As happens from time to time, an unexpected exchange becomes fodder for my blog. This one occurred at the pool and regards the pool but so m...
Odds and Ends
From the last week's news headlines, I could almost do an entire Odds and Ends on the HPV virus and its vaccine - neither of which give ...
Fish Fraud
Searching my own blog for "fish" posts returns 8 mini pages of results. Most of those pertain to the benefits of fish consumption...
Why the NSLP Matters to Everyone
NSLP is the National School Lunch Program. Earlier this year I blogged about the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the alignment ma...
HIV KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE
*******HIV KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE (HIV-KQ-18************ * Reference: Carey, M. & Schroder, K. (2002) This is was created by the r...
Segway - NO WAY
Yesterday I attended my first meeting with the Sustainable Transportation Committee on campus. We are interested in things like car pooling...
NCD Alliance
To the best of my understanding, the NCD Alliance met during the UN General Assembly Meeting that was recently held in NYC. It was during t...
Odds and Ends
CHEESE!: I was in one of the higher end grocery stores yesterday to pick up a few items that I cannot get at Walmart. One of those items is...
Highlights from the Proposed Vending Rule - document
Here is the information on the document from which I am pulling out a few interesting points: Food Labeling: Calorie Labeling of Articles of...
Proposed Vending Rule
Right before the IOM released the Phase II report that I mentioned yesterday (and printed in full today), I had gotten my hands on the text ...
FOP - Final Recommendations
I am excited to say that the Institute of Medicine has released Phase II of its commissioned study on Front of Pack labeling systems. In Ph...
Farm Bill 2012
The US Farm Bills are often discussed in regards to the subsidies they offer to certain industries or for certain crops. There is an indire...
Contraception Use in the USA
In case you are wondering, this week's lesson in the class that I teach regards contraception. I have been trying to prepare the mate...
Teenagers, Sex and Protection
I won't have much blog time this weekend but below is a link to a report from the CDC. The results from a national survey of teens in t...
Make the Time
I absolutely did not have time to go for my swim today - but I did it anyway. The whole while I was walking up the stairs, into the locker ...
When Supplements are Harmful
This is a subject that is very dear to my heart and one that gets my dander up every time. I believe one of my blog side panels gives my vi...
Self-Monitoring and Weight Loss
I have reviewed the following three research articles, one of which I have read several times because I am critiquing the study for a class ...
The Rest of the SNP Story
In an Odds and Ends post dated July 31, 2011, I wrote this: SNPs - Guess what a SNP is? It is pronounced SNIP and has to do with DNA and g...
Odds and Ends
No Helmets No Manners? : As I was running along the greenway this morning, I was quite startled and nearly run over by a man and child on a...
Physical Activity after and during Cancer Treatment
In my last post, I referred to the American College of Sports Medicine's exercises recommendations for persons who are in cancer treatme...
Preventing Breast Cancer
I receive newsletters from the American Institute for Cancer Research or AICR. The most recent one refers to the incidence of breast cancer...
The Denmark Tax
At the end of September, Denmark became the first country to levy a tax on fat. Saturated fat that is - in foods. I mentioned it here at t...
The Potato Wars
Please review this past post on changes that are proposed for our National School Lunch Program. The statement below comes from that pos...
Settle Up Reebok
This snippet is from a blog post written on August 27, 2010 - more than one year ago- Oh, and I saw a lady walking wearing those shoes th...
Another Step in Reducing Smoking?
It has been several years since the Cleveland Clinic and the Weyco Company banned smoking on their campuses and for anyone who wanted to...