Here's a video I created (Part 1 of 2) for a class- meant to be for a fictitious website.
The topic is sodium and it stars my classmate and I...
Enjoy! :)
Friday, 9 April 2010
Thursday, 8 April 2010
Salt's for Dinner?
We had to create 3 pages for a fictitious website for an assignment- including 3 original pictures and a video.... thought I'd share them here over the next few days!
The topic: Sodium.
This is page 1.
Hope you like it!
Salt’s for Dinner?
The average Canadian is eating too much sodium. Are you?
What’s the difference between salt and sodium?
Salt, or table salt, is made up of the minerals sodium and chloride.
1 teaspoon of salt has 2300 milligrams (mg) of sodium.
Do I need sodium?
Yes. Sodium keeps your blood pressure and water levels in balance in your body. Your muscles and nerves also need sodium to work properly.
How much sodium do I need?
Healthy adults need 1500 mg of sodium per day. Eating more than 2300 mg a day can be harmful to your health.
The average Canadian eats 3100 mg of sodium each day!
Is too much sodium bad for me?
Yes! Even if you’re healthy now, regularly eating too much sodium can lead to high blood pressure, and increase your risk for heart and kidney diseases, and stroke.
Which foods are high in sodium?
80% of your sodium intake comes from processed and packaged foods, not your salt shaker.
Foods like fast food and restaurant meals, canned soups, frozen meals, packaged rice and pasta mixes, and sauces and dressings have sodium.
Even some foods that don’t taste salty, like breads, cereals, and baked goods, may have a lot of sodium.
If I don’t use the salt shaker, could I still be eating too much sodium?
Yes. Only 15% of our daily sodium intake comes from using the salt shaker and adding salt when cooking.
Even if you don’t use your salt shaker, you may be eating too much sodium since many commonly eaten foods are high in sodium.
(sorry- it's not referenced... if you need references, let me know!)
Monday, 5 April 2010
Time for Ronald to Retire!
If you're against the use of a clown character to encourage kids, and their parents, to eat fast food, sign the petition to Retire Ronald McDonald... it only takes a few seconds... and it's about time.
This initiative comes from Corporate Accountability International.
Click here to visit the website to sign the petition and learn more.
Click here to send a letter to McDonald's CEO, James Skinner, via the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
(I did both!)
Here's part of the Press Release:
After close to fifty years of hawking fatty food directly to kids, Ronald McDonald is being urged to retire.
The findings come amid growing recognition of the fast food industry’s primary role in driving the epidemic of childhood obesity and diet-related disease.
“This clown is no friend to our children or their health,” said Senior Organizer Deborah Lapidus of Corporate Accountability International. “No icon has ever been more effective in hooking kids on a harmful product. Kids have become more obese and less healthy on his watch. He’s a deep-fried Joe Camel for the 21st Century. He deserves a break, and so do our kids.”
For poll results, an analysis of Ronald McDonald’s pervasive presence on the American landscape, a background on the psychology behind children’s marketing and more visit www.RetireRonald.org.Sunday, 4 April 2010
10 Recommendations for Blogging RDs
Hi!
A classmate and I wrote a paper on the use of blogs by dietitians for a school project...
we called it: Entering the Blogosphere: Professional and Ethical Consideration for Dietitians.
I learned a lot writing this paper.
For example, did you know that a new blog is created every second every day... and 1.2 million new blog posts are posted every day?!
Pretty crazy!
We also found that, while blogs have lots of benefits for health professionals, and our readers (!), there are no standards for blogging RDs- our professional organizations haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet...
The result:
It's difficult for visitors to our blogs to determine the level of confidentiality they're offered, to verify credibility, or discover the blogger’s identity (if it is even provided), credentials, funding or any conflict of interest.
So.... we proposed that all blogging RDs adhere to the following guidelines.... to maintain professionalism while giving our readers a way to assess to quality of the source of the info.
The recommendations are based on the HONcode and Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics criteria, on information for users on evaluating online health information offered by the National Cancer Institute and Medlineplus, and on recommendations from a representative of the College of Dietitians of Ontario (the provincial regulatory board).
1. Authority - Blog owner’s full name, credentials, and the city in which he/she practices should
be evident.
