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...long ago a dietitian was that underpaid woman in the white smock who decided whether it would be peanut-butter or bologna sandwiches on the school lunch menu. Today, for those students who grew up to be bicoastal investment bankers, a dietitian is likely to be the latest acquisition in personal advisers. Though still usually a woman, she has gone private in a big way, with clients who include not only fitness trendies but the overweight, the pregnant and sufferers from such food-sensitive diseases as diabetes and hypertension. Aiming for permanent eating-pattern changes, the dietitian or nutritionist often...
Decisions on the meals schedule are made by dietitian Dale Hennessey, who explains that the meals work on a six-week cycle which repeats itself throughout the school year. There are some minor changes from cycle to cycle--depending on the particular season. "This year we have made many changes," says Hennessey, adding that the changes include the addition of potato skins, couscous, tabouli and some kinds of Mexican food to the standard menu. "We try to find out what the students like and don't like," says Hennessey. "If the change is feasible, we make...
...them. While no suspicion of permanent damage has been raised, there is little likelihood of permanent weight loss either: eating habits are not changed and indeed may get worse for those who figure the starch blocker will handle that extra slice of pizza. Beila Simon Kunis, a dietitian in Chicago, opposes the pills, but concedes that occasionally, "I will say 'O.K., try it.' Some people are very sensitive to it, and some are not. We're all looking for the easy way out, but damn it, there is no easy way. This is a gimmick...
...forces driving the movement is a growing distrust of doctors. The onslaught caught many medical associations by surprise. Convinced that the Massachusetts bill would die quickly, the state chapter of the American Cancer Society did not even bother to testify at a hearing on the proposal. Only a dietitian spoke against the bill at a hearing in Arizona. Medical societies in Oregon and Louisiana ducked the issue...
Your article "Deadly Hospital Food?" [July 22] makes the erroneous implication that the fault lies in the diet kitchen. The fact is that the dietitian can only do what the doctor orders and what the administrative-staff structure permits. My article in Nutrition Today, which you quoted, cites 14 undesirable practices, most of which reflect on the physician, the nurse and the administrative staff. Many of these practices, such as prolonged periods of feeding with intravenous glucose and failure to record body weight, are easily corrected. Others require upgrading nutrition education for physicians and others involved in healthcare. Reorganization...