Dietitians: Host A Healthy Aussie Day Event
With Australia’s Healthy Weight Week coinciding with Australia Day, the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) is encouraging people to host a healthy barbeque or picnic in their community or for family and friends. DAA Spokesperson Melanie McGrice said: ‘There is nothing more Australian than a barbeque on Australia Day…
January 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: australia, australian, barbeque-or-picnic, daa, dietitians, healthy-barbeque, healthy-weight, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, their-community
Grant To Prevent Young Childhood Obesity
The Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific Region (CHIL) recently received $23.7 in funding from the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)…
January 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, children, healthy-living, minority, minority-populations, nifa, on call diets, pacific, program, usda
Preventing Tooth Decay In The Youngest American Indians
A study conducted in four American Indian communities in the Pacific Northwest presents an effective strategy to convince mothers to switch young children from drinking sweetened soda to water and shows that eliminating these sugary drinks from the diets of the youngest members of the tribe significantly decreased tooth decay…
January 24, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: decreased-tooth, effective-strategy, from-the-diets, on call diets, pacific-northwest, study-conducted, switch-young, the-tribe, the-youngest, these-sugary, tribe, youngest
