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Mead Johnson Nutrition and SanCor Complete Joint Venture

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina & GLENVIEW, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Kasper Jakobsen, Mead Johnson Nutritions Chief Operating Officer (NYSE: MJN - News) and Oscar Carreras, Chairman of Board of Administration for SanCor Cooperativas Unidas Ltda. of Argentina, met today in Buenos Aires to officially establish a joint venture that will expand the availability of high-quality pediatric nutrition products across the Southern Cone of South America.

The venture unites a global leader in infant formula and pediatric nutrition with the leading dairy producer in Argentina for the benefit of infants and children across the region.

The new joint venture will develop, produce and market innovative pediatric nutritional products under the SanCor Beb brand, which holds the leading position in the Argentine market. The business and the brand will benefit from the potent combination of the two companies expertise. Mead Johnson will provide clinical research, proprietary formulas and product innovation excellence, while SanCor will contribute its deep local market knowledge and high-quality manufacturing capabilities.

Everybody wins with this transaction. Mead Johnson strengthens its presence and growth potential in South America, while SanCor is able to better leverage its outstanding manufacturing base and continue exploration of business opportunities in other promising categories, stated Oscar Carreras. More importantly, parents win with greater access to best-in-class products they can feed their children with confidence.

Mead Johnson will invest 850 million Argentine pesos (approximately US$196 million*) for an 80 percent ownership interest in the joint venture. In 2011, SanCors turnover in the infant formula and childrens growing-up milk categories totaled nearly 300 million pesos (approximately US$69 million*).

We appreciate SanCors leadership. SanCors manufacturing expertise is recognized globally and they have established Beb as the number one brand in Argentina, commented Kasper Jakobsen. We are excited about the potential for this venture to accelerate our growth in these key markets and to benefit local babies and children.

The joint venture will continue to produce its products at existing SanCor facilities in Argentina.

Beginning with first quarter 2012 reporting, Mead Johnson will consolidate the joint venture into its overall financial statements. The transaction is not expected to have any material impact on the companys 2012 earnings, as additional investment in the business, along with interest expense for the deal, will offset any first-year contribution from the venture.

* at current exchange rates

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Guv backs plans on nutrition program expansion

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

CATARMAN, Northern Samar -- Governor Paul Daza told nutrition officials to fine tune plans for expanding the reach of nutrition school on-the-air program in the province to reduce malnutrition rate.

“With the number of people that needs to get nutrition education, there’s a need to come up with creative idea. We can involve up to 5,000 listeners in just one batch,” Daza said in a recent meeting held at his office.

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The DyNN FM 97.3 Radyo Kasugbong, a nutri-skwela project of the National Nutrition Council based in Catubig town, was established to deliver nutrition messages.

It has around 200 graduates from two batches of nutrition school on-the-air held late last year and early 2012 for listeners in Catubig and nearby towns.

Under the nutrition school on-the-air, mothers set a two-hour time every day to listen to the radio program. Various assessment activities including tests were conducted to measure the knowledge of enrollees.

“I like the program especially if there’s a way to test the ability of listeners. I want to expand the scope. Without a doubt, that’s a great program. We need to expand the reach and fine-tune the idea,” the governor said.

For over one year, Radyo Kasugbong has been targeting mass audience in Catubig, Laoang, Gamay, Pambujan, and Mondragon.

The Provincial Government here is optimistic to hit the health, nutrition and education targets under the Millennium Development Goals with more national and local government spending for social services this year until 2015.

In terms of addressing malnutrition, Daza claimed that they are on track on hitting the 14.9 percent target on prevalence of underweight children from the current 17 percent rate based on last year’s survey. (Leyte Samar Daily Express)

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Local dietician celebrates nutrition month

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P90X Nutrition Plan – TurboFire Foods – From COSTCO

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Celebrating 40 Years of Senior Nutrition Programs

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Thu 3/22/12 10:47AM

Area senior centers will be marking the 40th anniversary of the Older American Act Nutrition Programs with cake and ice cream from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.

The celebration will take place at senior centers in Escanaba, Gladstone, Hermansville, Daggett, Menominee and Manistique.

The nutrition programs were made part of the Older Americans Act March 22, 1972.

According to a press release from the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs, few if any federal programs in history have performed as effectively for the people it serves than the nutrition programs.

Assistant Secretary for Aging, Kathy Greenlee, reports that, since 1972, eight billion meals have been served to older Americans. Every day an older adult participates in either the congregate or home-delivered meals programs means they are able to remain in their communities and homes, maintain their independence and not face the prospect of hospital or nursing home placement due to malnutrition or hunger.

The future of the nutrition programs may rest on demonstrating the return on investment it provides each and every year and allowing it to expand and become a more integral part of our home and community-based long-term care strategy as well as our health, prevention and wellness strategies for older adults. Dollars invested in the Older Americans Act especially its largest program, the nutrition programs will more than be offset by savings that will be achieved to both Medicaid and Medicare in terms of costs associated with hospital and nursing home care.

