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  • Nutrients, Eating Habits, and Picky Eaters

    Nutrients, Eating Habits, and Picky Eaters

    Raising healthy eaters can feel overwhelming, especially as children begin to assert their own opinions about food.

    Creating healthy eating patterns for children is important for optimal growth and development, building a healthy immune system, and reducing the risk of chronic diseases later in life (1).

    Children over the age of 1 will get most of their nutrition from solid food, and it’s important they eat foods from a variety of food groups to meet their vitamin and mineral needs (2).

    That means eating protein-rich foods, carbs, fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats. The amount of each food group will vary by age, gender, and activity level (1).

    However, kids like what they already know, and getting them to try new foods or make sure they’re eating from all food groups can be challenging.

    This guide helps you understand what you need to know and how to raise healthy, competent eaters.

    Building healthy meal patterns for kids starts at home. You can do many things as a parent to encourage healthy eating.

    Offer a wide variety of foods at each sitting

    One of the best ways to encourage healthy eating is to offer a wide variety of nutrient-dense foods at each meal and snack (1).

    At each meal, aim to serve:

    • a fruit or vegetable
    • proteins like meat, fish, poultry, tofu, or beans
    • starchy vegetables or grains like potatoes, sweet potatoes, bulgur, or rice
    • a fat source like oils, nuts, nut butter, or avocado

    Even if your child doesn’t try or like a food the first (or even third) time you serve it, continue to offer those foods at future meals or snacks. Some kids may need to be exposed to a food 8–15 times before they decide to eat it (1, 3).

    While the focus should be on offering mostly nutrient-dense foods, it’s important to expose kids to a wide variety of foods to help them build a healthy relationship with food.

    That said, the general advice is to limit added sugar until at least 2 years of age.

    That’s because sugary foods may replace other more nutritious foods in their diets and increase the risk for cavities and metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes in kids (4, 5).

    After that, it’s okay for your child to occasionally enjoy foods that contain added sugar. However, aim to keep added sugar to less than 10 percent of their total calories (6).

    Create a meal and snack schedule

    Most children thrive when there is structure and routine in their day, including for meals. Consistent routines may even help improve behavior among children (7, 8).

    Meal and snack schedules can play an important role in helping kids build healthy eating habits and promote overall health.

    Research shows that regular meal schedules (instead of all-day grazing) are linked to lower body weight and good metabolism among adults, which may be relevant for children, too (8, 9, 10).

    But perhaps even more important for children, creating a routine around eating times can help them know what to expect and may reduce picky eating and increase food pleasure (11).

    While exact schedules will vary by age, child, and family, most kids will benefit from eating three meals and two snacks (11).

    Here’s an example schedule:

    • Breakfast: 7 a.m.
    • Snack: 9–9:30 a.m.
    • Lunch: 12 p.m.
    • Snack: 3 p.m.
    • Dinner: 6 p.m.

    Limit, but don’t restrict, less nutritious foods

    Offering fun foods or those that offer less nutrition is also important to create a healthy relationship with food for kids over the age of 2. Restricting certain foods can have the opposite effect you might be aiming for (12).

    Research shows that restricting foods (especially those that are highly palatable, like sweets and traditional snack foods) can lead to children eating more of those foods when they have access (12).

    It may also lead to increased snacking among kids (13).

    Food restriction is also associated with an increased risk of disordered eating, weight gain, and a preoccupation with certain foods (12).

    Model healthy eating habits

    It’s well established that kids exhibit behaviors they learn from their role models.

    While your child may eat meals with friends at school or other caregivers, they learn many eating habits from you — the parent or caregiver (14, 15, 16).

    Therefore, if you want your kids to eat a wide variety of nutritious foods, it’s recommended that you do, too.

    Research has shown a direct link between the number of fruits and vegetables a parent eats with how many their children eat (17).

    Other measures of healthy eating among kids, including self-regulation, diet variety, and healthfulness, are linked to parents’ eating habits and parental modeling (18, 19, 20).

    Implement the division of responsibility

    The division of responsibility, a concept developed by Ellyn Satter, helps set roles for the parent and child on eating occasions and has been linked to healthier eating habits and less picky eating (21, 22).

    Testing tools using Ellyn Satter’s division of responsibility have been validated to predict childhood nutrition risk (23, 24).

    Using them has been linked to higher eating competency, better eating, self-regulation, increased consumption of fruits and vegetables among kids, and reduced pickiness (21, 22).

