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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-09-29, Page 37ine Devereaux is the new nutritionist for Huron and Perth Counties. Her job will ve her primarily as a resource person for public health nurses, doctors, dentists and eneral public. She will be treating good nutrition as a factor in disease prevention. ays Canada is a country lacking in good nutrition habits, not because the proper aren't available but because there is a lack of general education about which foods (staff photo) • GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1977--PA9E4 People inparticular Winter program The Blyth Centre for the Arts is happy to present a winter program of theatre, music, and film. The theatre season opens Couple wed J Sharon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Whetstone of Goderich was married to David Ross, Yellowknife, North West Territories on September 19. The groom is the son of Mr. George Ross and the late Christine Ross of Lindsay, Ontario. The wedding took place in Alsask, Saskat- chewan. Sharon, Dave, Kim and Debbie will reside in Yellowknife. ood nutrition is lacking JOANNE WALTERS tion Canada, a book on a national survey ted by Doctor Zak and authorized by the ry of National Health elfare, states that a is a nation of ex - Ca nadia-ns eat too and exercise too little. simple as that. aine Devereaux, as the nutritionist for the s of Huron and Perth, efer extensively to on Canada data and at Canada is a country in good nutritional not because the foods aren't available ause there is a lack of I education about the foods. There are so food products on the says Devereaux, that urchasing and Gon- ion becomes too Gated. People become d and just don't seen what to buy, feels aux. She would people that there are sic food groups to be din every meal. These include breads and milk, meat and tes and fruit and les. reaux has been on the about two weeks now usygetting organized. dividing her time the two counties, g alternate weeks at Ith unit in Goderich he health unit in d. She is married, has boy and lives .in After graduating the University of Ontario with her and majoring in n, she spent a year of ke urwill r ncern you app(rind (; as the ttor of vOtn• '!crit are assured year bequests will stributed exactly u intend. We de 88 years of , up to date ence in money 'gement and 'tdministration. GREY s ar r ,nee it A.A. Wectliarly 0341 GSderldl internship at Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto. She worked as a therapeutic dietitian at St. Joseph's Hospital in London for two years. Devereaux says her job in Huron -Perth will primarily inyolye_.h.er as - .a resource person for public' health nurses, doctors, dentists and the general public. She says she will be treating good nutrition as a factor in disease prevention. There is an important distinction between her job as a nutritionist and a dietitian's' job in that a dietitian works with people who already have a disease while she tries to prevent a disease before it happens. Preventive medicine is very difficult according to Devereaux. People, she says, don't have the ability to grasp the concept of risk. "They always feel it won't happen to me," she states. "It's human nature not to worry about your health until you don't have it." Devereaux says some people do not think having a nutritionist in the two counties is important. But she feels there is an important need for one and thinks she has her work cut out for her. She figures it could take about a year before her research files are 'well organized enough so that information is always right at her fingertips. Whatever problem she can't help someone with directly, she wants to be able to research it V4MIeJ 'IP' Canadian Unity or refer it to someone who can school ages, says Devereaux. help. She hopes to have films One age group she worries about nutrition for people to about are teenage girls who borrow as well as good hand she says are a very image out material. She wants to conscious group and have easily accessible in- therefore prone to harmful formation for teachers and fad diets. She labels teenage public health nurses to aid girls as a high risk gr It a_ nd them with any class -es -they" pregna`fij„m,agers, as an.. might teach concerning even greaterrisk,group. nutrition. She also wants to set up programs in high school and public school curriculums involving posters, pamphlets and kits on nutrition. For awhile she will be experimenting to see what goes over best with the public and the various other groups she will be working with. Devereaux feels that mothers are a key group to reach about good nutrition because through their meal planning and cooking, the whole family's health is often dependent. She says it is important to teach people about nutrition when they are motivated to listen and learn, for example, mothers with new horn babies. It is im- portant for mothers not to overfeed their infants in the ,first year of life, says Devereaux, because this can lead to obesity. While pregnant mothers are slightly' better nourished than other groups of people in Canada, Devereaux says there is still a problem because good nutritional stores should happen even before con- ception but they often don't. Eating habits are im- portant in pre-schoolers, and on into public school and high Men of all ages are also a risk group. Whether it is a case of heredity, stress, life style or eating habits, more and more often there are cases of men who seem perfectly healthy one minute and who die of coronary disease the Devereaux. Of eating habits, Devereaux says Canadians in general eat too much protein and fat, don't drink enough milk and keep their fruit and vegetable consumption too low. The elderly, says Devereaux, are the most malnourished age group of any. They don't just get like that all of a sudden because they're old, she says. Rather it is an accumulation of had eating habits and life style over the years. As the nutritionist for Huron and Perth counties. Devereaux will practise preventive medicine. She hopes to jump into problem situations before diseases happen, including self- imposed diseases such as obesity. As a nutritionist she must adhere to the adage, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." next, says Be sure to hear the Premier of Ontario The Honourable William G. Davis Q.C. deliver A Keynote Speech on Canadian Unity, at a reception and dinner at the Royal Canadian Legion 56 Kingston, St. Goderich. Ontario Friday, October 21, 1977 Reception 6 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. FOR TICKETS CALL: KEN HUTCHINS 524-7308 A Jubilee 3 Project with Theatre Passe Muraille's Shakespeare for Fun and Profit on Tuesday, October 11 and Wednesday, Octohver 12 at 8:30 p.m. This play presents an updated v.r.ion of Shnke.peare'c Midsummer Night's Dream. Wickets will be available at local ticket outlets and the Blyth Centre for the Arts.., office. Phone 523-9300 for information. The first film presentation is Lassie Come Home. Saturday afternoon, October 8. The children's film series ill continue throughout the winter. An adult's film series will begin Wednesday, November 9, at 8:00 p.m. Movie titles will he announced at a later date. Where will he three musical variety nights, a Christmas concert, a Robbie Burns night, and a Fiddle and Step Dance competition. •The winter program at Blyth is a reflection of the Blyth Centre for the Arts' .desire to provide good en- tertainment for ,q area residents. 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