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KNN August Newsletter

Welcome to the August 2005 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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Next KNN Meeting September 23, ClubHouse Inn, Topeka

Upcoming KNN Meetings:

Locations to be announced. Please get these dates on your calendar!

November 18, January 27, 2006, March 31, May 19, July 28

Frances More Lappe, author of Diet for a Small Planet, will be the special guest on the 22nd World Food Day Teleconference, Reflections on Fighting Hunger: Roads Not Taken; Goals Not Met; The Journey Ahead, Friday, October 14, 2005. K-State Research and Extension will sponsor a site for the downlink at the K-State Union. Videotapes will be made of the presentation and will be available after the event. For more information, contact Sandy Procter at procter@humec.ksu.edu

From Dole Nutrition Institute http://dolenutrition.com/full_story.aspx?Nodeid=786&PLid=4,5,6 Now comes news that one citrus scent - grapefruit - can take years off your appearance. Volunteers were asked to estimate the age of models while wearing nose-masks infused with various aromas. "In the presence of the smell of pink grapefruit, women appear to be six years younger than their real age," says study author Alan B. Hirsch of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2005-07-10-art-of-cooking_x.htm?csp=34
Despite an abundance of cookbooks and chef shows, many adults simply don’t know how to cook.

A new fact sheet is available that describes the role that government can play in preventing childhood obesity. Focus On Childhood Obesity available at http://www.iom.edu/focuson.asp?id=22593

http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/features/digest.jsp?iaid=138&id=79427
A report issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and published in the July issue of Pediatrics says that although many pediatricians and family physician groups endorse the use of body mass index in routine screenings for obesity and overweight, pediatricians need to consider other factors when diagnosing and treating obesity.

http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_overweight.html
Knowledge Path: Overweight in Children and Adolescents. June 2005
Source: Maternal and Child Health Library

FNS is pleased to inform you of a new resource document, The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity. The document can be accessed on the Internet at www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has issued the first set of reports in a new series examining research on the effects of public benefit programs that assist low-income families and individuals. These reports highlight the accomplishments of these programs and discuss ways in which they can be improved. The reports cover food and nutrition programs, Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Supplemental Security Income Program for the elderly and disabled poor, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and examines the combined impact of the nation’s system of public benefit programs on poverty and health insurance coverage. These reports are all posted to a Special Series page: http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/accomplishments.htm

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