Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from February 2000

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from February 2000

Randomized multicenter trial documenting the efficacy and safety of a lactose-free and a lactose-containing formula for term infants.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new lactose-free infant formula. Design Randomized, prospective, double-blind, controlled, outpatient, multicenter, parallel 12-week trial. Setting Ambulatory-care...

Dietitian intervention improves lipid values and saves medication costs in men with combined hyperlipidemia and a history of niacin noncompliance.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT We asked if medical nutrition therapy (MNT) administered by registered dietitians could lead to beneficial clinical and financial outcomes in men with combined hyperlipidemia (hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia) . A...

Working with physicians can improve patient care.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Research that offers proof of the benefits of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) can be used as a marketing tool for working with physicians, says Sylvia Moore, PhD, RD, FADA, a member of the Nutrition Education of Health Professionals dietetic...

Diabetes training for dietitians: Needs assessment, program description, and effects on knowledge and problem solving.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Recent changes in management and medical nutrition therapy for diabetes mellitus have produced a need to retrain many practicing dietitians. To meet this need, a multidisciplinary group experienced in medical nutrition therapy and...

Caffeine intake in young children differs by family socioeconomic status.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Relationships between dietary adequacy and socioeconomic status (SES) are well established in the literature, both in theoretical and empirical studies [1-6]. SES is related to variables such as income, education, and occupation of household...

Serving portion size influences 5-year-old but not 3-year-old children's food intakes.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Americans have come to expect large portion sizes. This is evident from the number of "super-sized" and "value-sized" food items available in grocery stores and restaurants. Larger portion sizes could be contributing to the increasing...

Overconcern about thinness in 10- to 14-year-old schoolgirls in Taiwan.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Eating disorders are common among young adult women in Western countries [1,2], but Eastern countries are also beginning to report eating disorders in their cultures [3,4]. Research in Western society has indicated that eating disorders are...

Comparison of boby weight and body fat classificiations of competitive school-age club swimmers.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Obesity and overweight are often used incorrectly as synonymous terms. Obesity is defined as excess body fat in relation to lean body mass [15]. Overweight is defined as a body weight above an acceptable weight in relation to height [1]....

Validity and reliability of qualitative dietary fat index questionnaires: A review.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Traditional methods for assessing dietary behavior such as 24-hour dietary recalls, diet records, and food frequency questionnaires may not measure what we want to know about dietary behaviors of a population. Moreover, their usefulness is...

Ground ostrich: A comparison with ground beef.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... The traditional red meat of the US diet is beef. Although lean choices are possible with beef, US consumers desiring even leaner red meat choices, due to diet restrictions or an overall intent to eat more healthfully, want other choices. A...

Position of The American Dietetic Association: Food irradiation.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Food irradiation has been identified as a safe technology to reduce the risk of foodborne illness as part of high-quality food production, processing, handling, and preparation. Food irradiation's history of scientific research,...

Position paper update for 2000.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... The House of Delegates (HOD) approved one new position of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) on October 4, 1999, via an electronic vote--a historic first for the Association. The new position is: * Local support for nutrition...

Eight faces of validity.
February 1, 2000... As science matures and we become better at designing research studies, the question of validity comes up more and more often. Validity is a statistical term that, put simply, asks the question: "Are we measuring what we intend to measure?"...

Case Problem: Presenting conventional and complementary approaches for relieving nausea in a breast cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... D. B. is a 43-year-old woman diagnosed with breast cancer 3 months ago. She underwent a right breast modified-radical mastectomy with sentinel-node biopsy. She is now undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy treatment during which she will receive 4...

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Vol 70, September 1999 * Effect of prolonged moderate and severe energy restriction and refeeding on plasma leptin concentrations in obese women. B.E. Wisse, L.A. Campfield, E.B. Marliss, J.A. Morais, R. Tenenbaum, and R. Gougeon. 321-330....

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 150, September 1, 1999 * Mutagenic drinking water and risk of male esophageal cancer: A population-based case-control study. X. Tao, H. Zhu, and G.M. Matanoski. 443-452. * Plasma fatty acid composition and 6-year incidence of...

ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Vol 131, September 7, 1999 * Serum total homocysteine concentrations in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1991-1994): Population reference ranges and contribution of vitamin status to high serum concentrations. J....

ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 159, September 13, 1999 * Wine beer, and mortality in middle-aged men from eastern France. S.C. Renaud, R. Gueguen, G. Siest, and R. Salamon. 1865-1870. * Smoking and abdominal obesity. Risk factors for venous thromboembolism among...

ARCHIVES OF SURGERY.(Statistical Data Included)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 134, September 1999 * Factors affecting early postoperative feeding following elective open colon resection. L.A. DiFronzo, J. Cymerman, and T.X. O'Connell. 941-946. * Effect of PGG-glucan on the rate of serious postoperative...

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF DIETETIC PRACTICE AND RESEARCH.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 60, Fall 1999 * Beta-carotene and lung cancer: A review of randomized clinical trials. J.A. Paisley. 160-165. This review discusses the contradictory results of recent randomized clinical trials of supplemental beta carotene as a...

