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May 17, 2008

I-SS Child Nutrition mired in $140K deficit (Mooresville Tribune)

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I-SS Child Nutrition mired in $140K deficit (Mooresville Tribune)
Iredell-Statesville Schools Child Nutrition Department is going to have to sell a lot of hot lunches by the end of the school year to break even.

Planet Nutrition’s Proposed Acquisition Extreme Fitness Inc. Announces the Body Charger Line of Cardio Equipment (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Planet Nutrition Holdings Inc.’s proposed acquisition Extreme Fitness Inc. has recently acquired permission to sell Body Charger, a new line of cardio equipment from Taiwan. This new line of Body Charger equipment offers five new pieces of cardio equipment.

Dietitian speaks at nutrition workshops (The Observer-Dispatch)
The Mid-York Child Care Coordinating Council Inc. welcomes author and dietitian Connie Evers, to speak at two nutrition conferences June 6 and June 7 at the Farm and Home Center, 121 Second St., Oriskany.

DC Brands’ New H.A.R.D. Nutrition Website Takes a Huge Leap Forward (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Today DC Brands International, Inc. is proud to announce that they completed a huge step toward finalizing their all new website for their H.A.R.D. Nutrition Functional Water Systems.

CAPITOL REPORT: Farm Bill, Facing Veto Threat, Seeks Boost In Nutrition Programs (Nasdaq)
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) — Despite a veto threat, House lawmakers on Wednesday voted to approve a $300 billion, five-year farm bill that would increase funds for nutrition programs and authorize subsidies for farmers, among other moves.

I-SS Child Nutrition Department mired in $140K deficit (Statesville Record & Landmark)
Iredell-Statesville Schools Child Nutrition Department is going to have to sell a lot of hot lunches by the end of the school year to break even. Through the end of March, the department - which has served more than 2 million meals since school started - reported a $140,000 loss for the current year. Hopefully, at the end of the year, the program will be in the black, said Chief …

Nutrition Wise: Dairy and Vitamin D, Steel-cut Oats, Diverticulosis (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN - Q: I’ve noticed that milk is cited as a primary source of vitamin D. Is this true of other dairy products too? Q: Why are patients with diverticulosis advised to eat more fiber but avoid nuts and seeds? Q: Is steel-cut oatmeal more nutritious than other varieties?

High prices hurting nutrition centers (Video) (KHQA Quincy)
By Melissa Shriver Posted: Friday, May 16, 2008 at 8:53 a.m. If you think your grocery bill is bad, think about the cost of buying food for hundreds of people every day.

Store owner charged in voucher case (The Star-Ledger)
An Elizabeth grocery store owner was charged yesterday with getting hundreds of stolen vouch ers for the federally funded Women, Infants and Children nutrition program and cashing them in for more than $25,000.

Expanded Food And Nutrition Program Shows $10 Benefit For Each $1 Spent (Medical News Today)
A program to teach low-income adults about healthy food choices is a good bargain in terms of the health and economic benefits achieved, reports a cost-effectiveness study in the May/June issue of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (http://www.jneb.org/).Led by Jamie Dollahite, Ph.D., R.D., of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

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