Spanish Food Recipe

ORLANDO, March 2 -- Three-year-olds pack away 46 calories, mostly in sugar-laden snacks and drinks, for every hour they spend watching television, researchers here reported. This can add up.

Typically toddlers watching television -- either TV programs or videos -- are consuming extra servings of fruit juice or cookies and at the same time consuming less healthy foods such as vegetables and fresh fruit, and said Sonia Miller, a Harvard Medical School student. .

WHAT TO TELL YOUR PATIENTS New food guide ought to get you talking ...

Canada's Food Guide has been updated. "So what?" you might be thinking, "my patients aren't interested in changing their lifestyles." Physicians have a tough time talking about diet with their patients. Not only is it a delicate topic to bring up (everybody's sensitive about their weight), most clinicians simply don't have the time to get the message about healthy eating across to their patients. "There's good evidence that people whose physician talks to them about nutrition do better," says Dr Diane Finegood, a scientific director of nutrition at the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). So while the new version of the 65-year-old food guide isn't going to set the world on fire, its simple, common sense advice is as good a place as any to get a conversation started about healthy food choices.

Campus Services projected to lose $6.7M

The University of Cincinnati's Campus Services was projected to lose $8.9 million this year, but increased revenue and cost saving measures, including payroll cuts, have lowered the budgeted deficit to approximately $6.7 million.

Steve Sayers, senior associate vice president for Campus Services, made the announcement at Wednesday night's Student Government meeting. Campus Services' budget for fiscal year 2006-07 was around $56 million, according to Sayers, which included the almost $9 million loss. The budget is made up of eight units including debt payments, utility costs, payroll, operating costs and house keeping and maintenance.

"This deficit was planned, we knew MainStreet was not going to make money right away," Sayers said. "But the university's situation put the onus on us to get our house in order more quickly than planned."

According to Sayers, Campus Services is about $2 million above its original budget.

Canada's New Food Guide Now Available

Canada's new food authority, "Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide" is now available at the County of Lambton Community Health Services Department.

The revised food guide, from Health Canada, contains information on the amount and the types of food recommended for age and gender plus clear guidelines on portion sizes. The guide, to help healthy Canadians two years of age and older meet nutritional needs, is based on the most current nutritional science to promote healthy growth and development, and to reduce the risk of chronic disease such as obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and osteoporosis. "The new Guide gives more direction on selecting the best choices within each food group," says Susan Harris, Registered Dietitian with Community Health Services. "We encourage everyone to continue enjoying a "rainbow of colours" of foods."The Guide addresses key nutrients and recommendations including:• Vitamin D supplements for adults over the age of 50 years.• Multi-vitamin supplement with folic acid for all women who could become pregnant, who are pregnant or who are breastfeeding.• Eat at least two servings of fish (i.e.

Idenix's hep. B drug approved in China

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. firm Idenix said Friday Sebivo was approved in China for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection.

The company said the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration approved Sebivo as an oral, once-a-day treatment, taken with or without food, for chronic hepatitis B.

Idenix plans to make the drug available in China beginning in April.

"As a physician who treats many (chronic hepatitis B) patients in the U.S., it is good to know that the patients in China will also have access to this new treatment option," Calvin Pan, director of clinical research/hepatology at Elmhurst Hospital in New York City, said in a statement issued by Idenix. "Now, Chinese patients may also benefit from telbivudine's ability to provide early viral suppression, a primary goal of treatment."

Sebivo was approved last year by the Food and Drug Administration under the trade name Tyzeka.

Study: Some Baby Bottles May Pass Toxic Chemicals To Child

One group is cautioning parents that some baby bottles may be passing toxic chemicals into their childs food and drink.

When chef returned to Ethiopia, it opened a new chapter

Marcus Samuelsson, named Kassahun Tsegie after his birth in an Ethiopian village two hours north of Addis Ababa, spent the first part of his life in an orphanage with his older sister, Fantaye. (Their birth mother died during a tuberculosis epidemic.) He was 3 when Swedes Ann Marie and Lennart Samuelsson adopted the siblings and changed their names to Marcus and Linda.

"I had no memories of Ethiopia," he recalls. "Always in the back of my mind I dreamed of and yearned for the day I would visit Africa again."

But not before his Swedish grandmother inspired him with an interest in Scandinavian cooking. Culinary studies and European apprenticeships broadened his scope. A stint as a chef on an international cruise ship introduced him to exotic port cities and foreign ingredients.