J
ti
they are conductin re arch and
training in nutrition that they hope
will become food for thought for
ratioos of African Americ
This historically bla institutio
which turred out more than 40
percent of America' s black physi­
cians aDd dentists.' OIl the leading
edge ODe of only a baodful of
medical chool incorporating
course OIl food aDd nutrition into.
the ftRUiIed curriculum for training
doct and .
And the Center for utrition . at
eharry i the only f cility devoted
exclusively to research into the DU­
tritiooal �oblems of b IDd other
minooties.
Dr.
Cyril O. of the
Cemer for Nutritiob. Life expectancy
is six years shorter for blacks than
for whites, and infant morta.liry rates
are almosI twice high. Black babies
• are boen with 1 wei� SO percent
more often than white babies.
Blacks, on average. can expect to
reach only 69.2 years, down from
69.7 in 1984. Meanw� life expec-
tancy for w]li moved
75.3 years to 75.6.
Nutrition-related diseases such
diabetes, obesity, heart disease, caD­
cer, and hypenension are Slill
the most prevale� health problems
in the U.S., and blac IDd 0Iber mi­
DOrities are disproportionately af­
fected by them
G lor a H 1 Diet
''The American public is powiDI
!DOle aDd more aware that what we
eat., aDd bow and when we eat it,
can help make a di1fereoce between
ood bealth and illDess," says Dr. �
wonWlL ''If blacks are going to en­
bance their quality of health, they
harry Medical College inN
ville. � • in' 115m year d
exi nee.I a ingular America.n �
stitutioo - the nation' only . <Xi­
cally black. pn four-yearacademjc
health science cemer,
• Mehan)" graduated �haIf
of all blad: physicians and dentists
00 practicin, in the U.S.-m<re
than any other institution.
Alm t 10 percent of the black
medical studerus aDd 15 percent 0(
the black dcnlal tudenas in the U.S.
are emollcd at Mebany.
• Meharry i a national resource,
enrolling studenls from 40
Mcharry gnduaIes have p-actices
in viItually every Stale.
• The maj<rity of alumni choose to
p-actice iniDDer-city andnual areas
wbere is in sbon sUpply .
�'_l'PpractlIl
providi.uf � to the medicalJy
UDdcnJeneed m1 tbc<fisldvanaq!ed
• The Cemerfor Nutriri<matMehmy,
fwxIcd sUa 1985 by $2.7 miIlioo
in � from the Kraft General
Foods FOUDdation.· the ooly facil­
ity devoted to research into the au­
tritiooal problems o1blacks aodothcr
minorities.
population IDd their health problems,
but VCI)' little is dale specifically OD
African Americans and on how 'Ale
differ." Dr. EnwODWU says.
.. As a bIac im1itution. Mebarry
must do the research thal we can do
best - determining how to approICb
beald1 problems represented in aU­
DOritiea,'· be cominues.
For example, because illness
caued by bigh blood pressure af­
fecu more blacks thaD whites in
America. researchers at the Cema
study �lati(Qbips betw=l dietary
babilS and JeaCtim to stIeSS aDd what
effect it bas <Il the disease.
African Americans also are more
Business Exchange
their re pon ibility In econorni
developmen t.
Until e e ch t e up po itiv
con umer nd entrepre nueri 1-
hip ction e ill never build
ny we lth or power for our
roup.
RO H to tt to
the South Side to Sweet Auburn
venue, e ch 0 u mu t begin to
under tand and upport the con­
cept of Blac Enterpri e. If ny
power nd perm nency i to be
for u and our in titution ,it will
have to be up to ju t you and me.
To stop being among tbe Mdi ad­
vant ged," we b ve to upport
our own busine e in order to
facilitate the flow of ood , er­
vice and dollar into our com­
munities.
Some fundamental reasons we
need to start, build, maintain nd
upport Black busine ses are:
-To provide more jobs for
the Afr ican-Amer.ica n com­
munity. 80 percent of all job in
America come from bu ine e
LAN. lNG-The arne bill co­
pon ored by Rep. Glenn
Oxender, R-Sturgi ,which would
et the mandatory chool age at
18 al 0 would turn the business
world into a eta sroom for VOCA­
tional tudent.
