. Failure to establish energy balance after weight loss gives the misleading impression that weight-reduced subjects...

Plasma lipid profiles in adults after prenatal exposure to famine.
April 1, 2001... An atherogenic lipid profile may be linked to a transition from poor maternal nutrition in early gestation to adequate nutrition alter on. This suggests that maternal nutrition during early gestation may program lipid metabolism without...

Dietary fructose and plasma lipids in men and women.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In the UnitedStates, about 9% of mean dietary energy intake comes from fructose; about one third comes from natural sources (fruit and vegetables) and about two thirds is added to beverages and foods (eg, soft drinks, candies, syrups, and baked...

Long-term supplementation with pharmacologic doses of vitamin E in patients with type 1 diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The decrease in peroxidation of lipoproteins with vitamin E supplementation is saturable and reversible, so patients with type 1 diabetes should consider supplementation with vitamin E throughout their entire life in order to prevent or delay...

Serum retinol, the acute phase response, and misclassification of vitamin A status.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Serum retinol level is a useful indicator of vitamin A status and can be used to identify subjects with low or depleted liver vitamin A stores. However, serum retinol levels decrease transiently during the acute phase response to infection...

Influence of birth weight and parental weight on overweight during adolescence.
April 1, 2001... Overweight during adolescence is related to parental overweight, but not high birth weight. Therefore, prevention of high birth weight is unlikely to reduce the risk of overweight in adolescence. Subjects were 1,993 white adolescents and their...

Alcohol intake and bone metabolism in elderly women.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Moderate alcohol intake appears to be associated with elevated bone mineral density (BMD) in older women. Women (n=445, aged 65 to 77 years) completed a self-administered questionnaire about alcohol intake and smoking history and kept a 7-day...

Hunger in legal immigrants to the United States.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The prevalence of hunger among low-income legal immigrants to the United States is unacceptably high. Access to food assistance programs is important for the health and well-being of this population. The authors administered a food security...

Metabolic effects of cachexia.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Cachexia represents the clinical consequence of a chronic, systemic inflammatory response, and its manifestations differ considerably from those of starvation. Although cachexia is classically associated with chronic infections and malignant...

Effect of glycemic control on dyslipidemia in type 1 diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Intensive therapy for control of blood glucose levels appears to be the treatment of choice for dyslipidemia in subjects with type 1 diabetes. Levels of glycated hemoglobin ([HbA.sub.1c]), serum total cholesterol (TC), serum triglyceride (TG),...

Gastrointestinal symptoms in adults with vs without diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In patients living in the community, the prevalence of most gastrointestinal symptoms is similar in persons with and without diabetes meliitus, except that subjects with type 1 diabetes have a lower prevalence of heartburn and a higher...

Changes in body weight and blood pressure in men and women.
April 1, 2001... In women, body mass index (BMI) and change in BMI appear to be independently positively associated with changes in blood pressure. For a given increase in BMI, obese women experience greater increases in blood pressure than lean women. In men,...

Insulin and plasma homocysteine in obese children and adolescents.
April 1, 2001... Hyperinsulinism may contribute to impaired homocysteine metabolism in obese children. Subjects were 84 obese children and adolescents (46 boys and 38 girls, aged 4.4 to 17.6 years, body mass index [BMI] [greater than]85th percentile for age and...

Vitamin E supplements normalize glutathione and lipid peroxidation levels in erythrocytes of children with type 1 diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In children with type 1 diabetes, erythrocyte glutathione levels are significantly positively related to erythrocyte [alpha]-tocopherol levels; vitamin E supplements significantly increased erythrocyte glutathione levels and significantly...

Effects of high-fiber vs low-fiber diet in type 1 diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In subjects with type 1 diabetes, intake of a high-fiber diet is feasible in the long term and results in better glycemic control and fewer hypoglycemic events than intake of a low-fiber diet. Sixty-three subjects with type 1 diabetes (mean age...

Effects of monounsaturated vs polyunsatured fatty acids in type 2 diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... In subjects with type 2 diabetes, a diet high in monounsaturated fat may result in a lower risk of atherosclerosis compared with a diet high in polyunsaturated fat. Eleven men with well-controlled type 2 diabetes ate a diet high in linoleic...

Metabolic control in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes and outcome of pregnancy.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Pregnant women with type 1 diabetes need to maintain mean daily blood glucose levels [greater than or equal to]95 mg/dL throughout the second and third trimesters to avoid alterations in fetal growth. Subjects were 98 Caucasian women with type...

Intentional weight loss and mortality among overweight subjects with diabetes.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Intentional weight loss was associated a significant decrease in risk of mortality in overweight adults with diabetes. Subjects were 4,970 overweight adults with diabetes (aged 40 to 64 years, body mass index [BMI] [greater than or equal to]27)...

Safety of rDNA biotechnology-derived foods.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Based on evaluation of the available scientific evidence the panel concluded that biotechnology represents a continuum of centuries-old traditional breeding techniques and the latest techniques based on molecular modification of genetic...

Labeling of rDNA biotechnology-derived foods.
April 1, 2001... The information presented on food labels is highly regarded by consumers and is considered 1 of the most reliable sources of information about foods. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act provides for food labeling regulations that are...

