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Show PAGE 4 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 197 VALLEY VIEW NEWS Americans Popping Vitamins By The Handfuls Americans are a vitaminpopping people with scant knowledge about either the components of a good diet or the human body's basic nutritional needs, says of University a Utah resear- cher An example of this penchant for vitamins, according to Dr. Maria Hundrup, is illustrated by statistics indicating U.S. citizens consumed enough vitamin C in 1976 to the satisfy requirement of the rest of the world. down vitamins without any understanding of their potential value or lack of value to the human body. The survey indicated that while large numbers of Utah youngsters have had health and or food and cooking classes in high school, few of them have been exposed to ponents and specifications of a diet "Of the 205 students who felt they had learned and knew the components and specifications diet, of a d Hundrup explains, 109 of them simply listed the basic four food groups, 18 were able to list six classes of nutrients 77 were unable to give di.v tvpe of acceptable lie ami an-x.u- T Hundrup says people should be concerned with their protein intake. And they should attempt to limit their intake of fats to 20 to 30 percent of total caloric basic courses in nutrition. The Utah professor will use the information obtained in r the survey of nearly 500 youngsters to help officials of the State Board of Education draft and ima nutrition plement curriculum for the public two-yea- Hundrup, an assistant professor of foods and nutrition, recently completed schools. a study which shows that In the U study, only 9 Utah students enter college percent of 467 Utah high with little, if any, unschool graduates who filled derstanding about nutrition out questionnaires indicated This study reaffirms that they had completed a course no in nutrition. They were consumers have to the all questioned prior to enrolling background judge fallacious material that is in nutrition courses at the U. floating around about the Twenty percent of the value of one vitamin or respondents indicated they another, says the Utah knew the physiological functions of specific nutrients professor. It is fashionable in this and 44 percent claimed country, she adds, to gulp knowledge about the com- - Dan Marriott Demands Moratorium Following the deaths of 12 persons in Utah, possibly related to a faulty, government-orderebraking system on trucks, Congressman Dan Marriott today called for a moratorium on the use of those systems. In doing so, Marriott levelled a verbal attack on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for requiring the computerized systems before they were fully tested. It is inexcusable that a government agency would mandate the use of a potentially hazardous product without working out all the bugs, said Marriott. Twelve lives have been lost in Utah alone and thousands more remain in danger as long as these new brakes are being used. They should be pulled off the trucks immediately and either reworked or thrown away. We cant allow this to continue unchecked, he d said. Marriott said he has drafted a petition for the NHTSA and is now seeking signatures of his colleagues in Congress. He hopes to send the petition to the agency early next week If the agency wont act on its own after our prompting, which is the quickest way, then well ask for Congressional action to prohibit the use of the braking systems until changes are made, he said. The braking system, FMVSS 121, was ordered installed in 1975 on almost all trucks with air brakes. Since then there have been numerous accidents and near accidents related to the components. Truckers and trucking companies acknowledge they are better than ordinary brakes, but they emphasize that the computers have failed thousands of times. Road vibration, CB radios and other electronic emissions can cause complete loss of these brakes. Truckers and manufacturers of the system alike have warned that they dont work right, yet the government continues to require them. That must stop until they quit taking lives and start saving them, concluded Marriott. . g Ski Resorts Hopeful Smile, skiers! There's good reason to wax enthusiastic about Utahs upcoming snow season. In an effort to gather the broadest possible data base to predict snow conditions for the 1977-7ski season, the Utah Ski Consolidation asked Weatherbank, Inc. of Salt Lake City to do a little crystal ball work 8 Weatherbank The predictions are based on interpretations of historical weather patterns. They foretell: Three storms before Thanksgiving and a major storm system between December dropping excellent and abundant snow for Christmas. The period between Christmas and promises good skiing with no storms and cold weather. 15-2- Here snow are some sample depthsI)Y Alta tiiwksgiyinc; Norm 27 Predicted Brighton Norm 19 Predicted CHRISTMAS DAY Alta Norm 44 Predicted Brighton Norm 38 8 46-5- 7 Predicted 39-4- these Naturally, predictions are not infallible says J. Phillip Keene III, but we hope the Weatherbank forecast, coupled with other estimates, bodes well for this year's ski season Keene indicated that the industry anticipates a $40-4million season this year, after losing an estimated $25 million because of last year's drought State Climatologist E. Arlo Richardson adds yet another note of optimisim for Utah skiers and ski industry 5 personnel analysis Based of the last upon an 45 years of record, the driest winter we've had following a winter less than 50 per cent of normal has never been less than 130 per cent of normal, according to Richardson So unless something totally freakish happens, we should have a good ski season." Without advertising, you wouldnt know. J consumption. She concludes with a reminder that a World Health Organization study determined that nutrition is the health. foundation of good But, she says, there enormous is American ignorance toward healthful nutrition. |