DIABETES CARE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 22, September 1999 * Age-related increase in visceral adipose tissue and body fat and the metabolic risk profile of premenopausal women. A. Pascot, S. Lemieux. I. Lemieux, et al, for the Quebec Family Study. 1471-1478. Even before...

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.
February 1, 2000... Vol 53, September 1999 * Status of lipidsoluble antioxidants and TRAP in patients with Crohn's disease and healthy controls. D. Genser, M.-H. Kang, H. Vogelsang, and I. Elmadfa. 675-679. * Incorporation of dietary triacylglycerols from...

FOOD MANAGEMENT.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 34, September 1999 * Grads to grannies: Managing the generation gap. C. Watkins. 30-36. * Commodities: What you want when you want it. [After years of complaints, the United States Department of Agriculture is addressing the...

FOOD TECHNOLOGY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 53, September 1999 * Exploring the worlds of food science & technology. JR. Blanchfield. 48-52. The various arenas of food science and technology. This article discusses 10 linked "worlds" within and between which food scientists...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY AND RELATED METABOLIC DISORDERS.
February 1, 2000... Vol 23, September 1999 * Association and linkage between an insulin-like growth factor-1 gene polymorphism and fat free mass in the HERITAGE Family Study. G. Sun, J. Gagnon, Y.C. Chagnon, et al. 929-935. * Body fat distribution...

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 29, August 1999 * Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a lowfat, vegetarian diet. A.S. Nicholson, M. Sklar, N.D. Barnard, S. Gore, R. Sullivan, and S. Browning. 87-91. Low-fat...

RESTAURANTS & INSTITUTIONS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol 109, August 1, 1999 * Four-star patient meals: Hospitals find upscale patients willing to pay for upscale perks. L. Williams. 91-92. * Vol 109, August 15, 1999 Up to snuff: Ongoing employee training sharpens skills and...

ISSUES IN VEGETARIAN DIETETICS, Vegetarian Nutrition DPG.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Vol IX, Autumn 1999 * Vegetarian diets during pregnancy. R. Mangels. 1,5-8. Vegetarian diets during pregnancy This review summarizes weight gain recommendations and requirements for energy, protein, iron, calcium, vitamin D, folate,...

ANTIOXIDANT STATUS, DIET, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH.(Review)
February 1, 2000... Edited by Andreas M Papas, PhD, Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press; 1999. Hardcover. Pp 650. Price: $99.95. ISBN 0-8493-8009-X It has been hypothesized that antioxidants play an important role in health and disease. This is an area of nutrition...

PRACTITIONER'S BOOKSHELF.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Free international financial assistance and resources directory The American Dietetic Association Foundation (ADAF) has released the 2nd edition of the ADAF Directory of Resources for International Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics Professionals....

Fad Diets: What You May Be Missing.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... How can you spot a fad diet? Weight-loss advice comes in literally hundreds of disguises. Most often the "new" and "revolutionary" diets are really old fad diets making an encore appearance. Examples of fad diets include those that *...

For the Food and Nutrition Professional: A Chocolate Update.
February 1, 2000... It may be obvious, but worth pointing out, that chocolate is a plant-based food that carries with it several minerals such as copper, magnesium, iron, and zinc. Made from the cocoa bean, which grows off the Theobroma cacao tree in the...

Chocolate: Facts and Fiction.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Most people enjoy chocolate and agree that it tastes wonderful, yet they also have misconceptions about its effect on health. Here are some facts about chocolate that you may not know. Did you know... Chocolate and fat Chocolate...

To read or not to read original research articles: It should not be a question.
February 1, 2000... A fundamental distinction between members of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) and many others who profess to be nutrition experts is the former's steadfast reliance on science-based evidence for all professional activities. The ADA has...

Foodservice benchmarking: Practices, attitudes, and beliefs of foodservice directors.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objectives To identify foodservice directors' use of performance measures and to determine their current practices of, and attitudes and beliefs about, benchmarking. Design A survey was conducted using a researcher-developed...

Where can I find continuing professional education courses on-line?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... More ADA members than ever before have been inquiring about obtaining continuing professional education (CPE) credits on the Internet. Taking CPE courses online can be a time-saver for many dietetics professionals. Here are a few of the Web...

Computer-based simulations enhance clinical experience of dietetics interns.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To determine the impact of computer-based simulations on the performance of dietetics interns in initial clinical rotations. Design Interns used either a simulation program (Care Planning Simulation System [CPSS]) or...

Innovating dietetics education.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Many professionals who studied in dietetics programs as recently as 10 years ago can remember a time when they typed papers on a typewriter and stood in long lines to register for classes. "Things are changing quickly," observes Sandra S....

Genetic taste markers and preferences for vegetables and fruit of female breast care patients.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To explore links between genetic responsiveness to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and self-reported preferences for vegetables and fruit of female breast care patients. Methods PROP tasting was...

Early adopters of olestra-containing foods: Who are they?(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT To identify the characteristics of people consuming olestra-containing foods when first introduced at a test-marketing site. Objective Data are from the Olestra Postmarketing Surveillance Study (OPMSS). After the...