    It may even help reduce mealtime battles by taking the pressure off the parent and child and fostering a trusting relationship (21, 22).

    The division of responsibility asserts that parents and children have separate roles in eating.

    It is a parent’s job to decide:

    • What is served
    • When meals and snacks are offered (create a meal schedule)
    • Where meals occur

    It’s the child’s job to decide:

    • If and what they eat among the foods offered
    • How much they eat

    This division encourages eating autonomy among children and may result in better feeding self-regulation, meaning kids can honor their hunger and fullness cues (21).

    Eat meals as a family

    Eating meals as a family offers many benefits for children of all ages — from young toddlers to teenagers.

    It allows parents, siblings, and other family members to model healthy eating behaviors, an important role in kids’ eating habits — especially younger children (1, 23).

    It also provides an opportunity to talk positively about food and connect social behaviors with eating, which may be especially helpful for older children (1).

    In addition, both family meals and parents modeling healthy eating result in less picky eating and emotional eating among children (24, 25).

    Family meals are also linked to better eating habits and a more nutritious diet for kids. Studies also show that kids who eat with their family experience more food enjoyment (1, 26, 27).

    While studies looking at the connection between the frequency of family meals and healthy eating behaviors among kids suggest that the more you can eat as a family, the better, that may not always be practical (19).

    If your family’s schedule makes it difficult for everyone to have dinner together, do the best you can.

    Perhaps at least one parent can eat breakfast with the kids, or you can eat as a family on weekends or for some dinners during the week.

    Shop and cook with your kids

    Involving children of all ages — even young toddlers — in the cooking process can encourage them to eat a wider variety of foods, be more open to trying new foods, and get them excited about eating (1).

    In fact, it can take eight to 15 exposures before some children try new food (3).

    Research shows that repeated food exposures lead to the increased likeliness of a child trying and even liking a food. But think beyond exposures that happen at mealtime (3).

    “The more food exposure a child has, the better. This includes reading about foods, grocery shopping, helping with meal prep, playing with food, and gardening,” says Amber Rodenas, RD, LDN, pediatric dietitian and owner of Seeds and Sprouts Nutrition for Kids, LLC.

    Consider every opportunity to expose your kids to different foods. At the grocery store, talk about the colorful produce and have them pick out their favorite fruit or vegetable to bring home.

    Consider starting a family garden or growing herbs in small pots and involving your child in the planting and harvesting.

    When it comes to preparing food, the amount a child can be involved in depends on age and development. However, the earlier you start, the more the child will be able to do as they grow up.

    Younger toddlers can help stir, add things to a bowl, or push buttons on a blender. As kids get older, they can begin pouring liquids into a bowl, cutting soft items (with kid-safe knives), and eventually even help with the actual cooking.

    There’s no wrong way to get your child involved, and every exposure counts, even if it didn’t result in them eating the food at that moment.

    Stock up on healthy essentials

    Food availability plays a clear role in healthy eating — kids surely won’t eat what isn’t served!

    Not surprisingly, research shows that having fruits and vegetables available at home encourages kids to eat more of them (28).

    By stocking your kitchen with essentials, it’s easier to prepare meals that help your kids meet all of their nutrition needs.

    Aim to keep the following foods stocked in your kitchen:

    • a variety of colorful produce (frozen is just as nutritious as fresh) (29)
    • whole grains like whole grain bread and pasta, quinoa, farro, brown rice, or wheat berries
    • healthy proteins like eggs, chicken, fish (fresh, frozen, or canned), beans, and tofu
    • healthy fats like nuts and nut butter, seeds, and olive oil

    Keep healthy snacks on hand

    Snacks are an opportunity to add nutrients your child needs to their diet. They are also helpful for kids’ energy and satiety between meals (30).

    Snacks can ward off “hanger” meltdowns most parents have probably experienced at one time or another.

    However, research shows that snacks contribute a significant amount of added sugar to children’s diets, and snacks tend to be sugary, less nutritious foods (31).

    Try to choose nutritious snacks that include some protein, fiber, and fat to promote satiety (and limit all-day snacking) (32).

    Some ideas for healthy snacks include (please choose those that are age-appropriate):

    • cut vegetables with dip or hummus
    • sliced apple with nut butter and raisins
    • energy bites made with dried fruit, nuts or seeds, and oats
    • dried chickpeas or other dried beans
    • clementines with a cheese stick
    • cheese and whole grain crackers
    • yogurt with fruit

    To encourage healthy snacking, make snack time fun by offering different utensils or varying how you serve the food (such as in muffin tins or on a snack board).