The bill contains plans to
re tructure current vocational
education program to tum out
more technically acute graduate
for today's workplace.
"It is time that busine ,labor
and education unite for the
benefit of our children's future,"
there for the roup's Mld- Oxender said. "This is not only a
Winte.r .. Co..ofereoce.. Tong-term investment in the fu-
tu .0 (our,.ohUd n, bu .iff:oar
economic tabi lity."
A S t�t Cwret-rffechnica. Ad­
vi ory Council would develop
model programs that combine
academic and technical tudies in
both high school and higher
education. These programs
would include two-to four-year
apprenticeship programs in busi-
Jackson pearheads the con- ness and industry. Local coun­
terence followi ng numerous cils would refine and adapt the
complaints from various recommendations of the state
minority enterprises which council to fit local 'community
charged that the RTC was not needs.
onl y s ti fl ing business oppor- S tate vocal ional ed uca tion
tunities through redlining, but leaders are pleased with the
that the agency has entwined legislative intere t.
most in red tape.' "This area in education hun't
Seidman and Jackson met last had enough emphasis in the last
August tQ di cuss the RTC's com- few years," said Bill Weisgerber,
mitment to minority- and chief of finance, data manage-
. women-owned firms. The ment and pecial programs in the
Minority Outreach Conference tate vocational education office.
was a first in series of joint ven- "It does a lot more for vocational
tures between the Rainbow education."
Coalition's Commercial Division The bill's other co-sponsor.is
and the RTC. «Rep. William Keith, D-Garden
city. Tracy Baker, a spokesper­
- son for Rep. Keith's office, said
the bill is mainly to shine more
light on the issue of vocational
education.
"Wi th the. current budget
problems, any new programs
don't stand a chance," Baker
acce to even more.
-To upply our own. Li e
WELCOME- Sir Lynden
Plndling, (rlgbt) Prl e
Mini ter of tbe Bah rna
welcome Tommy Wat:,
klns, Pre Ident of teN -
tional New paper
Publl her A oel tlon
(NNPA) to Na au. More
than 200 Black publl hers
nd their ue athered
RTe expands Minority Outreach effort
WASHINGTON,D.C.-Reverend
Jesse L. Jackson Sr. president of
the National Rainbow Coalition,
and L. William Seidman, chair­
man of the Resolution Trust Cor­
poration (RTC) has announced
plans to hold regional conferen­
ces for minority businesses and
to expand the minority business
community's relationships with
the RTC via their Minority Out­
reach Program.
The pair made the. an­
nouncement during a joint press
conference held. in conj unction
with the day-long RTC Minority
Outreach Conference held at the
.. Sheraton WaShington Hotel, in
Northwest Washington, D.C.
More than 900 minority and
women-owned businesses from
across the country participated.
"The outreach so far has been
limited and ineffective," Jackson
said. "The red tape process has
legislat.ed us in �ut minorities
have been regulated out. The
fallol;lt from the bailout is an op­
portunity for the ..locked out.
This is a first in a series of
regional conferences designed to
not only address minority con­
cerns, but provide them with the
infor.mation to receive lucrative
contracts and advertisements."
Seidman, who admitted the
federal agency ha not been ef­
fective in reaching minorities,
said, however, "We have made an
effort, but we clearly (h.ave not
reached our goals) .... We haven't
done as much as we should have.
. But minorities must also do their
part by registering with the RTC
in order to be qualified to be in­
cluded in the RTC's registrar
list. "
The RTC released data in­
dicating minori ties had received
5 percent ($17 million) and
women received 26 percent ($76
million) of the nearly $330 mil­
lion in contracts awards to date.
-The RTC, according to Jackson,
ha given minority law firms a .
mere one percent of a total $137
million paid in legal fees during
the_ first nine month of 1990.
Confab Focus:
Access to
Capital
Joshua I. Smith, Chairman of
the U.S. Commission on
Minority Business Development,
will keynote the luncheon ad­
dress. at the upcoming Sym­
posium on "Minority BUltiness
Enterprise: The Final Decade and
into the Next Century", in
Chicago on April 4 and 5 at the
Westin Hotel, sponsored by the
Cosmopolitan Chamber of Com­
merce.
