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Diet of Traditional Native Foods Revealed in Hair Samples

By Jeff Richardson | UAF on Jul 29, 2019   Featured, Health, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Diet of Traditional Native Foods Revealed in Hair Samples

  University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have linked specific chemical signatures found in human hair with a diet of traditional Yup’ik foods. The finding could help scientists make connections between diet and long-term health trends in Alaska Native populations. The study was published this month in the Journal of Nutrition. The researchers examined the diets […]

Alaska Congressional Delegation Commends USDA Purchase of Alaska Pollock Products for Food Nutrition Assistance Programs

By Press Office of Senator Murkowski on Jul 24, 2019   Featured, State  

Alaska Congressional Delegation Commends USDA Purchase of Alaska Pollock Products for Food Nutrition Assistance Programs

  WASHINGTON D.C.— U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, (all R-Alaska), today commended the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of a Section 32 purchase of up to $41 million of surplus Alaska Pollock Products. USDA’s purchase of Alaska Pollock will be distributed to various food nutrition assistance programs, including charitable […]

Congressman Don Young Introduces Legislation to Support Low-Income Mothers, Children

By Zack Brown | Office of Representative Young on Jul 18, 2019   Featured, Health  

Congressman Don Young Introduces Legislation to Support Low-Income Mothers, Children

  Washington, D.C. – Wednesday, Alaska Congressman Don Young introduced the INFANT Act – legislation to remove an unnecessary rule that limits the number of foods eligible to purchase under the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program. Current WIC policy prohibits certain food combinations from being purchased under the program. The INFANT Act eliminates these […]

Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud USDA for Approving $30M Purchase of Alaska Pollock for Nutrition Assistance Programs

By Karina Borger | Office of Senator Murkowski on Nov 5, 2018   Featured, State  

Murkowski, Sullivan Applaud USDA for Approving $30M Purchase of Alaska Pollock for Nutrition Assistance Programs

WASHINGTON D.C.—  Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) applauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of a Section 32 purchase of up to $30 million of Alaska Pollock for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs. This decision comes following a letter written by Senators Murkowski and Sullivan in September, urging […]

Help Kids Falling Short on Nutrients They Need this School Year

By MilkPEP on Oct 11, 2018   Health  

Milk is one of the most requested, but least donated items at food banks, meaning children in need may be missing out on essential nutrients (Family Features) The school year should be filled with playing, learning and growing, but for many children who face hunger, even basic staples like milk are missing. According to experts, […]

Northern Snowshoe Hares Eat Lots of Dirt

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Aug 10, 2018   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Northern Snowshoe Hares Eat Lots of Dirt

The evidence is in: Snowshoe hares near Wiseman eat lots of dirt. “I have thousands and thousands of photos of hares eating soil in this one little spot,” said Donna DiFolco, a biologist and cartographer with the National Park Service. DiFolco has studied hares in the eastern portion of Gates of the Arctic National Park […]

Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Patients Now Have Traditional Food Options

By Stacy Smith | SEARHC on Jan 8, 2018   Featured, Health, Southeast Alaska  

Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Patients Now Have Traditional Food Options

SITKA, January 8, 2018 — As part of Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital’s (MEH) overarching goal to provide the best care possible to individuals receiving medical care at MEH, the Hospital Nutrition staff, in partnership with NMS, recently began making traditional food options available to inpatients. Providing care means more than traditional medicine, it means comforting those […]

USDA Purchases Pollock for Domestic Food Aid

By Fishermen's News Online on Jun 7, 2017   At Sea, Fishermen's News Online  

USDA Purchases Pollock for Domestic Food Aid

The US Department of Agriculture has announced the purchase of nearly 4.5 million pounds of Pollock products, including some 1.5 million pounds of fish sticks, for use in child nutrition and related domestic food assistance programs. The successful bidder in the $6.5 million solicitation offered on May 5 was Trident Seafoods Corp. in Seattle. The […]

Parents Rank Their Obese Children as ‘Very Healthy’

By UC San Diego Health System on Jul 22, 2014   Health  

Parents Rank Their Obese Children as ‘Very Healthy’

A University of California, San Diego School of Medicine-led study suggests that parents of obese children often do not recognize the potentially serious health consequences of childhood weight gain or the importance of daily physical activity in helping their child reach a healthy weight. The study is published online in the Journal of the Academy of […]

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