phlet Healthy Food Options: What to EatMore Of and What to Eat Less Of.

Another highlight of the materialsis the inclusion of a “Talk & Listen”page, which provides tips to parents toinitiate discussions with their childrenon the issues of body weight, health,and physical activity. For example, onthe Play and Move pamphlet’s “Talk &Listen” page, children answer a seriesof questions about sports and activi-ties they would like to do with theirparents. The Fast Food and Soft Drinks“Talk & Listen” page addresses com-mercial advertising and lists possiblequestions parents can ask children asthey watch television together.

Nutrition educators using this ma-terial should be aware of the followingclarifications when working with cli-ents. Throughout the materials, a pho-tograph of a milk carton discretely la-beled as “whole milk” was used ingraphic displaying “better” choices. Ed-ucators should re-enforce that nonfat or1% milk, as is written in the pamphlettext, are better choices than whole milkfor children over 2 years of age. Thepamphlet Healthy Food Options: What toEat More Of and What to Eat Less Oflists granola bars as a “Choose Rarely”food. Educators may prefer to explainthat granola bars made with wholegrains and limited added sugar can be ahealthful snack for children. In addi-tion, this pamphlet makes the state-ment, “Infants under one year of ageshould be exclusively breastfed.” Educa-tors may choose to add that althoughbreast milk is the preferred source ofliquid nutrition, developmentally ap-propriate solid food can be introducedto infants starting at 4-6 months of age.Finally, the first page of Fast Food andSoft Drinks pictures “unhealthy choices”as a double hamburger, a donut, and asoda next to “better choices” of milk, achicken burger, and fruit salad. To re-duce this approach of good food/badfood dichotomy, perhaps “unhealthy”could be rephrased as “eat infrequently”or “eat less often.”

All in all, these pamphletsprovide timely, culturally relevantinformation in English and 4 Asian-language translations. The pam-phlets would be an outstanding ad-

dition for use in the Food StampNutrition Education Program; theSpecial Supplemental NutritionProgram for Women, Infants, andChildren (WIC); and other school-or community-based education pro-grams with Asian-American immi-grant clients.

Elizabeth Hill Ruder, BS, RD, Doc-toral Candidate, Jill Patterson, PhD,Assistant Professor, Department ofNutritional Sciences, PennsylvaniaState University, University ParkPA 16802doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.08.008

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1. Popkin BM, Udry JR. Adolescent obesityincreases significantly in second and thirdgeneration U.S. immigrants: the NationalLongitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. JNutr. 1998;128:701-706.

Ellyn Satter Associates Web Site. In-formation pages and resources for in-fants through adults on feeding andeating. Web Site, available at http://www.ellynsatter.com. Accessed May31, 2006

Ellyn Satter Associates Web site pro-vides resources for professionals and thepublic in the area of eating and feeding.General information on feeding children;family meals; feeding problems; childoverweight; feeding in school, preschooland child care; and normal eating foradults can be found. The site also pro-vides links to business offerings such asprofessional training, materials, re-sources, and books.

Ellyn Satter has been providingsound feeding advice for parents andcare givers of children for many years.She is best known for her promotionof the “Division of Responsibility,”

where parents are responsible forwhat, when, where food is offered, andchildren are responsible for how muchand whether they eat. In addition tobeing a registered dietitian, Satter is afamily therapist and feeding and eat-ing specialist. She has a private psy-chotherapy practice, which gives herfirst-hand experiences that she hasshared in her many publications inthe past and is now sharing on a newWeb site—http://www.ellynsatter.com.

The Web site includes a multitudeof well-documented articles that areeasy to access and that provide prac-tical information about feeding chil-dren of all ages, whether at home, inschool, or at a child care setting. Inaddition, there are links to pages withmore information on special topics,including solving feeding problems,working with overweight children,making family meals a priority, andeven one on normal eating for adults.

Do not expect to find in-depthnutrition information here. The em-phasis is on basic, practical adviceabout feeding relationships. The in-formation would be useful to parentswhether they are feeding a newborn, apicky preschooler, or a teen. It mayalso help child care providers and oth-ers who feed children understandtheir role as well as the role that thechild plays in eating.

Principles presented on this Website would be beneficial for anyoneconcerned about weight for childrenor adults. Satter explains what chil-dren can teach adults about normaleating, including eating when you arehungry and stopping when you aresatisfied. The emphasis on healthy at-titudes about eating could help us alladdress weight issues, whether the is-sue is overweight or disordered eating.She stresses “competency rather thandeficiency, providing rather than de-priving, and trust rather thancontrol.”

In addition to easy-to-read, prac-tical feeding information, the Website is also a repository for all of Sat-ter’s resources. Each of her books andall of her teaching materials may beordered from the site. Descriptions ofthe materials usually include the read-

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ing level of client handouts. SomeSpanish materials are included. Infor-mation about upcoming speaking andtraining engagements is listed, as wellas descriptions of possible speakingtopics.

The graphics on the Web site areattractive and appropriate for the top-ics. It is also very “user friendly,” inthat the information is easily located

from the home page. Each link takesthe user to an outline of topics avail-able. Another click, and the readersees the information on a single pagein an easy-to-read and print format.The links to the for-sale resourcestake you to descriptions, pictures ofthe item, cost, and a quick orderingprocess. This Web site is an excellentresource for health professionals and

the general public. It provides timelyinformation in an easy-to-use format.

Paula Peters, PhD, Associate Pro-fessor, Human Nutrition, AssistantDirector, K-State Research and Ex-tension, Kansas State University,340 Justin Hall, Manhattan, KS66506doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2006.08.015

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