    Summary

    Creating healthy eating habits for kids is multifactorial. Do the best you can to offer a variety of foods and create an environment that encourages healthy eating. But remember that as a parent, you don’t have to do it perfectly every time.

    There’s a lot we can do as parents to encourage healthy eating, but there are some things we should avoid as well.

    Don’t pressure or bribe your kids to eat certain foods

    Nagging, bribing, or pressure such as “just take one more bite” or “you can have dessert if you eat your broccoli” can lead to the opposite effect you’re aiming for.

    Pressure techniques have been linked to poorer diet quality, less food variety, and food avoidance and may worsen picky eating (33).

    In addition, they can be hard to enforce, especially among older children, and often lead to mealtime battles (1).

    Labeling food as good or bad can also be coercion or pressure for your child and may lead to an unhealthy relationship with food later. Instead, keep talking about food neutrally (1).

    In fact, modeling positive behavior and even not bringing attention to the food or what your child is eating may be a better approach (1, 33).

    Don’t allow screens at mealtimes

    It can be tempting for a parent to turn on a show or allow your child to play on a tablet or iPad while eating to get some quiet. But this may do more harm than good.

    Studies have shown that screens at mealtimes (TV, phone, iPad, etc.) are linked with eating less healthful food and poorer overall diet quality (1, 34).

    Distracted eating may also lead to overeating, weight gain, reduced food pleasure, and even longer-term health consequences like increased risk of metabolic diseases (35).

    Some of the problems with distracted eating may be related to food choices. Research suggests that screen time may increase consumption of unhealthy foods, increase snacking, and encourage unhealthy dietary behaviors (1, 34, 36).

    Instead of eating with screens, use meals as a time to connect with your children by asking them about their day or taking turns sharing your favorite part of the day.

    Don’t focus only on health (or even the food)

    While eating a nutritious diet is incredibly important to overall health, we also eat for pleasure.

    Talking with your kids about how food tastes, feels, and smells can encourage them to try more foods.

    These techniques may also help them form a healthier relationship with food (1).

    “Feeding kids is about nurturing more than good food intake. It’s also about nurturing a trusting relationship,” says Sarah Ladden, MS RDN, pediatric dietitian, mom of three, and family feeding expert.

    “The quickest way to get your child to eat calmly and without incident is to take the focus off of food entirely,” she adds.

    Summary

    It can be easy to default to methods like bribing or talking about health when trying to get children to eat healthily. But these things can actually be counterintuitive. Try to focus on creating a healthy food environment instead.

    Picky eating can be stressful for parents. It makes preparing food difficult, and you may worry about whether or not your child is getting what they need to be healthy and support growth.

    While picky eating certainly shouldn’t be ignored since it can affect nutrient and health status and development, research shows that it usually doesn’t affect growth trajectories (37, 38).

    The above guidelines on what to do (and what not to do) to raise healthy eaters can help both prevent and address picky eating. But if you’re feeling stuck, the following research-backed tips from child feeding specialists may help.

    Try food chaining

    In food chaining, you move gradually from foods your child likes to related foods you’d like them to try.

    “Food chaining is a technique used by many dietitians and feeding therapists to help kids learn to like new foods using characteristics of foods they already like,” says Amber Rodenas, RD, LDN, pediatric dietitian and owner of Seeds and Sprouts Nutrition for Kids, LLC.

    Food chaining might look something like this:

    • Goldfish crackers → Cheez Itz → Saltine Crackers → Saltines with cheese slices
    • Strawberries → grapes → grape or cherry tomatoes → tomato slices

    You could also implement it by using the flavors of liked foods when preparing foods your child avoids.

    For example, if your child likes tacos but doesn’t want to eat pasta, you could serve a “taco pasta” with some of the ingredients in tacos like ground beef and use taco seasoning while adding pasta.

    Sometimes it may require moving from one brand of chicken nuggets or mac ‘n cheese to another brand and then introducing another similar food like fish sticks or pasta with butter and grated parmesan.

    Food chaining takes patience and time, but older research has shown that it can be a very effective technique (39).

    Implement food play

    Food play like food bingo, cutting out shapes to make food puzzles, or even art projects with food (painting with dips and veggies) can be a no-pressure way to encourage your child to interact with the food and eventually try it.

    Research shows it can be an effective way to get kids to try different fruits and vegetables that they previously avoided (40).

    Even reading books about foods has increased younger children’s willingness to try new food (41).

