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 | | | Healthy Start |  | | |  |  |  | Recognizing National Birth Defects Prevention Month
January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month and the Grain Foods Foundation would like to remind healthcare providers about the important role folic acid plays in a healthy pregnancy. For more information about folic acid and eating right, including a continuing education video and handouts for clients, please visit gowiththegrain.org. | |
| | - RDs are key to successful home-start parenteral nutrition
Hospital-based dietitians help prepare patients to receive at-home parenteral nutrition by monitoring vital signs to stabilize and cycle the PN formula. Home-infusion companies have registered dietitians who assess a patient's nutrition needs as part of a care team that can begin PN at home, which reduces costs and the risk of hospital-acquired infections. Today's Dietitian (1/2013)       - Study finds exercise after meals lowers triglyceride levels
A small study from Japan found that people who took a brisk walk and did some resistance training one hour after a meal decreased the postprandial elevation of triglyceride levels by 72%, compared with a 25% reduction when the exercise was done before eating. The study was published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Medscape (free registration) (1/22) - Study: Children who spend more time at dinner table weigh less
Children who eat with their families for at least 20 minutes four times a week have lower body weight than those who stay at the table for only 15 to 17 minutes, according to a study in Economics and Human Biology. The results suggest communication and scheduled meal times play key roles in children's weight, researchers said. MedicalDaily.com (1/22) - Study links beta carotene, reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
A study in Human Genetics says beta carotene might reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in people with the gene variant SLC30A4, which is linked to an increased risk of the disease. Meanwhile, gamma tocopherol might increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in this group. Further studies are under way on the substances. EverydayHealth.com (1/22) - PE could help children meet physical activity goals
A study found that daily physical-education classes would raise children's amount of exercise by about 23 minutes, helping meet more than one-third of the daily recommended physical activity goal. The combination of daily PE classes, brief activity breaks in classrooms and active commuting to school would give children 58 minutes of exercise, researchers reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. HealthDay News (1/22) | Institutional Foodservice | | - Chicago hospital campuses feature popular restaurants
Chicago-area hospitals compete on more than patient care, and are bringing popular eateries to their campuses for staff and visitors. A University of Chicago Medicine pavilion will have a Wolfgang Puck Express and a Starbucks, but the hospital also plans to open a small grocery offering organic foods and chef-prepared hot foods. Crain's Chicago Business (1/22) - Free breakfast is on the menu for all at some N.H. schools
In a New Hampshire school district, all elementary schools serve free breakfasts to all students -- regardless of their ability to pay. However, officials say encouraging all students to take advantage of the free meals remains a challenge nationwide, especially in rural districts where transportation is a concern. "At the basic level, if the child is sitting there hungry, they're not going to concentrate," said Erika Argersinger, public policy director of the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire. Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.) (free registration) (1/21) | Recipe of the Day | | | |  | - Sesame chicken, lightened up
This Chinese take-out classic is made with brown rice and sauteed -- not fried -- chicken. Martha Stewart |  | Manage your business even when you're away.
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 | |  | Ten years ago, the academy was really very closely tied to the food and beverage industry. But they really have cleaned up their act."
--Margo Wootan, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics member and director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, as quoted by The New York Times |
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