Sunday, June 3, 2012
Tuesday
Today we went to the dairy farm. It was so interesting to see how everything is ran and how organized they were. There mission is to produce and sell milk. They are funded by how much milk is produced. They receive more money if the milk has more fat. They showed us how they milk the cows. I was so surprised at how many they could milk at once! The cows have a special collar that indicate if they are pregnant and how much food they are allowed to eat.
Thursday
Today we had our picnic at the park. I didn't realize that we had some really good cooks in the class! Everything was really good and so fresh! Great way to end the quarter!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Tuesday, May 22
In class we just met with our group to finish our final project.
Thursday, May 24
Today Karen Bakies from American Dairy Association came in and talked to us. The mission of the dairy counsel is provide timely, scientific-based nutrition information to the media, physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy lifestyle. Also administers grants to independent researchers to aid in discovery new information about dairy foods and their important role in a healthy lifestyle. The Dairy Association is funded by a dairy farmer. For every 100 pounds they get 15 cents. There are 83 cows in Ohio. The national diary counsel has many nutrition messages: communicate accurate, science-based food and nutrition information, help consumers access trusted information, and educate consumers to differentiate between commercial and non-commercial. The ADA has segmented respondents into 3 groups of I'm already doing it, I know I should, and Don't Bother me. Karen also taught us a lot about dealing with specific audiences and know how to target and inform them in way they understand. Try to keep them interest by doing activities. Today Karen played Simon says and it was really fun! It was really interesting to her today. I feel like she knew exactly what she talked about and keep the class interested in the dairy counsel.
In class we just met with our group to finish our final project.
Thursday, May 24
Today Karen Bakies from American Dairy Association came in and talked to us. The mission of the dairy counsel is provide timely, scientific-based nutrition information to the media, physicians, dietitians, nurses, educators, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy lifestyle. Also administers grants to independent researchers to aid in discovery new information about dairy foods and their important role in a healthy lifestyle. The Dairy Association is funded by a dairy farmer. For every 100 pounds they get 15 cents. There are 83 cows in Ohio. The national diary counsel has many nutrition messages: communicate accurate, science-based food and nutrition information, help consumers access trusted information, and educate consumers to differentiate between commercial and non-commercial. The ADA has segmented respondents into 3 groups of I'm already doing it, I know I should, and Don't Bother me. Karen also taught us a lot about dealing with specific audiences and know how to target and inform them in way they understand. Try to keep them interest by doing activities. Today Karen played Simon says and it was really fun! It was really interesting to her today. I feel like she knew exactly what she talked about and keep the class interested in the dairy counsel.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tuesday, May 15
Today in class Melissa Alfano from WIC came in and talked to us. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program. The people who are eligible are pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, and children. They have to follow the income guidelines at or below 185% of US poverty income guidelines, medicaid, they must be a resident of Ohio, and be at nutriton risk. Nutrition risk includes anemia, under/overweight, pregnancy complication, poor pregnancy outcomes, and inappropriate nutrition practices. WIC is funded 100% Federally and operates in all 88 counties. WIC improves pregnancy outcomes, reduces infant mortality, and provides infants and children with a healthy start. It provides nutrtion education, breastfeeding education, supplemental foods, and tickets for farmers makerts. If mother is breastfeeding they get to stay on WIC for 1 year and have more benefits than those who don't breastfeed they only get 6 months. It is monitor by the federal every 2 years and gets evaulated by state dietitian. The rest of class we listen to Cherly Rock about diet and physical activity in cancer preventaion and surviorship.
Thursday, May 17
Today we went to Good Earth farm. This was probably one of my favorite places that we had visited. Paul talked to us about the farm. The Good Earth provides food for to the food pantries for free. It feeds people for free, they have lunch and dinners at their house to feed anyone for free. The grow alot of vegetables, I forget how much but it was alot! Paul also just started growing fruit. They also have cows and sheep. The cows were really fun to watch. When the farm first started it was funded by his wife who is teacher at Hocking college and now if funded more by grants. Paul started the farm with just the idea and wasn't sure how it was going to work out. He wanted the land because of the soil so he just asked the people who live next to them and let him buy it from them. This was a really fun and interesting visit and really taught me alot about farms!
