Recent Posts Tagged With 'Announcements'

• Low-Cost Programs to Increase Children’s Physical Activity and Inspire Healthy Lifestyles

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 13:52 in health, children, nutrition, wellness, presentations, Announcements, dr. dyer, children self-esteem, inspiring healthy change together, network for a healthy california, walking in october

  These slides are part of a poster Presentation “Low-Cost Programs to Increase Children’s Physical Activity and Inspire Healthy Lifestyles” for the 2009 Network for a Healthy California “Inspiring Healthy Change Together” Conference held in ...

• Living with Loss eBook - Improving Wellness

  Posted on Thursday February 19th, 2009 at 13:46 in health, wellness, Announcements, grief and loss, dr. dyer, living with loss ebook, living with loss ebooklet

  While not normally a Nutrition topic, the eBook Living with Loss is a wellness topic. This eBook is a good resource for improving or maintaining wellness in the face of a loss, a death or a significant life changing event. The Living with Loss By Und...

• Reminder of Basic Computer Skills

  Posted on Thursday February 19th, 2009 at 08:12 in Announcements, online course, copy and paste, tips for success, basic computer skills, bio 50, converting documents, saving documents, using .rtf format

  Two skills that many online instructor’s figure their students have coming into the course are knowing how to copy and paste information and also knowing how to save documents in different formats like .rtf or .pdf files. The new version of Mic...

• Truth in Advertising - Diet Coke Plus

  Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 in health, Announcements, diet coke plus, truth in advertising, misleading advertising, herbs and supplements, media and nutrition, diet coke misbranded

  Another example of the truth being stretched, or misrepresented in advertising and where the buyer must beware. Federal health regulators reprimanded Coca-Cola for placing inappropriate nutritional claims on its Diet Coke Plus soft drink. The Food an...

• Supersize Me Now on Google Video

  Posted on Sunday November 30th, 2008 at 09:01 in health, children, weight management, Announcements, supersize me, truth in advertising, bio 50, media and nutrition, nutrition and advertising, supersize me on google, videos in nutrition

  Supersize Me is available for you to watch on Google Video. If the video is not showing up below, click on the Supersize Me link or Google for it on Google Videos. SuperSize Me Video on Google Videos This is particularly an eyeopening film when view...

• MyPyramid.gov Now for Preschoolers

  Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 13:55 in health, children, wellness, Announcements, physical activity, healthy children, nutrition news, mypyramid.gov, children and nutrition, bio 50, healthy eating children, healthy preschoolers

  In Fall 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched the My Pyramid for Preschoolers Website just for Preschoolers, children aged 2-5. The site encourages parents and caregivers to Use MyPyramid to help your preschooler eat well, be active, and ...

• Truth in Advertising - Bayer Warned about Unsubstantiated Aspirin Claims

  Posted on Wednesday October 29th, 2008 at 16:49 in health, wellness, Announcements, aspirin, nutrition news, truth in advertising, herbs and supplements, fda labeling, advertising supplements, fda ban, supplements in aspirin

  According to Federal regulators from the Food and Drug Administration, Bayer has been illegally marketing two aspirin products that make unsubstantiated health claims about fighting heart disease and osteoporosis. In both cases, the aspirin has been ...

• What Cereals Can I Feed my Child? Healthy WIC Approved Cereals

  Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 18:20 in children, nutrition, articles, wellness, Announcements, nutrition news, columbia college, bio 50, healthy cereals, cereals for children, wic allowed cereals, wic approved cereals

  This week’s release of the report by Consumer Reports may have parents wondering what cereals they should be feeding their child/children.  One way is to see what cereals are recommended by the WIC program. WIC is a federally-funded health and...

• Tyra Banks Retort on “Fat” Comments

  Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 14:21 in nutrition, weight management, Announcements, tyra banks, people magazine, bmi, body mass index, dr. dyer, bio 50, media and nutrition, media and advertising

  Tyra addresses rather effectively the unflattering bathing suit photos that were plastered across every tabloid and gossip website in 2007, claiming that she had gained 40 lbs. In calculating Tyra’s BMI, at 5′10″ and 161 lbs, she en...

• Governor Signs Menu Labeling Bill and Allowing Healthier Options for Californians

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 23:44 in nutrition, wellness, Announcements, nutrition news, gov. schwarzenegger, healthier californians, menu labeling bill, nutrition bill, padilla bill, sb 1420

  On September 30, 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1420 into law. With this law passing, California will be the first state in the nation to require calories to be posted on menus and menu boards. The bill was sponsored by the Ca...

• Getting Started in Bio50 Nutrition & Wellness for Fall 2008

  Posted on Sunday August 24th, 2008 at 18:42 in Announcements, blackboard, dr. dyer, columbia college, new semester, bio 50, bio50, nutrition & wellness

  Tomorrow is the start of a new semester. Online students look for an email message sent to your email of record with the college. If you are stuck logging onto the Blackboard Course System, see the Blog Page on Blackboard. Face to Face students I wil...

• New Olympian Michael Phelps Now a Junk Food Spokesperson?

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 02:05 in nutrition, Announcements, michael phelps, celebrity endorsements, child obesity, nutrition news, healthy choices

  People are wondering what kind of a role model Michael Phelps is going to be to the growing population of overweight and obese children. His choices of foods to sponsor and endorse caused many child obesity experts to denounce his endorsements. Kello...

• Tips for Success in this Course

  Posted on Thursday August 21st, 2008 at 18:04 in nutrition, time management, Announcements, tips for success, columbia college, bio 50, nutrition & wellness, online nutrition course

  The most important thing for you to do during the first week is to take some time and determine a study plan. Figure out when your exams and assignments are due, mark them on a calendar or day planner. Decide how you are going to budget your time to ...

• Tips for Online Success

  Posted on Wednesday August 20th, 2008 at 17:45 in nutrition, Announcements, blackboard, online success, online course, tips for success, columbia college, bio 50, nutrition & wellness, blackboard help

  The “Online” Page of this blog includes a variety of Tips for students to improve their success in distance education. This page includes “Are You Ready to Learn Online?” a great introduction from Cerro Coso College, on to det...

• Truth in Advertising: The Airborne Case

  Posted on Sunday August 17th, 2008 at 01:56 in nutrition, wellness, dietary supplements, fda, Announcements, airborne, cold prevention, nutrition news, truth in advertising, class action law suit

  The Airborne company has fined $30 million by the Federal Trade Commission for false advertising, namely claiming Airborne can help reduce the length of a common cold. The makers of Airborne tablets have agreed to pay $30 million to settle the lawsu...

• F as in Fat 2008

  Posted on Monday August 11th, 2008 at 12:32 in nutrition, articles, wellness, Announcements, nutrition news, adult obesity, f as in fat 2008, healthy americans, obesity rates 2007, rising obesity rates

  According to the fifth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008 report from the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) the adult obesity rates increased in 37 states in the p...