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Chain Restaurants Don't Meet
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Diabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers ›

Severity of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Predicts Glycemic Health ›

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Chain Restaurants Don't Meet
US Guidelines
Plenty of restaurants have been advertising their efforts to offer healthful choices, but researchers say nearly all the entrées they reviewed at 245 US chains fail to meet federal guidelines, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Diabetes on the Rise
Among Teenagers
Nearly one in four American adolescents may be on the verge of developing type 2 diabetes or could already be diabetic, representing a sharp increase in the disease’s prevalence among children ages 12 to 19 since a decade ago, according to The New York Times.

Not Just a Woman’s Issue

Eating disorders are a pervasive problem in our society and, as you know, they don’t just affect young girls and women.

In this month’s E-News Exclusive, Today’s Dietitian spoke with RDs about the growing prevalence of eating disorders among boys and men due to a poor body image. Unlike young girls and women with eating disorders, boys and men often go undiagnosed for a variety of reasons. We discuss these reasons, the signs and symptoms to look for, when to make referrals, and the credentials you need to successfully counsel these clients. What’s more, we provide resources to further your education.

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— Judith Riddle, editor

Counseling Men With Eating Disorders
By Karen Giles-Smith, MS, RD

Boys and men often have issues with eating, weight, and body image, which can lead to eating disorders. Here’s what to look for in your patients and tips on where to go from there.

When people think of eating disorders, more than likely they conjure images of teenage girls or young women who are struggling with a poor body image. But as you probably know, eating disorders affect almost as many males as females.

The first national survey of individuals with eating disorders found that 0.9% of women and 0.3% of men reported having anorexia nervosa at some point in their lives; 1.5% of women and 0.5% of men had bulimia nervosa; and 3.5% of women and 2% of men had binge-eating disorder.¹

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In the July issue

Opportunities for RDs in the restaurant industry

Innovative school nutrition programs across the country

The buzz about fermented foods

Influence of diet on thyroid disease

Building a multicultural team

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Eating Disorder Treatment Center – Timberline Knolls

Severity of Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Predicts Glycemic Health

The severity of sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal hypoxemia independently predict both glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), according to a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society’s recent international conference.

“Because people with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome [OSAS] are often overweight or obese, it’s been difficult to interpret earlier studies of the relationship between sleep disordered breathing and metabolic disorders,” says Brian Kent, MBBCh, research fellow at St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. “We found that OSAS severity and low nocturnal oxygen levels were significant independent predictors of prevalent T2DM and HbA1c levels, even after adjustment for a number of confounding variables, including obesity.”

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Signing Up for Fitness Classes Online Just Got Easier
GoRecess, a new online fitness-booking site, enables avid exercisers to find, book, and review fitness classes of all kinds, with access to more than 100,000 classes across the country. Learn more »

Site Lists Restaurants
Offering Healthier Kids’ Fare
Restaurants around the country are participating in Kids LiveWell, a healthy eating initiative developed by the National Restaurant Association in collaboration with a team of RDs, to offer children delicious menu choices that emphasize lean meats, fruits, veggies, whole grains, and low-fat dairy. Learn more »

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