 | | | Healthy Start |  | | |  | - Study: Weight loss does not guarantee lower heart risk in diabetes
Overweight and obese type 2 diabetes patients who participated in an intensive lifestyle intervention lost more weight at one and four years compared with those who had a standard diabetes support and education program, data from the Look AHEAD study revealed. However, those in the lifestyle-intervention group did not show lower rates of myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalizations for angina or cardiovascular death, researchers said. MedPage Today (free registration) (10/19)       | Dietary Health | | | |  | - Proper nutrition for athletes improves recovery
University of Minnesota nutritionist Carrie Peterson works with all of the professional sports teams in Minneapolis, helping players lose or gain weight and to use their diet to aid in their recovery after a tough game. She says it's a little like being a den mother to younger players, but she adds that some of them have never shopped for groceries, and they need help making good food choices. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) (10/20) - "Grocery Store for a Day" comes to a New Orleans neighborhood
The Lower Ninth Ward Food Access Coalition set up a "Grocery Store for a Day" in a New Orleans parking lot, and residents said it was a good first step toward getting access to healthy foods. The Lower Ninth Ward has not had a major grocery store in about 20 years, and the availability of healthy food diminished even more after Hurricane Katrina. WWL-TV (New Orleans) (10/20)  |  | Tackle privacy concerns with a Value-For-Data Exchange
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 | | - Report ties fructose, higher cardiometabolic risk
Consuming fructose-sweetened soda may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, an analysis in Current Atherosclerosis Reports showed. Soda consumption was also associated with higher triglyceride rates, body weight and visceral adipose tissue, researchers noted. FoodConsumer.org (10/20) - Higher BMI raises hospitalization risk in study
Data on nearly 250,000 Australian participants showed that every additional BMI point was tied to up to a 4% higher risk of being hospitalized for a variety of conditions within a two-year period. The study was published in the International Journal of Obesity. Reuters (10/21) Top five news stories selected by SmartBrief for Nutritionists readers in the past week. - Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers.
| Institutional Foodservice | | | |  | - New York hospital serves fresh produce from rooftop garden
Hospitals around the country often host farmers markets, have gardens on their property or purchase produce from nearby farms, but the Stony Brook University Hospital on New York's Long Island needs to look no farther than its own roof for fresh produce. The 2,200-square-foot space on the fourth floor of an academic building grows fresh Swiss chard, kale, heirloom tomatoes, herbs and more. They are harvested daily and used by the hospital chefs. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/18) - Nonprofit issues School Lunch Report Card
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has issued its School Lunch Report Card for the first time since 2008, in which it grades school districts on their compliance with federal meal guidelines in elementary schools. The Pinellas County, Fla., district received a perfect score, while districts in Howard County, Md., Knox County, Tenn., and Omaha, Neb., tied for second in the report card. The Baltimore Sun (10/18) |  | ManpowerGroup delivers high-impact solutions that enable clients to achieve their business goals and enhance their competitiveness. Solutions cover the entire range of talent-driven needs, from recruitment, training and development, and career management, to outsourcing and workforce consulting. Learn more here. |
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This savory frittata features green super-foods -- pick kale, chard or spinach -- along with sautéed onion, garlic and red pepper. Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The Well-Fed Heart  | It's amazing to think that sports nutrition is such a relatively new piece to the puzzle when it comes to training and recovery in the NFL. Nutrition is a science, so we know exactly how to help these players recover more quickly."
--Nutritionist Carrie Peterson, as quoted by the Star Tribune |
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