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| YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN THE
PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE! presidentschallenge.org Kansas Nutrition Network has
started a group to take the President's Challenge together. Go to presidentschallenge.org/login/register_individual.aspx
Fill out the registration form. Our group Name is KNN, and the group ID
number is 4538. KNN hasn’t assigned a member number, and each member needs
a unique ID number. So you can use your telephone number, or your address
number. After registering, start logging your activities. As you log
activities you'll be able to track your progress toward winning a
President's Challenge Award or Medal.
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The General Services
Administration (GSA) launched a Spanish-language version of
FirstGov, the government-run Web site that provides
information about official programs and services. FirstGov en Espanol www.espanol.gov is a
centralized collection of major agencies' web pages translated into
Spanish, including the U.S. Postal Service, the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services and the Department of Education.
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| Study finds fruits and vegetables
cost more than packaged convenience foods. (Pioneer Press, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN, October 17, 2003). A study comparing the cost of high-nutrition,
unprocessed foods such as fruits and vegetables to processed convenience
foods that are higher in fat, calories and sugar, found that the former
are more expensive when measured on a cents-per-calorie basis. These
findings may support the argument that food costs are a factor in the
obesity epidemic. www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/7022484.htm Some
question the cost-per-calorie ratio as a way to judge produce prices. More
meaningful might be a cost/nutrient ratio. |
| Heartland SHARE
always includes fresh fruits and vegetables in the monthly SHARE
food boxes, at very economical prices. www.heartlandshare.com |
These are web sites with
information on using canned fruits and vegetables, often less expensive in
the winter months than fresh.
www.mealtime.org
www.cannedveggies.org
www.eatcannedpears.com
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| Eating fruits, vegetables and
certain grains that are rich in antioxidant compounds could be the most
practical and least expensive way to delay formation of cataracts. About
half of all Americans aged 75 and over develop this condition. For more
information, contact Allen Taylor, (617) 556-3155, ARS Jean Mayer USDA
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston,
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General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition announces the
Go With The Grain Distinction Awards and the availability
of $10,000 in awards. Go to www.bellinstitute.com and click on Nutrition News and
Nutrition Kits for applications and the educational resources.
Applications must be received by June 15, 2004.
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For the latest information on Food
Stamp Program participation rates by state, see FRAC's analysis of USDA
data for July 2003 (the latest available).
www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/03july.html FRAC’s web site
is www.frac.org To
subscribe to the weekly FRAC News Digest click here: capwiz.com/frac/mlm/
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| The Kansas Association of
Community Action Programs (KACAP) works to end poverty. www.kacap.org |
| Study finds 60% of Americans will
experience poverty by age 75; 42% by age 50. (Minneapolis Star Tribune,
Minneapolis, MN, October 18, 2003). This study appeared in the American
Sociological Association. A recent federal study similarly found that just
between 1987 and 1996 25% of Americans, including 34% of children, had
experienced poverty. |
| The Economic Research Service
(ERS) of USDA released "Household Food Security in the United States,
2002" www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr35/fanrr35.pdf. |
| Reversing Childhood
Obesity Trends e-newsletter provides up-to-date information and
resources on childhood obesity. Newsletters can be accessed at www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/trends.shtml |
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Providing children with opportunities to serve themselves may help
reduce the growing problem of childhood obesity in the United States. When
the kids were allowed to serve themselves, they served less and ate less
than when served large portions (May 2003 American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, vol. 77, pp. 1164-1170).
For more information, contact
Jennifer O. Fisher, (713) 798-6766, USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research
Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
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