    Change up the way you serve foods

    Similar to food play, serving foods in fun ways can be a helpful way to encourage your child to try something new.

    Some examples are:

    • cutting foods into different shapes
    • serving meals ‘family style’ so kids can serve themselves
    • turning ingredients into foods you know they like, such as dips
    • adding a well-liked dip or condiment alongside a new food

    Overcoming picky eating takes time and patience. Stay consistent, and over time most kids will learn to like a wider variety of foods.

    Summary

    Feeding picky eaters is a challenge that many parents face. Encouraging a more varied, nutritious diet takes patience and time. If your child is a picky eater, you can try strategies like introducing food play or food chaining.

    There are many reasons why your child may not eat dairy foods, including an allergy or intolerance, taste preferences, and family dietary choices.

    Dairy foods like milk, yogurt, and cheese provide important nutrients, including protein, fat, vitamins A and D, calcium, and potassium. Because dairy foods are often well-liked by kids, it’s an easy way for them to consume those nutrients.

    However, your child can meet all of their nutrient needs without dairy. It just requires some thought and planning (42, 43)

    Ensure your child eats other sources of calcium like fortified soy milk, fortified orange juice, some tofu, canned salmon with bones, sardines, or salmon (44).

    If your child doesn’t drink cow’s milk or other milk fortified with vitamin D, you may want to consider a vitamin D supplement.

    Summary

    If your child doesn’t eat dairy, you need to make sure they’re getting calcium and vitamin D from other food sources, like fortified soy milk, fortified orange juice, tofu, or fatty fish.

    For adequate growth and development, kids must eat foods containing a mix of all macronutrients — protein, carbs, and fat — as each plays a different role in the body.

    Protein

    Protein is an incredibly important nutrient for both kids and adults.

    It supports bone and muscle growth and is used to build skin, nails, and hair. It also helps with appetite regulation by filling you up and slowing down digestion (45, 46).

    Further, it plays a role in the immune system by helping build antibodies to fight off illness, helps your body carry important nutrients like iron, and plays a role in hormone development, among many other functions (46).

    Protein is important to support recovery from athletic activities, so very active children or those that play sports may need more protein than those that are more sedentary (46).

    Protein is available in animal and plant foods, including meat, poultry, fish, and soy foods like tofu and tempeh, beans, lentils, and dairy.

    Carbs

    Carbs are the body’s main energy source and the brain’s preferred energy source (47).

    Most of the carbs you eat are digested and broken down into glucose before your body can use them. Glucose can then be used by your cells or stored in the liver and muscles for later use.

    Make sure to choose whole-food sources of carbs rather than refined carbs most of the time. You’ll find refined carbs in baked goods like bread, cakes, cookies, and pastries.

    Carbs are abundant in fruits, starchy vegetables, grains, beans, and dairy (47).

    Starchy vegetables include white and sweet potatoes, winter squash like butternut, corn, and peas. Nearly all other vegetables are called non-starchy, or watery, vegetables.

    Fat

    Fat is essential for absorbing vitamins A, D, E, and K and some antioxidants. It’s also important for brain development, hormone development, skin, eye, hair health, and more (48, 49).

    Fat also helps increase satiety and provides taste and texture to meals, which may play a role in overall healthy eating (48).

    Aim to serve more unsaturated fats that are liquid at room temperature, primarily found in plant sources and fatty fish.

    That includes olive, avocado, canola oils, nuts, nut butter, seeds like pumpkin, sunflower, flax, hemp, chia seeds, and avocado.

    Summary

    Macronutrients include protein, carbs, and fat. All three are important for growth and development as well as overall health and can be consumed by eating a varied diet.

    Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that support growth and development, help the body function, and fight off illnesses. Kids need to consume all vitamins and minerals, but below are some important ones to pay attention to.

    Calcium

    Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth and assists in muscle contractions, stimulation of nerves, and blood pressure regulation (50).

    While dairy is one of the most commonly consumed sources of calcium, it’s available in a variety of both dairy and non-dairy foods, including (50):

    • Yogurt, milk, and cheese
    • Fortified soy milk and some other fortified plant-based milk
    • Fortified orange juice
    • Canned salmon with bones
    • Sardines
    • Tofu made with calcium sulfate
    • Soybeans

    It’s available in smaller amounts in:

    • Beans
    • Chia seeds
    • Spinach
    • Kale
    • Turnip greens

    Vitamin D

    Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and phosphorus, supports bone growth, and contributes to brain development in children and mental health (51).

