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Title: Pantry Pointers

Number: 1372C

Description: Food pantry safety, nutrition and recipes.

Topic: Food pantries

Subject: Food service

Author: Sahyoun, Nadine, Linnea Hagberg

Year: 1992

Length: N/A


Title: Pediatric Nutrition Handbook 4th edition

Number: 1829T

Description: A comprehensive nutritional reference for those who provide health care to infants, children and adolescents. Includes information on adolescent pregnancy, sports nutrition, obesity in children, food sensistivity, vegetarian diets and fast food.

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Subject: Nutrition

Author: American Academy of Pediatrics

Year: 1998

Length: 786 pages


Title: Penn State Nutrition Science Lab Experiments

Number: 1373C12345

Description: Laboratory experiments and activities for high school and college students.

Topic: Food science

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Penn State

Year: 1994

Length: N/A


Title: Perfectly Frank

Number: 1374V

Description: Case study about Perdue chicken and franks. Confronts critical business decisions and brings business textbook concepts to life.

Topic: Marketing

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Enterprise, MTI Teleprograms

Year: 1984

Length: 28 minutes


Title: Perk!

Number: 1741T

Description: The fictional story of a teenage girl with bulimia The character learns to face her true feelings about her parents, untrustworthy boyfriend, and a hidden obsession with food.

Topic: Eating disorders

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Hall, Liza

Year: 1997

Length: 124 pages


Title: Personal Nutrition, 2nd Edition

Number: 1375T

Description: Basic nutrition, nutrition related to the life cycle, fitness, food for the home, and global issues.

Topic: Lifecycle

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Boyle, Marie, and Gail Zyla

Year: 1992

Length: 400 pages


Title: Personnel Training Manual for the Hospitality Industry

Number: 1376T

Description: Includes many aspects of training: recruitment, job standards, orientation, labor costs, evaluations. Samples of checklists and evaluation forms.

Topic: Training

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Miller, Jack and Mary Walk

Year: 1991

Length: 120 pages


Title: Personnel: Contemporary Perspectives and Applications

Number: 1377TLG

Description: Perspectives on management, equal employment opportunity staffing, training and development, appraisal, and unions. Separate study guide included.

Topic: Human resources

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Mathis and Jackson

Year: 1982

Length: 575 pages


Title: Pestering Parents: How Food companies Market Obesity to Children

Number: 2078T

Description: Outlines the importance of good nutrition to children's health, children's exposure to food marketing, the types of venues and techniques used to market food to children, the effect of that marketing on children's food choices, current regulation of food marketing aimed at children, and actions that have been taken in other countries and for other health behaviors. This report also offers recommendations for parents, industry, schools and governments to help reduce the marketing of low-nutrition foods to children.

Topic: Child - obesity

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Center for Science in the Public Interest

Year: 2003

Length: 62 pages


Title: Phytochemicals

Number: 1791VLG

Description: Introduces the viewer to dozens of phytochemicals, their food sources, and common mechanisms that current research suggest phytochemicals use to lower the risk for cancer. Uses colorful graphics, lab scenes, and animation to present technical information in an easy-to-grasp format. High school/college level.

Topic: Phytochemicals

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Health Science Inst., Library of Nutrition and Cancer

Year: 1997

Length: 16 minutes


Title: Phytochemicals

Number: 1615M

Description: Slide presentation and script on phytochemicals, the natural compounds found in plants which may have disease preventive and curative qualities.

Topic: Phytochemicals

Subject: Nutrition

Author: NutriVisuals

Year: 1997

Length: 99 slides


Title: Phytopia Cookbook, The

Number: 1856T

Description: An inviting cookbook that transforms cutting-edge research into mouthwatering meals. Nutrition-minded readers will especially enjoy the science behind the recipes.

Topic: Cookbook

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Gollmam, Barbara, and Kim Pierce

Year: 1998

Length: 170 pages


Title: Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking

Number: 2010T

Description: Learn about measurement of liquid and solid ingredients as you read about the the Pigs and their cooking adventure. Use the book as a read-aloud picture book, then as a vehicle to introduce, reinforce, and review the concepts and skills of measurement.

Topic: Child

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Axelrod, Amy

Year: 1997

Length: 32 pages


Title: Pizza Book, The

Number: 1528T

Description: A delicious slice of pizza history and fun trivia . . . and an easy-to-follow recipe.

Topic: Child

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Krensky, Stephen

Year: 1992

Length: 32 pages


Title: Planet Health

Number: 1984C

Description: A comprehensive curriculum focused on improving the health and well-being of sixth through eighth grade students. It will fit with existing math, science, social studies, language arts, health, and physical education curricula.

