Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from December 2002

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from December 2002

Reflecting on and enjoying the "rainbows" of 2002. (Editor's Outlook).
December 1, 2002... I love December. For me, it is the time to contemplate the highlights of the year. An exceptional high occurred at our annual FNGE meeting this October in Philadelphia. During the Opening Session, poet, actor, writer, producer, and professor,...

Dietetics education today: dynamic, diverse and essential. (President's Page).
December 1, 2002... "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin The education of dietetics professionals has come a long way since the creation of the American...

Online diet analysis tools: a functional comparison. (For Your Information).
December 1, 2002... As the World Wide Web continues to expand at breakneck speed, navigating through the wealth of content available can quickly become a daunting task. Using the Internet as a source for health and nutrition information has become commonplace in...

Food safety and home delivery. (Beyond the Headlines).
December 1, 2002... The dangers of food poisoning made national headlines this summer when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a recall of one ton of chicken salad--the white meat in the salad might have been contaminated with a rare but potentially...

Food survey shows common consumer errors. (Federal Update).
December 1, 2002... The Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and Inspection Service recently released the 2001 report Food Safety Survey: Summary of Major Trends in Food Handling Practices and Consumption of Potentially Risky Foods. The two agencies...

FDA cites trans, heart risk link. (Federal Updatet).
December 1, 2002... In a statement issued in July, the FDA cites the NAS, Institute of Medicine report, which underscores the link between intakes of trans fat and increased heart disease risk. The report emphasized that consumers need to limit trans fat in their...

Specialist expresses concerns over serving sizes. (Federal Update).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... At a food conference, Donna V. Porter, a Life Science specialist at the Congressional Research Service, expressed her concerns that food serving sizes are inconsistent. Porter, who was involved in developing the Nutrition Facts Label said that,...

FDA proposes addition to fruit, vegetable labels. (Federal Update).
December 1, 2002... The FDA has proposed revising voluntary labeling for the 20 most commonly consumed raw fruits and vegetables to include trans fat. Current raw fruit and vegetable labeling regulation reads, "When retailers provide nutrition labeling information...

Assist the next generation of dietitians. (The Business of Dietetics).
December 1, 2002... There are approximately 4,075 dietetics students in need of supervised practice experiences. If each student has four to five experiences, this creates a need for more than 18,000 placements annually. Soon every dietitics education program that...

Educational events.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... January International Food Database, Nutrient Database Conference Call for Abstracts June 30 - July 3, Washington, DC; The 5th International Food Database Conference and the 27th National Nutrient Databank Conference is looking for...

Honors. (About People).
December 1, 2002... ADA Nutrition Scientist Esther F. Myers receives Distinguished Research Award from Kansas State ADA Nutrition Scientist for Scientific Affairs and Research Esther Myers, RD, PhD, FADA, received the Distingushed Research Award this October from...

Obituaries.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Hazel Fullriede, July 18, 2002, was 105 years old and an ADA supporter for more than 70 years, offically becoming a member in 1928. She attended Nebraska Wesleyan University and finished her Home Economics degree in 1924 from Iowa State...

Computer-assisted nutrition education. (Letters to the Editors).
December 1, 2002... To the Editors: Recent articles in the Journal by Capps and colleagues (1) and Kris-Etherton and colleagues (2) point out the need for nutrition education that focuses on fat intake and uses new models of education delivery. In recent...

Errata.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2002... In the byline to the Of Professional Interest article "Dietary Guidelines: Past experience and new approaches" on page 1498 of the October 2002 Journal, Barbara O. Schneeman, PhD, was listed as having the "FADA" credential instead of "FAHA,"...

Refocusing on public policy--in step with member value. (Public Policy News).
December 1, 2002... A series of decisions and actions are transforming the ADA's public policy work. Although the Association has had a leadership role in food, nutrition, and health policy for many years, now it is refocused, is a more open process, and is...

Tailoring advice on dietary supplements: an opportunity for dietetics professionals. (Commentary).
December 1, 2002... Should commercial multivitamin supplements be recommended for all adults? Recent papers in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reviewed the scientific literature on vitamin supplementation (1) and recommended the routine use...

Communication between family physicians and registered dietitians in the outpatient setting. (Research).
December 1, 2002... In primary care practice, family physicians refer to other providers as dictated by patients' medical conditions or risk factors. Physician consultation and collaboration with dietitians represent appropriate clinical practice when medical...