Today in class Melissa Alfano from WIC came in and talked to us. WIC is a supplemental nutrition program. The people who are eligible are pregnant women, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, and children. They have to follow the income guidelines at or below 185% of US poverty income guidelines, medicaid, they must be a resident of Ohio, and be at nutriton risk. Nutrition risk includes anemia, under/overweight, pregnancy complication, poor pregnancy outcomes, and inappropriate nutrition practices. WIC is funded 100% Federally and operates in all 88 counties. WIC improves pregnancy outcomes, reduces infant mortality, and provides infants and children with a healthy start. It provides nutrtion education, breastfeeding education, supplemental foods, and tickets for farmers makerts. If mother is breastfeeding they get to stay on WIC for 1 year and have more benefits than those who don't breastfeed they only get 6 months. It is monitor by the federal every 2 years and gets evaulated by state dietitian. The rest of class we listen to Cherly Rock about diet and physical activity in cancer preventaion and surviorship.
Thursday, May 17
Today we went to Good Earth farm. This was probably one of my favorite places that we had visited. Paul talked to us about the farm. The Good Earth provides food for to the food pantries for free. It feeds people for free, they have lunch and dinners at their house to feed anyone for free. The grow alot of vegetables, I forget how much but it was alot! Paul also just started growing fruit. They also have cows and sheep. The cows were really fun to watch. When the farm first started it was funded by his wife who is teacher at Hocking college and now if funded more by grants. Paul started the farm with just the idea and wasn't sure how it was going to work out. He wanted the land because of the soil so he just asked the people who live next to them and let him buy it from them. This was a really fun and interesting visit and really taught me alot about farms!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
May 1, 2012
Janine Faber the RD from Meijer came in and talk to us. She covers Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Lexington areas. I loved hearing her talk about her job although I don't see myself doing it. The goal of the Meijer Healthy Living program is to increase sales and promotes customer loyalty by creating and communicating health solutions and product knowledge to shoppers. The RDs that work at Meijer host community events such as health fairs, expos, presentations, and cooking demos, have in-store events like disease management, taste of Meijer, media events like talking on the radio or on tv and have publications such as the Healthy Living Naturally Magazine. She gave us two the April and May additions and it was fun to read and see the different articles and recipes they as a team create. Janine and another member also post on pinterest which I thought was really neat but pinterest is awesome! She also talked about NuVal Nutrition Scoring System. I love this program and I wish every grocery store had this. NuVal really would help shoppers buy more nutritious foods and I think it would help improve the health of the community as a whole. NuVal also shows that you don't always have to pay more for nutritious products because alot of the time they are cheaper anyway! You can't beat that! Janine and the team of RDs are funded through sponsorships. Each company sends a list of products that can sponsor them such as McCormick, Plantarts, and the company will pay to be apart of the program then Meijer will try and incorporate them in their media segments. The team will look at the product and look at the NuVal score to make sure it is healthy to advertise
May 3, 2012
Heidi Anderson from Wellworks came and talk to us today. She is the special events coordinator. She does alot the marketing and public relations of Wellworks. One thing she stressed was collaborating with other agencies helps make things run alot easier and is less stressful. She talked about the Community Health Improvements policty where its helps improves peoples health and diet and reverse disease. She also talked about CSA which is the Community Supported Agriculture where you can buy a share of farmer's crop each week for 20 weeks and they deliver a box full of vegetables each week that are local grown and organic. She also mentioned that Wellworks is funded through memberships and services; and they are evaluated through surveys. Francie covered alot of it the other week so please so my other blog!
