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Obesity Trends 1985-2007

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:32:00 EST

10 years later, school still sugar free and proud

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:10:00 EST

For dessert? Peaches.

There are no bake sales here, no birthday cupcakes, no cookies or ice cream. Don't even think about bringing sugar to Browns Mill Elementary School.

As schools around the country have begun removing soda and junk food from their premises, the elementary school in Lithonia, Georgia, was ahead of the curve, cutting out sugar 10 years ago under the watch of principal Dr. Yvonne Sanders-Butler.

"Childhood obesity, it's our tsunami, it's our Katrina," she said. "If we're really thinking about the best interests about the young people today, then we will take a stand."

Some may think the steps are draconian, but a glimpse inside the school's cafeteria shows hundreds of students coolly sipping their milk and juice and eating, instead of screaming, squealing and swapping snacks. Soothing jazz music plays in the cafeteria. Video Watch Dr. Sanders-Butler in the school cafeteria.

10 years later, school still sugar free and proud
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Barack Obama

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:59:00 EST

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,…”
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Ratified November 4^th 2008

By: Nicholas Hines

Behavioral Modification Programs Help Obese Children Manage Their Weight

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:58:00 EST

Read this Press Release Date: September 29, 2008

Obese school-age kids and teens can lose weight or prevent further weight gain if they participate in medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs, according to a new report released today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Children in the medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs studied met for more than 25 hours, usually once or twice a week, for 6 months to 12 months. Effective programs included techniques to improve dietary and physical activity habits, with some featuring strategies such as goal setting, problem solving and relapse prevention.

Researchers found that after completing weight management programs, obese children would weigh between 3 pounds and 23 pounds less, on average, than obese children not involved in such programs. Among those enrolled, the weight difference would be greatest among heavier children as well as in those enrolled in more intensive programs. Researchers also found that weight improvements could be maintained for up to a year after the program ended.

"Effective prevention is the best way to stem the childhood obesity epidemic, but we also have to find effective and healthy ways of helping our children and teens who already are obese get to a healthier weight," said AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. "AHRQ's new evidence report helps identify possible solutions."

What's We Can ! ?

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:20:00 EST

We Can!™ stands for Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition. We Can! is a national education program designed for parents and caregivers to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

Parents and caregivers are the primary influencers for this age group. We Can! offers parents and families tips and fun activities to encourage healthy eating, increase physical activity and reduce sedentary or screen time.

It also offers community groups and health professionals resources to implement programs and fun activities for parents and youth in communities around the country.

Nick-
N.D.com

Why......Whhyyyyyyyy!!!!!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:03:00 EST

My Declaration

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:28:00 EST

"Feeding the mind and starving ignorance to death."

Nick-
N.D.com

Be Happy You Live In America

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:44:00 EST

Be very, very happy!

TAKING LIBERTIES is a shocking but hilarious polemic documentary that charts the destruction of all your Basic Liberties under 10 Years of New Labour. Released to coincide with Tony Blair's departure, the film and the book follow the stories of normal people who's lives have been turned upside down by injustice - from being arrested for holding a placard outside parliament to being tortured in Guantanamo Bay. THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T READ IN THE PAPERS! THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON TV! AND IT'S HAPPENING TO YOU!

Infant Mortality Rate

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:13:00 EST

''Babyland,'' a report from ABC’s "20/20," surveys grass-roots crusades in a city where an infant dies every 43 hours.

"By Kevin McDonough
United Feature Syndicate

The whole purpose of news is to look for the truth, no matter how unpleasant. This is never easy on television, where the emphasis is always on glamour, distraction and selling deodorant.

So give ABC some credit for the "20/20" (10 p.m., ABC) special "Babyland," hosted by Elizabeth Vargas."

Success: Chapter Two

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:05:00 EST

Chapter Two....

Pinky: "Gee Brain, what do you want to do tonight?"

The Brain: "The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world."

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: GMO o Nooooo!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:47:00 EST

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: Is GMO Food and Organic Food an Either Or Proposition?

