1998 Catalog - General

America's premier sports nutritionist has launched a new edition of her classic sports nutrition guidebook. Clark shares the nutrition advice she gives to athletes-from weekend exercisers to Olympians to professionals. You'll find how-to suggestions that fit your situation.

Give effective sports nutrition talks with this slide show developed by sports nutrition expert Nancy Clark. In a question and answer format, this set of 75 colorful slides addresses the nutrition concerns common to sports active audiences.

Most up-to-date information on culinary terms. This kitchen aid defines and describes preparation and cooking methods, kitchen utensils, herbs and spices, cuts of meat, types of cheese and sausage, seafood, sauces, and foreign food terms.

A new mother needs to be confident that she is doing the best for her baby. This book will give her the knowledge that is vital to developing that confidence. With the rich store of information, every mother should be able to experience the joy of breastfeeding.

The purpose of the Nutrition and Health Campaign for Women slides and script narrative is to provide dietetic professionals with a tool to educate consumer audiences about nutrition and women's health and to give them some basic recommendations about adopting a healthy lifestyle, and motivate professional audiences into taking an active role in educating consumers about the vital role that nutrition plays in women's health.

A textbook written for the student who wants to study nutrition but may not have a background in chemistry. Principles of nutrition, guidelines for making food choices, and techniques for meeting the challenge of the information explosion and understanding controversial topics in nutrition are included. The instructor's manual outlines the main points of each chapter, lists ideas for student activities, and suggests test questions. The study guide points out significant facts and terms in the text. This is a new approach to learning for students and an interesting book for nutritionists and others to read.

This handbook provides practical information for parents and teachers regarding common nutrition problems of developmentally delayed children and infants.

©1996

Eating right used to be simple. But today, with thousands of food products to choose from in the grocery store and a blitz of new diet studies, it's no wonder we're all a bit confused. Although most people knew the basics of nutrition at one time or another, for many, that sound advice has been forgotton. This video teaches about the building blocks of good nutrition and takes the mystery out of eating with simple advice you can use to choose a well-balanced diet. The Food Guide Pyramid is used to show just how easy it is to eat a variety of flavorful foods that are good for you.

This book can help to make nutrition education efforts more productive by enabling you to locate and improve upon materials and methods that others have found successful, rather than "reinventing the wheel."

This textbook presents information on growth and development, nutrient needs of infants and children, and provides a clinical approach to nutrition for infants, preschoolers, school age children, and adolescents. Several chapters present the application of nutrition to special circumstances including vegetarianism, drug abuse, and the developmentally disabled.

This book is about knowing the difference between doing your best and overdoing it. Clear enough for teens as well as adults, it emphasizes that self-worth is rooted in who you are, not how well you do or what you look like.

The Magic Bullet is green...and yellow, orange, purple and red. By using mouth-watering food slides and an entertaining, informative script, this topical slide program explores recent research on naturally occurring antioxidants and other phytochemicals which may have powerful disease prevention capabilities. The program brings home the point that eating more produce isn't just a health imperative, it's also a delicious idea. It presents the foods involved in the studies then puts together three days of typical American eating, while including eight servings of fruits and vegetables each day. The comprehensive script alone will be an invaluable asset when you're trying to translate findings from this exciting field into dietary recommendations.

This valuable resource answers the questions of parents and coaches about the nutritional needs of exercising children-both recreational and competitive athletes-between the ages of 6 and 12. Growth, development, body composition, specific nutrient needs of exercising children, ergogenic aids, and weight management issues are all discussed. Includes practical issues for child athletes and their parents, such as pregame and postgame eating, fast foods, recipes, menus, and snacks. Food frequency charts, food and activity records, and a one-day food recall based on the Food Guide Pyramid are provided to encourage the reader to work with a registered dietitian regarding any special concerns. A collaborative effort of the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists and the Pediatric Nutrition dietetic practice groups.

Designed for use in a variety of community, clinical, research and public health settings where nutrition assessment and nutrition education are conducted. Also a convenient and versatile tool for group or individual instruction in classrooms, hospitals, clinics, outpatient counseling facilities, and wellness centers.

This cute cookbook was created to enable very young children to cook as independently as possible under the guidance of an adult partner. Each recipe appears in the book twice: first in a standard format, complete with cooking hints and safety tips; and then a second time as a pictorial version for the child to use. All of the recipes have been kid-tested.

