Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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from ADA’s Knowledge Center

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ADA members of news affecting food, nutrition and health.
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U.S. obesity rates alarmingly high
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?
storyID=2008-05-12T222558Z_01_KRA278831_
RTRUKOC_0_US-US-OBESITY.xml&WT
modLoc=NewsHome-C3-healthNews-2
Source: Arch Intern Med
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/
content/abstract/168/9/928
Related Resources:
Adult Weight Management Evidence Analysis Project
http://adaevidencelibrary.com/topic.cfm?cat=1010
Certificate of Training
in Adult Weight Management Program
http://www.cdrnet.org/wtmgmt/
certificateoftraining.htm

Tackle obesity like smoking, expert says
Governments need to take action against epidemic,
WHO researcher urges
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24614175/

Putting an End to Mindless Munching
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB12
1062985377986351.html?mod=2_1566_leftbox

U.S. using food crisis to boost bio-engineered crops
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/
chi-food-crops_14may14,0,7229990.story

Feeling the supermarket pinch as food prices rise
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/
chi-food-prices-14may14,0,1225839.story
Related Article - 10 Ways to save at the supermarket
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/
chi-grocery-saving-tips-14may14,0,2782707.story
Related Article - The queen of Leftover Land
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/
chi-leftover-queen-14may14,0,7948558.story

Indians Find U.S. at Fault in Food Cost
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/business/
worldbusiness/14food.html?scp=6&sq
=India&st=nyt

Bush, Congress set for clash over $300B farm bill
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/
2008-05-11-farm-bill_N.htm

National Restaurant Association Announces Winner
of Its "Hot Chef" Challenge on YouTube™
Winner will perform a culinary demonstration
 at restaurant-industry's largest trade show
http://www.restaurant.org/show/media/
news/pressrelease.cfm?ID=1601

Cookbook Publishers Try to Think Small
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/
dining/14kids.html?ref=style
Related Article 
– Cookbooks for Kids: A List for Beginners
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/
14/dining/14books.html

Where Home Cooking Gets the Cold Shoulder
(Siberia's Nenet people, raw, frozen reindeer
meat is both delicious and diet staple)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/story/2008/05/13/ST2008051302252.html

Wal-Mart introducing healthier on-the-go eating
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/
05/12/ap4997760.html

Exercising as teen may stave off breast cancer
Working out as young as 12 can guard against
later malignancy, study says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24599061/

President's Council on Physical Fitness and
Sports Launches New National Adult Fitness Test
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/
presidents-council-on-physical-fitness,392774.shtml
Cited: Adult Fitness Test
http://www.adultfitnesstest.org/
Related Resource: Board Certification as a
Specialist in Sports Dietetics
http://www.cdrnet.org/certifications/
spec/Sports.htm

Nestle and GE team-up to tackle nutrition-body
composition issues
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n
=85263-nestl-research-center-ge-global-research
-obesity-body-composition-nutritional-interventions

Superfruit success not grown on trees, say authors
http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?n=
85257-hort-research-superfruits-goji-mangosteen
Related Resource: ADA Hot Topic - Superfoods
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/
hs.xsl/nutrition_14680_ENU_HTML.htm

MEDLINEPlus: Current Health News
–Melatonin helps critically ill patients sleep
–Moderate drinking may lower hip fracture risk
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/newsbydate.html

Registered Dietitians in the News

Get Up Off That Couch!
St. Anthony Memorial dietitian says exercise
isn’t as dangerous for seniors as once thought
(Joyce Beckner, RD quoted)
http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=
1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=
13373&TM=42223.68
Related Resource: ACSM and AHA Physical Activity
Guidelines for healthy adults under age 65
http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section
=Home_Page&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTML
Display.cfm&CONTENTID=7764#
Over_65_or_50_64

Weekly Weight-Loss Challenge
(Video featuring Edith Hogan, RD)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/
weightloss/2008-03-30-diet-video_N.htm

Dried grapes earn a raise in profile
(Lee T. Murphy, RD quoted)
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/
news/2008/may/13/dried-grapes-earn-
a-raise-in-profile/

A peek at recent health and fitness books,
magazines and Web sites
(Cheryl Forberg, RD)
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20080513/LIVING01/805130314/
1083/LIVING01
Related Resource:
Consumer Diet and Lifestyle Book Reviews
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/
hs.xsl/media_8815_ENU_HTML.htm

The Supermarket Sleuth - High-fiber cereal
(ADA cited)
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/
health/story/530096.html

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