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:59:00 EST

Losing Weight Soon After Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Doubles Positive Outcomes

Stroke Risk Plummets With Healthy Lifestyle

Los Angeles Stages a Fast Food Intervention

Judge sets date for Splenda showdown

Runners' High: Joggers Live Longer

Tilapia's good -- but not that good

Know your salmon and where it's from

Is GMO Food and Organic Food an Either Or Proposition?

Eating on the Go: How Hidden Calories Can Add Up

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: Another Piece Of The Weight-control Puzzle Identified

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:24:00 EST

Can You Be Fat and Healthy? Depends Where You Are Fat

Another Piece Of The Weight-control Puzzle Identified

Eat Oily Fish At Least Once A Week To Protect Your Eyesight In Old Age

Too Much Salt Boosts Blood Pressure Study rules out the effect of one genetic variation

Soy Protein Doesn't Lower Cholesterol Regular consumption had little effect on LDL levels, study finds

FDA reviews food labeling for allergies

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: States mandate 'culturally competent health care

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:39:00 EST

Study finds no extra nutrients in dried organic food

Whole Foods Recalls Beef Processed At Plant Long at Odds With USDA

A winning start

States mandate 'culturally competent' health care

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: Another approach to estimating the reliability of glycaemic index

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:29:00 EST

All U.S. adults could be overweight in 40 years

Source: Obesity Research

Food Giants Race to Pass Rising Costs to Shoppers

Broccoli may undo diabetes damage

Source: Diabetes

Effect of Formal Statistical Significance on the Credibility of Observational Associations

Invited Commentary: Evidence-based Evaluation of p Values and Bayes Factors

Another approach to estimating the reliability of glycaemic index

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: New erythritol sweetening brand announced

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:37:00 EST

Breakfast benefits may differ for boys, girls

End of the Diet Wars?

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Nutrition labels seen as a marketing tool

New erythritol sweetening brand announced

Sesame Seed Extract And Konjac Gum May Help Ward Off Salmonella And E. Coli

Nick

N.D.com

Headline: Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:31:00 EST

Vitamin C May Be Useful to Treat Cancer After All

Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat, But Worsens Glucose

Adopting America's Bad Habits: Latinos' Poor Diets, Lack of Exercise Propel Social Agencies Into Action

Sorting Out Coffee’s Contradictions

Consumers are raising cane over corn sweetener

Food origin labels will cost $$$

Bad foods myths -video

Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet

Nicholas
N.D.com

Headline: Mediterranean Diet Lowers Diabetes Risk

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:40:00 EST

Weighing in on Depression New Research Clarifies More Than Ever Basis of 'Comfort Food'

Obesity, you can’t win for losing

Exercise in a pill? Drug gives couch potato mice the benefit of exercise and weight loss

Type 2 Diabetes: Is Carb Counting Unnecessary?

'Functional' foods garnering more attention What to consider when choosing nutraceuticals or probiotics

Supermarket Savvy’s Newsletter, July/August 2008

Sugar Substitutes Now Boast Virtually Calorie-Free Natural Options

Nix on Negative Calories

Eating Mediterranean Lowers Diabetes Risk

Plasma Vitamin C Level, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and the Risk of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in African American Women

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Nutrition in the News 3

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:39:00 EST

The Myth of Moderate Exercise

Source: Arch Intern Med

Nine Ways Food Labels Mislead

Following the Mediterranean Diet for a year helps improve eating habits in persons at risk for cardiovascular disease

Source: J Am Diet Assoc

Nutrition in the News 2

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:48:00 EST

Want guilt-free steak? Go against the grain Research shows that grass-fed beef is leaner and more ecofriendly

Organic food 'good for you' says EU

Organics - fad or the future?

Weekend Diet Tips Don't let your off days make you fat!