Topic: Wellness - child

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Carter, Jill, Jean Wiecha, Karen Peterson, Steven Gortmaker

Year: 2001

Length: 522 pages


Title: Play Hard Eat Right

Number: 1730T

Description: A parents' guide to sports nutrition for children.

Topic: Sports - child

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Jennings, Debbi, and Suzanne Steen

Year: 1995

Length: 144 pages


Title: Play With Your Food

Number: 1901T

Description: Increase the eye-appeal of your food presentation with these simple, creative and amusing garnishes.

Topic: Food presentation

Subject: Food service

Author: Elffers, Joost

Year: 1997

Length: 110 pages


Title: Popular Team Nutrition Events

Number: 1937T

Description: An idea book promoting the goals of Team Nutrition. Creative ideas and how-to instructions to implement 22 different Team Nutrition events and tips to include school, food service, classroom, home, community, and media.

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Subject: Nutrition

Author: Michigan State University

Year: 2000

Length: 58 pages


Title: Power of Choice

Number: 2072C12

Description: A leader's guide to help those working with young adolescents in after school programs show how to make good decisions about eating and physical activity to maintain health now and for years to come. Includes information on fast foods, recipes, reproducible masters.

Topic: Adolescent

Subject: Nutrition

Author: USDA

Year: 2003

Length: N/A


Title: Power of Vision, The

Number: 1380VLG

Description: How a positive vision of the future is essential for providing meaning and direction to the present. Learning guide included.

Topic: Employee motivation

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Barker, Joel A.

Year: 1990

Length: 30 minutes


Title: Powerful Presentation Music

Number: 1382M

Description: Three audiocassettes to make training presentations effective and memorable: Breaks, Exit, and Reflections.

Topic: Training

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Resources for Organizations, Inc.

Year: 1994

Length: N/A


Title: Pregnancy Nutrition: Good Health for You and Your Baby

Number: 1822T

Description: This guide is packed with practical advice on what to eat for your growing baby and how to manage the side effects of pregnancy.

Topic: Pregnancy

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Ward, Elizabeth, M.S., R.D., and the American Dietetic Association

Year: 1998

Length: 81 pages


Title: Pre-Natal Nutrition

Number: 1723V

Description: Caloric need, weight gain, nutrients, and sources of nutrients needed during pregnancy. Also addresses morning sickness and ways to relieve it.

Topic: Pregnancy

Subject: Nutrition

Author: National Health Video, Inc.

Year: 1992

Length: 12 minutes


Title: Preparing Child Nutrition Program Professionals for the 21st Century

Number: 1386R

Description: Proceedings of the conference to develop a conceptual model for professional development and recognition of Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) personnel in the 21st century.

Topic: School - training

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: National Food Service Management Institute Conference Proceedings

Year: 1993

Length: 186 pages


Title: Preventing Childhood Eating Problems

Number: 1729T

Description: A practical, positive approach to raising children free of food and weight conflicts.

Topic: Child

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Hirschmann, Jane, and Lela Zaphiropoulos

Year: 1993

Length: 160 pages


Title: Preventing Theft

Number: 1387VLG

Description: Teaches employees how to react when faced with three common types of theft: internal, customer, and external. Leader's guide included.

Topic: Training

Subject: Food service

Author: National Restaurant Association

Year: 1993

Length: 17 minutes


Title: Print that Works

Number: 1388T

Description: This book shows how to apply writing, strong design, and effective marketing skills directly to the printed piece.

Topic: General

Subject: Management and Personnel

Author: Adler, Elizabeth

Year: 1991

Length: 400 pages


Title: Problems and Solutions for Child Nutrition Programs

Number: 1389T

Description: How food service operators across the country overcame obstacles to their programs. Examples to increase effectiveness of school foods programs.

Topic: School

Subject: Food service

Author: Problems and Solutions

Year: 1994

Length: 61 pages


Title: Produce

Number: 1390VLG

Description: A two-part video on fruits and vegetables. A 67 page teaching guide gives a pre- and post-test, and teaching ideas.

Topic: General

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Learning Seed

Year: 1990

Length: 20 minutes


Title: Productivity in Food Service

Number: 1391T123

Description: This book demonstrates the scientific approach to work simplification.

Topic: Work simplification

Subject: Food service

Author: Robertson, Lynne N.

Year: 1991

Length: 90 pages


Title: Professional Chef's Knife Kit

Number: 1974T

Description: All about knives and other basic culinary tools. Includes cutting techniques for many foods.

Topic: Knife skills

Subject: Food service

Author: Culinary Institute of America

Year: 2000

Length: 141 pages


Title: Professional Chef's Techniques of Healthy Cooking, 2nd ed.