The Congregate Nutrition Services and HomeDelivered Nutrition Services provide food and socialization for older adults in their own homes or in the community, for about $1,300 per year. This $1,300 per year is the same as the cost of six days in a nursing home or one day of hospitalization.

We salute the visionaries in the White House and Congress who in 1972 saw the need for this program. We thank those in succeeding Administrations and Congresses who have continued their support of the programs and are addressing its future. We pay tribute to our members and all those dedicated men and women in the national aging network who by their daily work have contributed to the success story of these programs and of course we salute the older adults who participate and benefit from these programs each and every day. They are older adults who are committed to better nutrition being the key to better health.

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Reading Nutritional Labels

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If you want to be successful at losing weight to get 6-pack abs or in bulking up and gaining muscle, you MUST know how to read nutritional labels.Nutrition is key to being able to add muscle! I cover nutrition on my website, if thats not detailed enough for you I have reviewed and recommended some excellent books: scoobysworkshop.com

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Groundbreaking authors talk nutrition at O'Brien Family Farms in East Manatee

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EAST MANATEE -- O'Brien Family Farms, 16505 State Road 64 E., will host "Naked Calories" authors Mira Calton and Jayson Calton from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday for a lecture and book signing.

The Caltons' story begins personally: By the time Mira Calton was 30 years old, she had the bone density of an 80-year-old woman. Her doctor's official diagnosis was advanced osteoporosis, and he prescribed a host of medications. But Mira preferred to take her health into her own hands and began a search for alternatives.

Moving to Florida to be closer to her family, she found Jayson Calton, a nutritional theorist with experience working with people who had chronic health conditions. He not only reversed her condition within two years, they bonded over their common passion and desire to help others uncover the sources of their disease through nutrition.

In 2005, they married and set off on a six-year, 100-country research journey to study the effects of modernization on the lifestyle and nutrition habits of people around the world. Their findings culminated in this book.

O'Brien Family Farms is a farm stand and educational center that features hydroponically grown fresh fruits and vegetables that customers can pick themselves or buy freshly picked.

-- Herald staff report

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Kiwanis Marbel 500. Nutrition Month. 2nd of 7th Parts (72711)Milk Expression Contest!

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Month of July is celebrated as 'THE NUTRITION MONTH' in the Philippines! At the center stage is the City of Koronadal spearheading the events with cooking competition along the 27 Barangays this time promoting different menu created out of the native chicken. Recipes from this local fowl made headlines as main dish and cooking of various delicacies derived from this readily available bird. The breast feeding and milk expression competitions were equally promoted courtesy of our nursing mothers and sucking babies! Flashback: This shows how 'food-rich' is our place, South Cotabato in terms of the basic foodstuffs

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Manuel Villacorta: The Nutrition Month Challenge: Get Acquainted With Your Kitchen

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March is Nutrition Month, and you might think that means I'm going to talk about what you should eat. But instead of talking about what we eat, I want to talk about how we eat it. In the late 1970s, just 18 percent of an average individual's daily caloric intake was consumed away from home. By the mid-1990s it was 32 percent. All that food eaten away from home hides calories, salt, sugar, fat, heaven knows what else. It's making us gain weight, and more than that, it's making us feel uprooted, distanced from our origins and our communities. The solution: Let's start cooking.

Last week I met a lady who came to the U.S. from Yemen 10 years ago. Since living here, she has gained 30 pounds. As I was talking to her, I asked myself why everyone who moves here seems to gain weight -- in fact, the same thing happened to me when I first came to this country from Peru. So, I asked her why she thought this had occurred, and she said it was the fast pace of American life. In Yemen, she said, cooking smells often filled the house beginning at breakfast, and meals were enjoyed with family. In the U.S., away from all that family and community, she would just open a box of cereal in the morning. No aromas, no shared meals, no community -- and pretty soon, food was eaten processed, in a hurry, on the run. The pounds packed on.

According to some experts, smells of food cooking are part of creating a sense of satiation, so eating pre-made food can contribute to overeating. But the importance of cooking goes even farther, says Karen Ansel, spokeswoman of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, contributor to Woman's Day magazine and co-author of The Calendar Diet: A Month by Month Guide to Losing Weight While Living Your Life, "Cooking isn't just about the food or even nutrition, it's the glue that holds families together. Cooking your own meals ingrains a greater connectedness to family and home, something that's so elusive in many of our hectic, fast-paced lives." But what about that fast-paced life that my Yemeni friend, and all the rest of us, deal with? Says Ansel, "Making your own meals doesn't have to mean hours slaving over a hot stove. With a little advance planning you can easily get a healthy, homemade meal on the table in 15 to 20 minutes."

It's the "advanced planning" part that's key. You need to have the right tools (knives and cutting boards, baking or roasting pan, skillet and saucepan), and a bit of Sunday afternoon to pre-cook. Plan to roast a chicken. Cut up a batch of vegetables (peppers, eggplant, sweet potatoes), toss them with a little olive oil and roast them in another pan alongside the chicken. Boil a batch of brown rice. Do all of this simultaneously and it takes no more than an hour. What do you have? The makings for Monday's burritos. For Tuesday's stew. For Wednesday's pasta sauce. Each working evening, you only need a quarter of an hour in the kitchen to put it together -- less than you might spend heating up a fat-, salt- and sugar-filled frozen pizza.