Integrative Way: Omega-3? Not all fish are equal

Dietitians' advice key in battle against diabetes

Which Diet's Best? That's Your Choice

Cited: N Eng J Med

Keeping Weight Off Takes More Exercise Than You Think

Some Sweeteners Inhibit Enzyme Tied to Type 2 Diabetes

Source: Arch Intern Med

Obesity gene disrupts appetite signals

Source: J Clin Endocrinol Metab

Nutrition in the News

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:07:00 EST

Does Fructose Make
You Fatter?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/does-fructose-make-you-fatter/

Source: The
Journal of Nutrition

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/138/6/1039

In
Surprise Move, EPA Bans Carbofuran Residue on Food

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072403495.html

Journal
Review

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
July 2008

http://www.ajcn.org/current.shtml

Alternatives
for macronutrient intake and chronic disease: a comparison of the OmniHeart
diets with popular diets and with dietary recommendation

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/1

Appetite and
adiposity in children: evidence for a behavioral susceptibility theory of
obesity

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/22

Flavonoids,
flavonoid-rich foods, and cardiovascular risk:

a
meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/38

Acute dark
chocolate and cocoa ingestion and endothelial function:

a randomized
controlled crossover trial

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/58

Modifications
to the Healthy Eating Index and its ability to predict obesity:

the
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/64

Bolus tube
feeding suppresses food intake and circulating ghrelin

concentrations in healthy subjects in a short-term placebo-controlled trial

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/77

Classification of malnutrition in cystic fibrosis: implications for

evaluating
and benchmarking clinical practice performance

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/1/161

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine,
July/August, 2008

http://ajl.sagepub.com/content/vol2/issue4/

Exercise
Nutrition for Adults Older Than 40 Years

http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/285

Do
Supplements Benefit Exercise?

http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/293

Treatment of
Overweight and Obesity in Primary Care Practice:

Current
Evidence and Future Directions

http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/296

Appetite-Related Gut Peptides in Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder

http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/305

A Review of
the Relationship Between 100% Fruit Juice

Consumption
and Weight in Children and Adolescents

http://ajl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/315

American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
August 2008

(Access
abstracts from link below)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07493797

–Weight Loss
During the Intensive Intervention Phase of the Weight-Loss Maintenance Trial

–Cancer
Screening Among the Overweight and Obese in Canada

Nutrition and Public Health in the News

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:22:00 EST

Serving Up an Alternate Solution: The Golden State to Go Sans TransCalifornia Could Become the First State to Ban Trans Fats, if Gov. Agrees

Early probiotic consumption stops gut problems: study

Food Prices About to Leap

FDA issues guidance on antioxidants

Organic nutritional advantages questioned again

Health trend continues as obesity rates rise

Regular Meals Reduce Risk Of Developing Metabolic Syndrome, Study Shows

Pre-diabetes must be treated, doctors urge

I finally completed my project

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:34:00 EST

First ever U.S. Food Exchange System in the form of a brochure package.

Who wants to buy? :)

Every Heartbeat Has a Voice: Kentuckians Speak Out About Health Care

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:20:00 EST

At forums held in communities throughout the state, Kentuckians share their concerns about the health care system and talk about how it can be improved to better serve all citizens. A 2007 KET production.

If you are using Internet Explore browser, play with the play and stop buttons. But give it time to load....around 30 sec.

New Study Suggest Low Carb Showed Best Results

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:07:00 EST

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, a study suggest that a low-carb diet showed greater weight reduction results than the Mediterranean-diet or even the all mighty, well respected low-fat diet. After slow review, this study indicates nothing newer than previous studies suggested: Low carbs diets works tremendously well when compared to a variety of culturally popular and accepted diets.

Link to Research >>>>

What is controversial about a low-carb diet winning first prize in this study?

1) This particular low-carb diet was allowed a maximum of 120grams of Carbohydrates/ Daily after a two month induction phase of just 20g/daily.
Every nutritional adequate dietary regimen provides vitamins and minerals from carbohydrate food sources. There will be an inadequate supply of these nutrient compounds if the carbohydrate intake hovers around 480 grams. This practice is unsustainable, especially when food variety keeps our sanity level. Who would want to pop pills to fill the void for the remainder of their life?

The most realistic research question that should be asked are:

1) Is it economically affordable, for the majority to follow the diet on a long-term basis?
A low carb diet or more commonly known as a high protein (Keto diet) is already to expensive to maintain. How can you exspect the average middle income individual to afford the cost of many pounds of meat, poultry, eggs, cheese and dairy? Stick with a diet routine that is affordable for the majority is key. This diet does not do it.