2. Accessibility - Contact information must be accurate and easily accessible.
3. Transparency - Authors of all posts, along with their credentials, must be provided if blog
owner is not responsible for all content; a statement defining the purpose of the blog must be
included.
4. Audience - Target audience must be clearly identified and content and readability should be
in accordance -readability for a lay-public should be no higher than a grade eight level.
5. Complementarity - A disclaimer statement must be included indicating that content is
meant to complement, not replace, care provided by a health care team.
6. Journalistic Diligence - All sources of information must be provided; information must be
accurate , up-to-date, and presented in a balanced way; bloggers should rely mainly on
peer-reviewed and gold-standard sources and indicate clearly when this is not the case, or
when stating or referring to opinions.
7. Funding - Sources of funding, or if no funding is received, must be disclosed; conflict of
interest must be declared.
8. Advertisement - Advertisements must be clearly delineated from content; if blog contains
ads, a statement of how they are associated with content must be included.
9. Privacy - Readers’ privacy must be respected by ensuring confidentiality, not sharing emails
with third-parties, never using identifiable information; a privacy statement must be included
outlining how privacy is upheld.
10. Professionalism - Appropriate language must be used; comments must be moderated to
remove misleading and vulgar statements.
A classmate and I wrote a paper on the use of blogs by dietitians for a school project...
we called it: Entering the Blogosphere: Professional and Ethical Consideration for Dietitians.
I learned a lot writing this paper.
For example, did you know that a new blog is created every second every day... and 1.2 million new blog posts are posted every day?!
Pretty crazy!
We also found that, while blogs have lots of benefits for health professionals, and our readers (!), there are no standards for blogging RDs- our professional organizations haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet...
The result:
It's difficult for visitors to our blogs to determine the level of confidentiality they're offered, to verify credibility, or discover the blogger’s identity (if it is even provided), credentials, funding or any conflict of interest.
So.... we proposed that all blogging RDs adhere to the following guidelines.... to maintain professionalism while giving our readers a way to assess to quality of the source of the info.
The recommendations are based on the HONcode and Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics criteria, on information for users on evaluating online health information offered by the National Cancer Institute and Medlineplus, and on recommendations from a representative of the College of Dietitians of Ontario (the provincial regulatory board).
1. Authority - Blog owner’s full name, credentials, and the city in which he/she practices should
be evident.
2. Accessibility - Contact information must be accurate and easily accessible.
3. Transparency - Authors of all posts, along with their credentials, must be provided if blog
owner is not responsible for all content; a statement defining the purpose of the blog must be
included.
4. Audience - Target audience must be clearly identified and content and readability should be
in accordance -readability for a lay-public should be no higher than a grade eight level.
5. Complementarity - A disclaimer statement must be included indicating that content is
meant to complement, not replace, care provided by a health care team.
6. Journalistic Diligence - All sources of information must be provided; information must be
accurate , up-to-date, and presented in a balanced way; bloggers should rely mainly on
peer-reviewed and gold-standard sources and indicate clearly when this is not the case, or
when stating or referring to opinions.
7. Funding - Sources of funding, or if no funding is received, must be disclosed; conflict of
interest must be declared.
8. Advertisement - Advertisements must be clearly delineated from content; if blog contains
ads, a statement of how they are associated with content must be included.
9. Privacy - Readers’ privacy must be respected by ensuring confidentiality, not sharing emails
with third-parties, never using identifiable information; a privacy statement must be included
outlining how privacy is upheld.
10. Professionalism - Appropriate language must be used; comments must be moderated to
remove misleading and vulgar statements.
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Friday, 19 March 2010
Pepsi Bans Sugary Drinks in Schools Around the World
Wow... I haven't blogged in forever and so behind in reading all your blogs... I'm sorry... :(Wish I could learn to find some balance in my life...!
Saw this and thought I'd share...
Pepsi announced it will voluntarily stop selling its sugary-drinks in elementary and secondary schools... around the world by 2012!
Now, if you're worried about how Pepsi will survive this loss of revenue... don't.
In primary schools, PepsiCo will sell water, fat-free or low-fat milk, and sugar-free juice.
In secondary schools, low-calorie soft drinks like Diet Pepsi will be added to the mix.
Gatorade will only be available in relation to sport, not for everyday use.
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