Janine Faber the RD from Meijer came in and talk to us. She covers Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Lexington areas. I loved hearing her talk about her job although I don't see myself doing it. The goal of the Meijer Healthy Living program is to increase sales and promotes customer loyalty by creating and communicating health solutions and product knowledge to shoppers. The RDs that work at Meijer host community events such as health fairs, expos, presentations, and cooking demos, have in-store events like disease management, taste of Meijer, media events like talking on the radio or on tv and have publications such as the Healthy Living Naturally Magazine. She gave us two the April and May additions and it was fun to read and see the different articles and recipes they as a team create. Janine and another member also post on pinterest which I thought was really neat but pinterest is awesome! She also talked about NuVal Nutrition Scoring System. I love this program and I wish every grocery store had this. NuVal really would help shoppers buy more nutritious foods and I think it would help improve the health of the community as a whole. NuVal also shows that you don't always have to pay more for nutritious products because alot of the time they are cheaper anyway! You can't beat that! Janine and the team of RDs are funded through sponsorships. Each company sends a list of products that can sponsor them such as McCormick, Plantarts, and the company will pay to be apart of the program then Meijer will try and incorporate them in their media segments. The team will look at the product and look at the NuVal score to make sure it is healthy to advertise
May 3, 2012
Heidi Anderson from Wellworks came and talk to us today. She is the special events coordinator. She does alot the marketing and public relations of Wellworks. One thing she stressed was collaborating with other agencies helps make things run alot easier and is less stressful. She talked about the Community Health Improvements policty where its helps improves peoples health and diet and reverse disease. She also talked about CSA which is the Community Supported Agriculture where you can buy a share of farmer's crop each week for 20 weeks and they deliver a box full of vegetables each week that are local grown and organic. She also mentioned that Wellworks is funded through memberships and services; and they are evaluated through surveys. Francie covered alot of it the other week so please so my other blog!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
April 24, 21012
Francie Astrom from Wellworks came and talked to us today. Wellworks is supported partially by university wellness funds and supported by memberships and fees for service, nutrition counseling, and personal training. The focus is to provide wide variety of programming not just fitness, focus on keeping members healthy and achieve adaptable health, improvement of heath status by health risk appraisal. Types of programs include fitness center, massage, personal training, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other screenings, wellness coaching, respond to request, nutrition programming, body composition, heartworks, and pulmonary rehab. An OU faculty or staff member and their dependents, OU retirees and dependents are allowed to use wellworks. Community members can join at a higher cost, corporate members, and full time graduate students can also join. Wellworks identifies needs of OU community through special requests and surveys. The RD is integral to success of wellness program. She provides update nutrition information. Francie also review and interprets current literature, resource to staff and members and act as a change agent. Wellworks provides nutrition education/counseling at a low cost, easy access, provide to students as well, disordered eating, dietary analysis, as well as work-ins.
April 26,2012
Today's class was really short because the guest speaker got lost and never showed up. We turned in our exams and Dr. Holben went over the Ohio Board of Dietetics website. The mission of the board is “to effectively protect the public by regulating the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices.” We also talked about the food menu for the family of four that is due next Tuesday.
Francie Astrom from Wellworks came and talked to us today. Wellworks is supported partially by university wellness funds and supported by memberships and fees for service, nutrition counseling, and personal training. The focus is to provide wide variety of programming not just fitness, focus on keeping members healthy and achieve adaptable health, improvement of heath status by health risk appraisal. Types of programs include fitness center, massage, personal training, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other screenings, wellness coaching, respond to request, nutrition programming, body composition, heartworks, and pulmonary rehab. An OU faculty or staff member and their dependents, OU retirees and dependents are allowed to use wellworks. Community members can join at a higher cost, corporate members, and full time graduate students can also join. Wellworks identifies needs of OU community through special requests and surveys. The RD is integral to success of wellness program. She provides update nutrition information. Francie also review and interprets current literature, resource to staff and members and act as a change agent. Wellworks provides nutrition education/counseling at a low cost, easy access, provide to students as well, disordered eating, dietary analysis, as well as work-ins.
April 26,2012
Today's class was really short because the guest speaker got lost and never showed up. We turned in our exams and Dr. Holben went over the Ohio Board of Dietetics website. The mission of the board is “to effectively protect the public by regulating the practice of dietetics through licensure, and by fairly and consistently enforcing the laws and rules governing nutritional practices.” We also talked about the food menu for the family of four that is due next Tuesday.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
April 17, 2012
Nick Claussen the Community Relations Coordinator from the Department of Athens County Jobs and Family Services came to talk to us today about SNAP. He was a very interesting man, really laid back. It is funded by the federal government and monitored to make sure no errors and watching the people who get the benefits. It uses statistical reports to help monitor the program. It is a food assistance program that is designed to raise nutritional levels, to expand buying power and to safeguard the health and well-being of individuals in low-income households in Ohio. SNAP is commonly known to give food stamps but the Athens County Jobs and Family Services gives out a debt card to people who qualify. In order to qualify for food assistance benefits your household's gross monthly income is at or under 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. Some households may qualify if they have income over the limit if someone in the household is elderly or disabled. If the household's income is under the limit or if the limit does not apply, they review the households expenses to determine the monthly benefit amount. They also look at the number of people in your household who purchase and prepare food together. To apply for go online and fill out an application or you can apply in the office. SNAP helps individuals meet up to 75% of that household's needs and helps support their monthly food budget. However it does not cover pet food, alcohol, and tobacco. Alot of the times families run out of money before the end of the month and therefore have to go a local food shelter. The role of the nutrition professional is to remain knowledgeable and help with SNAP benefits. After Nick talked we watched a movie called Farm to School. This was a really interesting video about how grade schools are trying to serve more fruit and vegetables. This is amazing to me and hopefully all schools will be able to have this program and make children's lunches more nutritious.
