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| Surviving Thanksgiving: Keep Food Safe, Don’t Overindulge You can fry it or roast it. Just don’t let that turkey or other foods served at the holidays spoil, says LSU AgCenter nutritionist Beth Reames. Learn ways to keep food safe and how to avoid overindulging. |
| Make Food Safety Part Of Holiday Meal Planning Cooks across Louisiana are now making their grocery lists and checking them twice in preparation for those holiday meals. An LSU AgCenter nutritionist says food safety should be high on the list while those preparations are being made. |
| Louisiana H.U.N.G.E.R. Coalition On June 6 , 2006, the Louisiana H.U.N.G.ER. (Help Under-nourished Neighbors Get Essential Resources) Coalition hosted the annual National Hunger Awareness Day conference to address the changing need for food assistance in Louisiana since the devastating impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
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| Avoid Mall Belly When Holiday Shopping The holidays mark the season of shopping and eating as shoppers rush to the mall to buy gifts. Malls are popular not just for the merchandise they carry but for the many restaurants and snack shops they offer. |
| Salt Consumption Can Be Curbed Nearly all Americans consume much more salt than they need, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames. Increased salt (sodium chloride) intake is linked with higher blood pressure. Decreased salt consumption reduces the risk of high blood pressure. |
| LSU AgCenter Nutritionist Has Rice Things to Say About September In a salute to national rice month, LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames says, "Rice is delicious, nutritious, economical, versatile and an energy-rich carbohydrate." |
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| Effect of Exercise Debated Both obesity and being overweight have increased significantly in recent years, with nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults being one or the other. Whether this weight gain has resulted more from an increasing sedentary lifestyle or from less exercise is under debate, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy. |
| Weight Attitudes Different as Black and White White adolescents are more occupied with thinness than black adolescents. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Heli Roy examines this phenomenon found in a Pennington Biomedical Research Center study. |
| Hot Weather Bigger Problem For Older People Hot weather is bigger problem for older people than others, since senior adults’ ability to respond appropriately to the summer heat becomes less efficient with advancing years. |
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