Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from January 2000

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from January 2000

Hellos and good-byes.
January 1, 2000... January is traditionally when we announce the "changing of the guard" for the Board of Editors. This distinguished group devotes long hours to the peer-review process and making sure that Journal research is scientifically sound and advances...

Welcome to our future.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Whether you believe the year 2000 marks the dawn of a new millennium or the penultimate year before the new millennium, there is no denying the sense of excitement and wonder surrounding the approach of this calendar milestone, the turning of...

DPGs keep members on the cutting edge of food and nutrition trends.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is committed to keeping its members abreast of trends in food and nutrition, preparing them for the requirements of a changing profession and marketplace. In fact, goals of the Association's ambitious new...

Dietitians face the challenge of food allergies.
January 1, 2000... How many Americans are allergic to foods? The answer may surprise you. Although nearly 30 to 35% of Americans think they are food allergic, the estimated number of people with documented food allergies is much lower. Food allergies are reported...

Staying on track: The benefits of exercise combined with healthful eating.
January 1, 2000... Everyone needs exercise. But just how much is needed and how vigourous should the exercise be to reap the health benefits? This question has been open to much debate. According to a recent study done by researchers at the University of...

Food comes to the forefront: Canyon Ranch bolsters its reputation by building a better menu.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... When Marilyn Majchrzak, MS, RD, first went to work for Canyon Ranch Spa in 1979, the company had 50 employees and one facility in Tucson, Ariz. Twenty years later the operation has expanded to 1,700 employees and 3 facilities--the original in...

Texas to hold its Annual Meeting.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Texas Dietetic Association will hold their Annual Meeting and Exhibition March 5 through 7 in San Antonio, Tex.

Honors.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Douglas S. Kalman, MS, RD, was awarded the President's Award for Outstanding Service by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Greater New York Chapter, for 1999. This is Kalman's second award from the ACSM. He currently works as the...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 1, 2000... The Journal has learned of the death of the following member of the Association. Fern G. Wendt, RD, has died. In her career, she worked in both hospital and school foodservices. She was also an associate professor at San Jose State...

Winners of international essay contest announced.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The 1999 Wimpfheimer Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Management $1,000 Award was presented to Jennifer Shaw, MPH, RD. Applicants were asked to describe an innovative, interdisciplinary team approach to...

Cornell University offers fellowship.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Cornell University's College of Human Ecology in Ithaca, NY, is offering the Dean's Fellowship in the History of Home Economics and Human Nutrition. This fellowship will be given to scholars in more advanced stages of a research project, but...

The First International Nutritionist/Dietitian (FIND) Fellowship will award $2000 in 2000.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The FIND Fellowship Fund for Study in the USA, under organization by The American Dietetic Association Foundation since 1996, is offering its initial fellowship of $2,000 to be used in the year 2000. This award will be given to a...

$1,000 award for resourceful consumer education program in a developing country.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Wimpfheimer-Guggenheim Fund for International Exchange in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Management is offering a $1,000 award for an essay by a professional dietitian/nutritionist that describes an original, innovative, and unique contribution...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORS.
January 1, 2000... LET DIETITIANS, NOT PHYSICIANS, WRITE DIET PRESCRIPTIONS IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS To the Editors: Writing the diet order is primarily a physician responsibility in the hospital setting. However, many physicians have not been adequately...

Congressional stalemate leaves future uncertain for managed-care reform.
January 1, 2000... Republican leaders in the House of Representatives suffered a stunning defeat this fall when House members voted 275 to 151 to approve a managed-care reform bill. Sixty-eight GOP lawmakers joined Democrats to produce that margin of victory. ...

Is it wise to restrict fat in the diets of children?
January 1, 2000... For more than 30 years it has been believed that a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet is a major cause of atherosclerosis and, in particular, coronary heart disease (CHD) in adults. In the 1950s, epidemiologists discovered that dietary fat intake...

A moderate view on fat restriction for young children.
January 1, 2000... The American Dietetic Association (ADA) position paper, "Dietary guidance for healthy children aged 2 to 11 years" [1] joined with a number of professional organizations in taking what I call an enthusiast stance in endorsing the fat...

Should dietary fat recommendations for children be changed?(response to articles by Robert E. Olson and Ellyn Satter in this issue, pp. 28 and 32)
January 1, 2000... This issue of the Journal contains 2 articles by my esteemed colleagues that many may take to mean that dietary fat intakes of 30% of energy are inappropriate for young children [1,2]. These assertions deserve critical consideration. They are...

Guidelines for healthy children: Promoting eating, moving, and common sense.(response to articles by Robert E. Olson and Ellyn Satter in this issue, pp. 28 and 32)
January 1, 2000... Two of the commentaries on dietary fat restriction for children included in this issue highlight concerns about the wisdom of such proscriptions [1,2]. Each author supports his or her points by citations from the literature. From our...