Number: 1963T

Description: Healthy cooking principles together with almost 400 recipes with nutritional analysis.

Topic: Recipes, healthy cooking

Subject: Food service

Author: Culinary Institute of America

Year: 2000

Length: 580 pages


Title: Professional Chef's Techniques of Healthy Cooking, The

Number: 1392T

Description: Three hundred easy to follow recipes with information on how to boost food's vitamin, mineral, and fiber content while limiting calories, fat, salt, and sodium.

Topic: Nutrition

Subject: Food service

Author: Culinary Institute of America

Year: 1993

Length: 614 pages


Title: Professional Food Preparation, 2nd Edition

Number: 1393T

Description: Principles of food preparation are reviewed as they are applied to procedures followed in large kitchens. Explains proper use and care of kitchen equipment and equipment requirements for different kitchens.

Topic: Production (menus and recipes)

Subject: Food service

Author: Terrell, Margaret E.

Year: 1979

Length: 741 pages


Title: Professor Popcorn

Number: 1976CD

Description: Nutrition and food safety information for young people in grades 1-6

Topic: Food safety and nutrition - Child

Subject: Nutrition

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Title: Protein: How Cows and Carrots Become People

Number: 1903

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Year: 2000

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Title: Providing for the Special Food and Nutrition Needs of Children

Number: 1394T

Description: This study was planned to determine the requirements for special diets and diet modifications of children with special needs attending schools that provide USDA-funded meals.

Topic: School - special needs

Subject: Food service

Author: National Food Service Management Institute

Year: 1993

Length: 65 pages


Title: Public Relations and School Food Service

Number: 1395T12

Description: A handbook for planning public information programs.

Topic: School

Subject: Food service

Author: ASFSA

Year: 1976

Length: 40 pages


Title: Purchasing for Quality in School Food Service Today

Number: 1396VLG123

Description: Thirty-five food service directors from around the country discuss their experiences in purchasing. Includes a companion workbook. ASFSA and ADA continuing education credits.

Topic: School - purchasing

Subject: Food service

Author: DWJ Television

Year: 1993

Length: 55 minutes


Title: Putting the Pyramid into Practice

Number: 1397S

Description: For adult audiences. Full-color slides, script, and lesson plans focusing on serving sizes and menu planning using the Food Guide Pyramid.

Topic: Food Guide Pyramid

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Washington Dairy Council

Year: N/A

Length: 40 slides


Title: Puzzle Power

Number: 1728T

Description: Varied activities for teaching some of the basics of nutrition. Audience: middle school to adults.

Topic: Puzzles

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Schmelzel, Carol

Year: N/A

Length: 35 pages


Title: Pyramid (Plexiglas)

Number: 1521

Description: Plexiglas food pyramid (24" base) for displaying food models during presentations. This items must be picked up and delivered back to the Stalker Institute at Framingham State College -- no mailing!!

Topic: Community

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Nasco

Year: N/A

Length: N/A


Title: Pyramid Builders

Number: 1402C

Description: For health educators for grades K to 6. A set of nutrition activities focusing on the Food Guide Pyramid.

Topic: Child - elementary

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Kansas State Board of Education Nutrition Services

Year: 1994

Length: 415 pages


Title: Pyramid Builders Nutrition Activities

Number: 1403C

Description: K to 6th grade. Pyramid Builders is a set of organized activities about the Food Guide Pyramid.

Topic: Child - elementary

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Kansas State Board of Education

Year: 1994

Length: 5 units


Title: Pyramid Café

Number: 1673C

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Title: Pyramid Explorations

Number: 1674C

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Title: Pyramid Explorer

Number: 1616C

Description: Students are challenged to use decision making skills and critical thinking to make positive food choices.

Topic: Child - middle school

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Oregon Dairy Council

Year: 1997

Length: 63 pages


Title: Pyramid Packet

Number: 1404C12

Description: This package was developed to help educators teach others how to use the Food Guide Pyramid to plan and follow a healthy diet. Included are transparencies, reference sheets, reproducible brochures, poster, food cards, laminated sorting mat, and reproducible table tents.

Topic: Food Guide Pyramid

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Penn State

Year: 1996

Length: N/A


Title: Pyramid Plus

Number: 1659C

Description: A complete program designed to help people choose foods for better health. Based on the Food Guide Pyramid, the program includes eight lessons to teach teen and adult audiences about good nutrition.

Topic: Nutrition - Food Guide Pyramid

Subject: Nutrition

Author: Oregon Dairy Council

Year: 1993

Length: 98 pages


Title: Pyramid Power

Number: 1872C

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Year: 1994

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The John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition is a partnership of the
Massachusetts Department of Education, Nutrition Programs and Food Services, and Framingham State College.