Ellen Szakal, MA, RD
Nutritionist,
Nutrition Wellness Program
473-2612
Bahia Vista and San Pedro classroom and garden

NURS5409: Nutrition & the Older Adult
Fall 2007
http://www.dominican.edu/query/class.php?event_id=45314

Nutrition & Physical Activity
August 10 & 17, 2007 9 am – 4 pm
Course #EDUX8005 $150 / 1 CEU
Instructor: Lynne LoPresto, M.S., R.D. and Sheila Kegan, M.S.

The Federal Government mandate, Section 204 Child Reauthorization Act, will require schools to address nutrition and physical activity in the classroom. Will you be compliant?
Nutrition and physical activity are elementary…or they should be! Healthy children are more successful in the classroom, achieve higher test scores, and they interact better with peers and authority. However, nine million children (over age 6) in the U.S. are considered obese, an epidemic with serious physical and emotional health consequences. This workshop will show teachers and parents what they need to know to improve the health of children. We have the Ingredients you need to easily INTEGRATE the latest Nutrition Education Competencies and the Physical Education Standards into what you’re already doing in your classroom!

http://www.dominican.edu/academics/adult/pace/education/prodevelopment.html

Childhood Obesity

The Marin Independent Journal reports that Lynne LoPresto, who teaches nutrition in Dominican’s Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, has secured a $100,000 grant from the California State Library to create the Library Nutrition Collection. The collection, housed at South Novato Library, will serve as a resource to local schools.

http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_5484641

Pediatric Obesity/Nutrition May 19, 2007 9 am – 4 pm 6 CEU

This comprehensive seminar is designed to provide participants with an overview of childhood obesity and the ways in which proper nutrition knowledge and eduation can help prevent and repair this serious health threat. The program will cover a discussion of the current childhood obesity epidemic, provide an intensive overview of “Nutrition 101″ (the key elements health care providers need to know to be effective in the solution), and a discussion about current school and community practices around this issue.

The workshop will wrap-up with practical applications provided form the pediatric perspective, including measuring BMI in children, family interventions, the nurse’s role, and surgical and medical alternatives. The seminar will include a discussion abou the different types of bariatric (weight-loss) surgery, interventions in the recovery period, nd long-term effects of the surgery.

Lynne LoPresto, Dominican Instructor, MS, RD
Instructor, Biology/Nursing
Nursing
Tel: 415-482-1973
Email: lynne.lopresto@dominican.edu
Website: http://www.dominican.edu/academics/artssciences/natbehealth/sciencemath/faculty-and-research/faculty-profiles/lynne-lopresto.html

Margaret Fink, Dominican Assistant Professor, Ed.D, RN, BC
Nan Ground, Dominican Instructor, RN, MSN

http://www.dominican.edu/academics/adult/pace/healthservices/nursing.html

Kids Need Carrots to Learn
http://www.dominican.edu/academics/adult/pace/workshops.html
Instructor: LoPresto, M.S., R.D.

Dominican University of California – San Rafael
http://www.dominican.edu/about/current/careerservices/students/majors/links/nutrition.html

Marin County ’s Nutrition Wellness Program
http://co.marin.ca.us/depts/HH/Main/nwp/nutritionwellness/index.cfm
Marin County Health & Human Services
Nutrition Wellness Program
899 Northgate Drive, Suite 415
San Rafael, CA 94903
Program Director: Linda Armstrong, MS, RD
(415) 473-7059
larmstrong@co.marin.ca.us
Nutritionist: Ellen Szakal , MA, RD
(415) 473-2612
eszakal@co.marin.ca.us

Nutrition and Older Adults
Sponsored By: Marin County Commission on Aging
http://co.marin.ca.us/SysApps/Calendar/pub/EventDisplay.cfm?event=7822
Annette Gent at: agent@co.marin.ca.us
(415) 499-7396
** July 2005

National Eating Disorders Screening Project 2000

Harvard Eating Disorders Center

California Healthy Kids Survey

Marin County Eating Disorders Task Force – 2003
multidisciplinary collaboration which serves to educate the community regarding the prevention and treatment of eating disorders

Marin County Community Health and Prevention Services
http://co.marin.ca.us/

sponsored by the California Department of Health Services
funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Eating Disorders Resource Guide for Marin County

Nutritional Wellness Program
program of the County of Marin Department of Health and Human Services,

Children and Weight Coalition

Promoting Healthy Eating Behaviors in Youth Act

Body Positive
http://www.bodypositive.com
Books to Read for Clinicians
http://www.bodypositive.com/probooks.htm

Beyond Hunger – eating disorders
http://www.beyondhunger.org/
old information – 2004