Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from February 2001

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from February 2001

Building relationships, breaking barriers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Early 2001 brings our profession appropriate recognition in the form of legislation recently approved and passed allowing for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy (MNT). Such legislation and the cooperative efforts necessary to bring...

PRESIDENT'S PAGE.(influencing legislators)(Brief Article)(President's Page)
February 1, 2001... Congratulations to all who helped make Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) a reality! You have probably already heard that President Clinton signed legislation that for the first time allows registered dietitians to be Medicare...

Interactive videoconferencing improves nutrition intervention in a rural population.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Patient education provided by a specialist has been recognized as an essential component in assisting patients with disease prevention or managing chronic, debilitating illness [1]. In rural underserved areas, this counseling may be perceived...

Are states moving toward deregulation of nutrition professionals?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... The single highest priority for the American Dietetic Association in the area of state government affairs has been, and continues to be, the attainment of statutory recognition for dietitians. This recognition, in the form of licensure or title...

Nutrition policy: Your opportunity to be involved.(influencing legislation)
February 1, 2001... This month, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association begins a series of articles focused on public policies that affect the nutritional status and health of Americans. It is part of a four-year project authorized by the Board of...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS.
February 1, 2001... Role of RDs in dysphagia screening: concerns To the Editors: We read with interest the article "Role of registered dietitians in dysphagia screening" that appeared in the September 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic...

ERRATA.(corrections to Dec 2000 issue)(Correction Notice)
February 1, 2001... Several authors were left off of the letter "Successful Long-Term Maintenance of Substantial Weight Loss: One Program's Experience," which ran in the December 2000 issue:Anne Daly, MS, RD, Springfield, (IL), Diabetes and Endocrine Center;...

ABOUT PEOPLE.(Faye Wong)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Honors Faye Wong, RD, MPH has been elected as the new president of The American Public Health Association. Wong, the first RD to hold this position, is currently the director of a new Center for Disease Control and Prevention program...

Obituaries.(Robert E. Shank)
February 1, 2001... Robert E. Shank, MD, an Honorary Member of the ADA died Dec. 25, 2000 of complications from a stroke. Shank, 86, was a retired department chairman at the Washington University School of Medicine and an internationally recognized nutrition...

Show me the science.(research methodology)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Tom Cruise made the phrase "Show me the money" famous in his role as sports agent Jerry Maguire. Now I will admit to having a healthy respect for money. In fact, ask any of my students, and they will say that I have a passion for financial...

Validation of a dietary pattern approach for evaluating nutritional risk: The Framingham Nutrition Studies.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To validate the use of cluster analysis for characterizing population dietary patterns. Design Cluster analysis was applied to a food frequency questionnaire to define dietary patterns. Independent estimates of...

5 A Day fruit and vegetable intervention improves consumption in a low income population.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective This study evaluated the Michigan Farmers' Market Nutrition Program in one Michigan county to determine its effect on fruit and vegetable consumption behavior. Design Education-only and coupon and education groups...

Internal locus of control and social support associated with some dietary changes by elderly participants in a diet intervention trial.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective Measure relationships of locus of control and social support to diet changes in an intervention trial. Design Participants in the Polyp Prevention Trial (PPT) completed Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC)...

Nutrient intake of obese female binge eaters.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To compare the 6-month change in selected nutrients and number of binge days (from 7-day food records) between obese binge eaters randomly assigned to either a behavioral self-management (BSM) or waiting list control...

Validity of a telephone-administered 24-hour dietary recall in telephone and non-telephone households in the rural Lower Mississippi Delta region.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To determine if 24-hour dietary recall data are influenced by whether data are collected by telephone or face-to-face interviews in telephone and non-telephone households. Design Dual sampling frame of telephone and...

A practical, theory-based approach to establishing school nutrition advisory councils.
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT This article describes a process for establishing school nutrition advisory councils (SNACs) as an integral part of a school environment approach to promoting the nutritional health of students. The application of social cognitive...

Prophylactic and therapeutic uses of probiotics: A review.
February 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Probiotics, live microbial food supplements that beneficially affect the host by improving its intestinal microbial balance, are quickly gaining interest as functional foods in the current era of self-care and complementary...

Folate, zinc, and vitamin B-12 intake during pregnancy and postpartum.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... The United States Public Health Service and other groups recommend that women of child-bearing age consume 400 [micro]g folic acid/day [1-3] to reduce the risk of bearing a child with a neural tube defect [4,5]. The recently revised Recommended...

Breast-feeding Practices of Native American Mothers Participating in WIC.(Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... A national survey on infant feeding practices revealed that Native-American mothers have a lower breast-feeding incidence and duration when compared to Whites [1]. Several socioeconomic risk factors widespread in this population may contribute...

