Heart disease
Nearly all adults sampled
in a rural Pennsylvania
county believe there are
things they can do to protect
themselves from heart
disease. They further believe
it is worthwhile to try
preventive activities.
The findings come from a
study of preventive health
attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors in Potter County.
Their research is part of an
experimental health
education program being
developed by personnel of
the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Penn State and the
Potter County Cooperative
Extension Service.
Over 89 percent of the
respondents believed that
many types of cancer
detected in early stages can
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be cured. The study
revealed, however, that a
large number of persons
could recall none of the
warning signs of cancer - or
only one. The chances of
early detection may,
therefore, be rather low,
according to Professors S.
M. Leadley, C. 0. Crawford,
and S. M. Cordes -
sociologists and economists
in charge of the project.
Women were better able to
recall the warning signals of
cancer than men. The two
most frequently mentioned
signals were a thickening or
lump in the breast or
elsewhere, given in 60 per
cent of the answers, and
unusual bleeding or
discharge mentioned by 49
per cent.
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Additional studies are
underway in 6 other counties
to determine if health at
titudes, beliefs, and
behaviors are similar
throughout rural Penn
sylvania. Counties included
are Armstrong, Butler,
Fulton, Indiana, Juniata,
and Northerumberland.
Over 90 per cent of the
persons surveyed agreed
that high blood pressure can
be controlled. Further, the
same number of persons
reported that their blood
pressure had been checked
in the past two years. Of
those persons reporting high
blood pressure, 13 per cent of
the men and 17 per cent of
the women, only 4 per cent
said they discovered it
through a health screening
program.
The study examined
participation in screening
programs for glaucoma,
diabetes, high blood
pressure, cervical cancer,
and blood chemistry. Only a
small proportion of the
county’s population had
participated in these clinics'
at the time of the survey -
even though they had been
held locally for several
years.
Vegetable yogurt
is making a stir
A new line of vegetable
yogurts are now being Jest
marketed in Cleveland by
the “Green Giant” Com
pany. “I agree that it is an
exciting concept blending
fresh vegetables with tangy
yogurt,” stated Dr. Richard
E. Farrar, executive vice
president of Dairy Research
Incorporated, whose firm is
cooperating with Green
Giant in testing the
marketability of the new
yogurt products.
“We’ve had natural
yogurt, fruit-flavored
yogurt, either homogenized
or sundae style, and now we
have yogurt with crisp, fresh
vegetables. In my opinion,”
Dr. Farrar said, “this is a
major development in
yogurt.”
According to Farrar,
DHINC participated in
funding the market test
because the new yogurt
product blends one of today’s
favorite dairy foods with
focus of health survey
Men reported attending
the screening programs
much less than women, one
half to one-tenth that of the
women. When asked why
they stayed away, men most
often responded that they
didn’t know about it - 38 per
cent. The next most frequent
reason, 26 per cent, was that
they throught they didn’t
need it.
When asked about
willingness to attend such a
program in the future, 66 per
cent of the men and 71 per
cent of the women expressed
interest in learning about
and attending screening
programs.
The survey was reported
in a recent issue of “Science
in Agriculture,” the quar
terly magazine of the
Agricultural Experiment
Station. In the article, Dr.
Leadley pointed out that
“doing something about
one’s health depends on what
you know.” What one knows
about foods, calories, and
weight, he added, can in
fluence what is done to keep
weight within medically
recommended limits.
Ninety per cent or more of
both men and women
correctly chose the higher
vegetables popularized by
Green Giant, a nationally
known company with proven
marketing capabilities.
The new line includes four
flavors: cucumber salad,
tomato salad, beet salad and
garden salad. It is expected
that the new yogurts will
broaden the overall market
as they are not competitive
with fruit-flavored products.
DRINC is the process,
product and market
development arm of United
Dairy Industry Association,
the corporate organization
that includes the educational
programs of National Dairy
Council and the advertising
campaigns of American
Dairy Association.
The products for the
current sales test are being
produced for Green Giant by
Hawthorn Mellody Dairy, a
Chicago-based dairy.
DRINC worked with Green
Giant to carry out test
marketing activities in
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Doc. 27.1975
caloric food when asked to
compare an apple with a
piece of pic, and one-hand
cup of peanuts with an egg.
The choices were less
correct when comparing
caloric levels of soda
crackers with meat. Only 50
per cent of the womSn
correctly chose 4 ounces of
Craft show slated
for Peach
Peach producers, whose
hands have planted and
pruned thousands of peach
trees, and who have picked
and packed untold quantities
of peaches, will see a special
hand crafts show at the 1976
National Peach Council
Convention February 22-25
at Hershey, PA.
All entries for the show
and sale must be hand
ciafted using the peach
motif and-or part or parts of
the peach tree.
Mrs. Paggy C. Lott, who is
making plans for the show,
said it is planned to draw
special attention to the peach
industry through the media
of crafts.
Exhibits may include
items' created from clay,
fibers, glass, metal and
wood. Each entrant may
submit up to three entries in
any one category, and enter
more than one category.
Sales of all items will be
Pork recipes
available
CHICAGO - “Pork, An
American Tradition,” a
recipe pamphlet with a
natural Bicentennial tie-in is
off the presses and in
distribution, the Pork In
dustry Group of the National
Live Stock and Meat Board
has announced.
Cleveland. “If the current
market tests are suc
cessful,” Farrar noted, “the
products will be distributed
nationally. And the product
line will probably be
broadened in future mon
ths,” he added.
steak as having more
calories than 8 soda
crackers. Fifty-six per cent
of the men made the correct
choice.
Potter County phases of
the studies are supported by
Fair Funds administered by
the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture.
convention
encouraged, but it will not be
mandatory that an item
entered in the show be up for
sale. Items which are not to
be sold will be so marked.
All craft items are to be
judged by Gerald Ely,
Agricultural Economist,
Crafts, with the United
States Department of
Agriculture, Washington,
D.C. A cash prize will be
awarded in each category to
the entry that best exem
plifies both artistic merit
and the use of the peach
motif and-or part or parts of
the peach tree.
There is no fee for entry in
the band crafts show, which
will be in the exhibit area at
the National Peach Council
Convention in the Hershey
Lodge and Convention
Center.
Any person interested in
entering crafts in the show
should contact: Mrs. Peggy
C. Lott, RD3, Ridgewood,
Gettysburg, PA 17325.
Now in convenient 4x6
inch size, with self-indexing
tab, the pamphlet is done in a
bicentennial theme using
red, white and blue colors.
“This pamphlet is a
compact source of in
formation on pork,” said
Verio Butz, the Meat Board’s
Pork Program Vice-
President. “In addition to
five special pork recipes, it
includes information on
pork’s excellent nutritional
qualities and a chart
showing where the various
pork cuts come from. It’s one
part of a major effort to keep
consumers coming back to
the meat counter for pork.”
The pamphlet will be
distributed to consumers
through food stores and by
pork industry organizations
as well as in response to
requests stimulated by
publicity in the metropolitan
press.
“Pork, An American
Tradition” can be ordered
through the Pork Industry
Group. Get a single free copy
by sending a stamped, self
addressed envelope to: Pork
Industry Group, Dept. PAT,
National Live Stock and
Meat Board, 36 Soutl
Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Illinois 60603.
Quantity prices for “Pori
An American Tradition” ar
1-99 copies 10 cents each
$3.50 per hundred; $3O pe
thousand; $25 per thousan
in quantities of 10,000 c
more.
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