This book offers a common-sense, relaxed approach to healthy eating for children of all ages. The authors present evidence that children will naturally self-regulate their eating if rigid rules are not imposed upon them. They also address parents' most common concerns such as when, what, and how much kids should be eating, how to handle peer pressure, the sugar controversy, body-image problems, special situations, and eating disorders.

This slide program is designed to help high school students and adults put the Food Guide Pyramid into practice. The program includes; 40 full-color slides, reproducible masters, one copy of the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid brochure, and three lesson plans on these topics, -- serving size, menu planning, and rating your diet.

Activities for grades K-2,3-4, and 5-6 are included in this 350 page manual. Each set of activities covers the topics of variety, proportion, balance, fat, and choices. The manual also includes teacher resources, a unit for use by School Food Service, Latch Key lessons, and tasting party recipes.

Chronimed Publishing ©1995 Sandra K. Nissenberg

AUDIENCE: PARENTS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS/SPONSORS

FORMAT: 244P. BOOK

Real Gorgeous : The Truth about Body and Beauty

Packed with jokes, cartoons, and practical ways to find real self-esteem, this is a fun and funny book for everyone, particularly high school and college-aged women who need a fresh approach. Cooke covers eveything from push-up bras to liposuction, including diet myths, eating disorders, body image, the media, and much more. Humorus and filled with sensible and non-sensical insights.

This book is a complete guide to eating and living well. It is clearly written, filled with shopping, cooking tips, and food charts. The topics covered are: making healthy food choices; vitamins and calcium supplements; the ten most asked questions about cholesterol; what food labels are really saying; choosing wisely at the supermarket; maintaining a balanced diet on the run, on the road, and in the air; fast food; and healthy approaches to losing weight.

This authoritative text explains the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs). It includes a chapter defining the approach used to establish the RDAs. In subsequent chapters, the following information is discussed for individual nutrients; general signs of deficiency (if any), dietary sources and usual intakes, recommended allowances, excessive intakes and toxicity. This text is quite technical, yet it is a valuable resource for nutritionists and other health professionals.

Explains why more American girls fall prey to depression, eating disorders, addictions, and suicide attempts than ever before. Here are girls' unmuted voices from the front lines of adolescence, personal and painfully honest, describing what it is like to be caught in cultural double binds; be polite, but be yourself; be aware of our cultural heritage, but don't comment on the sexism. This book is a call -to-arms that offers parents compassion, strength, and strategies.

A readable, well-organized book on comprehensive school health programs (CSHPs) for children in grades K-12. It explores the needs of today's students and how those needs can be met through CSHP design and development. The committee provides broad recommendations for CSHPs, with suggestions and guidelines for national, state, and local actions. The volume examines how communities can become involved, explores models for CSHPs, and identifies elements of successful programs. Topics include: the history of and precedents for health programs in schools; the state of the art in physical education, health education, health services, mental health and pupil services, and nutrition and food services; policies, finances, and other elements of CSHP infrastructure; and research and evaluation challenges.

This training manual, complete with lesson plans and a variety of teaching aids is written for the food service manager. The manual's eight chapters follow a logical sequence. You can use them in order as a complete training program or, if you wish, mix and match the chapters to suit your particular training needs. Each chapter can stand alone. You'll find teaching aids at the end of each chapter. To futher support your training efforts, computer- based software is available.

Macintosh software for "Serving It Safe: A Manager's Tool Kit" training manual.

Windows and Macintosh software for "Serving It Safe: A Manager's Tool Kit" training manual.

Windows software for "Serving It Safe: A Manager's Tool Kit" training manual.

This resource guide describes a program initiated by the Vermont Department of Health which was highly effective in increasing the knowledge of Vermont school children about eating five servings of fruits or vegetables a day. Captures the imagination of both teachers and students.

©1994

This video will give parents a basic understanding of the right types of snacks to offer their children. Viewers will learn to look at snacks as mini-meals that provide important nutrients.

A manual developed in an effort to provide useful nutrition information to high school and middle school coaches, trainers, and teachers. The video, handouts, and transparency masters are to be used with the athletes and family members. The underlying philosophy is that by teaching young athletes to invest in proper nutrition you are teaching them to make a commitment to their health, their bodies, their training programs, and themselves.

This guide to using food in programs with older adults includes a wealth of information on the topics of Homemade Bread, Butter, Popcorn, Tea, and Snow (yes snow!). There are introductions written for oral presentation, discussion questions, and recipes in large print to be used by the program participants and photocopied as souvenirs. Packaged in three-ring binder for convenient use.