March is the month of no excuses. Start cooking!

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Manuel Villacorta is a registered dietitian in private practice, MV Nutrition, award winning weight loss center in San Francisco. He is a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the founder and author of Eating Free.

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Three Nutrition Tips for Athletes Participating in Winter Sports

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During the winter, an athlete needs to change what he or she eats and drinks, since nutritional needs change somewhat in the cold weather. An athlete that does not change his or her diet during the winter is likely to become dehydrated, lack energy, and possibly become hypothermic.

Here are three nutrition tips for an athlete that is participating in winter sports, which can help keep him or her healthy.

Drink Hot Liquids

An athlete should be drinking hot liquids if he or she is involved with winter sports, because hot liquids can help him or her increase body temperature. An athlete needs to stay hydrated during winter, since he or she is breathing in cold air, which increases his or her metabolism. An athlete that drinks cold water is likely to suffer from hypothermia, since the cold water can decrease body temperature significantly, even if he or she is running around sweating. A thermos filled with hot chocolate, tomato soup, hot tea, hot cider, or oatmeal is perfect for a winter weather athlete. If an athlete can fill the thermos with these types of hot liquids and foods, he or she is more likely to want to eat before, during, and after participating in sports or exercising, which can decrease his or her risk of hypothermia and dehydration.

Eat Snacks with Carbohydrates Often

An athlete should be consuming more complex carbohydrates during the winter, which can help keep him or her full of energy during sports. Since an athlete has a higher metabolism during winter sports, he or she is going to need more carbohydrates to replenish his or her body. An athlete might not always have a thermos to carry around hot liquids or soup, so he or she needs to plan on carrying a baggy with smaller items in it. Some great complex carbohydrates an athlete can eat during the winter include cheese crackers, peanut butter crackers, bagels, trail mix, bananas, and energy bars. An athlete should be choosing products that he or she can easily take with him or her, which will not freeze in the cold weather, and is easy to digest. An athlete should plan on consuming a small amount of these items at least every 60 minutes, which can help keep his or her energy levels regulated during the winter. Before playing sports or exercising, an athlete should eat chili, pasta with sauce, potatoes, and soups, which are all full of complex carbohydrates.

Never Drink Alcohol Before Engaging in Physical Activity

An athlete should also avoid drinking any alcohol before he or she engages in physical activity, because alcohol is very dangerous during the cold weather. Alcohol can dilate the blood vessels, which causes an athlete to lose heat faster, and this can lead to serious hypothermia. Drinking alcohol is more common during the winter months, due to the various holidays and family activities, but should never be consumed by an athlete before working out. An athlete might begin to sweat if he or she drinks one beverage, which could cause an athlete to think he or she is hot, and he or she is less likely to notice frost bite. If an athlete drinks alcohol during the winter, he or she is also going to be increasing his or her metabolism, which will decrease his or her energy levels, since the body will be trying to regulate the dropping body temperature.

Jeanne Rose worked as a dietary clerk in a hospital for three years, went to vocational school for Allied Health, and obtained certification in nurse assisting.

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Pfizer Said to Pick Nutrition Unit Buyer as Soon as Next Week

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By Jeffrey McCracken and Drew Armstrong - Wed Apr 18 09:53:52 GMT 2012

Pfizer said that no decisions have been made on the animal-health and infant-nutrition businesses.

Pfizer said that no decisions have been made on the animal-health and infant-nutrition businesses. Photographer: Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) may select a buyer for its infant-nutrition unit as soon as next week after receiving bids from Nestle SA (NESN) and Danone SA (BN), according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Nestle and Danone each submitted final offers of about $10 billion for the business, said the people, who declined to be identified because the discussions are private. Other consumer companies and private-equity firms are also involved in the auction because they may alleviate the antitrust risk for the bidders, one person said yesterday.

Danone and Nestle have been working on ways to overcome antitrust hurdles, people familiar with the matter said in February. At that time, Nestle was considering buying all of Pfizers infant-nutrition assets and then conducting an auction to sell what it cant keep because of regulatory concerns it would become too dominant in some markets, one person said. Danone was weighing a joint bid with Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. (MJN), the people said then.

This deal makes huge strategic sense for Nestle, Andrew Wood, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, wrote today in a note to clients. It is in the right categories and the right markets and with a reasonable price we would expect a fairly positive reaction from investors.

The companies talks with Pfizer could still break down and a deal may not be reached.

Danone has told outsiders it is unlikely to win the auction and Nestle may be the final bidder, said a person familiar with the matter. Pfizer has continued to speak to Danone and is trying to keep them in the process as bids are evaluated, the person said. A third bidder that was in the running is no longer in the auction, the person said.

Pfizer, based in New York, also is planning an initial public offering for its animal-health unit and has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley to handle that sale, one person said. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier yesterday on Pfizers plans.

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