Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from January 2001

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from January 2001

Fellow of the American Dietetic Association: Come, join us!(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... To gain an advantage in the current competitive business environment you must distinguish yourself. One way to set yourself apart is to become certified as a Fellow of The American Dietetic Association. Fellow certification offers experienced...

Complexities beyond simple survival: Challenges in providing care for HIV patients.
January 1, 2001... The relatively recent introduction of antiretroviral therapies for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has not heralded the end of this devastating disease in the United States and the rest of the world. The annual AIDS...

Rickets on the rise.
January 1, 2001... Nutritional rickets, a vitamin D deficiency, is widely assumed to have been eliminated in the United States. In fact, one of the Ten Great Health Achievements in the United States in the 20th Century issued by the Center for Disease Control...

Obituaries.
January 1, 2001... The Journal has learned of the death of the following members of the Association: Deborah Anne Bamberger, RD, Nov. 20, 2000. A dietitian with The Reading Hospital and Medical Center in Pennsylvania, Bamberger received her undergraduate...

Amy Jamieson.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Amy Jamieson is this year's selectee for the 2000-2001 $1,000 SCAN scholarship. Jamieson is a masters' student in exercise science at Cleveland State University. Jamieson also works for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where she provides...

MNT: An innovative employee-friendly benefit that Saves.
January 1, 2001... In an effort to address the rising cost of health care within employee and retiree populations, many large employers are turning to an innovative health care solution: the registered dietitian and medical nutrition therapy and prevention....

Effects of age on validity of self-reported height, weight, and body mass index: Findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To compare self-reported to measured heights and weights of adults examined in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), and to determine to what extent body mass index (BMI) calculated...

Is there a consumer backlash against the diet and health message?(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective Anecdotal evidence exists that the public is becoming skeptical about nutrition messages. This article examines whether there is a backlash against dietary recommendations and whether it is associated with less...

The 30-second effect: An experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To examine whether televised food commercials influence preschool children's food preferences. Design In this randomized, controlled trial, preschool children viewed a videotape of a popular children's cartoon...

Comparison of visual estimates of children's portion sizes under both shared-plate and individual-plate conditions.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective This paper compares the accuracy of visual estimations of children's food intake in settings where several children eat together off 1 plate vs individual-plate eating scenarios. Design Eight trained observers were...

No differences in growth or body composition from age 12 to 24 months between toddlers consuming 2% milk and toddlers consuming whole milk.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To determine whether consumption of 2% milk during the second year of life leads to reduced growth or lower percentage body fat compared with consumption of whole milk. Subjects Subjects were healthy toddlers who...

Breast-feeding practices among WIC participants in Hawaii.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective To describe breast-feeding practices and identify correlates of breast-feeding among participants in the Hawaii Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. Design A...

Nutrition education in health professions programs: A survey of dental, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and nurse midwifery programs.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Objective This study determined the perceived needs and curriculum recommendations for nutrition education, and expected competencies in nutrition of graduates, of predoctoral dental, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and...

Biased over- or under-reporting is characteristic of individuals whether over time or by different assessment methods.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Seven studies with repeated measurements of energy intake and/or nitrogen intake were examined to determine whether misreporting is characteristic of some persons or occurs randomly. Four of the studies were validated by doubly...

Obesity update.
January 1, 2001... Last January this column reported on a study released at the 1999 meeting of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NASSO) that answered the often-asked question of how much weight is gained during the holiday season. ...

Validation for MEDFICTS, a dietary assessment instrument for evaluating adherence to total and saturated fat recommendations of the National Cholesterol Education Program Step 1 and Step 2 diets.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT MEDFICTS is a dietary assessment instrument designed to evaluate patient adherence to the National Cholesterol Education Program Step 1 and Step 2 diets. It provides a quick way to record food intake, portion size, and frequency...

Avoid unnecessary drug-related carbohydrates for patients consuming the ketogenic diet.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT The ketogenic diet is intended for use in patients with epilepsy whose seizures are resistant to conventional drug therapy. It is a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrate and protein content, and is intended to produce ketosis...

Gender and Body Mass Index as related to the Night-Eating Syndrome in obese outpatients.
January 1, 2001... Some early literature describes a tendency for certain obese individuals to consume most of their food "from late in the evening into the early hours of the morning" [1-4]. In 1955, Stunkard et al [5] observed such an eating pattern in 64% of...

Male adolescents identify their weight gain practices, reasons for desired weight gain, and sources of weight gain information.
January 1, 2001... Studies of adolescents have noted the importance of psychosocial variables such as body image and self-perceptions in shaping the dietary practices of male and female adolescents [1,2]. Many studies have focused on the body image, weight...

Alternative health care education in dietetic training programs: A survey of perceived needs.
January 1, 2001... The American Dietetic Association advocates eating a wide variety of foods and asserts that vitamin and mineral supplementation is appropriate when well-accepted, peer-reviewed, scientific evidence shows safety and effectiveness [1]. However,...

