Journal of the American Dietetic Association articles from May 1998

Journal of the American Dietetic Association archives from May 1998

Getting enough of a good thing: fructooligosaccharides (FOS), part 4.
May 1, 1998... This article is the fourth in a series of trend updates on how dietetics professionals can communicate effectively with today's consumer. Functional foods and their appropriate dietary role have become one of the most highly publicized...

New diabetes insurance laws present challenges for states.
May 1, 1998... New state laws that require insurance coverage for diabetes outpatient education and supplies are presenting challenges for the policy makers who must implement them. The new insurance laws, already passed in 25 states, are the product of an...

Future need for more cancer research.
May 1, 1998... There has been some criticism of the National Cancer Program's emphasis on treatment of disease rather than prevention. Such criticism represents a "glass is half empty" perspective on the issue of cancer. Others focus on the recent decline in...

Oxidate DNA damage levels in blood from women at high risk for breast cancer are associated with dietary intakes of meats, vegetables, and fruits.
May 1, 1998... A dietary intervention study in women at high risk for breast cancer was previously conducted at our institution. The women were assigned randomly to a nonintervention or low-fat diet (15% of energy from fat) and certain intermediate biomarkers...

Stages of change for reducing dietary fat intake over 18 months.
May 1, 1998... The proportion of fat in the American diet has been markedly reduced. During the past 2 decades fat intake has gone from making up 37% to 38% of total energy to 33% of total energy (1-6). However, the 1994-96 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes...

Dietary sources of nutrients among US adults, 1989 to 1991.
May 1, 1998... In 1985, Block et al (1,2) provided the first detailed listing of dietary sources of nutrients among a representative sample of US adults. These data, from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES Il, conducted from...

Risk indicators for malnutrition are associated inversely with quality of life for participants in meal programs for older adults.
May 1, 1998... Older adults are at disproportionate risk for malnutrition compared with the general population (1). Normal and pathological changes that occur with aging can decrease food intake and impair nutrient absorption and use (2). Additionally,...

Nutrition and health status assessment of community-residing elderly in New York City: a pilot study.
May 1, 1998... New York State has more than 2.4 million older adults, of whom 936,576 (39%) live in the 5 boroughs of New York City (1). From 1980 to 1990 the population in New York City older than age 60 years increased by 6%, and those older than 85 years...

Factors influencing nutrition education for patients with low literacy skills.
May 1, 1998... Effective communication of health information is a crucial first step in advancing patients' understanding of what is required to enhance health. A broad gap exists, however, between the average patient's reading comprehension level and the...

Olestra: a new food additive.
May 1, 1998... The purpose of this article is to increase dietetics professionals' understanding of olestra by explaining what it is and how it was approved by the FDA, and by presenting some of the highlights of the scientific studies used in the food...

Validating fourth-grade students' self-report of dietary intake: results form the 5 A Day Power Plus program.
May 1, 1998... To evaluate our progress toward national goals of increasing children's fruit and vegetable consumption we must be confident in our ability to quantify intake (1,2). Financial and practical constraints cause us to rely on children's self-report...

Family functioning is related to overweight in children.
May 1, 1998... Obesity is multifactorial in origin involving genetic, metabolic, psychological, and environmental components. Because family dysfunction negatively affects every realm of child development - behavioral, cognitive, physical, and social -...

Self-reported energy intake and energy expenditure in elderly women.
May 1, 1998... The elderly are a growing population; however, limited information concerning energy requirements of the elderly is available. Dietary intake data have been collected in research and clinical settings to determine the intakes of energy and...

Fruit and juice intake associated with higher Dietary Status Index in rural east Tennessee women living in public housing.
May 1, 1998... Food group (pattern) analysis identifies food groups eaten, in what quantities, and with what frequency. Food group analysis studies can address dietary adequacy or moderation (1-10). The Dietary Status Index (DSI) measures dietary adequacy and...

Position of the American Dietetic Association: use of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners.
May 1, 1998... Human beings are born liking the sensation of sweetness. A number of food ingredients stimulate this sensation by interacting with taste buds in the mouth and throat. The sweetening power of these ingredients varies with the properties of the...

President's page: checking the strategic framework road map. (American Dietetic Association)(President's Page)
May 1, 1998... Remember those long driving vacations you took as a child? How many times did you ask, "Are we there yet?" To me, it seemed like we would never reach our much-anticipated destination. Even as an adult, it's tempting to ask, "Are we there yet?"...

JCAHO and CDR: meeting the competence challenge. (Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; Commission on Dietetic Registration)
May 1, 1998... Though it has served us well in the past, health care work force regulation is out of step with today's health care needs and expectations" (1, p vi). This statement, issued by the Pew Health Professions Commission Task Force on Health Care...

Home Health Nutrition Patient Education Manual.
May 1, 1998... Because patients are making quicker transitions back into the home, home care clients today often require treatment that was previously provided only in the hospital setting, such as diet education, nutrition support, and nutrition monitoring....

Essentials of Food Science.
May 1, 1998... This book is a timely introductory food science textbook. It presents principles of food science and provides an overview of the chemical and physical aspects of food. The chapters generally follow the order of the US Department of Agriculture...

Annual Review of Nutrition.
May 1, 1998... This 17th edition of Annual Review of Nutrition continues to provide authoritative, critical reviews of current topics in nutrition. The 26 chapters in this volume represent the multidisciplinary nature of the science of nutrition and range...

Overweight and Weight Management: The Health Professional's Guide to Understanding and Practice.
May 1, 1998... Books on the topic of overweight and weight management are ubiquitous. In spite of this, it can be difficult to find books that present these topics in a comprehensive, logical, cohesive way. This book does just that. The authors present the...

Basic Nutrition for Long-Term Care Staff.
May 1, 1998... This video is set up to answer the questions about nutrition and aging most frequently asked by long-term-care staff members. It provides a good overview of basic nutrient requirements and the food sources of those nutrients, and includes a...