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Gaining optimal bone mass in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood is believed to be the best protection against bone loss and osteoporosis. Women in teen and early adult years need to consume more dietary calcium in order to build bone mass. In addition, weight bearing activity enhances bone mineralization which promotes and protects bone mass density.A thirty-three item Food Frequency Questionnaire...
A random sample of 250 registered dietitians who are members of the New Jersey Dietetic Association was mailed a questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed to record knowledge of twelve currently popular herbal therapies and five attitude statements using a Likert-type scale.Ninety useable surveys were returned (36% return rate). All of the respondents were female and 73.3% were between 26 and...