Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from December 1998

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from December 1998

ADA's campaign for coverage of MNT: success is in sight!(American Dietetic Association's reintroduction of medical nutrition therapy)
December 1, 1998... When Congress established a basic benefits package for the Medicare program at its inception in the mid-1960s, few people realized a precedent would be set for our nation's health care system. No one dreamed that adding benefits to reflect...

Grandma eats like a bird: helping caregivers improve the nutrition of older persons at home.
December 1, 1998... The United Nations has declared 1999 the International Year of Older Persons. As the global community ages, dietetics professionals can highlight their role in promoting good nutrition in the golden years. They also face the challenge of...

An assessment of the scientific basis for attempting to define the Dietary Reference Intake for beta carotene.
December 1, 1998... In the early 1980s, the compelling hypothesis that beta carotene might be responsible for the association of lower cancer incidence with high intake of fruits and vegetables (1) was put to the test. The National Cancer Institute launched a...

Dietary Reference Intakes, antioxidants, and beta carotene.
December 1, 1998... At many points in the investigation of a relationship between nutrients or eating patterns and disease prevention, conflicting or contradictory evidence must be examined and interpreted. Such is the situation with dietary antioxidants and...

Institute of Medicine releases DRIs for antioxidants and related compounds.(Dietary Reference Intakes)
December 1, 1998... The Institute of Medicine report Dietary Reference Intakes: Proposed Definition and Plan for Review of Dietary Antioxidants and Related Compounds, released earlier in 1998, includes a proposed definition of dietary antioxidants and identifies...

Demographic and psychosocial predictors of fruit and vegetable intakes differ: implications for dietary interventions.
December 1, 1998... There is strong and consistent evidence that eating fruits and vegetables reduces risks of major chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases (1) and cancers (2-6). Because of the importance of fruits and vegetables for promoting...

The 'age+5' rule: comparisons of dietary fiber intake among 4- to 10-year-old children.
December 1, 1998... Objective 2.6 of Healthy People 2000 (1) proposes that, by the end of the decade, American adults should be consuming at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits dally and at least 6 servings of grains daily. The dietary fiber found in these...

Government issues recommendations for the US food safety system.
December 1, 1998... As many as 81 million illnesses and 9,000 deaths per year are attributable to food-related hazards. Estimated annual costs related to medical treatment and lost productivity due to the 7 major foodborne pathogens range from $6.6 billion to...

Variables affecting high school students' perceptions of school foodservice.
December 1, 1998... School foodservice and nutrition programs today are involved in a highly contested tug of war for student participation with competing forces such as brown bag lunches, competitive foods, students not eating, clubs selling snacks as fund...

Making hot lunch cool: marketing strategies for school foodservices.
December 1, 1998... It is our job to excite kids about nutrition," says Clare Miller, MS, RD, chair of the School Nutrition Services dietetic practice group. As the director of food and nutrition services for the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, Miller's mission...

Impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional adequacy of the diets of young adults in Bogalusa, Louisiana: ethnic and gender contrasts.
December 1, 1998... Dietary intakes and eating patterns of young adults are of special interest because young adulthood is a critical age of childbearing and sets the stage for lifestyles that influence later health. After leaving high school, young adults...

Assessing adherence to a rotary diversified diet, a treatment for 'environmental illness.'.
December 1, 1998... The suggestion that multiple chronic, symptoms may be explained by "environmental illness" has provoked considerable interest; in the popular press (1,2) and in the scientific community (3-17). Although there is no universally accepted...

Productive aging: a quality of life agenda.
December 1, 1998... The phenomenon of what is commonly known as a demographic shift is occurring in industrialized and developing nations alike, and the United States is no exception. Average life expectancy at birth has jumped from 47 years in 1900 to 75 years...

Lessons learned about adolescent nutrition from the Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey.
December 1, 1998... In 1986-1987, more than 30,000 adolescents completed the Minnesota Adolescent Health Survey (MAHS), which was the largest comprehensive survey of adolescent health at that time. The MAHS was a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health...

Nutrition supplementation enables elderly residents of long-term-care facilities to meet or exceed RDAs without displacing energy or nutrient intakes from meals.(recommended daily allowances)
December 1, 1998... Persons living beyond 85 years of age are the fastest-growing segment of the US population (1,2). Coincident with this growth is an increase in the number of elderly persons residing in [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 1 OMITTED] long-term-care (LTC)...

Effect of participation in congregate-site meal programs on the energy and nutrient intakes of Hispanic seniors.
December 1, 1998... The inception of Elderly Nutrition Programs, including congregate-site and home-delivered meal programs, arose from the Older Americans Act of 1965 (1). One specific aim of the programs is to provide low-cost, nutritious meals containing one...

Comparison of standard and portion-assisted responses to a brief fruit and vegetable food frequency questionnaire in a Hispanic WIC population.(women, infants and children)
December 1, 1998... Recent assessment of fruit and vegetable consumption in the US population indicates that even though intake increased from 3.9 daily servings in 1988-1991 to 4.4 daily servings in 1994, Americans have yet to reach the recommended minimum of 5...

Students cluster into 4 groups according to the factors influencing their dietary intake.
December 1, 1998... Students typically have poor dietary habits (1-8). Although many researchers have determined the factors that influence intakes, not all students choose foods for the same reasons, and the set of factors that influence 1 group may be...

Sensory characteristics and acceptability of lactose-reduced baked custards made with an egg substitute.
December 1, 1998... Osteoporosis contributes notably to health care costs associated with older adults and to morbidity and mortality in women (1-3). Insufficient calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D intakes throughout life contribute to its development and...

President's page: nutrition messages on food packages - location, location, location.
December 1, 1998... One of the most valuable real estate locations in the food marketing environment is the food label - a very hot property. Consumers face more than 30,000 items in a supermarket and 34 new product launchings every day. Their eyes linger a mere...