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| Welcome to
our September, 2005 "News
of Hope" newsletter! |
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| September
"News of Hope" focuses
on Teen Eating Habits.
Table of Contents:
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Junk
Food is as Easy as ABC to
Get |
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A Closer
Look at Competitive Foods
in Schools |
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Lovesick
Teens Turn to Junk Food |
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Smoking
and Obesity: Double Trouble
for Teens |
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out critical teen topics in past
newsletters |
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| PLEASED
TO ANNOUNCE "52 WAYS TO PROTECT
YOUR TEEN" IS BEING NOTICED! |
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are grateful to share the
progress and response to
the new book in the past
month! |
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AMERICAN
SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION
adds book to website! ASCA
examined the book and has
chosen to add "52 Ways"
to the ASCA online resource
center. ASCA members can
access the site by going
to: www.schoolcounselor.org,
clicking on Resource Center
and then logging in. |
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ORANGE
COUNTY REGISTER runs Feature
Article on Susie's new book
and LEGACY OF HOPE! |
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INAUGURAL
BOOK SIGNING at Albertson's
Grocery Store, inside near
the Starbucks, was a great
success! Many friends came
by and offered wonderful
support! Local mom's purchased
copies to take home with
groceries to improve communication
with their teens at home! |
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PROFESSIONAL REVIEW WRITTEN
BY professional therapist
Elizabeth Strahan, member
of California Association
of Marriage and Family Therapists
- CAMFT). We are most grateful
to Ms. Strahan for her very
positive and unsolicited
review of "52 Ways"
(see www.WaystoProtectYourTeen.com/Review
by Liz Strahan.pdf)!
She shares: |
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"The
book is easily readable and eminently
instructive...
a bountiful resource! I recommend
it for your (therpaists') waiting
rooms. . .I feel sure that Vanderlip's
work, including Legacy of Hope
seminars, are a vital and necessary
addition to our efforts to bring
tools of communication to familes" |
| Get
your copy of 52 WAYS today! |
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| Junk
Food is as Easy as ABC to Get |
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survey of high school food-service
directors suggests that students
are virtually surrounded by a
smorgasbord of foods, some of
which are nutritious but many
of which are high in sugar and
fat. Almost
all of the schools surveyed
have vending machines with everything
from soft drinks to bottled
water to potato chips and pretzels.
School stores offer candy and
doughnuts. And candy bars are
often sold as fundraisers during
school hours. The nutritional
value of these foods has been
a hot topic as concerns escalate
about childhood obesity. Government
statistics show 31% of kids
are overweight or at risk of
becoming so. |
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94%
of the high schools have
vending machines that are
accessible to students |
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72%
of the schools offer water
as one of the choices in
the vending machines; 67%
offer fruit juice; 60% sell
soft drinks. |
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The
most commonly reported foods
in vending machines include
chips (potato or corn),
popcorn, cookies and candy
bars. |
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Of the top 10 foods offered
in vending machines, only
three are considered nutritious:
water, juice and pretzels. |
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The
most common foods offered
in the 67 school stores
that sell food: candy, cookies,
chips, pretzels, popcorn
and soda. |
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Chocolate
candy is the item most sold
during fundraisers and club
sales |
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USA Today |
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| A
Closer Look at Competitive Foods
in Schools |
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According
to the survey of school foodservice
directors, conducted by researchers
at Pennsylvania State University
and the Pennsylvania Department
of Health, 71.5 percent of the
schools offer water in their
vending machines and 67.4 percent
offer fruit juice, suggesting
schools are making an effort
to "make more-nourishing
beverage options available to
students." |
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top-selling a la carte items
in the schools were: |
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Hamburgers,
pizza and sandwiches (77.1
percent listed in the five
top-selling items) |
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Cookies,
crackers, cakes, pastries
and other baked goods not
low in fat (68.3 percent) |
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French
fries (52.4 percent) |
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Salty snacks not low in
fat (44.9 percent) |
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Carbonated
beverages (42.3 percent) |
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Water
(36.6 percent) |
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Ice
cream or frozen yogurt not
low in fat (36.1 percent) |
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top-selling a la carte items
in the schools were: |
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Nearly
60 percent of the schools
reported selling carbonated
beverages through vending
machines. |
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In
the 67 schools where school
stores sold food items,
the top-selling items were
candy bars and other forms
of candy. |
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survey reported a la carte sales
provide an average of about $700
per day to the schools' foodservice
programs, "almost 85 percent
of which receive no financial
support from their school districts."