Fruit and vegetable assessment: performance of 2 new short instruments and a food frequency questionnaire. (Research).
December 1, 2002... The ability to measure fruit and vegetable intake accurately is important for nutritional surveillance, intervention research, and epidemiology. Those pursuing surveillance and intervention research are most interested in accurate estimates of...

Children's dietary fat intake and fat practices vary by meal and day. (Research).
December 1, 2002... Epidemiological and basic research have linked dietary fat intake to stroke (1,2), atherosclerosis (2), diabetes (3), and certain types of cancer (4,5). Dietary fat has been directly related to obesity (6-10). Children with greater adiposity,...

Anthropometric measurements and body silhouette of women: validity and perception. (Research).
December 1, 2002... Weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) have been studied as risk factors for breast cancer. Some evidence suggests that a greater height and a weight gain in adults increase the risk of breast cancer. A large number of studies have...

What is the preferred method to chart medical record documentation? (Question of the Month).
December 1, 2002... The medical record is a document that has traditionally served as a communication tool for members of the health care team. The role of medical record documentation has changed noticeably over time in response to many factors. The art of...

Demonstrating the impact of nutrition intervention in a heart failure program. (Perspectives in Practice).
December 1, 2002... Heart failure is the most rapidly growing cardiovascular disorder in the United States, developing in more than 400,000 persons each year (1-3). It is the primary discharge diagnosis in more than 1 million hospitalizations yearly, and It...

Food management practices used by people with limited resources to maintain food sufficiency as reported by nutrition educators. (Perspectives in Practice).
December 1, 2002... A food-insecure individual is one who does not have "ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, and an assured ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways (eg, without resorting to emergency food supplies,...

Management of fatty acid oxidation disorders: a survey of current treatment strategies. (Research and Professional Briefs).
December 1, 2002... Fatty acid oxidation disorders are defined by a defect in the fatty acid oxidation pathway. An inability to mobilize fatty acids for energy and a restriction in the breakdown of fats of specific lengths are hallmarks of these genetic disorders...

Dietary intakes and serum concentrations of vitamin E and total carotenoids of healthy adults with severe physical disabilities are lower than matched controls. (Research and Professional Briefs).
December 1, 2002... Millions of people worldwide have severe chronic physical disabilities, derived from polio, spinal cord injuries, and cerebral palsy. Little is known about the dietary intakes and serum concentrations of nutrients among healthy adults with...

Effects of a new soy/[beta]-sitosterol supplement on plasma lipids in moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects. (Research and Professional Briefs).
December 1, 2002... Soyfoods and phytosterols have received widespread attention for their role in coronary heart disease prevention (1,2). Currently, the key issues regarding the use of plant sterols and their derivatives are the effectiveness of different...

Nutritional assessment and management of malabsorption in the hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient. (Solution Center).
December 1, 2002... Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can involve one or more organs, including the liver and gastrointestinal tract (1). When these organs are affected, clinical symptoms, physiological...

Resources for ethical dilemmas in dietetics. (Ethics in Action).(Bibliography)
December 1, 2002... Members of every profession will, at some point, face an ethical dilemma. Dietetics is no exception. Whether it be in the area of nutrition therapy, telemedicine or telehealth, research, sales of products, or conflicts of interest dietetics...

The role of the ADA environmental scan: shaping the future for the profession. (Trends).(American Dietetic Association's House of Delegates completes report of scan of issues and trends in dietetics)
December 1, 2002... In 1998, the ADA House of Delegates (HOD) conducted an environmental scan that was used for shaping the 2000-2004 ADA Strategic Plan (1). The responsibility of conducting a periodical environmental scan is one of the core functions of the HOD....

Key trends affecting the dietetics profession and the American Dietetic Association. (Ada Reports-Trends Supplement).
December 1, 2002... PREFACE In support of its strategic planning process, the American Dietetic Association (ADA) engaged in an environmental scan with the help of its House of Delegates (HOD). HOD conducted the environmental scan during March and April 2002....

Position of the American Dietetic Association: domestic food and nutrition security. (ADA Reports).
December 1, 2002... POSITION STATEMENT It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that systematic and sustained action is needed to bring an end to domestic food insecurity and hunger and to achieve food and nutrition security for all in the US....

The American journal of clinical nutrition. (New in Review).(index of articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 76, August 2002 * Evidence for impaired lipolysis in abdominally obese men: postprandial study of apolipoprotein B-48- and B-100-containing lipoproteins. C. Couillard, N. Bergeron, A. Pascot, N. Almeras, J. Bergeron, A. Tremblay, D....

