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KNN March Newsletter |
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Welcome to the March 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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Check out our new PSA's for 2005 on our website. What
a fun and exciting project!
Check out our new link on the HOW page that goes to
USDA and provides lots and lots of information on food
stamps and nutrition education.
There is a new link at Hot Topics, Social Marketing
section. It goes to an article from the Sunflower
Foundation. |
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Upcoming KNN Meetings:
March 10, 2005 in Topeka - Capital Plaza Hotel 10am -
2pm
May 12th - Wichita - Kansas Nutrition
Network
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| The new 2005 Dietary
Guidelines and consumer brochure are available at www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines. |
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National Turn Off the TV Week:
Pull the plug on
your television and get moving for National Turn off the TV Week from
April 25 – May 1, 2005. TV-Turnoff Network is a national
nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much
less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities. Click
the link below for some great activities to get you moving.
www.tv-turnoff.org
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| The Senior Farmers' Market
Nutrition Program provides fresh, locally grown fruits,
vegetables and herbs to low-income seniors, as well as increases the
consumption of agricultural commodities. Through this increased
consumption, the SFMNP will help expand or develop farmers' markets and
other agricultural commodity outlets. Kansas will receive $175,986 during
the summer 2005. |
| A recent review was conducted to
respond to the question of whether participation in the nutrition
assistance programs contributes to the growing problem of overweight and
obesity. After a thorough review of the scientific literature, the panel
concluded that current research provides no evidence that program
participation causes obesity. The panel cautioned that any future research
must consider the simultaneous effects of nutrition assistance program
participation, poverty, and obesity on one another. http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/menu/Published/NutritionEducation/Files/ObesityPovertySum.pdf
For the full report, go to http://www.fns.usda.gov/oane/menu/Published/NutritionEducation/Files/ObesityPoverty.pdf |
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The summaries in the Nutrition and Health Characteristics of
Low-Income Populations series highlight key findings of the
multi-volume Nutrition and Health Outcomes Study. The summaries examine
the nutritional and health status of: Food Stamp Program (FSP)
participants; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) participants; school-age children; and older Americans.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/AIB796/
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| The American Academy of
Pediatrics has released an updated statement of breastfeeding.
The full paper can be found at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/115/2/496.
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| Report: Shortchanging America's Health. The
United States is falling short in achieving national health goals due to a
lack of funding and strategies to reach those goals, according to a
state-by-state review of federal health spending funded by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation and released by Trust for America's Health.
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Former Secretary of Health
and Human Services Tommy Thompson said that "cost is not a
determiner of whether or not you eat properly...low-income individuals
should be able to have a very balanced diet." But the statement
misunderstands the circumstances that low-income families face. Federal
food stamp assistance is low -- the average food stamp benefit is less
than 90 cents per meal, according to the Food Research and Action Center.
Cash-strapped families may live in motel rooms, or have only a small
refrigerator and microwave. A recent study concluded that a higher number
of fast food restaurants in black and low-income neighborhoods may
contribute to the environmental causes of the obesity epidemic in these
populations. http://tinyurl.com/53war
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| See http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February05/Features/ThePriceIsRight.htm
for an article about economics and the rise in obesity. |
| National Public Health
Week is April 4-10 and this year the emphasis is on
empowering Americans to live stronger, longer. Today,
many individuals and their families, as well as communities and
policy-makers, are not taking the preventive actions necessary to keep
aging Americans stronger and healthier throughout their later years. As a
result, older Americans often endure chronic physical and mental illnesses
that could have been avoided or diminished if they were more proactively
addressed. Go to www.apha.org and click on the link to National Public
Health Week. |
| Understanding the 2005
Dietary Guidelines for Americans--The IFIC Foundation offers
extensive resources regarding the newly released Dietary Guidelines. Learn
what the Dietary Guidelines are and how they can be effectively
communicated. Read the media alert or visit the Q&A. http://www.ific.org |
| Don't forget to check out
IFIC.org in Spanish! This counterpart to IFIC.org features
background information on a variety of food safety and nutrition topics,
our Food Insight newsletter, brochures, Q&As, fact sheets, and
consumer and opinion leader research. The site is accessible through the
IFIC.org home page (click on español below the IFIC Foundation logo) or by
visiting http://ific.org/sp. |
| FNS now has six
new activity sheets for 8-10 year olds that support and encourage healthy
eating and physical activity. http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard/collection/kids_activity.html. |
| The web site of the Center
on Hunger and Poverty has new formatting that focuses solely on
hunger and food insecurity. www.centeronhunger.org. |
| Go to www.toneczar.com and
scroll down the page just a bit to the music clips. There are two bagpipe
tunes there for your enjoyment! |
| I think our 5 minutes
is just about up. Send an email to Karen Fitzgerald kfitzger@ksu.edu if you have
information you want to include in next month’s KNN email
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