The Symposium is the second
in a series designed to bring
minority business owners,
professionals, and others con­
cerned about economic develOp­
ment together to plan programs.
"Access to Capital" is the major
theme of the conference.
The Comm.i sion on Minority
Business Development was es­
tablished by Congress and
reports to President Bush.
Having held hearings around the
country for one year, Smith is ex­
pected to reveal preliminary find­
ings regarding the tatus of
minority businesses and the ef­
ficacy of federal programs in­
tended to promote minority
business development.
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How to Take Oral Medicines
likely to have a lactose intolerance
- &he inability to comfortably di­
gest the sup!' in milk products -
therefore, Center researchers are
lookin, for ways to addle the
probJan.
Center reaearcla's are c:oocenttat­
iDa OIl fiDdiDa 8Olutioos that can be
applied ;!J'IT"'dj.tely. For example,
wben I1Udyina sickle cell aDemia, a
genetic disease foupd p-edomjDln'�
in the black race, 'We ask the ques­
tion wIw does the patiem need to
eat," says Dr. Enwoowu, "and 'We
have found that patienJs with the dis­
ease have a high energy requirement
with mcee than normal eeeds for pro­
tein and specific amino acids found
in foods such as meat, fish and eggs,"
Raising Nutrition Aware
Community outreach and educ -
tioo is .another imponant elemem of
the Cemer's initiative. The staff is
currently involved in two major
projects in Nashville. One involves'
a study of nutrition among children .
attending day care �mers, the other
tracks 1be effect of nutrition educa­
tion on a roup of black elderly.
Tbese projec1s help raise awareness
of nutrition issues in the community
while allowing tenter researchers to
ptbcr important data.
.. American medical and dental
schools have been producing physi­
cians and dentists with little formal
know1edie of nutrition. and even
less t:I'Ii.ninJ on how dietary panems
can affect blacks and other min0ri­
ties,.. ys Dr. EnwonW\l. '"Tbc re­
sult is that too often they don't
me riJhl questions of their patients. ,
'�t's not easy to cbanae a medical
school· curriculum." DIOIea Dr. David
Satcher, president of Mebarry �
cal Colle . "But. the investmenr thai
Kraft General Foods made here his
had a significant impact on Mebmy.
It has affected the cuniculum of all
four of our schools - mediciae, <leD-
. tty, gradua . aod reaearch
and allied health - aod it· impact­
ing a future geDel'lboo of black beald1
profe . onals."
NEXT: '.IA BtdIJIa«tl DNt -It'.
EMY 10 EAt Betlltlty"
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DAVIDN.
ZIMMERMAN,
PO, FACA.
President
Helpful Hints:
It is c timatcd that about haIf the population doe not take prescribed
medicine properly. Appropriate medicine taking behavior involves cor­
reclly taking the right mcdicin"' at the right time. There are a few things
one should remember when taking tablets and cap ule by mouth:
• Take tablets and cap ule with liquid uch a water or juice.
By H TH L.R
RI
• Swallowing a liquid before Laking tablets/�ap ules lubricate thee opha­
gu and hclps ease the pa age of th medicine LO the tom h.
• If tablets or cap ule' do not go down en i1y, tand up. The puli of gravity
may help move lh medicine into the tomach.
• Swalfow the medicine quickly. Cert4lin coated tablets and cap ule may
tick in the throat unle they come in conta t with adequate amounts of
saliva. This may re ult in choking or blockage ofthe esophagu . Soft fruit
provide a mooth cooting for medicine. Eat a banana if tablets or cap­
ule become lodged in the throat.
• Do not cru h or cut tablets 'or cap ule unle s you fir t talk to th
pharmaci t. Some med,icines lose their eITecti veness when cut or cru hcd.
Service
said.
Smith is also Chairman and
CEO of the Maxima Corporation,
the ninth largest Black busines
in the country which employs
over 1,.000 people in 46 locations
nationwide. The firm specializes
in integrated information
management.
Symposium �peakers and
panelists will include bankers
and other financiers, busines
buy-out specialists, public offi­
cials, successful minority busi­
ness owners, and others.
The Cosmopoli tan Chamber is
the oldest trade association in il­
linois created to assist minority
and small business. For registra­
tion and information about the
Sympos.ium, call (1) (312)786-
0212.
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