Four qualities of exceptional leadership.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... An exhaustive review of the most influential theories on leadership and workshops with thousands of leaders and aspiring leaders revealed that great leaders share 4 unexpected qualities. The first quality of great leaders is that they...

Disruptive innovations in the health care system.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Health care delivery is convoluted, expensive, and often dissatisfying to consumers. However, just as personal computers replaced main-frame computers and the telephone replaced the telegraph operator, disruptive innovations are changing the...

Consumption and waste of fresh vs canned fruits and vegetables in a school lunch program.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The researchers assessed whether providing more fresh fruits and fresh vegetables in the schoollunch program increased total fruit and vegetable intake by grade-school children. Students at 29 experimental schools received fresh fruits and...

Iron bioavailability from ferrochel, ferrous sulfate, and iron-EDTA.
April 1, 2001... Because of its high solubility in aqueous solutions even at pH 6, its low interactions with food and high bioavailability, iron bis-glycine chelate (ferrochel) is a suitable compound for food fortification. Subjects received meals made with 2...

Whole-grain rye bread improves bowel function and decreases risk markers for colon cancer.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Whole-grain rye bread significantly improves bowel function and may decrease levels of some compounds in the colon that are putative risk markers for colon cancer. Seventeen healthy Finnish adults (aged 28 to 51 years) ate [greater than or...

Evalution and design of instrmnents to measure nutrition knowledge.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... This article is intended to help health professionals who do not have a knowledge of survey design to evaluate and design nutrition knowledge measures. These measures are often poorly designed and may not assess nutrition knowledge accurately...

Safety of oats for children with celiac disease.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Intake of a commercially available oat cereal product appears to be safe for children with celiac disease who are beginning a gluten-free diet. Five girls and 5 boys (mean age = 6.8[+ or -]4.0 years) with newly diagnosed celiac disease ate 24 g...

Variation of lipids and lipoproteins in premenopausal women vs men and postmenopausal women.
April 1, 2001... Many studies have reported cyclic fluctuations in blood lipid and lipoprotein levels throughout the menstrual cycle in premenopausal women, but how these fluctuations affect interpretation of blood lipid levels in these women has been unclear....

Development and validation of an instrument to assess dietary fat intake in children.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... This 17-item Child Dietary Fat Questionnaire (CDFQ) is a brief, easy-to-use dietary assessment instrument that can be used to identify children with high or low dietary intakes of total fat, saturated fat (SFA), or cholesterol. Young children...

UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF AGING: THE ROLES OF MITOCHONDRIA, FREE RADICALS, AND ANTIOXIDANTS.(Review)
April 1, 2001... Edited by Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD and Lester Packer, PhD. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc 1999. Hardcover. Pp. 366. Price: $175. ISBN 0-8247-1723-6. "Oxygen is a dangerous friend." This is the opening line in the introduction to this...

DIET, LIPOPROTEINS, AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE: A BIOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE.(Review)
April 1, 2001... by E. H. Mangiapane and A. M. Salter. Nottingham, England: Nottingham University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Pp. 180. Price: $55.00. ISBN 1-897676-81-6 This book presents an overview of coronary heart disease with a focus on its medical and...

COUNSELING FOR EATING DISORDERS.(Review)
April 1, 2001... by Sara Gilbert. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2000. Hardcover. Pp. 176. Price: $ 24.95. ISBN 0-803977-25-2 "In order to be loved, I have to be perfect." This thought is an example of a dysfunctional assumption typical of a person...

BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION: What it is and what it means to you.
April 1, 2001... Behavioral science is elucidating some of the problems and strategies necessary to help people change their dietary behaviors. An early premise was that people would change their eating behavior to enhance their own or their family's health if...

DEAR NUTRITION PROFESSIONAL:.
April 1, 2001... At the ADA Annual Meeting this past October, I had the opportunity to personally meet with the winners of the 2000 Dannon Institute Awards for Excellence in Community Nutrition[TM]. It was inspiring to hear their stories and to learn more about...

Motivating Children to Change Their Eating and Activity Habits.
April 1, 2001... Many children do not eat the food and get the exercise they need to combat nutrition and activity related to chronic diseases and to promote lifelong health. Children eat less than the recommended number of daily servings of fruits and...

Worksite Wellness Works for Firefighters.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... The ecological perspective on health promotion consists of five different layers of factors: intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, and public policy. [1] A multilevel program that encompasses more than one layer can empower...

Empowering Teens to Make Better Nuitrition Decisions.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Unhealthy eating and lack of physical activity are major contributors to adulthood morbidity and mortality in the United States. [1] These habits are prevalent among youth also. By the time children graduate from high school, more than 70% do...

Collaborative Programming Boosts Nutrition Education.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... When setting a goal to increase variety in children's diet, we often mean exposing them to an expanded array of fruits and vegetables. This can be a particular challenge among children of lower income families, who tend to consume fewer fruits...

Food Security: The Basics.
April 1, 2001... "... Extreme forms of hunger, common in Third-World countries, have been virtually eliminated in the United States. However; less severe forms of food insecurity and hunger--deprivation in basic need for food--are still found within the U.S....