Volunteers Needed for Nutrition Study

The USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC), in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University, is conducting a nutrition study designed to learn about what people eat and the calories they burn. Volunteers are now being recruited to participate in this 14-day study during the time periods from October through November 2002 and mid-January through March 2003. Men and women 30 - 69 years old will be selected after a medical evaluation and blood and urine screening. THIS IS NOT A FEEDING STUDY AND THERE ARE NO DIETARY RESTRICTIONS. This is not a weight loss study. Participants completing the study will receive $325.

Participants will be selected based on their age, height, weight, health status, and availability to complete the study. Diabetics, persons taking diuretics or certain steroid medications, pregnant or nursing women, and nutrition professionals are excluded from participating.

Over the 14-day study period, participants will agree to: travel six times to the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center; drink a special water solution which will be used to help measure the calories you burn, be interviewed three times by a trained interviewer about the foods you eat, and have blood and urine samples collected and your body composition measured by DEXA.

Schedule: Study activities will be conducted over 14-day periods during the months of October through November 2002 and mid-January through March 2003.

Payment: Volunteers completing all study requirements will receive $325.

Information Meetings: Participants are required to attend a one-hour information meeting. Meetings will be held at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Center Drive, Building 307, Room 114, Beltsville, MD 20705. Specific questions about the study will be addressed at the meeting. Meetings are scheduled for the dates and times listed below. You must attend at least one of these meetings.

--Monday, July 29 at 12:00 noon and 5:30 pm
--Tuesday, July 30 at 12:00 noon and 5:30 pm
--Wednesday, July 31 at 12:00 noon and 5:30 pm

Driving Directions to Nutrition Study Informational Meeting
Address: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
Building 307, Room 114, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705

>From Beltway 495/I-95 Exit 25 (College Park/Beltsville), follow US Route 1 North towards Beltsville. Continue on US 1 N for approximately 1-1/2 miles. Turn right on Powder Mill Road (Rt. 212). Continue on Powder Mill Road for 2.0 miles. Turn left on Center Road (opposite the ARS National Visitors Center, known locally as the "Log Lodge"). Building 307 is the second building on your left.

>From Beltway 495/I-95 Exit 23 (Kenilworth Avenue), follow Kenilworth Ave. North for several miles -- it will become Edmonston Road. Turn right at the light on Powder Mill Road and go 1.5 miles. Turn left at Center Road (opposite the ARS National Visitor Center). Building 307 is the second building on the left.

>From the Baltimore-Washington Parkway exit on Powder Mill Road (Rt 212) and go West, following signs to BARC, for about 1.2 miles to Center Road. Turn right -- Building 307 is the second building on the left.

Parking is available immediately in front of Building 307 and further along Center Road in front of Building 308.

CISCO Networking Academy - Crossland High School, Goddard Education Programs has received a request for volunteers to serve as coaches for the Cisco Networking Academy at Crossland High School in Temple Hills Maryland. Volunteers need not have specialized networking knowledge. The focus of this program will be the sharing of interpersonal and workplace communication skills young people will need to be successful in their future work. A half-day training session for volunteer coaches is planned on August 21 at Crossland High School. The program will begin in September 2002, with lessons provided online to assist the four coaches needed in their work with the students. Each team will work with a morning class made up of juniors and seniors taking networking classes. Team members will work with the students once or twice a month in sessions that last for an hour and a quarter. If you are interested or have additional questions, please call or email John DiTomasso, Director of TECH CORPS Maryland at 410-730-3071 or email: johndit@us.net.