The purpose of this
newsletter is to provide quick contacts to KNN partner agencies and
to other resources that might be helpful to our partners. You should
be able to read this newsletter in less than 5 minutes – that’s our
goal!
KNN April Newsletter
Welcome to the April
2006 issue of KNN’s email newsletter.
Please visit our web site at www.kansasnutritionnetwork.org
We are always interested in how our partners are “partnering”
to improve nutrition and physical activity education throughout Kansas.
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Upcoming KNN Meetings:
Some Locations to be announced. Please get these dates on your calendar!
Next meeting:
May 19, July 28
Save the date: May 10-11, 2006 in Topeka. Understanding the Culture of Poverty, the 2006 Kansas Conference on Poverty, Kansas Association of Community Action Programs.
International No Diet
Day (INDD) is an annual celebration of body acceptance and
diversity observed on May 6 each year. A film screening is one of the
ways to celebrate it. Consider Dieting: At War with our Bodies DVD.
A one minute short preview of the film is available: http://www.hugs.com/01participant/nodiet.htm
(page down for trailer).
"Some prominent nutrition
experts put out new guidelines today urging Americans
to cut back on calorie-rich sodas while allowing more leeway
for alcohol and lots of room for tea and coffee - up to 40 ounces a
day. That's more than three tall cups at Starbucks, although
that might bust suggested limits on caffeine. They also allow men three
times as much beer as sugary soda. The report was paid for by the corporate
parent of Lipton Tea, which is now using the scientists'
advice to advertise tea's benefits."
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_3582493
Under Secretary Bost announced the release of two Food Stamp Program Outreach Tool Kits. One tool kit is for State and Local Food Stamp Offices and the other tool kit is for partners such as Community and Faith-Based Organizations. The tool kits are now available for viewing and download on the FNS web site at http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/outreach/tool-kits.htm#State_
America's Second Harvest
– the Nation’s Food Bank Network released Hunger
in America 2006. For the executive summary and the full report,
along with more information on Hunger in America 2006, please visit
www.hungerinamerica.org.
Share Our Strength
provides funding to increase participation in USDA afterschool and summer
nutrition programs through grants from the Great American Bake Sale.
For more information go to: http://www.greatamericanbakesale.org/site/PageServer?pagename=grant
An 18-year follow-up study of the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), published in the March 2006 issue of Pediatrics, provides the best evidence to date of the sustained, positive effects of early educational intervention on children’s long-term outcomes. RWJF provided funding for the study.