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Answer: Understanding food labels can go a long way in managing your diet. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Nutritional Facts labels were updated in 2020 to help people better recognize healthier choices.
The FDA required manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual sales to update their labels by Jan. 1, 2020, and those manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food sales to update their labels by Jan. 21, 2021. Companies that produce single-ingredient sugars, such as honey and maple syrup and some cranberry products have until July 1, 2021, to make changes.
Scientific studies from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, formerly known as the Institute of Medicine, played a big role in the label changes. Some vitamin information, such as vitamin D and potassium, were added because studies found Americans tend to be deficient in those nutrients. âAdded sugarsâ is a new entry because these food choices increase the risk o
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Answer: Volunteering is a great way to give back and support your community. Senior Servicesâ Meals-on-Wheels program is an excellent opportunity for volunteers to not only provide a nutritious meal, but also to form friendships, share warm smiles, and provide a safety check for older adults, many of whom are living alone and having trouble preparing meals during the day.
Just about one year ago, the Meals-on Wheels program, which prided itself on providing hot lunch-time meals to senior participants in the program each weekday, shifted its Meals-on-Wheels delivery process to delivering five frozen meals, once per week in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep participants and volunteers as safe as possible. As the number of COVID-19 cases decrease and the number of people vaccinated increase in our community, Senior Services plans to resume hot, daily meal delivery on Monday, May 3rd. That goal can only be reached with the support of community volunteers
Now that daylight savings time has officially started, Iâve sent out my annual memo to the dogs, cat and chickens to âshut-up already and deal with it!â â like that ever helps. The adjustment around here takes awhile as morning schedules are modified and start times for just about everything get ignored, although I still get to school when itâs dark so not much has changed that way. Things will even out soon enough, though, and Iâll be back to procrastinating stuff just as much as before.
Iâm wandering about here in my classroom, having dismissed the kids for the afternoon, reflecting on the events of last year about this time when our world was forcefully âturned upside down.â I recall listening to a health official explaining over the radio back then that this particular virus was causing deep concern because people could become infected âcarriersâ and pass the virus to others before showing any symptoms of their own for up to
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Answer: Yes, every March since 2002 Meals-on-Wheels programs across the country join together in celebrating March for Meals. This national campaign, spearheaded by Meals on Wheels America, commemorates the historic day in March 1972 when President Nixon signed into law a measure that amended the Older Americans Act of 1965 and established a national nutrition program for seniors 60 years of age and older.
Here in Forsyth County, Senior Services celebrates âMarch for Mealsâ by spreading awareness of its nutrition programs â Meals-on-Wheels and Senior Lunch (a group meal program), and the growing need for the communityâs involvement in them.
Typically, a well-known member of the community would personally deliver hot meals to program participants. Due to COVID-19, this year looks a little different. Instead, mayors from each city in Forsyth County will sign a proclamation making the month of March âMarch for Mealsâ month and will reach out by