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NCC Quarterly Fall 2011 - Nutrition Coordinating Center

1. that may be saved to your computer s hard drive and then restored to NDSR 2011 New Food Resolutions that are included in the NCC Quarterly Supplement are not necessarily included in future NCC Food and Nutrient Databases Additional information about adding foods If you have questions about New Foods contact Sue Seftick at 612 624 0223 or Take a Bite What s New in Nutrition The news and trends that NCC is following UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Surge in Popularity of Gluten Free Diet A growing number of Americans are avoiding foods containing gluten a protein found in wheat oats due to potential contamination with wheat rye and barley For the close to 1 of Americans with celiac disease a gluten free diet is a medical necessity For others a NUTRITION COORDINATING CENTER self prescribed gluten free diet is followed for weight loss treatment of autism and other reasons HOURS 8 00am 4 00pm Central Time M F There are many products in the marketplace that are naturally gluten free For example most products in the produce dairy and beverage aisles of the supermarket are gluten CENTRAL NCC LINE free A number of gluten free products can also be found in the cereal and snack chip aisles 612 626 9450 such as Rice Krispies Tostitos Tortilla Chips and Lays Original Potato Chips NCC USER SUPPORT Very few breads pastas crackers and sweet baked goods are gluten free because most Kristi Pink 612 626 9466 contain wheat
2. GG Offering solutions to the challenges of dietary assess ment for over 35 years g 9 Take a look inside Networking the Llcense New Role for Mary Stevens Take a Bite Gluten Free Ask Kristi Holiday Intakes Meet the New Manager of NCC Services It is a pleasure to introduce Courtney Perry as the new Manger of NCC Services Dr Perry will oversee the NCC Research Services group which provides services to researchers who want to outsource the collection of 24 hour dietary recalls and entry of food records recipes and menus to NCC She will also oversee the User Support group which is responsible for licensing NDSR and providing support to clients Courtney is taking on many of the activi ties carried out by the current Manager of Services Mary Stevens Mary is stepping down from this role at NCC in December see article on Page 2 Here are a few things you should know about Courtney First she comes to NCC with hands on nutrition research experi ence using the NDSR program Second with undergraduate masters and doctoral degrees in nutrition she has a solid nutri tion background including Registered Dietitian credentials Finally Courtney is an organized and energetic individual who is a great addition to NCC Quarter Nutrition Coordinating Center Ti ERT La a ieee ae a ee Fall 2011 Volume 21 Issue 4 a ET a Day fr ig ed 7 gt NDSR Food Search Improvement
3. ch Both options are equally reliable ways to share the NDSR license but clients have found it handy to have their choice of methods Some clients who have had difficulty implementing the Legacy Option successfully shared their license using the Client Server Option Other clients who have tried the Client Server Option have reverted to the Legacy Option The requested License Server was not found 27 is an error message some of our clients have encountered with the Client Server Option If you see this error adjust the settings in the server Enter prise License Manager software to accept all clients and the client Client License Manager software to accept the server as specified in the Enterprise License Manager helpline if you need more guidance If ad justing the settings in the client and server license managers does not fix the problem you may need to use the Legacy Option instead Retrospective Feature of NDSR Illustrated in Recent Publication Recently researchers from the University of Minnesota reported trends in dietary vitamin D intake from 1980 1982 to 2007 2009 using 24 hour dietary recall data ana lyzed using NDSR Results from the study indicate that vitamin D intake from food sources decreased among adult males and females in the Minneapolis St Paul MN metropolitan area 1 The trends analysis was possible due to how the NCC Food and Nutrient Database is maintained and updated When a new n
4. e you more directly to the ingredient you seek For example instead of searching for vanilla try vanilla extract as your search text At times Search All produces a staggering number of results When that happens use the Limit To field to narrow the search This is necessary when participants report adding something like ranch to their fries or salad The search results for ranch may be over whelming because many foods have the word ranch in their description but limiting the search to salad dressing vs flavored snack chips produces a shorter list of items We are working to improve food search for NDSR 2012 We hope to reduce the number of times you receive the No Foods Found mes sage and increase the number of times your find what you are looking for on the first try If we haven t already heard from you about your most common hard to find foods let us know and we ll include them in our testing for NDSR 2012 Networking the License Old vs New NDSR 2011 introduced a new way to net work your license The old method called the File based Li censing Option or just the Legacy Option requires mapping client computers to a shared folder on the server machine The new method is called the Client Server Licensing Option The Client Server Licens ing Option does not rely on a shared folder but it does require different installation steps from the Legacy Option Step by step instructions for setting up ea
