Southern Cooking and Northern Appetites

Southern cooking and northern appetites! To the uninitiated this may seem rather a trivial and dull theme. To one; however, who all her life has known southern cooking and in the last few years has learned something of the northern appetites it is a most important and interesting subject

Institutional Management

This beautiful spring day makes us think of housecleaning and moving, and you will be glad to know that we are getting ready to move the tea room into the· new building

Taking the Guess Work Out of Meat Cookery

The modern homemaker cannot take time to learn in the school of experience as did her mother and grandmother. With her activities, both social and economic, outside the home, she cannot learn the many processes of housekeeping by doing them innumerable times. She, therefore, demands that science determine within the laboratory the best methods of performing the different operations of homemaking and give her the results

Risk factors for breast cancer in a population with high incidence rates.

BackgroundThis report examines generally recognized breast cancer risk factors and years of residence in Marin County, California, an area with high breast cancer incidence and mortality rates.MethodsEligible women who were residents of Marin County diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997-99 and women without breast cancer obtained through random digit dialing, frequency-matched by cases' age at diagnosis and ethnicity, participated in either full in-person or abbreviated telephone interviews.ResultsIn multivariate analyses, 285 cases were statistically significantly more likely than 286 controls to report being premenopausal, never to have used birth control pills, a lower highest lifetime body mass index, four or more mammograms in 1990-94, beginning drinking after the age of 21, on average drinking two or more drinks per day, the highest quartile of pack-years of cigarette smoking and having been raised in an organized religion. Cases and controls did not significantly differ with regard to having a first-degree relative with breast cancer, a history of benign breast biopsy, previous radiation treatment, age at menarche, parity, use of hormone replacement therapy, age of first living in Marin County, or total years lived in Marin County. Results for several factors differed for women aged under 50 years or 50 years and over.ConclusionsDespite similar distributions of several known breast cancer risk factors, case-control differences in alcohol consumption suggest that risk in this high-risk population might be modifiable. Intensive study of this or other areas of similarly high incidence might reveal other important risk factors proximate to diagnosis

The Iowa Homemaker vol.6 no.6

Table of Contents Christmas in Russia by Elsie Guthrie and Gayle Pugh, page 1 Fascination of Hand Weaving by Barbara Dewell, page 2 Cheese for the Holidays by Margaret Marnette, page 3 Do You Know Your Gas Stove by Grace Harribine, page 4 Southern Cooking and Northern Appetites by Linda Spence Brown, page 5 For that Cold Christmas Evening by Gertrude Brown, page 6 4-H Club, page 7 Iowa State Home Economics Association, page 8 Editorial, page 9 Who’s There and Where by Cleo Fitzsimmons, page 10 Omicron Nu Activities, page 12 The Eternal Question by Emily Jammer, page 14 Bargain Hunting in Persia, page 17 New Reference Books for Teachers, page 1

A Descriptive Profile of Physical Education Teachers and Related Program Characteristics in Alberta

