PIPPAH Pearls

Welcome to the PIPPAH Pearls! The “Pearls” are quarterly announcements that explore today’s adolescent health and lifestyle issues. If there is a topic of interest that you would like to see in a future pearl, please contact jfoster@eatright.org.

• Food Marketing to Children and Youth Threat or Opportunity? by Jan Foster, MS, RD, LDN August 2006
  
• Federally-Mandated Local Wellness Policies for School Districts by Anne S. Murphy PhD, RD - February 2006
  
• Beverages in School by Shortie McKinney, PhD, RD, LDN, FADA and Jane Thompson, RD, LDN - December 2005
  
• Fitness Tips! by Jan Foster, MS, RD, LDN - June 2005
  
• Trans Fat and Teens by Lisa Kelly, MPH, RD - March 2005
  
• Healthy Snacks for Adolescents, Part 2 by Jan Foster, MS, RD, LDN – January 2005
  
• Healthy Snacks for Adolescents, Part 1 by Jan Foster, MS, RD, LDN – November 2004
  
• Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents by Jan Foster, MS, RD, LDN – September 2004
  
• Family Meals—Are they Important? By Mary Story, PhD, RD – April 2004
  
• Nutrition Education Resources and Programs Designed for Adolescents by Bonnie Spear, PhD, RD – March 2004
  
• Calcium and the Adolescent Athlete by Althea Zanecosky, MS, RD, LDN - June 2003
  
• Nutritional Supplements and Adolescent Athletes – June 2003
  
• Confidentiality and Treating the Adolescent – February 2003