"Competitive
food sales appear to be providing
needed funding for the schools
and school foodservice programs,
as other funding sources are
decreasing," the researchers
write. "Although it has
not been determined if there
is a relationship between public
funding for education or foodservice
and the sale of competitive
foods, decisions will need to
be made that balance the schools'
ongoing need for funding with
the nutritional needs of students."
- From Medical
News Today |
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| Lovesick
Teens Turn to Junk Food |
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third of young people admit they
turn to food when they are unhappy
about their love lives, a survey
has shown.
The Priory Group,
which treats people with eating
disorders, questioned 1,000
people, and found those aged
15 to 24 had the worst relation
with food.
Just over 60% said they comfort
eat with chocolate and 43% with
fast food, which experts say
raises concerns over their general
eating habits.
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Specialists
warn a reliance on comfort foods
can lead to eating disorders.
Dr Peter Rowan, a consultant psychiatrist
with the Priory Group, said: "These
young adults, who will be raising
the next generation, will pass
their attitudes to food on to
their children. If current trends
are continued, eating behaviour
will become progressively more
detached from food and health
needs, and the number of young
people with eating disorders will
continue to rise."
The Priory Group found 52% of
adults admit to gorging on chocolate
when they feel down, and another
25% turn to junk food.
However, 63% said they felt
less attractive when they felt
overweight, and 74% felt better
about themselves when they ate
healthily.
Dr Rowan said: "These people
are desperate to fill the void
created by loneliness, low self
esteem, depression and insecurity.
You could describe this as 'hungry
for love'.
"Sadly this form of comfort
eating is bad for them, leading
to a range of physical illnesses
associated with obesity and
with the development of eating
disorders, which can be a severe
form of mental illness."
- From BBC News
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| Smoking
and Obesity: Double Trouble for
Teens |
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Obesity
and tobacco smoke are a dangerous
cardiac combination for America's
teens, a new study finds, and
the danger is nearly as great
if the smoke arrives secondhand
rather than puffed directly.
"A lot of public attention
has turned from tobacco to obesity,"
said lead researcher Dr. Michael
Weitzman, a professor of medicine
at the University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry.
"There has never been substantial
enough attention paid to the
dangers of secondhand smoke
to children."
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in the Aug. 2 issue of Circulation,
Weitzman's team looked at data
on nearly 2,300 adolescents, aged
12 to 17, and found those who
were overweight and had been exposed
to tobacco smoke were most likely
to have the metabolic syndrome,
a constellation of factors such
as high blood pressure, high blood
cholesterol and high blood sugar
that increases the risk of heart
attack, stroke and other cardiovascular
problems. An even greater risk
was found for teenagers who
were overweight or at risk of
being overweight and were also
exposed to smoke. Only 5.6 percent
of the overweight teens who
had no smoke exposure had the
metabolic syndrome, compared
to 23.6 percent of those who
smoked and 19.6 percent of those
exposed to smoke.
"So being around smokers
can increase the risk by fivefold,
while active smoking increases
the sixfold," Weitzman
said. "And the effects
occur at low levels of exposure."
Because metabolic syndrome often
leads to serious medical problems
later in life, "the 30
percent or more of children
growing up in households with
a smoker are at vastly increased
risk for morbidity and mortality,"
he said. "This is likely
to be the first generation in
our nation's history that will
have a shorter life span than
the generation that preceded
it."
Some legislative action is needed
to prevent children from being
exposed to secondhand smoke,
Weitzman said. For example,
only half the states have regulations
restricting smoking in child-care
centers, he said.
"But what this says is
that if we care about our children's
health, especially in the face
of the epidemic of obesity,
we need to be far more stringent
in getting the message out to
parents and do all we can to
reduce exposure to smoke in
all settings." Weitzman
said.
- From Forbes
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"A
musician must make music, an
artist must paint, a poet must
write, if he is to be ultimately
at peace with himself. What
a man can be, he must be."
- Abraham Maslow
Wishing you well,
All of us at LEGACY
Susie Vanderlip - Ken Vanderlip
- Veronica Garcia
800-707-1977 |
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