Use and perceived effectiveness of strategies for enhancing food and nutrient intakes among elderly persons in long-term care.
January 1, 2001... In long-term care, feeding is an important aspect of nutrition care. Adequate nourishment contributes to the prevention and improvement of disease and debilitation that may accompany aging and can reduce health care expenditures [1]. To...

Position of the American Dietetic Association: Food fortification and dietary supplements.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Wise food choices provide the necessary foundation for optimal nutrition. Science has not fully identified the specific chemical components that account for the benefits of healthy eating patterns. Selection of a variety of...

Position of The American Dietetic Association: The impact of fluoride on health.
January 1, 2001... Abstract Fluoride is an important element for mineralization of body tissues. The use of topical and systemic fluoride for oral health has resulted in major reductions in dental caries and its associated disability. Fluoridation of...

BMI.
January 1, 2001... Body mass index, smoking status, and delayed conception For women who achieve a clinically detectable pregnancy, those who are underweight or obese require a longer time to conceive only if they also smoke. During 1992, 4,035 pregnant women...

Coronary Artery Risk Development.
January 1, 2001... Weight gain in adults in the 1990s This study found that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults continued to increase during the 1990s. Subjects were 5,115 African-American and white men and women (aged 18 to 30 years at baseline...

Serum copper levels.
January 1, 2001... Serum copper level and coronary heart disease Serum copper levels appear to be positively associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). It is not yet known whether copper (a strong prooxidant) directly affects atherogenesis or is a marker of...

Alzheimer's disease.
January 1, 2001... Aluminum in drinking water and Alzheimer's disease. Findings from this study support the hypothesis that high levels of aluminum in drinking water may be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Data were obtained from 2,698 subjects (aged...

Estrogen status.
January 1, 2001... Estrogen status and homocysteine Estrogen status is inversely associated with serum total homocysteine (tHcy) level, independent of nutritional status and muscle mass, and estrogen may explain the previously reported difference in serum tHcy...

Health promotion programs.
January 1, 2001... Proposed taxes on foods of low nutritional value to fund health promotion programs. The authors propose that state and local governments levy taxes on foods of low nutritional value and use the revenues to fund health promotion programs....

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
January 1, 2001... Obesity and depression Obesity appears to be positively related to depression. Data were obtained from 2,730 participants (aged 46 to 102 years) in a community-based study (Alameda County Study, 1994-1995). Depression was measured using 12...

Coronary heart disease.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Should hypercholesterolemia in older adults be treated? Guidelines from the 1993 National Cholesterol Education Program recommend cholesterol screening for older adults with and without known coronary heart disease (CHD). This review shows...

Triglyceride.(risk factors for heart disease)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Do triglycerides provide meaningful information about heart disease risk? In men, serum triglyceride (TG) levels do not provide clinically meaningful information about risk of coronary heart disease beyond that provided by serum levels of...

Systolic blood pressure.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Effects of exercise and weight loss on blood pressure Exercise alone was effective in reducing elevated blood pressure, but addition of a behavioral weight loss program enhanced this effect. Sedentary, overweight men and women (n=133, body...

Body mass index.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Effect of general and abdominal obesity on health outcomes in older women Waist-to-hip ratio is an important predictor of mortality and chronic disease and provides additional prognostic information to that provided by body mass index (BMI)...

Cardiovascular disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Evaluation of NHLBI recommendations for identifying patients for weight-loss treatment Evaluation of body mass index (BMI) and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), without measurement of abdominal obesity, is probably...

Adherence and compliance.(patient compliance in diabetes care)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Inappropriateness of the concepts of compliance and adherence in diabetes care Adherence and compliance are dysfunctional concepts for management of chronic diseases such as diabetes because they are based on traditional relationships between...

Colorectal cancer.(preventative effects of dietary fiber)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Dietary fiber and colon cancer Although evidence from epidemiological, animal, and intervention studies does not unequivocally support the protective role of fiber against development of colorectal cancer, critical analysis of the evidence...

Carbohydrates and fats.(intake in endurance athletes)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Fat intake in endurance athletes An athlete's performance in endurance events is dependent on his or her maximal aerobic power, the percenage of that power that he or she can sustain, and the availability of substrates (carbohydrates and...

National Cholesterol Education Program.(effects of meat on cholesterol levels)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Red vs white meat as part of a NCEP step 1 diet When eaten as part of a National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) step 1 diet, lean red meat and lean white meat are similarly effective in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol...

Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Program.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Incidence of foodborne illnesses reported by FoodNet in 1997 In 1997, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Program (FoodNet) conducted active surveillance for culture-confirmed cases of Campylobacter, Escherichia coli O157, Listeria,...