    Your body makes much of its vitamin D through exposure to sunlight. However, it’s impossible to obtain enough direct sunlight year-round in most parts of the world for optimal vitamin D levels (51).

    Food sources include fatty fish, fortified milk (dairy and some non-dairy), canned salmon with bones, egg yolks, and fortified cereal. Some mushrooms may also contain some vitamin D (52).

    Depending on your child’s diet and exposure to sunlight, it may be appropriate to consider a vitamin D supplement. Talk with your child’s doctor for an individual recommendation (51).

    Iron

    Iron supports neurological development, growth, and immune function. It also helps red blood cells carry and deliver oxygen to tissue throughout the body.

    Long-term iron deficiency in children may contribute to cognitive problems and learning disabilities (53).

    While iron is important for all children, girls should pay extra attention to iron-rich foods once they start menstruating.

    Food sources include meat, seafood, iron-fortified cereals, lentils, beans, and spinach. It’s available in smaller amounts in nuts, bread, and chicken (53).

    Our bodies can better absorb iron from meat and seafood than we are from plant-based foods. Consuming foods that contain vitamin C can enhance iron absorption from plants, but your child may need more iron-rich foods if they don’t eat meat (53, 54).

    Zinc

    Zinc is an essential mineral that plays a role in growth and development and is important for supporting a healthy immune system (55).

    It is involved in the activity of over 300 enzymes in your body that play a role in digestion, metabolism, nerve function, and more (56).

    The best sources of zinc include meat, dairy products, eggs, shellfish, nuts, and whole grains (57).

    B vitamins

    B vitamins are also important for growth, energy levels, and brain function (58).

    B vitamins are readily available in whole grains and fortified refined grains. B-vitamins are also plentiful in eggs, meat, seafood, dairy, legumes, leafy greens, and seeds (58).

    If your child follows a vegan diet or doesn’t like meat, seafood, or eggs, you should consider whether they’re getting enough vitamin B-12. Talk with your child’s doctor if you’re concerned they aren’t getting enough (55).

    Summary

    Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals that support overall health, growth, and development. Your child can usually meet their micronutrient needs by eating a varied diet.

    Healthy eating is important for growth, development, and overall health. It also can help set kids up for healthy eating into adulthood.

    It’s important to set up a family and home environment that encourages healthy eating. That involves buying and serving nutritious foods, eating meals as a family, and modeling healthy behavior.

    Aim for a positive eating environment. It’s not helpful to bribe or pressure children to eat certain foods, leading to increased food avoidance and picky eating.

    There’s no one way to raise a healthy eater, but implementing these guidelines can help your child become a flexible, competent eater over time.

  • Medical Marijuana, Inc. Launches Pharma Subsidiary in

    Medical Marijuana, Inc. Launches Pharma Subsidiary in

    SAN DIEGO, CA, Could 26, 2022 (World NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire  – Professional medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) (the “Company”), the to start with-ever publicly traded cannabis enterprise in the United States that launched the world’s initial-at any time cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, models, and provide chain, introduced now that it has introduced its very first pharmaceutical subsidiary, HM Pharma, in Brazil.

    “We have been doing the job really hard to link and construct significant interactions with health care experts and customers in Brazil. This new income channel will open up new avenues for ongoing development by bringing our cannabidiol (CBD) products and solutions to pharmacies in the course of the region,” stated Matheus Patelli, Handling Director of HM Pharma. “Not only will our products and solutions be a lot more very affordable than other CBD merchandise sold at drugstores in Brazil, but they will be of the best good quality.”

    In Brazil, CBD is at this time permitted only for healthcare use with authorization from the country’s Countrywide Sanitary Surveillance Company (Anvisa). HM Pharma will function under Anvisa Normative 327/2019 which allows the company to offer its products in pharmacies. Consumers will shortly have the option to order HM Pharma in a pharmacy at the level of sale with a doctor’s prescription or carry on to purchase from HempMeds® Brasil employing Brazil’s Compassionate Use law. The organization expects that HM Pharma items will be on pharmacy shelves by the close of 2022.

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  • Woman sues NC prisons: Mistreatment while pregnant

    Woman sues NC prisons: Mistreatment while pregnant

    By Elizabeth Thompson

    It’s been two and a half years since Tracey Edwards went through a pregnancy, labor and birth while incarcerated at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women.

    The suffering she experienced during her birth process still keeps her up at night.

