Malawi to launch Nutrition, HIV and AIDS project

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Malawi is set to launch the Nutrition, HIV and AIDS project on Thursday February 28, 2012.

Principal Secretary in the Department of Nutrition and HIV and AIDS Edith Mkawa said this during the news conference held at Central Office of Information in Lilongwe, Monday.

She explained that President Joyce Banda will preside over the function at Bingu International Conference Centre.

Malawi has made considerable gains in child survival and maternal health but no significant improvements have been recorded in stunting.

The project is set to increase access to and utilization of selected services known to contribute to the reduction of child stunting, maternal and child anemia , she said.

PS for Nutrition Edith Nkawa, NAC Executive Director dr Thomas Bisika and World Bank representative John Paul Clark at the press briefing on the launch of Nutrition, HIV & Aids held in Lilongwe

It is also there to increase access to and utilization of selected services known to contribute to prevention of HIV and AIDS in children and sexually active adults.

Malawi has made significant gains in child survival and maternal health but no significant improvements have been made so far on child survival and stunting.

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Use Nutrition Month to get back on track

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Q: I know National Nutrition Month is coming up in March, and I want to use the occasion to jump-start my resolution to eat better this year. But Ive done this kind of thing before and Im out of new ideas. Where can I find some good ones?

A: This is a great plan. Its not unusual for New Years resolutions to wane by now. But using National Nutrition Month to revive your resolve is a shrewd move: There will likely be an abundance of nutrition-related information out there for the taking, and youre bound to find new ways to get back on track.

You can take the bull by the horns and search out ideas yourself. A great place to start is the website of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association). As the sponsor of National Nutrition Month, the organization offers a dozen two-page tipsheets on a variety of topics at http://www.eatright.org/nnm/handoutsandtipsheets/.

Here are just a few pointers from some of the tipsheets:

To reach a goal of eating 2 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of vegetables each day, try adding sliced pineapple, apple, peppers, cucumber and tomato to your sandwiches. (Find more ideas in the tipsheet 20 Ways to Enjoy More Fruits and Vegetables.)

For a kid-friendly healthy snack, peel a banana, dip it in yogurt, roll it in crushed cereal and freeze it. (More in 25 Healthy Snacks for Kids.)

Add some variety to your salad by adding corn, peas, sugar snap peas, water chesnuts or a variety of other vegetables. (More in Color Your Plate with Salad.)

Trying to lose weight? Slow down: It takes about 20 minutes for your brain to get the signal that your body is getting food. Dont wait until you feel full before you stop eating. (More in Eating Right for a Healthy Weight.)

On days when youre planning a dinner out, plan ahead. Have a light breakfast and lunch. (More in Healthy Eating on the Run: A Month of Tips.)

If youre tired of the same old breakfast options, make your own morning sandwich with a toasted whole-grain English muffin with lean ham and low-fat Swiss cheese. (More in Power Up with Breakfast.)

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Nutrition Myths and Common Sense

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Bamboo is notoriously poor in nutritional value. And yet, it is not only adequate sustenance for giant pandas, it is the one and only food they can eat. Were there no bamboo, there would be no giant pandasat least not as we know them.

Similarly, eucalyptus leaves would make a very poor dietary choice for a human being marooned on a desert island. We couldn't hope to survive on them. But koalas do, and they couldn't survive on anything else.

Nor need we go nearly so far afield as the mountain forests of China or arid woodland of Australia to establish the remarkable links between food and those it feeds. I routinely marvel at the power of my horse, Troubadour, particularly when those magnificent muscles are engaged in full gallop or leaping fences with me on his back. I marvel all the more at the alchemy that turns a diet of grass, hay, oats, and very little else into a horse, and all that horse power.

There are creatures requiring sustenance on this planet only because there is sustenance to be had here. Were there no food on earth, there would be no lifeat least not life as we know it. That is the general case.

The more specific case is that there is no animal on earth, now or ever, that requires any particular food not found on this planet. I trust that assertion is so self-evident as to require neither embellishment, nor defense. But consider then what follows: All creatures on earth are specifically suited to survive on the food found here.

[See Why I Learned to Grow My Own Food, and 4 Tips for Starting Your Garden]

Food came first All of usyou, me, Troubadour; the koalas and pandas; anteaters, mackerel, and polar bearsfollowed. And we followed with adaptations to make use of the food we found in our particular ecological niches. Physiology adapted to burn some variation on the theme of available fuel, and no other kind of physiology ever existed. No machines of any kind run on power sources that don't exist.

This is the context in which all of our considerations, and fundamental conclusions, about diet and health should occur. The context is no substitute for the detailed content generated by modern science, of course, any more than it is for the culinary arts. All of the specific culinary talent practiced in the world's kitchens is bound by the food earth provides, but that talent has much to do with how delightfully those provisions are put to use. Similarly, scientific insight helps us know how best to apply the available foods to the promotion of health.

But whenever those insights seem to carry us outside the bounds of context, they inevitably prove wrong. Such are the follies of our nutritional history.

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A Longevity Global Inc. brand portable generator is useful for running several electric appliances at home as well as on the job for commercial purposes. Nevertheless, portable gas generators are widely popular for these are cheaper option and can provide higher ROI for electricity generation for homes and offices.

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Portable gas generators by the company are efficient, cheap and typically environment friendly and for that reason even endorsed by the government agencies. These small generators from Longevity Global Inc tend to run as soon as electricity goes off; thus, these are the right option to meet out the challenges generated by blackouts.

Longevity Global Inc. brings portable generators, welding, cutting, and power generating equipment of exceptional quality and durability. It has been made possible with the help of R&D department which works tirelessly to ensure that customers receive best in the world products and assured performance.

The company has no excuse DOA policy for all its power generators, portable welders, portable generators, etc. amongst others. It ensures that customers receive better quality and for that it has rigorous testing procedures led by its engineers. It in fact has redefined the entire process of welding with user-friendly portable welders.

Regarding fine quality and higher performance power generators and welding machines, a representative for the organization says, Most of our equipment comes with an unmatched warranty of 5-Years on both parts and labor. Through innovation, experience, and engineering, we provide customer with affordable and reliable welding machines.

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PISCATAWAY Emergency responders are on the scene of a smoke-filled biology lab on Rutgers University's Piscataway campus, a university spokesman confirmed today.

The fire appears to be related to contractors working on roof renovations at Nelson Biology Laboratories on Allison Road on the Busch Campus, said Steve Manas, a Rutgers spokesman.

"Smoke got in the building," Manas said.

It is unclear if anyone was injured by the fire, campus officials said.

Nelson Biology Laboratories, located in a cluster of science buildings in the center of the Busch campus, is a multi-story brick building. It houses the Center for Alcohol Studies, Laboratory Animal Services and parts of the genetics, psychology, life science, cell biology and neuroscience, molecular biology and biochemistry departments.

Nelson is also home to one of the university's most valuable assets, the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository. The facility, which contains millions of DNA and cell samples, is the largest university-based collection of its kind and draws millions in grant money to Rutgers.

This report will be updated.

Star-Ledger staff writer Kelly Heyboer contributed to this report.

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