From the National Resource Center on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Aging:

March 10, 2005: Biweekly Highlights
This notice provides announcements and links to new nutrition and aging information.

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Of Special Interest

• March is National Nutrition Month. Step up your nutrition and physical activity and join the "You Can" program.

• AoA unveils their poster and logo"Celebrate Long-Term Living!" to commemorate Older Americans Month, May 2005.

• Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) Competitive Grants Program provides major funding source for community-based food and agriculture projects nationwide. Request for Applications released on January 27; proposals due by March 30, 2005.

• Symposium on Aging; March 18 & 19, 2005, Dulles Airport Marriott, Dulles, VA. Theme: “Independence: Strategies for Maintaining Control.” Shenandoah University.

Resources and Web links

• Recipes & healthy cooking tips for National Nutrition Month. University of Nebraska Coop Extension.

• USDA Amber Waves. For professionals; economic look at the increasing problem of American obesity: prices, preferences, the value of time, and technology.

• USDA ERS releases redesigned per capita food consumption data system. For professionals, users can access per capita food availability data for all commodities through 2003.

• National Heart Lung Blood Institute: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and overview of who is at risk for a heart attack.

• National Heart Lung Blood Institiute launches new quarterly e-publication about women and heart disease; "The Heart Truth".

• Total knee replacement, one of most common orthopedic procedures performed on older adults. National Center for Health Statistics, CDC.

Research and Reports

• Balsis S, Carpenter BD, Storandt M. Personality change precedes clinical diagnosis of dementia of the alzheimer type. J Gerontol B: Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2005;60:P98-P101.

• Bender KA, Jivan NA. What makes retirees happy? 2005;28:1-11.Center for Retirement Research, Boston College.

• Callahan CM, Kroenke K, Counsell SR, Hendrie HC, Perkins AJ, Katon W, Noel PH, Harpole L, Hunkeler EM, Unützer J. Treatment of depression improves physical functioning in older adults. J Am Geriat Soc. 2005;53(3):367.

• Capodaglio P, Capodaglio EM, Ferri A, Scaglioni G, Marchi A, . Saibene F. Muscle function and functional ability improves more in community-dwelling older women with a mixed-strength training programme. Age Ageing. 2005;34(2):141-147.

• Faxén-Irving G, Basun H, Cederholm T. Nutritional and cognitive relationships and long-term mortality in patients with various dementia disorders. Age Ageing. 2005;34(2):136-141.

• Hajjar I,Catoe H, Sixta S, Boland R, Johnson D, Hirth V, Wieland D, Eleazer P. Cross-sectional and longitudinal association between antihypertensive medications and cognitive impairment in an elderly population. J Gerontol A: Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005;60:67-73.

• Herman WH, Hoerger TJ, Brandle M, Hicks K, Sorensen S, Zhang P, Hammon RF, Ackermann RT, Engelgau MM, Ratner RE. The cost-effectiveness of lifestyle modification or Metformin in preventing type 2 diabetes in adults with impaired glucose tolerance. Ann Internal Med. 2005;142(5):323-332.

• Hoblyn JC, Brooks JO. Consider interactions and adverse events that may result from supplement use. Geriatrics.2005;60(2):18-23.

• Kruger J, Galuska DA, Serdula MK, Kohl HW. Physical activity profiles of U.S. adults trying to lose weight: NHIS 1998 medicine & science in sports & exercise. 2005;37(3):364-368.

• Marigold DS, Eng JJ, Dawson AS, Inglis JT, Harris JE, Gylfadóttir S. Exercise leads to faster postural reflexes, improved balance and mobility, and fewer falls in older persons with chronic stroke. J Am Geriat Soc. 2005;53(3):416.

• Vosylius S, Sipylaite J, Ivaskevicius J. Determinants of outcome in elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Age Ageing. 2005;34(2):157-162.

• Winzenberg TM, Riley M, Frendin S, Oldenburg B, Jones G. Sociodemographic factors associated with calcium intake in pre menopausal women: a cross-sectional study. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005;59( 3):463-466.

• Zhang J, McKeown RE , Hajjar I. Serum cholesterol levels are associated with impaired recall memory among older people. Age Ageing. 2005;34:178-182.

 

 

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