Tufts University nutrition scientists provide updated MyPlate for older adults
Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University with support from AARP Foundation have just…
March 8, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: aarp, aging, agriculture, diet, hnrca, human-nutrition, jean, mayer, nutrition, nutritional counseling, tufts-university, usda
Moffitt Cancer Center and Commissioner Putnam announce partnership to promote healthy living and reduce cancer risk in Florida
Moffitt Cancer Center President & CEO Alan F.
February 19, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, center-president, ceo, diet, florida, florida-commissioner, nutrition / diet, president
Small fraction of students attended schools with USDA nutrition components
If the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards for school meals and food sold in other venues such as vending machines and snack bars are fully implemented, there is potential to…
November 18, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, fully-implemented, latest, nutrition, nutrition / diet, other-venues, school-meals, such-as-vending, the-latest, usda, vending-machines, venues
Students ‘eat more fruits and vegetables’ under new school lunch standards
In 2012, the US Department of Agriculture updated the guidelines on school lunches, recommending that schools should offer healthier meals to students.
March 4, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, among-low-income, boston, department, from-the-harvard, guidelines, harvard, healthier-meals, nutrition / diet, oncalldiets, public, public-health, should-offer, these-guidelines, vegetable-consumption
Smarter lunchrooms make lunch choices child’s play
In Jan. 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture passed a series of regulations designed to make school lunches more nutritious, which included requiring schools to increase whole grain offerings and making students select either a fruit or vegetable with their purchased lunch.
February 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, choice, department, grain-offerings, make-school, new-study, on call diets, oncalldiets, purchased, students-select, their-purchased, united
New Rules For School Snack Foods Announced In USA
The USDA (US Department of Agriculture) released its long-awaited nutritional guidelines for snacks that are sold in schools, in an effort to address the growing problem of obesity and overweight among American school-age children…
February 4, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: address-the-growing, agriculture, department, diet, growing, growing-problem, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, released-its, usda
Foodborne Illness – FDA Releases Safety Booklets
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have partnered in creating six food safety booklets for different groups that are most susceptible to food borne illness…
August 3, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, creating-six, different-groups, food-safety, fsis, most-susceptible, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, safety
Pink Slime – Good Enough For School Meals, Not McDonald’s
School meals containing ammonium hydroxide, also known as treated ground beef or “pink slime”, are OK, says the Department of Agriculture, despite growing opposition from parents and various groups. Even, McDonald’s, a company not exactly known for healthy, wholesome foods, stopped adding ammonium-treated meat into its hamburgers since August 2011…
March 10, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, department, exactly-known, known-as-treated, nutrition / diet, on call diets, pink-slime, treated-ground
Evaluation Method Supports Soy Protein As A High-Quality Protein Similar To Meat, Eggs And Dairy
The importance of protein in the human body is undeniable.
December 8, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, chemistry, criteria, journal, nutrition, oncalldiets, quality, quality-protein, the-criteria, the-human, the-idea
Ground Turkey Cause Of Salmonellosis Resulting In One Death And 76 Illnesses In 26 States, USA
Ground turkey tainted with salmonella has caused 76 illnesses and one death since March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and USDA (US Department of Agriculture) announced today. According to PulseNet, the country’s foodborne illness detection system, the genetic fingerprint of salmonella Heidelberg has been detected in frozen or fresh ground turkey…
August 2, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: agriculture, centers, country, department, disease, fresh-ground, frozen-or-fresh, genetic, heidelberg, nutrition, on call diets, one-death, prevention, pulse, turkey-tainted