Can a cheese preservative protect against "superbugs"?
February 1, 2000... The media has been lamenting the state of antibiotics research in the United States and reporting on the rise of "superbugs," or antibiotic-resistant bacteria, for years now, predicting a wave of new epidemics that could sweep the globe at any...

Assessing food selection in a health promotion program: Validation of a brief instrument for American Indian children in the Southwest United States.
February 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective Brief dietary assessment instruments are needed to evaluate behavior changes of participants in dietary intervention programs. The purpose of this project was to design and validate an instrument for children...

Institute of Medicine urges Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy.
February 1, 2000... This winter, The American Dietetic Association's (ADA) Campaign for Coverage of Medical Nutrition Therapy received a tremendous boost when an expert committee assembled by the National Academies Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine potential...

Becoming an active learner--and teacher--for life.
February 1, 2000... In this issue, 2 essential areas of the dietetics profession converge: learning and teaching. As dietitians we are part of the scientific community and have a responsibility to keep our nutrition knowledge current through a commitment to...

FDA proposes labeling trans fat content of foods.
February 1, 2000... The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that the quantity of trans fatty acids in food products be added to the information on the Nutrition Facts panel. Foods that list saturated fat content would include trans fat in that total...

'Right to know' bill would require labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients.
February 1, 2000... Foods containing genetically modified organisms would carry mandatory labeling under legislation introduced by Rep Dennis Kucinich (D, Ohio). The bill would require a label bearing the graphic of a double helix accompanied by the text "United...

USDA approves meat irradiation for improved food safety.
February 1, 2000... The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule on irradiation of raw meat and meat products such as ground beef, steak, and pork chops to reduce significantly or eliminate Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and other hazardous...

Mothers' nutrition knowledge is key influence on the quality of children's diets.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... A study by the USDA's Economic Research Service indicates that the more a mother knows about health and nutrition, the better the overall quality of her children's diet, although this relationship is stronger for preschoolers than for older...

WIC scares high in customer satisfaction survey.
February 1, 2000... Customer satisfaction rates place the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) second highest among 30 assessed government programs, according to the first government-wide customer satisfaction survey. The...

The power of grassroots commitment.
February 1, 2000... The strength of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) lies in our members' efforts to spread our messages of nutrition and health to as many audiences as possible. As a national association, we are effecting positive change as a 70,000-strong...

Shaping future dietetics professionals: What's in it for you?
February 1, 2000... Providing academic and supervised practice experiences that will meet future practice needs requires dietetics educators to cope with the many challenges of a changing external environment, leading them to explore a variety of strategies for...

Folic acid and Down syndrome.
February 1, 2000... We knows it's effective against neural-tube defects, but can it prevent developmental disorders too? Folate and folic acid, over the past few years, have become ingrained in the minds of dietetics professionals and the public as the best...

The Agriculture Research Service seeks nominations.
February 1, 2000... The Agriculture Research Service, the chief in-house research agency of the US Department of Agriculture, is seeking nominations for the 2000 Wilbur Olin Atwater Memorial Lectureship, which is cosponsored by The American Dietetic Association...

Make a blueprint for the future at the Ohio Dietetic Association's meeting.
February 1, 2000... The Ohio Dietetic Association, in conjunction with the Oncology Nutrition dietetic practice group (DPG), will hold its 79th Annual Meeting on April 13 in Columbus, Ohio. The theme for this year's meeting is "Blueprint for the future: Your plan...

Genetics in the 21st century.
February 1, 2000... The Idaho Dietetic Association, the Georgetown University Medical School, the Alliance for Genetic Support Groups, and the March of Dimes are sponsoring "Genetics for the 21st Century" on Apri1 26th.

Food and Culinary DPG offers workshops and educational opportunities.
February 1, 2000... The Food and Culinary DPG is offering basic knife and culinary skills workshops. The first will be held March 24 and 25 at Johnson and Wales University, Charleston, SC. The meeting will be repeated April 7 and 8 at The Art Institute of Phoenix,...

Honors.
February 1, 2000... Beth Thayer, RD, with the Heart Smart program at the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, has been selected to participate in the 2000-2001 Cardiovascular Health Fellowship of the Healthcare Forum. During her fellowship, Thayer will...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
February 1, 2000... The Journal has learned of the deaths of the following members of the Association. Clare A. Buckman, RD, of Dania, Fla has passed away. In her career, she had been in charge of an employee's cafeteria in St. Louis, Mo. She later worked in...

The Second NSF International Conference Call for Abstracts.
February 1, 2000... The Center for Public Health Education (CPHE) at NSF International is seeking papers for their second conference on food safety. Papers must be received by March 10. "Preventing Foodborne Illness Through Science and Education is the theme...

Diabetes preventive care in managed-care organizations.
February 1, 2000... Diabetes preventive care in managed-care organizations Diabetes affects 8% of adults in the United States. Preventive care is recommended to lower the risk of diabetes-related complications. Managed care is an important provider of these...