In defense of a low-fat diet for healthy children.(response to articles by Robert E. Olson and Ellyn Satter in this issue, pp. 28 and 32)
January 1, 2000... Olson [1] and Satter [2] make 4 main points in their comments about the recommendations for fat intake in children: (a) There is no evidence that a low-fat diet in childhood will prevent cardiovascular disease in adulthood; (b) there is no...

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease starts in childhood.(response to articles by Robert E. Olson and Ellyn Satter in this issue, pp. 28 and 32)
January 1, 2000... In an ideal nutritional world, the recommended diet for children would promote health, support growth, and prevent risk for disease. Children would start life on breast milk, transition to formula and/or cow's milk or soy milk, and gradually...

Food sources of added sweeteners in the diets of Americans.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To identify food sources of added sweeteners in the US diet. Design A descriptive study using data from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) 1994-1996 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. Each...

Reported adoption of dietary fat and fiber recommendations among consumers.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To identify constraints in adopting dietary fat and fiber recommendations. Design A questionnaire was mailed to a sample of the general population, a convenience sample of persons with heart disease and cancer in 11...

Descriptive anthropometric reference data for older Americans.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective To present selected anthropometric data derived from adults aged 60 years and older examined in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Design NHANES III used a complex, stratified,...

Functional status and emotional well-being, dietary intake, and physical activity of severely obese subjects.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objective Analyze functional status and emotional wellbeing, energy and nutrient intake, and physical activity in sibling pairs raised together in the same family. Design One sibling classified as severely obese (body mass...

Current and future practices in hospital foodservice.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT Objectives To identify current operational practices and expectations for future practices in hospital foodservice; establish the probability that current practices will change; and determine whether differences in practices exist...

Preadmission nutrition screening: Expanding hospital-based nutrition services by implementing earlier nutrition intervention.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT The need to screen patients earlier than within the first 24 hours of hospital admission has resulted in the development of preadmission nutrition screening. At Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (PSJMC), a 455-bed acute-care...

Dietary folate equivalents: Interpretation and application.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT The 1998 Dietary Reference Intakes express the new Recommended Dietary Allowances for folate in dietary folate equivalents ("DFEs"), which account for differences in the absorption of naturally occurring food folate and the more...

Use of computer-based patient records in dietetics supervised practice programs.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The move to computer-based patient records has been underway since 1991 when the Institute of Medicine [1] recommended adoption of this format as the standard for medical and all other records related to patient care. There is a body of...

Glycemic index of "energy" snack bars in normal volunteers.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The glycemic index is the degree to which a food raises the blood glucose level compared with a standard food such as white bread or an oral glucose solution [1]. Carbohydrate digestibility is a major influence on the glycemic index of a food...

Top predictors of middle/junior high school students' satisfaction with school foodservice and nutrition programs.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Customer satisfaction is an important factor in the measurement of success in today's business environment [1-4]. Thus, the management philosophy of the 1990s is to keep a customer-driven focus. This philosophy involves the customer in...

Family-style foodservice can meet US Dietary Guidelines for elementary school children.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Developing healthful eating patterns during childhood may reduce the incidence of adult obesity and chronic disease [1-3]. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Healthy People 2000 have targeted prevention of childhood and adult obesity by...

Flexible tape is an appropriate tool for knee height measurement and stature estimation of adults with developmental disabilities.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Anthropometric assessments are essential for determination of nutritional status [1]. For example, researchers have identified height and weight as important variables in predictive equations for determining body composition [2,3] and energy...

Position of The American Dietetic Association: Local support for nutrition integrity in schools.
January 1, 2000... ABSTRACT It is the position of The American Dietetic Association that the school and community have a shared responsibility to provide all students with access to high-quality foods and nutrition services as an integral part of the total...

Report on The American Dietetic Association's Member Needs Assessment/Satisfaction Study.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... In the spring of 1999, The American Dietetic Association (ADA) conducted a member needs assessment/satisfaction study, updating and building upon a similar member survey conducted in 1995. The research objective was to provide ADA's member...

THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.(includes bibliography)
January 1, 2000... Vol 70, August 1999 * Estimated folate intakes: Data updated to reflect food fortification, increased bioavailability, and dietary supplement use. C.J. Lewis, N.T. Crane, D.B. Wilson, and E.A. Yetley. 198-207. * Influence of mental...

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.(includes bibliography)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Vol 150, August 1, 1999 * Relative excess risk; An alternative measure of comparative risk. S. Suissa. 279-282. * Total homocysteine and cognitive decline in a community-based sample of elderly subjects: The Rotterdam Study. S....

DIABETES CARE.(includes bibliography)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Vol 22, August 1999 * High-dose vitamin E supplementation normalizes retinal blood flow and creatinine clearance in patients with type 1 diabetes. S.-E. Bureau, A.C. Clermont, L.P. Aiello, L.M. Aiello, D.K. Schlossman, E.P. Feener, L....

