Lose Weight Or Just Give Up
The inside scoop on New Year’s resolutions, from those cold-hearted tummy-tempters at Good Humor/ Breyers Ice Cream:
Losing weight is the No. 1 resolution nationwide, with about one in four Americans dieting at any time during the year.
More than one-third of the people who make resolutions will break them by the end of January. Fewer than 10 percent persevere for an entire year.
One of the earliest recorded descriptions of New Year’s resolutions was in ancient Rome, where people promised to better serve the god Janus (after whom January is named) by improving their lives. (Janus, as you may recall, was the two-faced god - which, when talking about resolutions, seems entirely appropriate.)
Kitchen caution
If one of your resolutions is to avoid food poisoning in 1996, you might want to check out “Chef CookSmart’s Guide to Safe Food Preparation & Handling.”
The free booklet, prepared by the National Restaurant Association, covers everything from food shopping to storage to cooking to keeping leftovers. For a copy, call toll-free to (800) 266-5762.
Screen test
And if your goal is to teach good eating habits to youngsters, Eastern Washington University is offering a telecourse called “Improving Nutrition” that deals with ways to help children aged 8 to 14 become more aware of their nutritional needs.
The 10-week series of half-hour programs airs Sundays at 5:30 a.m. on KXLY-TV, Channel 4, starting this week, and also repeats twice each day from Monday through Thursday on Cox Cable Channel 16 at 4:30 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m.
You can watch for free, but you have to pay $210 to get college credit (three credits in health education). For details, call 359-2268.
Feedback time
The Spokane County Health District is seeking members for its first Food Advisory Board, to advise the district on issues affecting the area’s food service industry.
Board members will include six representatives from the industry, one from the state Agricultural Extension Service, one from the district, one from higher education, one from a school district food preogram and two from the public at large. Members must be Spokane County residents.
Terms will run for two years, and the board will meet four times a year, in February, April, August and November. If you’re interested, call 324-1560, extension 2, for further information and an application.
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