April 19, 2012
Today in class we sat in circle and discussed our Agency project's we had to do. It was really cool to hear about the different programs and how they are helping people in need. My agency was called People's Garden. The USDA set up this garden outside where workers of the USDA were able to plant and grow anything they wanted. Now it has spread through the country and they are alot of people's garden where it brings people from the community together and helps supply fruits and vegetables to them. The main idea to start the garden came from Abraham Lincoln which I thought was really amazing. Everyone discussed their handouts that they made.
Nick Claussen the Community Relations Coordinator from the Department of Athens County Jobs and Family Services came to talk to us today about SNAP. He was a very interesting man, really laid back. It is funded by the federal government and monitored to make sure no errors and watching the people who get the benefits. It uses statistical reports to help monitor the program. It is a food assistance program that is designed to raise nutritional levels, to expand buying power and to safeguard the health and well-being of individuals in low-income households in Ohio. SNAP is commonly known to give food stamps but the Athens County Jobs and Family Services gives out a debt card to people who qualify. In order to qualify for food assistance benefits your household's gross monthly income is at or under 130% of the federal poverty guidelines. Some households may qualify if they have income over the limit if someone in the household is elderly or disabled. If the household's income is under the limit or if the limit does not apply, they review the households expenses to determine the monthly benefit amount. They also look at the number of people in your household who purchase and prepare food together. To apply for go online and fill out an application or you can apply in the office. SNAP helps individuals meet up to 75% of that household's needs and helps support their monthly food budget. However it does not cover pet food, alcohol, and tobacco. Alot of the times families run out of money before the end of the month and therefore have to go a local food shelter. The role of the nutrition professional is to remain knowledgeable and help with SNAP benefits. After Nick talked we watched a movie called Farm to School. This was a really interesting video about how grade schools are trying to serve more fruit and vegetables. This is amazing to me and hopefully all schools will be able to have this program and make children's lunches more nutritious.
April 19, 2012
Today in class we sat in circle and discussed our Agency project's we had to do. It was really cool to hear about the different programs and how they are helping people in need. My agency was called People's Garden. The USDA set up this garden outside where workers of the USDA were able to plant and grow anything they wanted. Now it has spread through the country and they are alot of people's garden where it brings people from the community together and helps supply fruits and vegetables to them. The main idea to start the garden came from Abraham Lincoln which I thought was really amazing. Everyone discussed their handouts that they made.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
April 10
Today we got to watch a video clip of a cartoon about how a bill sits at Capital hill waiting to become a law.We also went over the powerpoint of the health and nutrition policy and discussed how as Dietitians we may one day have to write a note to the senate. Dr. Holben also went over what things are on the first exam. It seems like alot of essays and will take a long time to complete. Also we talked about eating on $2/day for five days. This seems so hard! Also we meet with our groups and worked on the workbook pages for our final project and decided that everyone will have to find a cited website about what pregnant women need.
April 12
We watched a movie about a farmer's market called Right Choice, Fresh Start. The movie was about the first day the market open and what it took for this to happen. It also benefit the community in several ways, some people even got a $50 voucher. The market was even outside the doctor's office so after their visit the patients could go right to the market. We also dicussed the agency assignment. I have People's Garden which gardens that help out and benefit communities. There are certain characteristics that the garden must have to become part of the People's garden. This is a very interesting project and can't wait to hear about other people's assignments!
Today we got to watch a video clip of a cartoon about how a bill sits at Capital hill waiting to become a law.We also went over the powerpoint of the health and nutrition policy and discussed how as Dietitians we may one day have to write a note to the senate. Dr. Holben also went over what things are on the first exam. It seems like alot of essays and will take a long time to complete. Also we talked about eating on $2/day for five days. This seems so hard! Also we meet with our groups and worked on the workbook pages for our final project and decided that everyone will have to find a cited website about what pregnant women need.
April 12
We watched a movie about a farmer's market called Right Choice, Fresh Start. The movie was about the first day the market open and what it took for this to happen. It also benefit the community in several ways, some people even got a $50 voucher. The market was even outside the doctor's office so after their visit the patients could go right to the market. We also dicussed the agency assignment. I have People's Garden which gardens that help out and benefit communities. There are certain characteristics that the garden must have to become part of the People's garden. This is a very interesting project and can't wait to hear about other people's assignments!
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