Volume 32 Number 1 Winter 2015 The Developmental Progression of Eating Skills Interprofessional Collaboration in Public Health to Improve Nutrition and Oral Health Anytime. Anywhere. Introducing the TePe EasyPickTM - interdental cleaning made easy. Available March 2015 TePe EasyPick™ is the easy and efficient way to clean between your teeth, leaving your mouth fresh and healthy. The polyamide core is both stable and flexible, and the silicone coating cleans effectively between the teeth and feels comfortable on the gums. TePe EasyPick™ will be available in two conical s izes to fit all interdental spaces: • XS/S – orange: for narrow and very narrow gaps • M/L – turquoise: for medium to large gaps [email protected] / www.tepeusa.com Call Today (714) 991-6700 / Toll Free 888-644-8373 In this issue of the Winter 2015 3 From the Editor’s Desk Healthy Eating Habits Start at the Beginning… 4 MemberNews 6 CDHA News Makers 5 President’s Message Find Your Passion 6 LifeLongLearning The Developmental Progression of Eating Skills Identification of Early Feeding Issues 12 CommunityOutreach Returning to San Quentin: The 11th Annual T.R.U.S.T. Health Fair 15 PublicHealth Utilizing Interprofessional Collaboration In Public Health to Improve Nutrition and Oral Health 15 18 StayingHealthy Changing Habits One Day at a Time 20 StudentConnection Healthy Eating and the Dental Hygiene Student Award Winning Table Clinics and Research 23 CareerCorner Improving Overall Health Through Orofacial Myofuncetional Therapy 23 30 CDHA NewsNotes CDHA Leading the Way Journal Sponsored by This Journal is printed on 100% recycled paper California Dental Hygienists’ Association 2014–2015 Executive Officers President Karine Strickland, RDHAP, BS The Voice of Dental Hygiene President Elect Lygia Jolley, RDH, BA Contributions of scientific and original articles. VP Membership & The Journal of the California Dental Hygienists’ Professional Development Laurel Bleak, RDH, BS Association is formatted by and published under the supervision of the Editor. 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Davis within the U.S. May 1, 2015 $50: Non-ADHA members outside the U.S. and Printer Moore Bergstrom Co. Spring Scientific Session, Anaheim non-members within the U.S. All change of name or address should be sent to: California Dental Hygienists’ Association 1900 Point West Way, Suite 222 Sacramento, CA 95815-4706 Phone: 916-993-9102 About the Cover: Lucy Rappaport is shown enjoying a E-mail: [email protected] healthy snack. Photograph courtesy of Mark Sexauer. Internet: www.cdha.org From the Editor’s Desk “Healthy Eating Habits Start at the Beginning…” Our daily lives revolve around food. Whether we like it or not, thinking about what we are going to eat for the day - be it breakfast on the run, meeting friends for lunch, or starting a new diet - plays a major role in the activities of daily living. Outside of the pure pleasure of eating a delicious meal, our bodies require nutrients to sustain life. Without milk within hours of birth, the newborn infant will cease to thrive; and in the last stages of life, refusing to eat often signals that death is eminent. It is really what goes on between those first experiences with eating that can set the stage for life-long relationships with food. I had the opportunity to hear pediatric occupational therapist, Kary Rappaport, speak recently on infant feeding and the introduction of foods during the first year of life. Her presentation not only explained the developmental changes in the infant swallowing reflexes but also emphasized the critical role the parents play in introducing healthy foods during the first years of life. I found myself wishing that I had this information about 30 years ago when I was feeding my young sons. Eating should definitely be an enjoyable, social activity based on healthy, whole foods, with parents and families setting the tone. Unfortunately, there are many challenges to reaching what appears to be a “back to basics” approach to eating. Obesity has become a global issue with more than 30% of the world’s population classified as overweight or obese. This number is projected to rise to 50% by 2030. In a recent McKinsey Global Initiative report, obesity and its associated chronic disease conditions, was shown to rank next to tobacco use and gun violence as one of the top three social burdens created by human beings.1 Obesity is clearly a complex disease entity. Let’s take a look at one of the aspects of the problem - refined sugar. The average person consumes about 79 pounds of sugar a year. Sweetened beverages are the single biggest source of dietary sugar. In the United States, about $74 billion dollars a year are spent on soft drinks and American teenagers drink twice as much soda as milk. It’s no wonder that the American Beverage Association spent $10.4 million dollars in the San Francisco Bay area alone to try and defeat the soda tax initiatives last fall. Fortunately, Berkeley became the first city in the nation to pass the nation’s first soda tax although it is not clear if adding a few cents to each sugar sweetened beverage purchased will impact consumption in this well-educated, affluent university town. Most of the dollars spent by the American Beverage Association to defeat soda taxes are directed at low income, minority neighborhoods where more sodas are purchased and consumed than in higher income communities. Just imagine if that money could have been spent to actually promote health in those communities! The economic and healthcare burden of poor nutrition choices is significant and addressing this complex issue will require comprehensive and collaborative strategies engaging families, communities, public policymakers, healthcare providers – just to mention a few. Here in California, Champions for Change, a program from the California Department of Public Health, provides mothers and families with the resources and support to make positive health changes for their children and families. Empowering parents to take an active role in promoting change to provide a better future for their children is a good place to start. You can learn more about Champions for Change by visiting www. cachampionsforchange.cdph.ca.gov. In the meantime, what are you planning for your next meal? 1. McKinsey & Company. How the world could better fight obesity. [Internet]. Cathy Draper, RDH, MS McKinsey & Company; 1996-2014[cited 2014 Dec 5]. Available from: Editor http://mckinsey.com/insights/ CDHA Journal – Winter 2015 3 MemberNews Remembering Debra Jo Johnson, RDH, PhD Developing Your Inner Leader Debra Jo Johnson, educator, leader, dedicated CDHA leaders professional passed away on July 8, 2014. Originally Karine Strickland, from Pennsylvania, Debra Jo moved to California after Julie Coan and graduating from the University of Pittsburg with an Michael Laflamme Associate’s degree in Dental Hygiene in 1971. She headed to Chicago was an integral part of the periodontal program at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Los Angeles last November to for many years before relocating to San Diego. While attend the American in San Diego, she worked in periodontal practices Dental Hygienists’ and began teaching dental hygiene at Southwestern Association Unleashing Your Potential (UYP) weekend.