Shaping a Healthy Future III: A Rocky Mountain Conference on Weight Realities Jackson, Wyoming, April 27-29, 2005.

The article presents several abstracts of the papers related to nutrition education and weight problems that were discussed in the conference "Shaping a Healthy Future III: A Rocky Mountain Conference on Weight Realities." One of the papers "Nutrition Education to Facilitate Prevention and Control of Diabetes in the Hispanic Population," by Viviana Abuchar made a point that diabetes is a serious and growing health issue in the U.S. population. It informed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that currently about 17 million people or 6.2% of the population has diabetes. Another paper on "People at Work: 5A Day Tailgate Sessions," by Carolyn Benepe stated that work site nutrition education is an effective and practical way to reach audiences that can benefit from short, encouraging 5 A Day messages. The intent of this project was to promote fruit and vegetable consumption for men between the ages of 18 and 44, a group typically known to eat fewer servings of fruits and vegetables. One of the papers by the researcher, Katheryn S. Bark conducted a recess-before-lunch policy pilot study in 4 elementary schools from April 2002 to May 2003. The objective was to examine the results from the implementation of a recess-before lunch policy in 4 Montana elementary schools.