September
Check the comments for Mary Ellen's article summary for this month's publication of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. After reviewing, post your comments under discussions 1, 2, & 3.
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Just wanted to let everyone know that my article is the one on whole grains in Continuing Education. I will post Friday.
Introduction:
With 66% of Americans overweight or obese there is much interest and need for effective weight loss programs (CDC, 2006). The relationship between breakfast consumption and weight loss/maintenance has recently been studied. Researchers at the University of Colorado track cases of successful weight loss in the National Weight Control Registry. Persons included in the research are those that have lost at least 60 pounds and have kept it off for at least five years. The research collected from this registry identifies that one of the factors of successful weight loss is starting every day off with breakfast (Zelman, 2005). The government also sees that breakfast is so important that they are willing to fund a program to provide breakfast to students of low-income families, through the National School Breakfast Program. Research collected from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) identifies that eating breakfast can increase your metabolism (FNS,2004). Having a high metabolism is very important for losing and managing body weight because people with high metabolisms will burn more calories throughout the day than those with a low metabolism. Further research has also investigated the increased success in weight loss/maintenance with the inclusion of ready-to-eat cereals (RTEC). Today there are many RTEC that are whole grain; this is advantageous for those trying to manage weight with meal replacement with cereals because whole grains provide many health benefits. One of the huge advantages of eating whole grains versus refined is that whole grains have significantly more fiber than refined. Fiber helps our stomachs to feel full or satisfied on few calories. This satiety factor is key in successful weight loss programs. Whole grains contain a number of health benefits including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, lignan, and dietary fiber. Unfortunately in America more unrefined grains are consumed than whole grains. Weight gain has been positively associated with refined grain consumption and inversely with whole-grain intake. Breakfast may not be the only time for RTEC when it comes to weight loss/management. Some research has shown that for overweight/obese individuals identified as a night-time snackers they can benefit from substituting their normal night-time snack with a bowl of RTEC and can have more success in weight loss with this substitution (Waller et al., 2004).
Article One Melanson, K.J., Angelopoulos, T.J., Martini, M., Zukley, L., Lowndes, J., Dube. T.J., et
al. (2006). Consumption of Whole-Grain Cereals during Weight Loss: Effects on
Dietary Quality, Dietary Fiber, Magnesium, Vitamin B-6, and Obesity. Journal of
the American Dietetics Association, 106 (9), 1380-1388.
For a copy of this log onto www.adajournal.org (recommended) or view a copy in a further post
This is a pilot study performed over a 24 week period to assess nutrient intake in overweight and obese individuals on one of three weight-management programs. The main purpose of the study was to see if nutrient quality was compromised when following a cereal meal replacement diet. To compare the cereal diet with others diets three main programs were selected including: exercise only, hypocaloric diet plus exercise, and hypocaloric diet with fiber-rich whole-grain cereals plus exercise. Subjects were assigned to one of diets and during the first 12 weeks were involved in counseling visits including direction by an exercise physiologist on an individualized exercise program that increased in intensity, duration and frequency over the course of the first 12 weeks. Nutrition plans were given to hypocaloric diet with cereal plus exercise, and hypocaloric diet plus exercise; the plan was based on the Exchange List from the American Diabetes Association. For those on an assigned hypocaloric diet an individualized plan was created based on their Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) multiplied by a factor to plan for one pound of weight loss a week. Those on the hypocaloric cereal diet were told to include two meals with high fiber cereal for the first 12 weeks, the second 12 weeks they had one meal of cereal. In the second 12 weeks all participants were instructed to continue on their specified plan, although no counseling was given to them during this time. Nutrient quality was determined by RD’s from three day food records completed at weeks 0, 12, and 24.
Article Two:
Song, W.O., Chun, O.K., Obayashi, S., Cho, S. & Chung, C.E. (2005). Is Consumption of
Breakfast Associated with Body Mass Index in US Adults? Journal of the
American Dietetic Association, 105 (9), 1373-1382.
This article is a retrospective study using a data set to collect information on a few variables. Data was used from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000, to test the hypothesis that breakfast consumption is associated with weight status measured by body mass index in US adults. This study took into consideration whether a person was a breakfast eater or not, and if they were a breakfast eater were they a RTEC eater or not? From those classifications demographic characteristics were identified including sex, age, ethnicity, smoker, consume alcohol, exercise, and trying to control weight.
References
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2006). Obesity Trends Among
Adults. Retrieved Sept 13, 2006, from
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/index.htm
Food Nutrition Services (FNS) United States Department of Agriculture (2004). Why Eat
Breakfast. Retrieved Sept 13, 2006, from
http://origin.www.fns.usda.gov:8765/query.html?col=public&qt=breakfast+and
metabolism&charset=iso-8859-1
Waller, S.M., Vander Wal, J.S., Klurfeld, D.M., McBurney, M.I., Cho, S., Bijlani, S., et l. (2004). Evening Ready-to-Eat Cereal Consumption Contributes to Weight
Management. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 23(4), 316-321.
Zelman, K. (2005). Weight Control That Works. Retrieved Sept 13, 2006 from
http://onhealth.webmd.com/weight_management/article.htm
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