Differences in dietary patterns of Vietnamese, White, African-American, and Hispanic Adolescents in Worcester, Mass.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Since 1975 more than 1 million Southeast Asians have emigrated to the United States. More than half (59%) originated from Vietnam, of whom more than 25% have been children [1]. The Vietnamese population in the United States more than doubled...

Older women living in subsidized housing report low levels of nutrition support.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Social support is believed to exert a beneficial effect on food intake among older persons [1-3]. However, out of numerous studies examining the relationship between social support and diet quality [4-10], only 2 have modestly upheld this...

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 72, September 2000 * Dairy foods and bone health: examination of the evidence. (Review.) R.L. Weinsier and C.L. Krumdieck, 681-689. * Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity. J. Wortsman, L.Y. Matsuoka, T.C. Chen, Z. Lu,...

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 152, August 1, 2000 * Adiposity and mortality in men. I. Baik, A. Ascherio, E.B. Rimm, et al, for the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. 264-271. * Evaluation of alternative approaches to assign nutrient values to food groups in...

ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 160, August 14/28, 2000 * Who reports receiving advice to lose weight? Results from a multistate sruvey. C.N. Sciamanna, D.F. Tate, W. Lang, and R.R. Wing. 2334-2339. * Effect of cocoa bran on low-density lipoprotein oxidation and...

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 54, August 2000 * No association between resting metabolic rate or respiratory exchange ratio and subsequent changes in body mass and fatness: 5 1/2 year follow-up of the Quebec Family Study, P.T. Katzmarzyk, L. Perusse, A. Tremblay,...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY AND BELATED METABOLIC DISORDERS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 24, July 2000 * Changes in the distribution of body mass index of adults and children in the US population. K.M. Flegal and R.P. Troiano. 807-818. * Relation of generalized and central obesity to cardiovascular risk factors and...

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 48, July 2000 * Effect of voluntary weight loss on bone mineral density in older overweight women. D. Chao, M.A. Espeland, D. Farmer, T.C. Register, L. Lenchik, W.B. Applegate, and W.H. Ettinger Jr. 753-759. * Effect of aging on...

THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 284, July 19, 2000 * Relationship of baseline serum cholesterol levels in 3 large cohorts of younger men to long-term coronary, cardiovascular, end all-cause mortality end to longevity. J. Stamler, M.L. Daviglus, D.B. Garside, A.R....

JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 63, July 2000 * Criteria to determine food allergen priority. (Review.) J.M. Yeung, R.S. Aplebaum, and R. Hildwine. 982-986. Criteria to determine priority for listing food allergens on food labels The increasing awareness of...

JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 65, July/August 2000 * Comparison of cheeses made from milk having normal and high oleic fatty acid compositions. A. Aigster, C. Sims, C. Staples, R. Schmidt, and S.F. O'Keefe. 920-924. Cheese made from milk with normal vs high...

THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 130, July 2000 * Specific cellular responses to [alpha]-tocopherol. (Review.) A. Azzi, I. Breyer, M. Feher, M. Pastori, R. Ricciarelli, S. Spycher, M. Staffieri, A. Stocker, S. Zimmer, and J.-M. Zingg. 1649-1652. *...

JOURNAL OF RENAL NUTRITION.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 10, July 2000 * Sevelamer with and without calcium and vitamin D: observations from a long-term open-label clinical trial. G.M. Chertow, M.A. Dillon. N. Amin, and S.K. Burke. 125-132. * Changes in plasma free and phospholipid-bound...

MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 32, July 2000 * The effect of BCAA supplementation upon the immune response of triathletes. R.A. Bassit, L.A. Sawada, R.F.P. Bacurau, F. Navarro, and L.F.B.P. Costa Rosa. 1214-1219. Vol 32, July 2000, Supplement * Dietary fats...

THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 343, July 6, 2000 * Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle. M.J. Stampfer, F.B. Hu, J.E. Manson, E.B. Rimm, and W.C. Willett. 16-22. Vol 343, July 13, 2000 Drug therapy for...

PEDIATRICS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2001... Vol 106, July 2000 * Choice of breastfeeding and physicians' advice: a cohort study of women receiving propylthiouracil A. Lee, M.E. Moretti, A. Collantes, D. Chong, P. Mazzotta, G. Koren, S.S. Merchant, and S. Ito. 27-30. * Adult...

PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTS.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2001... Vol 115, July/August 2000 * Soft drink "pouring rights": marketing empty calories to children. M. Nestle. 308-319. * High incidence of extra-intestinal infections in a Salmonella havana outbreak associated with alfalfa sprouts. H.D....