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Benchmarking is a continuous, systematic, management process for measuring work processes, products, and services for the purpose of organizational comparison and improvement. Benchmarking has been used in business and industry since the early 1980's, but has just recently become more common in foodservice operations. Benchmarking is a useful management tool for foodservice directors to use in leading...
The Information Technology Department and the Nutrition and Dietetics Department combined forces to create an unusual adaptation of Internet newsgroups. Special computer configurations enabled researchers to establish nine newsgroups accessible to students via the World Wide Web. Students (n=450) enrolled in an introductory nutrition course were assigned to a newsgroup. Upper-class nutrition students...
A computer-based simulation system (CPSS) was developed to include three realistic scenarios of patients with cardiovascular disease. Beginning dietetic interns used either these simulations or an alternative computer tutorial (NCPT) during their internship orientation. During the subsequent eight weeks of clinical rotations, interns were evaluated weekly by their clinical preceptors. Performance...
Until April, 1997 no nutrition services were available for individuals with HIV and AIDS within a 26 county rural area. Anorexia, poor oral intake, mucositis, emotional stress, opportunistic infections, increased energy and protein requirements, and side-effects of treatment place these individuals at high nutritional risk. Rural health care brings additional burdens which include lack of access to...
It is well documented that malnutrition increases the risk of morbidity and mortality in dialysis patients. At North Iowa Mercy Dialysis Center, a three month baseline study concluded that 46% of the patients were identified at nutritional risk (indicated by albumin less than 3.5mg/dl).Based on these results, a 15 month multidisciplinary Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) project to improve nutritional...
Breast-feeding is encouraged to optimize the health and nutrition of newborn infants. In addition, breast-feeding may impact maternal postpartum weight loss and subsequent body composition. In our study height, weight, waist and hip circumferences were measured in 141 white women between the ages of 25 and 50, from which body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratios (WHR) were calculated. Percent...
Fifty-five dietetic interns from eight different programs used three computer-based simulations of patients with cardiovascular disease during the orientation phase of the internship. Users were asked to assess each patient and develop a nutrition care plan. The simulations included a medical record and other information typically available for a newly hospitalized patient. A main menu of eight choices...
Public libraries are an invaluable educational resource to the community that can provide other educational opportunities. The St. Louis Dietetic Association's Community Practice Group developed a partnership with the St. Louis Public Library to provide interactive nutrition education through existing library modules and programs. The first phase of partnering involved the development of a new education...
The purpose of this study was to compare the body weight concerns and dieting practices of female collegiate athletes participating in aesthetic, endurance, and team/anaerobic sports. Participants consisted of 425 female athletes from 7 universities across the United States. Body weight concerns and dieting practices were assessed by the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Eating Disorder Inventory...
An overemphasis on the consumption of low-fat foods may be associated with the increasing percentage of adults considered overweight. Although food products are reduced in fat, do other changes in the product formula necessarily result in a significant reduction in their caloric content? The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant differences between original fat snack foods...
The American Overseas Dietetic Association (AODA) recognized the need for enhanced communications between its 500 members living in 70 countries, ADA, and the food, nutrition and dietetics communities in countries where AODA members reside. To address this need, AODA appointed International Dietetic Network (IDN) representatives in 25 countries to perform the following duties:serve as a local resource...
The utilization of new technology combined with an old process in need of updating led to the production of acceptable, affordable, safe and consistent thickened liquids. Due to the limited variety and high cost of pre-packaged thickened liquids. Nutrition and Food Service continued to individually mix thickened liquids by hand. This resulted in variable viscosity and unacceptable products. These...
The average daily calcium intake from food and supplements was determined for a group of middle- and upper-income pregnant women throughout gestation. The daily calcium intake was compared to the newly developed Dietary Reference Intake - Adequate Intake (DRI-AI) of 1000mg calcium/day for women aged 19-50 years. Fifty-seven women were enrolled at their first prenatal visit, a 24-hour recall was obtained,...
Pregnant and parenting teen classes were presented in coordination with perinatal care at a health maintenance organization. A course for first year medical students was linked with the classes pairing medical students and adolescents as partners in the learning process. The medical students had the opportunity to develop an understanding for the broad and complex social, cultural and behavioral needs...
The cholesterol-lowering effect of graham flavored bars containing guar galactomannan fiber (GM) and soy fiber were evaluated in two separate controlled parallel design studies in healthy free-living subjects. In the first study, data is presented from 51 subjects (24 women, baseline TC range 110-283mg/dl) randomized to one of 3 groups. Subjects consumed 2 bars/day for 6 weeks, providing either 7...
PURPOSE: Study examined the effect of lactation instruction and palatal prosthesis in increasing partial breast feeding, decreasing time to feed with Haberman feeders, and parent satisfaction in infants cleft lip/palate.METHOD: An ABAB withdrawal design was used with eight families. In A, baseline data on minutes to feed was recorded. In B, lactation instruction and a palatal prosthesis were provided...
A random, geographically representative sample of Massachusetts subjects was proactively recruited for a study of dietary fat reduction. This study was restricted to the control group which received a single dietary feedback report and fat reduction educational materials at baseline then were followed for 18 months (87% retention rate). Dietary intake was assessed by the NCI/Block Food Frequency Questionnaire...
A sample of 50 non-institutionalized, ambulatory senior citizens in Dublin, Ireland were interviewed to determine dietary practices/exercise patterns. Nutrient intake was determined through 24-hour recall; nutrition knowledge was assessed by completion of the previously validated Nutrition Knowledge Test (NKT). Males (N=22) averaged 67 years of age, were married (65%), and typically did not cook (75%)...
Agriculture and human nutrition are issues with global impacts on economics, environmental stewardship and the healthfulness of individuals. For maximum economic benefits and nutrition, any food resource has to be produced, processed, marketed, and consumed. Traditionally, marketing of a food resource has been the individual farmer selling to wholesale or retail markets with little concern for how...
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