    That experience is behind the lawsuit she filed last year against state prison officials for “vindication” for “unlawful treatment during the most vulnerable time in her life.” Her lawyers say her case could be reflective of the way pregnant people are treated in prisons in North Carolina and beyond.

    Edwards claims in the suit that during her pregnancy, she was shackled whenever she received medical care outside of the prison. She also claims she was shackled while she was in active labor at the hospital, something that has since been outlawed. Edwards also said prison staff denied her access to her mental health medications and that she was forced off treatment for her opioid use disorder once she gave birth. 

    “It was horrible,” Edwards said. “I don’t wish that on my worst enemy. I mean, it was just like an animal.”

    Edwards labored for twelve hours with cuffs around her ankles and one leg and arm chained to her hospital bed before officers removed her shackles, according to the complaint. Less than an hour after she gave birth, she was in handcuffs again.

    North Carolina Health News reached out to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for comment, but spokesman John Bull said that the department “does not comment on pending lawsuits.”

    Shackled during pregnancy

    Edwards’ case involves events from 2019, but by then the use of restraints during labor and birth violated the state prison system’s own policy, which was established in 2018. 

    In 2021, Gov. Roy Cooper signed a bipartisan bill limiting the use of restraints on pregnant people incarcerated in North Carolina’s jails and prisons. But Edwards’ lawyer, Lauren Kuhlik, said she is “not sure” that even if the 2021 law were in effect it would have prevented her client from being shackled.

    “At the time that she was shackled this way, there was a departmental policy prohibiting the use of shackling,” Kuhlik said. “I don’t think we can assume that just because there’s a law passed, that’s automatically going to trickle down to the prison.”

    Shackling during pregnancy is also potentially dangerous. If someone stumbles or trips with their ankles or wrists chained together, they may be unable to break their fall, causing possible harm to them and their baby. Restraints during labor and delivery  make it more difficult for patients to change positions if needed, NPR has previously reported.

    Edwards noted this in her complaint as well. She “could not move or adjust her position to alleviate the pain and discomfort of labor. The skin around her ankles became red

    and raw as the shackles constricted her circulation, leading to excruciating pain and suffering. Any attempt to move or struggle against her ankle shackles caused her even greater discomfort and pain,” the complaint reads.

    In order to avoid a similar experience, Kristie Puckett-Williams, with the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, said she took a plea deal 10 years ago when she was incarcerated and pregnant. She didn’t want to give birth in restraints. 

    “I made the decision to enter into second-class citizenship permanently,” Puckett-Williams said. “So that my children could be born free. That’s not a decision that anybody should have.” 

    The practice of shackling pregnant people has been condemned by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association and the American College of Nurse-Midwives. 

    Still, one 2018 study found that 82 percent of hospital nurses who cared for incarcerated pregnant patients said they were shackled “sometimes” to “all of the time.”

    State prison policy states that pregnant people should not be shackled or restrained unless “there are reasonable grounds to believe the offender presents an immediate, serious threat of hurting herself, staff, or others, including her fetus or child, or that she presents an immediate, credible risk of escape that cannot be reasonably contained through other methods.”

    Edwards said she didn’t pose a flight risk.

    “I was excited,” she said. “I was going to have a baby.”

    Painful withdrawal symptoms

    Edwards’ pain and discomfort did not stop after she gave birth, she argues in her suit. 

    Throughout her pregnancy, Edwards was prescribed Subutex, a form of buprenorphine which is a medication to treat opioid use disorder. It’s considered best practice to prescribe medications to prevent withdrawal for pregnant women with substance use disorders so as to not harm their fetuses.

    Medications for opioid use disorder are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are considered the gold standard of care for people with opioid addiction. It is the Department of Public Safety’s policy to provide these medications to pregnant prisoners with opioid use disorder. However, there is still no statewide program to make this addiction treatment accessible to the entire prison population. 

    Soon after giving birth, Edwards was tapered off opioid treatment over the course of nine days. She experienced severe opioid withdrawal symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea as postpartum changes were also taking place. She said she was in pain all over her body.

    “You feel like your skin is crawling,” Edwards said. “You feel like there’s bugs, like, moving your skin.”

    One study using data from North Carolina’s prison system recommended that people who started opioid addiction treatment during pregnancy continue that treatment during the postpartum period and upon entering the community. This is particularly important for women with opioid use disorder who are especially vulnerable to overdose in the postpartum period.

    The report was co-authored by Elton Amos, the medical director of the NCCIW, the very institution that Edwards claims denied her the medications.

    High risk? 