2) Does the diet prove to be the best diet for long-term weight loss maintenance and not just significant quick short-term results?
Remember the Rabbit and the Turtle story! A steady dietary lifestyle is much easier to manage than a quick and new dietary routine. Say no, to yo yo!

3) Is this diet healthy on a long-term life basis?
You can drive to work or ride a bicycle. Both resources work. But very soon you will notice that saving gas puts you at high risk of being hit with a car. Hypothermia is not nice and heat strokes play hard. You might get to work late and get home even later. You can’t carry much on your being. You will ultimately resort back to a vehicle and again to your bicycle, all because you were entices by some witty group of individuals that know the value and art of rhetoric and power in numbers.

One last thing, I would like to sell you this blue trash bag. It’s a wonderful and magical bag. It fills with cash every time you walk into a bank. The going price is $2,000. Don’t worry; you will get your monies worth! Trust me, I did the research. Want to see my P-value?

Nick-
N.D.com

President Bush has vetoed Medicare Bill

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:29:00 EST

It is my understanding that President Bush has vetoed H.R. 6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. However, the margin of the House vote 355-69 and the Senate of 69-30 is enough for congressional leaders to override the presidential veto.

How will this bill help registered dietitians or medical practitioners?

1. It prevents a scheduled 10.6 percent pay cut effective July 1, 2008 and replaces it with a 1.1 percent increase until December 2009.

2. It contains a title on preventive services that allow for significant expansion of MNT services.

3. Does not specifically list new preventive services, instead it creates a process by which new services can be covered.

Senator with a NO Vote:
McCain … He sucks!

Senator who voted YES:

Obama … He Rocks!

I Faxed my Representative and Senator:
Sen. Kay Hutchison
Rep. Michael McCaul

Nick-
Nick@NicksDietetics.com

New Medicare Bill Opens the Door for Medical Nutrition Therapy Expansion

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:41:00 EST

You call them elders, I call them aged. We all will become old and wrinkled someday. Yet one fact that many Americans don’t give close attention to is nutritional medical treatment. With the increasing rise of preventable chronic diseases, more prevention interventions are required for our age-old priceless citizens. It is still widely accepted by many Americans that there is not enough money to go around and there is no money in preventive solutions. The American Dietetic Association Supports the new MNT bill passed Wednesday evening. This legislation was approved by a veto, proof by a margin of 69 to 30, after falling one vote short of passage less than two weeks ago.

In the passed Congress limited MNT to Medicare beneficiaries with renal disease and diabetes. Dietitians could not find a way to get paid to by Medicare for offering MNT services, particularly if they had a personal practice. This bill passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives contains the correct rhetoric that should allow MNT to be expanded for therapy considered reasonable and necessary for the prevention of an illness or disability. “There is strong evidence that intensive nutrition counseling by registered dietitians can reverse hyperlipidemia, high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes,” American Dietetic Association President Martin M. Yadrick said. “While more work needs to be done to ensure Medicare correctly interprets the intent of Congress to cover expanded MNT services, passage of the Medicare bill still represents a major step forward in providing seniors on Medicare access to critical services that can improve their lives,” Yadrick said.

I know that this is an issue that does not touch many young people, but it will soon play an important role in our health. The American Dietetic Association is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. ADA is committed to improving the nation’s health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. To locate a registered dietitian in your area, visit the American Dietetic Association.

Nick-
ND.com

Today was a great day

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:29:00 EST

I got my blog...

I got my blog... like a kid in a candy store, like a pig in crappy mud, like a website programing-newbie with his first major script. Me!

Its not sum stupid, stand alone page that you need to go see.

All I need to do now is edit its style and color.

And it really looks best in the Firefox Browsers.

Nick-

Ubuntu Beryl Matrix 3D Desktop and Stable

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:31:00 EST

Microsoft has failed me one and know two-many times!

How sweet it seems...
Yet the tech software in my field only runs on Microsoft from what I know!

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