This manual is a resource manual for child nutrition program directors who want to apply dietary guidelines in school meal programs. Areas covered include: planning, offering healthy foods, promoting nutrition education, marketing, staff development, and partnerships.

Parents, spouses, and friends of individuals with food problems will find practical guidelines in this book for helping themselves and their loved-ones. The authors examine the psychological components of anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive eating, as well as the family contexts in which they develop. They offer guidance for coping with anger and denial, and for handling daily issues in order to improve the situation-now.

Learn about better nutrition and better vlaue at the supermarket, plus tips on eating while traveling, microwave magic, baby sitter cookery and recipes for milk-intolerant children (and more!).

This collection of more than 100 traditional African recipes is also a celebration of the cultures from which they arose. Starting in the author's native Ghana with "Goundnut (peanut) soup with Fowl and Fufu," the reader is introduced to recipes from 16 countries. A map and vital statistics introduce each country, and Hafner freely digresses to relate a folk tale, provide a bit of historical background, or share a cultural insight. Adapted for modern kitchens and illustrated with 23 color plates, the recipes include meat and vegetable dishes, soups, salads, and desserts.

Office of Public Instruction

With this video Montana presents the benefits of becoming a TEAM Nutrition School.

USDA's Great Nutrition Adventure Action Packet : TEAM Nutrition

United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service     1996

This Action Packet provides guidance to school food service directors in implementing the USDA's initiative to make school meals more nutritious and was developed to include chefs and other members of the community as partners in improving meals served to children.

FORMAT: 12 MINUTE VIDEO FACT SHEETS PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS POSTER

Using The Food Guide Pyramid : A Resource for Nutrition Educators

1996 U.S. Department of Agriculture

This 126 page resource guide provides information to assist nutrition educators in helping their audience use the Food Guide Pyramid to plan and prepare meals. It includes information on serving sizes, daily menus, shopping tips, ethnic considerations, and calorie requirements. The guide also includes 23 recipes.

AUDIENCE: NUTRITIONISTS HEALTH EDUCATORS

FORMAT: 126P. BOOK

Vitamin Basics

Learning Seed ©1995

AUDIENCE: HIGH SCHOOL GENERAL ADULT

FORMAT: 22 MINUTE VIDEO STUDY GUIDE

Presents African-American food at its finest, a feast of over 200 traditional and contemporary recipes combined with historical detail and personal interviews and illustrated with beautiful archival photographs. The African-American way with food combines improvisational techniques with culinary techniques and piquant tastes of the African continent. Filled with tempting recipes for peanut soup, Creole tomato salad, iron-skillet fried chicken, chitlins, cornmeal mush and sweet potato candy, just to name a few. Includes a glossary of ingredients and cooking styles and sample menus for celebrations.

How does fat differ from saturated fat? What does percentage of daily value mean? Why is it important to look for the words "nutrition facts" on food labels? How are serving sizes figured? While putting away groceries, three high school students quiz each other informally about the new labels on processed food and review healthy eating tips for teens and adults. Label closeups, graphics, and a brief review reinforce main ideas. Includes a 9 page guide with projects and discussion topics.

A comprehensive resource guide providing just about eveything you need to know about how—and why—to breastfeed your baby. Latch on to this book for step-by-step guides to early months, common concerns, problems, and weaning. Additional sections on general nutrition, sleep issues, going back to work, discipline, and fathering are useful for all breastfeeding mothers.

Over 180 recipes from 12 countries—France, Indonesia, Russia, Spain, Morocco, Thailand, Italy, China, Greece, japan, Mexico, and the U.S.—takes us on a culinary and cultural journey around the world. Among the 300 full-color photographs are 70 landscape scenes, 150 pictures of prepared dishes, and 90 close-ups of ingredients. 150 maps.

A well-balanced approach to understanding children's nutritional needs.

Written for parents whose daughters are caught in the struggle to be thinner, this book includes distinctions between diets and disorders, a "What Do I Do When?" chapter, sound nutritional guidance, "fit or fanatic" exercise, and discussions of eating disorders and the family. An unique feature of this book is its description and evaluation of popular diet plans-an eye opener for anyone who has been sucked in by the multibillion dollar diet industry.

Ideal for teaching "5-a Day," Food Pyramid, and other nutrition classes. Players match colorful Fruit and Vegetable cards with fruits and vegetables on their menu Boards, includes 90 different fruits and vegetable, with many ethnic examples. Game includes 10 Menu Boards, 80 Fruit and Vegetable cards, masters for making extra boards and card, Fruit and Vegetable Lesson Book, and instructions for many games and activities.