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION.(includes bibliography)
January 1, 2000... Vol 53, August 1999 * Differences between polyunsaturated fatty acid status of non-institutionalised elderly women and younger controls: A bioconversion defect can be suspected. F. Babin, M. Abderrazik, F. Favier, J.P. Cristol, C.L. Leger,...

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY AND BELATED METABOLIC DISORDERS.(includes bibliography)
January 1, 2000... Vol 23, August 1999 * The prediction of abdominal visceral fat level from body composition and anthropometry: ROC analysis. T. Rankinen, S.-Y. Kim, L. Perusse, J.-P. Despres, and C. Bouchard. 801-809. * Coronary atherosclerosis...

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUTRITION.(includes bibliography)
January 1, 2000... Vol 18, August 1999 * Carnitine increases glucose disposal in humans. A. De Gaetano, G. Mingrone, M. Castagneto, and M. Calvani. 289-295. * The effect of wheat bran particle size on laxation and colonic fermentation. D.J.A. Jenkins,...

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.
January 1, 2000... Vol 47, August 1999 * The validity of nutritional status as a marker for future disability and depressive symptoms among high-risk older adults. C. Boult, U.B. Krinke, C. Flood Urdangarin, and V. Skarin. 995-999. Nutrition screening...

THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
January 1, 2000... Vol 282, August 18, 1999 * Behavioral and neuroendocrine characteristics of the night-eating syndrome. G.S. Birketvedt, J. Florholmen, J. Sundsfjord, B. 0sterud, D. Dinges, W. Bilker, and A. Stunkard. 657-663. Vol 282, August 25, 1999...

THE JOURNAL OF NUTRITION.
January 1, 2000... Vol 129, August 1999 * Weight loss due to energy restriction suppresses cholesterol biosynthesis in overweight, mildly hypercholesterolemic men. M. Di Buono, J.S. Hannah, L.I. Katzel, and P.J.H. Jones. 1545-1548. Weight loss due to...

THE LANCET.(includes bibliography)
January 1, 2000... Vol 354, August 7, 1999 * Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E after myocardial infarction: Results of the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. GISSI-Prevenzione investigators (Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della...

MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE.
January 1, 2000... Vol 31, August 1999 * Long-term oral creatine supplementation does not impair renal function in healthy athletes. J. R. Poortmans and M. Francaux. 1108-1110. * Thinness and weight loss: Beneficial or detrimental to longevity?...

METABOLISM: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.
January 1, 2000... Vol 48, August 1999 * Effect of amino acids on the plasma concentration and urinary excretion of uric acid and uridine. T. Yamamoto, Y. Moriwaki, S. Takahashi, Z. Tsutsumi, H. Ohata, J. Yamakita, T. Nakamo, and K. Higashino. 1023-1027. ...

PEDIATRICS.
January 1, 2000... Vol 104, August 1999 * Relationship among genotype, biochemical phenotype, and cognitive performance in females with phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency: Report from the Maternal Phenylketonuria Collaborative Study. F. Guttler, C. Azen,...

FOOD LIPIDS: CHEMISTRY, NUTRITION, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Edited by C. C. Akoh and D.B. Min. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc; 1998. Hardcover. Pp 816. Price: $225. ISBN 0-8247-9985-2 Food Lipids is a remarkable compendium of our current knowledge of the chemistry and physical properties of food...

All about herbs.(Review)
January 1, 2000... A new book, plus new editions of 2 other publications, provide a wealth of information about herbal remedies. The Complete German Commission EMonographs: Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines (Boston, Mass: Integrative Medicine Communications;...

Diabetes recipes.(Review)
January 1, 2000... No Fuss Diabetes Recipes for 1 or 2 by Jackie Boucher, MS, RD; Marcia Hayes, MPH, RD; and Jane Stephenson, RD (New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; 1999. Softcover. Pp 173. Price: $15.95. ISBN 0-471-34794-9) provides 125 recipes, such as salmon...

Dealing with differences.(Review)
January 1, 2000... This book, by social workers Nancy B. Miller and Catherine C. Sammons, discusses potential differences that may be encountered through interaction with people with various disabilities, and suggests approaches to minimize negative reactions....

Cooking with soy.(Review)
January 1, 2000... This book contains over 400 recipes with soy as an ingredient. Soy Expressions: Common-Sense Way to Small Food Bills (Demarest, NJ: Techkits; first printing in 1999. Spiralbound. Pp 160. Price: $10.95) by Margaret B. Salmon, RD provides...

Where can I find resources for weight-loss issues?(Bibliography)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... We often receive questions about the average weight gain during the holidays. A study released at the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (Hellmich N. Cookie crumbles on belief in holiday girth. USA Today. November 18, 1999;1D)...