09/12/96 Six Receive Women's Health Research Grants

Six Receive Women's Health Research Grants

The American Dietetic Association's (ADA) Nutrition and Health Campaign for Women awarded six research grants to examine the effects of nutrition on women's health. The six research grants--selected from 27 applicants--are funded by The American Dietetic Association Foundation through a grant from Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Ill.

CHICAGO, September 12, 1996

The campaign--a program to educate women about the links between nutrition and breast cancer, heart disease, oesteoporosis, diabetes and healthy weight--will use the results of the research to seek support for larger studies on the cost and clinical effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy (the assessment of a patient's nutritional status followed by appropriate therapy) and to urge for coverage of nutrition services in health care plans. Grant recipients are:
Elizabeth R. Burrows, M.S., R.D. (registered dietitian), How women maintain a low-fat dietary pattern
Dennis Gordon, M.Ed., R.D., Does a weight control program add benefit to diabetes education?
Debra Krummel, Ph.D., R.D., Outcomes of nutrition services in female cardiac patients
Rebecca S. Reeves, Ph.D., R.D., FADA, The effect of medical nutrition therapy on secondary prevention of coronary heart disease in older women
Kathleen M. Rourke, Ph.D., R.D., R.N., Weight loss effects in bone mass in adolescent females
Francine Meyers Steinberg, Ph.D., R.D., Soy phytoestrogens and CHD risk in hyperlipidemic women

Progress of the research will be discussed in a session at ADA's 1997 Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Boston. The completed results of the studies will be presented at a research conference in September 1998 and submitted for publication in the Journal of The American Dietetic Association (JADA).

The review committee consisted of experts in the health care field. The program was announced to the ADA membership on the Internet, through JADA and the ADA Courier.

ADA's Nutrition and Health Campaign for Women has been active for three years and is directed by an expert panel representing government, university and medical center experts on the subject of women's health.

The American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. With headquarters in Chicago, it serves the public by promoting optimal nutrition, health and well-being.

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