Browsing Family Medicine by Author "Kolasa, Kathryn M."
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Creating and sustaining a healthy food environment in hospitals with a food service management company
Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2018-01)This article updates a 2010 article, Moving Toward Healthier Eating Environments in Hospitals. It provides advocates for healthy food environments in hospitals with suggestions about the roles they can play in initiating ... -
creating and sustaining a healthy food environment in hospitals with a food service management company
Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2018-01)This paper describes the successes and challenges in hospitals providing a healthy food environment for employees as well as visitors to the hospital. Based on literature review and interviews of professionals, including ... -
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
Gaskins, Scottie; Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Simmons, Rose Ann; Njuguna, Njeri; White, Andy (2013-04)The paper describes the journey taken by Vidant Health (formerly University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina) to create a healthy eating environmnet on its entire campus. Vidant Health was among the first hospitals in ... -
Creating Vidant Health's Healthy Food Environment
Gaskins, Scottie; Simmons, Rose Ann; Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Njuguna, Njeri; White, Andy (2012-10)This paper documents the steps Vidant Health took from 2003 to 2012 in creating a healthy food environment. It describes criteria for foods to be sold/provided to employees and visitors. It provides a rationale for selecting ... -
Eat Smart Move More Weigh Less: A Community Based Weight Management Program for Adults
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Dunn, Carolyn Kusbit; Thomas, Cathy; Schneider, L; Smith, Christine; Vodicka, Sherée (2009-10-20)Describes development of a comprehensive, low cost weight management program to be delivered by local public health educators or cooperative extension agents. The program was developed by a unique partnerships of the NC ... -
Embracing a plant-based diet. What is it and what's the evidence
Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2017-05)In this paper we present a case of a young health professional feeling peer pressure to become vegan. We also present a case of a vegan baby. We discuss nutrient of concerns for individuals restricting or eliminating animal ... -
Guidelines for Healthy Foods and Beverages at Company-Sponsored Events. Vendor Tool Kit. Event Planner Tool Kit
Gaskins, Scottie; Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Bucher, Colleen (2012-01-25)Vidant Heatlh adopted a "healthy food environment" policy in 2012. This vendor tool kit includes the policy, definitions that support the policy, stept that help a vendor adhere to the policy and resources. Topics covered ... -
Healthy Habits for Healthy Living
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Walker, Linda; McKee, Amanda (1995)This is a patient education brochure designed to describe the development of food habits of the people of eastern North Carolina (written in collaboration with Kristen Borree, PhD, anthropology. It then localizes the ... -
Healthy Hospital Food Environment: the PCMH Story.
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Gaskins, Scottie; Dial, Jeff; Ho, Amanda; Currie, Russ; Comeaux, Preston; Robertson, Roger (2006)This paper describes Pitt Memorial Hospital's response to the call to become a healthy worksite. It describes the hospital's effots to partner in the North Carolina Plan to Prevent Overweight and Obesity and Related Chronic ... -
Healthy living best remedy for brain fog
Romaine, Catherine; Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2022-07-13)This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is about ways to improve symptoms of brain fog through nutrition and physical activity. -
Helping Hands: A Guidebook for Volunteer Meal Providers
Jennings, Jill; Ward, Rachel; Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2011-09-27)Helping Hands: A Guidebook for Volunteer Meal Providers Author(s): J. Jennings,1 R. Ward,2 K. Kolasa3; 1Nutrition Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 3Family ... -
How Sweet It Is: Traditional Sweet Iced Tea and the Diabesity Epidemic.
Taft, Natalie; Collier, David N.; Tanenberg, Robert; Kolasa, Kathryn M. (2015-01)In this paper we present four cases from our medical practice to increase awareness of the role of sweet tea in obesity and diabetes management. We start with a history of Southern style “sweet tea”, and discuss the ... -
IN4Kids: data from a study of RD integration into primary care
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Silberberg, Mina; Carter-Edwards, Lori; Murphy, Gwen; Mayhew, Megan; Armstrong, Sarah; Perrin, Eliana; Vodicka, Sheree; Graham, Cameron; Shah, Vandana (2010-03-10)Research indicates barriers to PCPs recognizing and counseling overweight children and their families, including lack of: knowledge about nutritional guidance, time to provide services, reimbursement, and skills in working ... -
Meeting the Challenge of Providing Nutrition Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Craven, Kay; Nordby, K. (2021-01)Examples of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) who used their abilities to innovate and adapt to ensure the public, their patients and clients received continuous nutrition services, weight management services, ... -
Meeting the Challenges of Providing Nutrition Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Craven, Kay; Nordby, Kelly; Drier, Lindsay; Ascanio, Kathleen; Tant, Robin; Strickland, Ashley; Matarese, Laura; Jennings, Jill; Johnstone, Julia (2021-01-02) -
The Need for Interprofessional Collaborative Ready Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Eliot, Kathrin A. (2014-10-01)This is the full length paper of what turned out to be a published brief after going through peer review. Many of our colleagues have requested the original full length description which is more of a call to action for ... -
North Carolina's Pediatric Obesity Clinician Reference Guide and Tool Kit
Albright, Jenny; Armstrong, Sarah; Collier, David N.; Pullen-Davis, L; Dunn, Carolyn Kusbit; Gerald, L; Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Langer, S; Lazorick, Suzanne; Perrin, Eliana; Schwartz, Robert; Skelton, Josephy; Thomas, Cathy; Christianson, L (2009-07-27)This poster presents the tools developed by clinicians treating childhood obesity in North Carolina. The history of the development of these tools is outlined at the end of the accompanying abstract submission to the ... -
North Carolina's Plan to Address Obesity: Healthy Weight and Healthy Communities
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Craven, Kay (2013-02-07)This presentation describes the 2013-2020 NC Obesity Plan. Evidence based core behaviors are described as well as strategies for encouraging the adoption of those behaviors in worksites, health care and colleges and ... -
Participation in Community-Originated Interventions is Associated with Positive Changes in Weight Status and Health Behaviors in Youth
Whetstone, Lauren; Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Collier, David N. (2012-04-13)Purpose. To assess changes in children’s health behaviors and weight status after participation in community-originated interventions. ... -
Pitt County Memorial Hospital Plays a Role in the Eat Smart Move More North Carolina Movement
Kolasa, Kathryn M.; Currie, Russ; Dial, Jeff; Gaskins, Scottie; Simmons, Rose Ann (2009)Pitt County Memorial Hospital is taking the "Journey to Excellence" and as part of that journey, is creating a culture of wellness. This paper describes those efforts as well as the criteria for healthy food. Data ...