5. f enhancements to the software Mary is semi retiring from NCC in Decem ber and will be assuming a new role at NCC focusing on contributing to NDSR development A new manager Courtney Perry will take her place see introduc tion on Page 1 Mary will continue to lead some projects currently underway and will serve as a resource to our new Services Manager We thank Mary for her stellar contributions as Manager of Services and we re pleased she ll continue to contribute her knowl edge and expertise to NCC UPCOMING NDSR TRAINING SESSIONS NCC offers a monthly comprehensive training and certification program for those who license NDSR The next available trainings are November 14 15 2011 March 25 28 2012 Houston Texas December 12 13 2011 January 23 24 2012 e Deadline for Abstracts November 15 2011 e Deadline for Travel Award Application for Students amp New Investigators December 15 2011 Ask Kristi Answering your nutrition and NDSR program questions How do you advise researchers handle the collection of 24 hour dietary recalls on holidays At NCC we avoid collecting recalls on the holiday itself and the day after because typically people are hard to reach on the actual holiday and because the intake collected the day after reflects the holiday intake which depending on the participant is often a non typical intake New Foods The following foods are included in the NCC Since man
6. flour To provide choices to consumers food manufacturers have developed an assortment of specially formulated gluten free products in these food categories using ingre Huong Duong 612 626 9429 dients like rice flour potato flour quinoa flax seed and corn meal in place of wheat flour FAX 612 626 9444 NDSR includes an array of brand name food products which are gluten free for example Newman s Own Ranch Dressing is a gluten free dressing included in NDSR Also included are specially formulated gluten free products such as pretzels and loaf bread Photo Credits Front page iStockphoto com diane39 Page 2 iStockphoto com creacart Page 3 iStockphoto com MentalArt
7. s Slated for 2012 Release Are you having trouble finding foods in NDSR Do you know when to use the Search All feature Currently if you search for a fast food menu item by restaurant name e g McDonald s Hamburger you ll get a No Foods Found response select Search All and you ll go directly to McDonald s hamburger just make sure that the participant really had a McDon ald s Hamburger not the Angus Burger or a Quarter Pounder NIM Food Search Search by Food O Hierarchy O User recipe Ca McDonald s Hamburge Selecting the Search All button located just under the Search button on the top right of the window expands the search and lets you view additional foods that match at least one word or beginning letters of a word with the search text as typed in the Search by pane Using Search All is also a great way to explore the database Enter Sonic as your Search text select Search All and you will see a long list of all of the SONIC items that are in NDSR If you are searching for recipe ingredients you ll find Search All can be very helpful For example a search for baking powder finds baking powder biscuits Search All locates baking powder the ingredient as well as the baking powder biscuits Search All for vinegar and you ll get the ingredient vinegar as well as many dressings with vinegar in the name Of course initially providing a little more of a description might also tak
8. utrient is added to the database values are assigned to active foods currently available in the marketplace and deac tivated foods no longer available in the marketplace The benefit of maintaining deactivated foods is that dietary data collected in the past may be run through the most current version of NDSR using the Restore fea ture Output files will then include intake estimates for all nutrients and other food components in the latest version of NDSR To learn more about how to use the NDSR Restore feature to give old data new life Peecceresccscesopeohegesresocssosoeseesoee 1 Harnack LJ Steffen L Zhou X Luepker RV Trends in vitamin D intake from food sources among adults in the Minneapolis St Paul MN metropolitan area 1980 82 through 2007 2009 J Am Diet Assoc 2011 Sep 111 9 1329 34 New Role for Mary Stevens NCC was established over 35 years ago and Mary Stevens was a part of it almost from the start Over the years Mary has been involved in providing a variety of di etary assessment support services includ ing everything from providing guidance on the logistics for collecting dietary data to the collection of dietary recalls Those of you who have worked with Mary know she is a first class problem solver figuring out how to get the research mis sion accomplished regardless of study size or complexity She is also a font of wisdom on all things NDSR playing a key role each year in the development o
9. y holiday celebrations involve eating special foods or not eating at all dietary intakes Quarterly Fall 2011 New Food Backup File for those days often are not reflective of typical eating and consequently don t do a very good available for download on our website job of characterizing dietary intake Consider this in establishing your study protocol If your study protocol is to include collection of dietary recalls have your interviewer collect the recall e Sesmark Brown Rice Rice Thins following normal procedures ask the trailer question and then make a note if the participant e Newtons Fruit Thins Cookies all reports the intake was either considerably more or less than usual The note will reflect the par flavors ticipant s reason for eating a lot more or a lot less than usual e Pirate s Booty Aged White Cheddar Baked Rice and Corn Puffs Keep in mind that some people may not alter their eating on these days so it is important if e Post Honey Bunches of Oats Raisin collecting these intakes that the interviewer not make assumptions but rather is open ended Medley Cereal when asking the trailer questions about the dietary intake e Jimmy Dean Croissant Sandwiches Ham amp Cheese e Betty Crocker Gluten Free Yellow Cake Mix e Fage Total 2 Yogurt Honey e Lunchables with Fruit Ham amp Ameri can Cracker Stackers e Panda Express Broccoli Beef e Panda Express Orange Chicken New Food backup files are user recipe projects

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