Diabetes care. (New in Review).(index of nutrition-related articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 25, July 2002 * Elimination of dietary gluten does not reduce titers of type 1 diabetes-associated autoantibodiea in high-risk subjects. M. Hummel, E. Bonifaclo, H.E. Naserke, and AG. Ziegler. 1111-1116. * Longitudinal study of the...

European journal of clinical nutrition. (New in Review).(index of articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 56, July 2002 * Effects of an 8-week weight-loss program on cardiovascular disease risk factors and regional body composition. J.S. Volek, A.L. Gomez, D.M. Love, A.M. Weyers, R. Hesslink Jr, J.A. Wise, and W.J. Kraemer. 585-592. *...

Harvard business review. (New in Review).(index of nutrition related articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 80, July 2002 * Let's put consumers in charge of health care. R.E. Herzlinger. 44-55. * The mismanagement of customer loyalty. W. Reinartz and V. Kumar. 86-94. * Campaigning for change. L. Hirschhorn. 98-104. Vol 80,...

International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders. (New in Review).(index of nutrition related article)
December 1, 2002... Vol 26, July 2002 * Obesity and the polycystic ovary syndrome. (Review.) A. Gambineri, C. Pelusi, V. Vicennati, U. Pagotto, and R. Pasquali. 883-896. * Fat-free mass index and fat mass index percentiles in Caucasians aged 18-98 y. Y....

Journal of the American geriatrics society. (New in Review).(index of nutrition articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 50, July 2002 * Looking at the relationship between hemoglobin concentration and prevalent mobility difficulty in older women. Should the criteria currently used to define anemia in older people be reevaluated? P.H.M. Chaves, B. Ashar,...

Journal of the American medical association. (New in Review).(index of nutritional articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 288, August 7, 2002 * An outbreak of food-borne illness associated with methomyl-contaminated salt. U. Buchholz, J. Mermin, R. Rios, T.L. Casagrande, F. Galey, M. Lee, A. Quattrone, J. Farrar, N. Nagelkerke, and S.B. Werner. 604-610....

Journal of nutrition education and behavior. (New in Review).(index)
December 1, 2002... Vol 34, July/August 2002 * Psychosocial predictors of healthful dietary behavior in adolescents. D.R. Backman, E.H. Haddad, J.W. Lee, P.K. Johnston, and G.E. Hodgkin. 184-193. * Frequency and duration of food insecurity and hunger in...

Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition. (New in Review).(listing of articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 26, July-August 2002 * Crossing the quality chasm: building a safe nutrition system. P.J. Schneider. 219-225. * Evaluation of stress factors and body weight adjustments currently used to estimate energy expenditure in hospitalized...

The journal of pediatrics. (New in Review).(nutrition article index)
December 1, 2002... Vol 141, July 2002 * Physiologic regulators of bone turnover in young women with anorexia nervosa. C.M. Gordon, E. Goodman, S.J. Emans, E. Grace, K.A. Becker, C.J. Rosen, C.M. Gundberg, and M.S. LeBoff. 64-70. * Disease severity at...

Journal of renal nutrition. (New in Review).(nutrition and diet article index)
December 1, 2002... Vol 12, July 2002 * Association of nutritional markers with physical and mental health status in prevalent hemodialysis patients from the HEMO study. K.L. Allen, D. Miskulin, G. Yan, et al, and the Hemodialysis (HEMO) study group. 160-169....

The lancet. (New in Review).(index of nutrition articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 360, July 6, 2002 * MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of antioxidant vitamin supplementation in 20,536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Heart Protection Study collaborative group. 23-33. Vol 360, July 20,...

Metabolism: clinical and experimental. (New in Review).(index of articles)
December 1, 2002... Vol 51, July 2002 Four-week low-glycemic index breakfast with a modest amount of soluble fibers in type 2 diabetic men. M. Kabir, J.-M. Oppert, H. Vidal, F. Bruzzo, C. Fiquet, P. Wursch, G. Slama, and S.W. Rizkalla. 819-826. *...

Start healthy[TM]: the guide to teaching your little one good eating habits.
December 1, 2002... 1. Establish healthy eating habits right from the beginning--by breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics and The American Dietetic Association recommend breastfeeding as the best way to feed your baby. Try to breastfeed as long as...