Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from June 1997

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from June 1997

Scientific underpinnings for the profession: dietitians in research.
June 1, 1997... In examining ways in which research competencies might be incorporated into dietetics practice, particularly focusing on the science and clinical components of the profession, it is necessary to consider barriers and opportunities that exist...

Psychosocial concerns and weight control behaviors among overweight and nonoverweight Native American adolescents.
June 1, 1997... The prevalence of obesity among youth living in the United States is high and continues to increase (1). Large ethnic disparities are apparent, and most studies, although not all (2), have shown that some of the highest prevalences of obesity...

Decreased fat and nitrogen losses in patients with AIDS receiving medium-chain-triglyceride-enriched formula vs those receiving long-chain-triglyceride-containing formula.
June 1, 1997... Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) experience a variety of functional and anatomical abnormalities in the gastrointestinal tract that result in diarrhea and nutrient malabsorption. These abnormalities may be the...

Wheat starch intolerance in patients with celiac disease.
June 1, 1997... Celiac disease, an enteropathy attributable to a permanent hypersensitivity to gliadins and related dietary prolamins, induces a state of malabsorption that varies in severity depending on the extent of villous atrophy of the small bowel mucosa...

Food safety training needs exist for staff and consumers in a variety of community-based homes for people with developmental disabilities.
June 1, 1997... The nationwide trend of deinstitutionalization of people with developmental disabilities into community settings has resulted in new opportunities in food and nutrition education. One of the primary goals of community-based training for...

Attention to food safety should not wait for a crisis.
June 1, 1997... Mary Abbott Hess, LHD, MS, RD, FADA, is president of Hess & Hunt, Inc, Nutrition Communications; past president of The American Dietetic Association; Steenbock Chair, University of Wisconsin-Stout; and chair of the new Food & Culinary...

Analysis of the decision to select a conventional or cook-chill system for hospital foodservice.
June 1, 1997... Decision making is an important activity performed by managers, including those who manage foodservice operations. Spears (1) stated that effective managers must be good decision makers. Several authors (2-4) have identified decision making as...

Nutrition, exercise and healthy aging.
June 1, 1997... Sarcopenia, the age-associated loss of muscle mass (1), is a direct cause of an age-related decrease in muscle strength. Our laboratory (2) examined muscle strength and mass in 200 healthy 45- to 78-year-old men and women, and concluded that...

Essential nature of choline with implications for total parenteral nutrition.
June 1, 1997... The lipotrope choline is a quaternary amine that is ubiquitous in mammalian tissues. It is required for the synthesis of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylcholine, choline plasmalogen, sphingomyelin) essential for all...

Nutritional aspects of cancer-related fatigue.
June 1, 1997... Patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, biotherapy, or a combination of these treatments have identified fatigue as a notable side effect (1-3). Fatigue, alone or in combination with the diagnosis of cancer, its treatment, and its side...

Dietary intake and plasma concentrations of vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta carotene in patients with coronary artery disease
June 1, 1997... Evidence suggests that the antioxidant micronutrients, vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta carotene, may be protective against coronary artery disease, perhaps through inhibition of the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (1-5). Previous...

The effect of color on perceived flavor intensity and acceptance of foods by young adults and elderly adults.
June 1, 1997... Decreased taste and olfactory acuity in older adults has been proposed as a factor in food intake (1-5), although some studies refute a decline in taste sensitivity with age (3,6). Some studies have shown that color has an effect on flavor...

Increased iron content of food due to stainless steel cookware.
June 1, 1997... Iron deficiency is widespread (1-5) and is mostly attributable to inadequate iron intake and poor availability of iron in food (6). Because iron deficiency can irreversibly damage brain function and impair the immune system, prevention is...

Position of the American Dietetic Association: promotion of breastfeeding.
June 1, 1997... POSITION STATEMENT It is the position of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) that public health and clinical efforts to promote breast-feeding should be sustained and strengthened. ADA strongly encourages the promotion and advocacy of...

Polly A. Fitz, MA, RD; President, 1997-1998; The American Dietetics Association.
June 1, 1997... As dietetics professionals, we must acknowledge the tension of the times: constant changes, right-sizing, increasing complexity of technology, new demands for higher quality with more efficiency. In spite of these tensions, there exists...

Standards of practice criteria for clinical nutrition managers.
June 1, 1997... Standards of practice have been recognized as appropriate criteria for use in quality assessment and performance improvement programs (1). Standards of practice for members of The American Dietetic Association (ADA) were implemented in 1987 to...