Program Schedule

Keynote Addresses: New Adventures in Food Databases

• New Strategies and Directions for Food Databases
  Rhona Applebaum, National Food Processors Association
• NAPRALERT: A Database of Non-Nutrient Components in Plants
  Christopher W.W. Beecher, University of Illinois at Chicago

New Adventures in Food Design

• Food Design: Trends and Changes
  J. Samuel Godber, Louisiana State University
• New Products in the Food and Agricultural Biotechnology Pipeline
  Martina McGloughlin, University of California, Davis
• Olestra and Its Impact on Nutrient Databases
  Ronald Webb, Procter & Gamble

Analytical Methods

• Guidelines for Obtaining High-Quality Laboratory Data
  Carol S. Davis, USDA/ARS/FCL
• Measurement of ANew@ Health-Related Food Components
  Gary R. Beecher, USDA/ARS/FCL
• Dietary Fiber in the National Nutrient Databank: Data and Methods
  Karen Andrews, USDA/ARS/NDL

Submitted Papers

• USDA Nutrient Data Base for Standard Reference, Release 11
  David Haytowitz, USDA/ARS/NDL
• United States and Australia: Sharing National Nutrition Survey Methodology
  Suzanne Brodney, University of Texas School of Public Health
• American's Salt Use in Food Preparation--1994 CSFII & DHKS
  Deirdre Douglass, University of Texas School of Public Health
• Assessment of Fish Consumption among Sportfishers on the St. Lawrence River in the Montreal Region: Reliability/Calibration Study
  Bryna Shatenstein, Sante Publique-Unite Sante Environmentale,  Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
• Improvement in Matching Energy Expenditure to Food Intake in a Metabolic Chamber Utilizing Prior Measurements of Free-Living Activity
  Heli Roy, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

Vendor Presentations (Abstracts only)

• Taking a "Data Tour" with FIAS: How to Examine CSFII Survey Data with a Nutrient Analysis Program
  Deirdre Douglass, University of Texas Food Intake Analysis System
• How Restaurants Will Handle Mandatory Labeling in 1997
  Nancy Belleque, ESHA
• Supporting Research with a Dietary Assessment Service and a Nutrient Data Clearing House
  Laura Winter Falk and John Alexander, CBORD
• Re-engineering Research Software: A Modern Face for an Old Standby
  Lori Beth Dixon, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota
• Empowering Your Databank: A Food Classification System and Its Applications
  Linda Nowbar, First DataBank, The Hearst Corporation

Update Panel

• Nutrient Data Laboratory (USDA/ARS)
  Joanne Holden, Research Leader
• Food and Drug Administration-Total Diet Study
  Jean Pennington, NIDDK (formerly with the FDA)
• Food and Drug Administration-Labeling
  Tom O'Brien, FDA Consumer Scientist
• Food Composition Laboratory (USDA/ARS)
  Gary Beecher, Research Leader
• INFOODS
  Barbara Burlingame, Nutrition Programme Leader, New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research

Survey Reports

• 1994 CSFII/DHKS: Results and Products
  Alanna Moshfegh, USDA/ARS/FSRG
• 1996 Update: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
  Margaret McDowell, NCHS
• Canadian Food Consumption Surveys: A Federal-Provincial Partnership
  Danielle Brulé, Health Canada

Food Supplements (Abstracts only)

• Dietary Supplements in the U.S. Market - Major Contributors to Nutrient Intake
  John Hathcock, Council for Responsible Nutrition
• U.S. Government Efforts to Collect Dietary Supplement Intake Data
  Alan Levy, FDA; Bethene Ervin, NCHS; Alanna Moshfegh, ARS
• Dietary Supplement Intake Data from the German NVS Study
  Judi Douglass, TAS, Inc

CSFII Methodology

• Recent and Current CSFII Methodology Research
  Sharon Mickle, ARS
• Data Collection: Training and Monitoring Interviewers
  Suzanne W. McNutt, Westat, Inc
• Translating Food Intakes Into Data
  Betty P. Perloff, ARS

Submitted Papers (Abstracts only)

• The UK Approach to Determining Nutrient Composition of Meat
  Susan Church, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, UK
• Analytical Methods for the Analysis of Mycocaster Coypus (Nutria)
  Fatemeh Ramezanzadeh, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU
• Comparison of the Nutritional Value of Mycocaster Coypus (Nutria) with Other Food Sources Utilizing the MENu Database
  Richard Tulley, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU
• Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative
  Frankie Schwenk, USDA/ARS
  David Harsha, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU
  Bernestine McGee, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
  Margaret Bogle, Arkansas Children=s Hospital, Little Rock, AR
  Sungchan Kim, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR
  Carol Connell, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
  Ed Parmer, Alcorn A & M, Alcorn, MS

Computer Demonstrations (Abstracts only)