    Most people with an opioid use disorder end up being forced to go through withdrawal upon being incarcerated, even as experts have urged correctional officials to screen people for opioid use disorder and prescribe treatment while they are incarcerated to reduce the chance of fatal overdoses. 

    When prisoners exit incarceration and re-enter their home communities, their drug tolerance is usually reduced from not having access to drugs while they were incarcerated. That puts them at increased risk once they walk free, something that’s proven in the data finding that within two weeks of their release, former inmates are 40 times more likely than other North Carolinians to overdose.

    Meanwhile, states such as Rhode Island saw a 60 percent decrease in overdose deaths among the formerly incarcerated after initiating a program providing medication for opioid use disorder.

    And North Carolina jails that have addiction treatment programs have reported success, reducing both overdoses and recidivism.

  • May 25 update from Health Department on COVID-19 cases

    May 25 update from Health Department on COVID-19 cases

    The Tompkins County Overall health Division claims there have now been 21,673 whole good instances in Tompkins County, 45 far more than on Tuesday, and a total of 1,904,110 assessments performed. The Well being Department is also now reporting favourable self-exam results that have been submitted by means of their on-line portal. They say there are 11 new optimistic self-examination results for a full of 2,934 submitted.

    Connected: TCHD: If you take a look at good on an at-dwelling exam

    As of Wednesday at 8:15am, the Wellbeing Office says 746 assessments ended up done in the previous day. The Tompkins County Well being Office publishes NYS vaccine monitoring information, displaying 85,092 Tompkins County people have a initial dose and 77,829 have finished vaccination (which could be just one or two doses, dependent on vaccine).

    Associated: Many are suitable for second booster or additional doses, states Wellbeing Office

    The Wellness Office states 13 folks are at the moment hospitalized for COVID-19, two a lot more than in Tuesday’s update. As of a change in details past wintertime, “TCHD is reporting only active circumstances who are hospitalized,” fairly than which includes people recovered from COVID who keep on being hospitalized for other factors.

    “Of the modern uptick in hospitalizations, a broad greater part have been of vaccinated people,” Tompkins County General public Well being Director Frank Kruppa tells us, but “of the individuals who are vaccinated and have been hospitalized for COVID-19 associated causes, the development retains that they are mainly more mature grownups, age 65+. This knowledge details to the significance of boosters and 2nd boosters for people age 65+.”

    There have been 62 deaths from COVID-19 recorded amid Tompkins County inhabitants, such as the demise of two place people claimed in early May possibly.

    On May possibly 24, Cornell University documented 18 new positive conditions for May 23, 82 energetic college student circumstances, and 44 energetic staff circumstances. Cornell only updates its dashboard on weekdays, and the timing of their updates does not make it possible for a immediate comparison to the county’s studies.

    As of Might 23, Ithaca University reported 9 active college student instances, with 577 recovered, and 10 lively personnel conditions and 245 recovered staff.

    The Health and fitness Section states the public needs to avert the distribute of COVID-19 not just to shield on their own, but many others in our group who are most vulnerable to obtaining incredibly sick – more mature older people, those who are immune-compromised, and those with fundamental persistent wellness circumstances.

    Associated: BA.2 variant possible, but not confirmed, amid “ebbs and flows” of Tompkins conditions, claims Health and fitness Office

    TCHD’s Frank Kruppa states, “There is a extremely superior vaccination charge for our community, especially with the successes that have been described by our area schools. In addition to the arrival and surveillance screening, several of our new scenarios are arising from sustained close get in touch with with a positive person, which means far more than 10 minutes in 6 ft of a optimistic case. These near contacts are happening more regularly in significant indoor gatherings that blend distinct teams of persons.”

    “Over the past several weeks, our attempts have concentrated on vaccinating our youthful people today and supplying booster doses to people who are suitable,” Kruppa says. “We are distributing self-checks and masks through the county as we get shipments and thank our community associates for assisting in this energy.”

    For a lot more, stick to 14850.com on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter or subscribe to the 14850 Magazine Each day newsletter.

    Linked: Coronavirus coverage in 14850 Nowadays

  • Men’s health tips: Can tight jeans cause testicular cancer? Doctors answer | Health

    Men’s health tips: Can tight jeans cause testicular cancer? Doctors answer | Health

    Testicles are normally at a cooler temperature than the relaxation of the body but can limited underwear and pants cause an maximize in temperature resulting in decrease sperm counts and an enhanced risk of testicular most cancers? Doctors remedy

    ByZarafshan Shiraz, Delhi

    Testicles are normally at a cooler temperature than the relaxation of the system and there is a concept that restricted underwear and trousers may lead to an maximize in temperature ensuing in lower sperm counts and an elevated possibility of testicular cancer. Experiments verify that wearing restricted pants, in particular limited jeans can build testicular cancer.