Hazard analysis and critical control point.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Use of microbial data for hazard analysis and critical control point validation and verification Microbial testing is an essential element in validation of critical limits identified within a hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP)...

Escherichia coli.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Escherichia coli strains in meat Escherichia coli O157:H7 is just 1 of a group of Shiga toxin-producing E coli (STEC) that causes intestinal disease such as bloody and nonbloody diarrhea with serious complications like hemolytic uremic...

ELBW.(extremely low birth weight )
January 1, 2001... Growth of adolescents born at extremely low birth weight Infants born at extremely low birth weight (ELBW, [less than or equal to]1,000 g) who survive without major neurodevelopmental disability attain lower growth measurements during...

ALT.(alanine aminotransferase)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Elevated liver enzyme levels in overweight adolescents Overweight and obesity are common in adolescents with elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Even modest alcohol intake may significantly increase the likelihood of liver...

Starchy foods.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Effects of low-fat diets high in starch vs sucrose on cardiovascular risk factors Starchy foods can help prevent coronary heart disease (CHD) when they are substituted for saturated fat in the diet; substitution of sucrose for saturated fat...

National Kidney Foundation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome in children The recommendations in this review were developed from a National Kidney Foundation consensus conference and are intended to guide health care providers who treat children or teenagers with...

Iron deficiency.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Screening for iron deficiency anemia using dietary and health history In this high-risk population, parental answers to dietary and health questions were unable to predict iron deficiency (ID) or iron deficiency anemia (IDA) well enough to...

US adults and adolescents.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Weight-control behaviors in adults and adolescents A large proportion of US adults and adolescents report that they are trying to control their weight; weight-control behaviors used by adults tend to be more healthful than those used by...

FEEDING YOUR CHILD FOR LIFELONG HEALTH: BIRTH THROUGH AGE SIX.(Review)
January 1, 2001... By Susan B. Roberts, PhD, and Melvin B. Heyman, MD, with Lisa Tracy. New York, NY; Bantam Books, 1999. Softcover. Pp 353. Price: $15.95. ISBN 0558878929 This book provides experts and parents with both practical and scientific...

THE MANAGEMENT OF EATING DISORDERS AND OBESITY.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Edited by Davied Goldstein, MD, PhD. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 1999. Hardcover. Pp 367. Price: $99.50. ISBN 0-89603-407-0 This book is an outstanding reference for dietetics professionals. Each chapter is written by a leading authority on...

NUTRITION IN SPACEFLIGHT AND WEIGHTLESS MODELS.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Edited by Helen W. Lane, PhD, and Dale A. Schoeller, PhD. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2000. Hardcover. Pp 301. Price: $90.00. 0-8493-8567-9 In 1969, nutrition was not a concern for Alan Shepard's 15-minute spaceflight. Now nutritional...

NEURAL AND METABOLIC CONTROL OF MACRONUTRIENT INTAKE.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Edited by Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, PhD, and Randy J. Seeley, PhD. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press; 2000. Hardcover. Pp 416. Price: $89.95. ISBN 0-8493-2752-0 People eat foods not nutrients. That basic principle, long championed by dietitians,...

NUTRITION AND IMMUNOLOGY.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Edited by M. Eric Gershwin, MD, J. Bruce German, PhD, Carl L. Keen, PhD. Totowa: Humana Press; 1999. Hardcover. Pp 505. Price: $165.00. ISBN 0-89603-719-3 Nutrition and Immunnology is an extremely scholarly to me covering nearly all...

Noteworthy Evidence Mounts On Soy and Human Health.
January 1, 2001... Evidence suggesting soyfood consumption is associated with health benefits has created considerable excitement within the dietetic and nutrition communities. However, the vast amount of research on this subject makes staying current with the...

Research Awards Program Renewed By Soybean Board.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Incentive awards totaling $100,000 will be made to researchers for the development of grant proposals for research on soy and human health. The program, sponsored by the United Soybean Board, a national organization of soybean farmers, is...

New Soy Products Go Mainstream.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Nutrition professionals must travel the fast lane in order to stay abreast of new soyfoods in the supermarkets, natural food, mail order and online stores. Sales of soy products are predicted to be $2.6 billion in 2000, up from $2.1 billion...

Correction.(to lead article in biotechnology issue, vol. 8, no. 4)(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2001... In our Vol. 8, No. 4 issue on biotechnology, Martina McGloughlin, author of the lead article, was noted as a in the by-line. McGloughlin is not a Ph.D., but she is eminently qualified on the subject of biotechnology. Ms. McGloughlin's...

ADA Honors Soy Connection Board Member.(American Dietetic Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Patricia Queen Samour, MMSc, RD, a member of The Soy Connection Editorial Advisory Board, was honored with a Medallion Award by the American Dietetic Association at the group's annual meeting in October in Denver. The Medallion Award is...