A survey of teachers and principals in Alberta was conducted to gain a descriptive profile of who is leaching physical education (PE) and to assess the relationship between PE specialists and variables associated with program delivery. A probability-sampling procedure was used to obtain a representative sample of schools. In these schools nonprobability procedures were used to recruit teachers. A total of'480 teachers' and 162 principals' questionnaires were returned. Although 50% (n=236) of PE teachers in the sample were classified as PE specialists (i.e., had either a degree, major or minor, in PE or a closely related area), there was a significant gap in the number of PE classes being taught by division. Of the 1,219 PE classes surveyed in this study, PE specialists taught 49% and 55% of classes at the elementary levels (Divisions I & 11) compared with 91% of junior high (Division III) and 90% of secondary (Division TV) PE classes. Significant differences were found between PE specialists and non-PE specialists on a number of items including perceptions of preparedness, teaching enjoyment and competence to teach PE, the number of PE specialists across grade levels, and the percentage of time devoted to PE in the timetable. Implications with respect to implementing PE specialists across all grades and the need for future pedagogical research to investigate the effect of PE specialists are also discussed.Une enquête a été entreprise auprès d'enseignants et de directeurs d'école en Alberta dans le but d'établir un profil descriptif des enseignants d'éducation physique (EP) et d'évaluer le rapport entre les spécialistes en EP et les variables associées à l'exécution de programmes. On a eu recours aune méthode d'échantillonnage au hasard pour obtenir un échantillon représentatif des écoles. Par la suite, on y a employé des procédures non probabilistes pour recruter des enseignants. En tout, 642 questionnaires (480 provenant d'enseignants et 162 de directeurs) nous ont été renvoyés. Alors que 50% (n=236) des enseignants de EP de l'échantillon se classaient comme spécialistes en EP (c'est-à-dire qu'ils avaient soit un diplôme, une majeure ou une mineure en EP ou dans un domaine connexe), un écart notable existait dans le nombre de cours de EP enseignés par division. Des 1 219 cours de EP inclus dans l'enquête, à l'élémentaire, 49% (Division I) et 55% (Division II) d'entre eux étaient enseignés par des spécialistes en EP. Au secondaire premier cycle (Division III), 91% des cours étaient enseignés par des spécialistes en EP; au secondaire (Division IV), 90% des cours l'étaient. Des différences importantes distinguaient les spécialistes en EP des non spécialistes, y compris leurs perceptions quant à leur état de préparation, le plaisir qu'il retirait de l'enseignement de l'EP, leur compétence à le faire, le nombre de spécialistes en EP à tous les niveaux scolaires et le nombre d'heures consacrées aux cours de EP. Une discussion portant sur les implications de la mise en place de spécialistes en EP à tous les niveaux scolaires et sur la nécessité d'étudier l'effet qu'exercent ceux-ci, termine l'article

Adolescent Weight Status and Related Behavioural Factors: Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition

Purpose. To identify whether non-overweight students were different from their overweight or obese peers with respect to diet, suboptimal meal behaviours, and physical activity using a self-administered web-based survey. Methods. 4097 adolescents living in Alberta, Canada completed Web-SPAN (Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition). Students were classified as overweight or obese, and differences were described in terms of nutrient intakes, physical activity, and meal behaviours. Results. Non-overweight students consumed significantly more carbohydrate and fibre, and significantly less fat and high calorie beverages, and had a higher frequency of consuming breakfast and snacks compared to overweight or obese students. Both non-overweight and overweight students were significantly more active than obese students. Conclusions. This research supports the need to target suboptimal behaviours such as high calorie beverage consumption, fat intake, breakfast skipping, and physical inactivity. School nutrition policies and mandatory physical education for all students may help to improve weight status in adolescents

Adolescent Weight Status and Related Behavioural Factors: Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition

Purpose. To identify whether non-overweight students were different from their overweight or obese peers with respect to diet, suboptimal meal behaviours, and physical activity using a self-administered web-based survey. Methods. 4097 adolescents living in Alberta, Canada completed Web-SPAN (Web Survey of Physical Activity and Nutrition). Students were classified as overweight or obese, and differences were described in terms of nutrient intakes, physical activity, and meal behaviours. Results. Non-overweight students consumed significantly more carbohydrate and fibre, and significantly less fat and high calorie beverages, and had a higher frequency of consuming breakfast and snacks compared to overweight or obese students. Both non-overweight and overweight students were significantly more active than obese students. Conclusions. This research supports the need to target suboptimal behaviours such as high calorie beverage consumption, fat intake, breakfast skipping, and physical inactivity. School nutrition policies and mandatory physical education for all students may help to improve weight status in adolescents

The Iowa Homemaker vol.7, no.2

Table of Contents Should Women Combine Homemaking and Professions? – Controversal Article, page 1 To Market! To Market! by Helen Theile, page 2 Making Your Bedroom Cozy by Doris Gray Nystrom, page 3 In Londontown by Anna M. Carr, page 3 Taking the Guess Work out of Meat Cookery by Elsie V. McElhinney and Linda Spence Brown, page 4 How to Be Happy Without Oak Floors by Lillian Shaben, page 5 Busy Mother, Read This! by Frances Thomas, page 5 4-H Page, page 6 4-H Page, page 7 Iowa State Home Economics Association Page, page 8 Installment Plan Buying by Gwen Edwards, page 9 Some Fish Geography by Sylvia Pedersen, page 10 Editorial, page 11 Who’s There and Where, page 12 The Inevitable Sandwich by Elizabeth Petersen, page 1