• USDA Nutrient Data Base for Standard Reference, Release 11 - Demonstration of New File Formats
  David Haytowitz, USDA/ARS/NDL
• Comparison of Available Nutrient Data on Selected CD-ROM Cookbooks
  Charlene Hamilton and Jack Smith, Univ. of Delaware
• CSFII/DHKS 1994 CD-ROM -- Accessing the Survey MicroData
  John Wilson, USDA/ARS/FSRG
• CSFII/DHKS 1994 CD-ROM -- Accessing the Technical Support Files
  Randy LaComb, USDA/ARS/FSRG

Food Composition Variability

• Proximate Methods and Modes of Expression: Variability as a Harmonization Issue
  Barbara Burlingame, New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research
• Variability of Minerals in Foods
  Jean A. T. Pennington, NIDDK
• Analytical Methods for Trans-Fatty Acid Analysis
  Mike Kennedy, Cargill Analytical
• Food Composition Data: Making Use of Variability
  Gustaaf Sevenhuysen, University of Manitoba, CANADA

Capstone Presentation

Posters (Abstracts only)

• Folate Fortification of Bread and Grains: Intake of the Elderly Is Affected by Food Sources of Folate
  K.M. KOEHLER, S.L. Pareo-Tubbeh, L.J. Romero, R.N. Baumgartner, P.J. Garry. Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131
• Assessment of Fish Consumption among Asian-origin Sportfishers on the St. Lawrence River in the Montreal Region.
  T. Kosatsky, B. SHATENSTEIN, N. Kishchuk, M. Tapia, J-P Weber, S. Lussier-Cacan, Y. Marchand. Montreal Regional Public Health Board. Environmental Health Unit. 75 Port-Royal east, Montreal, Quebec CANADA. H3L 3T1
• Estimated Vitamin B-12 Values For Foods on a Food Frequency, The Health Habits And History Questionnaire
  S.L. PAREO-TUBBEH, R.N. Baumgartner, L.J. Romero, P.J. Garry, K.M. Koehler. Clinical Nutrition Program, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131
• Fat And Fatty Acid Content of Selected Foods Containing Trans-fatty Acids.
  J. EXLER, L. Lemar, J. Smith. Nutrient Data Lab, ARS, USDA, Riverdale, MD 20737
• Carbohydrate Data for Selected Foods in USDA's National Nutrient Data Base
  K.W. ANDREWS, P.R. Pehrsson, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverdale, Maryland 20737
• Consumption of Ready-to-eat Cereals and its Effect on Selected Nutrients and Food Group Intake
  N.K. SINHA, W.O. Song, S.H. Cash, J.N. Cash. Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
• New Method For Processing Foods Without Survey Codes in The 1994 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII)
  L.A. INGWERSEN, A.L. Green, A. Tong, E. Anderson, M. Berlin. USDA-ARS and Westat, Inc., Maryland
• Comparison of Food and Nutrient Intakes as Measured by Two Similar Food Frequency Instruments in an Hispanic Population
  P. PILLOW, R. Gonzalez, R.A. Hajek, S.A. Gomez, J. Chilton, M. Spitz, L.A. Jones, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• Nutrient Data Aquisition and Quality Assurance Research Initiative
  L.WINTER-FALK, C.C. Heiser. The CBORD Group, Inc.,Ithaca, New York and Indiana University School of Medicine GCRC, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Modifications to Vegetable Recipes in the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994
  N. ISLAM, L. Steinfeldt, R.S. McPherson, D. Douglass, J. Anand, L. Ingwersen. University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health and USDA-ARS
• Development of a Price Database for the CSFII89-91 Foods
  S.A. BOWMAN, J. Hirschman. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, 1120 20th St., N.W. Suite 200, N. Lobby, Washington, D.C. 20036
• Classroom Instruction and Written Material Helped Participants Keep 3-day Diet Records
  R.S. WOLD, S.T. Lopez, S.L. Pareo-Tubbeh, R.N. Baumgartner, L.J. Romero, P.J. Garry, K.M. Koehler. Clinical Nutrition Program, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131
• Comparisons of Iron Status, Physical Activity, and Nutritional Intake of Women Entering Army Officer and Enlisted Basic Training
  A.D. CLINE, A.E. Pusateri. U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, MA 01760
• Estimating Nutrient Contributions from Red Meats in the U.S. Food Supply Series
  S.A. GERRIOR, L. Bente. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, 1120 20th St., N.W. Suite 200, N. Lobby, Washington, D.C. 20036
• Comparison of Acceptability Scores of Modified Recipes among Test Settings
  A. HUNT, A. Cline, K. Patrick, C. Champagne, D.H. Ryan. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71272, USARIEM-MND, Natick, MA 01760, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
• Addition of Oxalic Acid to the NCC Nutrient Database
  Alison L. Eldridge, PhD, RD, and Sally Schakel, RD, Nutrition Coordinating Center,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
• Identification of Key Foods as Major Contributors of Antioxidant Vitamins
  P.R. Pehrsson and D.B. Haytowitz. Nutrient Data Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Riverdale, MD 20737

Government Updates

• Nutrient Data Laboratory, USDA-ARS
• Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Food Surveys Research Group, USDA-ARS

Conference Committees

Last modified: September 26, 1998