    This condition worsens when signs like a unexpected selection of fluid in the scrotum and agony or pain in a testicle or the scrotum began to display symptoms of early testicular cancer. Overall health experts believe there is a dire need to deal with this and revamp manner and its strategy by inserting men’s well being very first.

    In an job interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr J Harikishan, Senior Standard Health practitioner at Hyderabad’s Kamineni Hospitals, revealed, “Men who wear tight or ill-befitting trousers, which are restrictive all around the groin space, could be damaging their wellbeing. Putting on tight-befitting apparel over a prolonged period of time can guide to urinary tract bacterial infections top to over-activity of the bladder – a type of bladder weakness as effectively as a lower sperm count and fungal infections.”

    He shared that the exact cause of testicular most cancers is not known and any guy can establish it but it is extra prevalent in guys who have been born with an undescended or incompletely descended testicle or testicles. Elaborating upon the identical, Dr Nitin Yashas, Advisor – Healthcare Oncology at Manipal Medical center in Sarjapur and Jayanagar, stated, “Testicular cancer ordinarily provides with one-sided scrotal swelling.”

    He extra, “Some of the hazard elements connected with testicular most cancers are cryptorchidism – a congenital issue exactly where the testes would not have descended into the scrotal sac. It is also mentioned that those with a relatives history of testicular most cancers particularly males who have had a brother or father identified with testicular cancer have an amplified threat. Other risk variables involve HIV infection and selected genetic conditions these kinds of as down syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome. There is no verified significant-degree scientific proof that tight jeans or tight clothing boost the danger of testicular most cancers. It is incredibly critical that guys look for instant notice when they detect testicular swellings. Cure of testicular cancer is involved with very substantial get rid of costs.”

     


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  • Tivity Health (NASDAQ:TVTY) Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research

    Tivity Health (NASDAQ:TVTY) Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research


    Tivity Health (NASDAQ:TVTY – Get Rating) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Zacks.com reports.

    According to Zacks, “Tivity Health, Inc. provides health management services. The company offers services which include chiropractic services, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, acupuncture, massage and complementary and alternative medicine services. Its network comprises SilverSneakers(R), Prime(R) Fitness and WholeHealth Living (TM). Tivity Health, Inc., formerly known as Healthways, Inc., is based in Franklin, Tennessee. “

    Other analysts have also issued reports about the company. StockNews.com started coverage on Tivity Health in a research note on Thursday, March 31st. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. William Blair reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of Tivity Health in a research note on Thursday, February 24th. Credit Suisse Group lifted their price target on Tivity Health from $29.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, March 11th. Finally, Barrington Research lowered Tivity Health from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 5th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $30.67.

    NASDAQ:TVTY traded up $0.07 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $32.28. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,543 shares, compared to its average volume of 763,603. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $28.04. The company has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.88, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.97, a current ratio of 2.47 and a quick ratio of 2.24. Tivity Health has a twelve month low of $21.25 and a twelve month high of $32.89.

    Tivity Health (NASDAQ:TVTY – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 5th. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.42 by ($0.02). Tivity Health had a net margin of 17.25{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} and a return on equity of 75.94{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}. The business had revenue of $127.51 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $132.21 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.40 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 18.0{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Tivity Health will post 1.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

    A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in shares of Tivity Health by 336.2{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} during the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,503,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,798,000 after acquiring an additional 2,700,648 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Tivity Health during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $16,828,000. BlackRock Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Tivity Health by 7.3{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} during the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 6,937,974 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,989,000 after acquiring an additional 474,654 shares in the last quarter. Patient Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Tivity Health during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $9,106,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Tivity Health by 107.5{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 557,828 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,945,000 after acquiring an additional 288,972 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.54{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} of the company’s stock.

    Tivity Health Company Profile (Get Rating)

    Tivity Health, Inc provides fitness and health products and solutions in the United States. The company offers SilverSneakers to members of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement, and group retiree plans; Prime Fitness, a fitness facility access program through commercial health plans, employers, and other sponsoring organizations; virtual fitness experiences, including live instructor-led classes; and WholeHealth living program, a continuum of services related to complementary, alternative, and physical medicine.

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