The following list includes links to news articles, books, editorials, and discussion papers to which CHN faculty contributed. 2004 l 2003 l 2002 l 2001 l 2000 March 2004: The Year of Ralph, the cover story for Baltimore Magazine's March issue, highlights WBAL producer Ralph Loglisci's dramatic weight loss (180 lbs. in one year) accomplished with the help of Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, a CHN faculty member who also runs the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center.
February 9, 2004: The Future of Fatness, an article on childhood obesity in U.S. News and World Report features research conducted by CHN's Dr. Margarita Treuth.
November 27, 2003 : VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS, PT. 2: "How Much is Too Much?" -- Dr. Benjamin Caballero is interviewed for this Health NewsFeed report which discusses how vitamin supplements, despite their reputation, may cause harm in otherwise healthy individuals (aired in Baltimore on WYPR, 88.1 FM).
November 28, 2003 : VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS, PT. 3: "Mix and Match" -- Dr. Benjamin Caballero is interviewed for this Health NewsFeed report about multi-vitamins and why they may not be the most effective method for supplementing a diet (aired in Baltimore on WYPR, 88.1 FM).
November 4, 2003: Improving Birth Outcomes and Reducing Birth Defects in Developing Countries: Two reports are now available from the Institute of Medicine's Board on Global Health. Dr. Laura Caulfield, CHN faculty member and academic program coordinator, is a member of the Board on Global Health and has studied the role of nutrition in improving birth outcomes in several regions of the globe, including Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
July 6, 2003: A hot new diet radiates from the Sunshine State Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, CHN faculty member and Director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, comments on the "South Beach" diet in this Baltimore Sun article. by Molly Knight, SUN STAFF.
June 16, 2003: CONTROLLING BLOOD PRESSURE, PT 1: "An Orange a Day" -- Dr. Lawrence Appel, who helped develop the DASH diet, discusses how a common dietary mineral may help lower blood pressure in this this Health NewsFeed report.
June 17, 2003: CONTROLLING BLOOD PRESSURE, PT 2: "Two for the Price of One" -- Dr. Lawrence Appel, who helped develop the DASH diet, discusses medications to control high blood pressure and kidney disease in African-Americans in this this Health NewsFeed report. June 2003: Micronutrient Deficiencies in the First Months of Life
Published by the Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series: Pediatric Program, this book, co-edited by Dr. Keith West, Jr. (CHN faculty) and Francois DeLange provides a timely and informative summary on micronutrient requirements, status, effects of deficiency and opportunities for prevention in this early stage of life.
May 2003: The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition is available from the Academic Press. Benjamin Caballero (CHN Director) was editor-in-chief for this expanded, revised, and updated version of the encyclopedia which was first published in 1993.
April 29, 2003: Vitamins: More May be Too Many: CHN Director Benjamin Caballero discusses risks of vitamin overconsumption and conflicting information about the benefits of commonly consumed supplements in this NY Times article by Gina Kolata.
April 18, 2003: Dieting dull? Fat chance with Atkins On the occasion of Dr. Robert Atkins's passing, Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, CHN faculty member and Director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, was asked to comment on the credibility of the Atkins diet in this Baltimore Sun article.
April 2003: Off the Scale: CHN faculty discuss the environmental obstacles to keeping obesity rates in check in the Spring issue of Hopkins Public Health magazine. by Melissa Hendricks.
March 2003: Moving Forward With Complementary Feeding: Indicators and Research Priorities (an International Food Policy Research Institute Discussion Paper) by Marie T. Ruel, Kenneth H. Brown, and Laura E. Caulfield (CHN faculty)
November 2002: Does it make sense to sue the fast food industry?
CHN's Director Benjamin Caballero sounds off about obesity/fast food lawsuits in this editorial in Johns Hopkins Magazine.
October 2002: Weight Management Commentary: Are obesity drugs a magic bullet? Dr. Larry Cheskin discusses the quest for enzyme-blocking pills to manage weight.
September 6, 2002: The Institute of Medicine released new Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Fat, Protein and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) which replace the old Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs). Benjamin Caballero, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Human Nutrition, has served on the Food and Nutrition Board since 1997 and was one of 21 scientists on the macronutrient panel who contributed to this new volume.
September 2002: The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World, edited by Benjamin Caballero, MD, PhD and Barry M. Popkin, PhD. Rapid socio-economic shifts have led to an ever increasing rate of change of dietary, activity, and body composition patterns around the world. This book provides recent information on population trends, changes in food production, and epidemiological data on diet-related chronic diseases in the developing world. Leading international experts in the fields of nutrition, food science, economics, demography, international health, and public health contributed to this project.
April 28, 2002: Food Firms Hope You Can Never Have Too Much of a Sweeter Thing by MELINDA FULMER, LA Times. CHN Director Benjamin Caballero is quoted in this article about the increasing comsumption of sugar as a factor in obesity and adult-onset diabetes.
March 2002: New Hope for People with Weight Problems: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions by Lawrence Cheskin, MD.
March 2002: Dietary Risk Assessment in the WIC Program, published by the National Academies Institute of Medicine is a report issued by a scientific committee that includes CHN’s Dr. Laura Caulfield. It presents the scientific bases for the framework for assessing dietary risk in the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program.
February 2002: Scaling Down, Weighing In This article in the Johns Hopkins Dome explores w hat makes the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center a clinical and research leader in the fight against obesity. February, 2002: Nutrition Symposium Celebrates Center for Human Nutrition's 10th Year
January 2002: The Contribution of Nutrition to Child Health (PDF file), by Benjamin Caballero, MD, PhD. This article was written for the European Nutrition Research Summaries Update, Issue 1.2002, which reported on the workshop, "Optimal Nutrition for Growth and Development in Childhood," held at the 17th International Congress of Nutrition in Vienna, Austria in August, 2001.
2001: Losing Weight for Good: Developing your Personal Plan of Action, by Lawrence Cheskin, MD
October 2000: A Quiet Crusade
For years, CHN faculty have led large scale studies in Nepal to test the effect of vitamin A and other micronutrients effect maternal and child health and survival. The Baltimore Sun wrote this three-part series about the challenges and discoveries involved in the Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project. by Scott Shane, SUN STAFF.
June 2000 : Eat well Feel great Lose Weight!
Dr. Larry Cheskin and the staff of the Weight Management Center created a weight managment plan for Better Homes and Gardens[R] readers.
March 22, 2000: Thinner Miss Americas?: This Associated Press article was published after CHN researchers submitted a letter to JAMA, Is Miss America an undernourished role model?, based on data about the weight and height of winners of the Miss America Pageant from 1922 to 1999, obtained from the Miss America Archives.
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