Thanks! (Lunch and Learn)
Hey, everyone!
Thanks to all of you who attended the MSBAYA's Lunch and Learn event in Sturbridge on Sunday. It was a great time, and we really appreciate how many of you made the journey to join us. We hope you felt it was worth your while, and would love to hear your comments about the day!
Personally, I realized after the fact that I forgot to thank the members of the MSBA Youth and Adults Committee, who's hard work made the day possible. So, Jen Kuhar, Aimee Shanks, Brandon Shanks, Michele Scaramozza, Robyn Hand and Brendan Sullivan, thanks to all of you for doing such a great job!
Meanwhile, Nicole Knee, the Nutritionist from Shriners Hospital in Springfield, who presented for us Sunday, sent me the information below. It's a chart listing estimated Calorie needs for people with Spina Bifida. (Remember that exercise where you had to figure out your height in inches, convert that to centimeters and then multiply by 7? Well, below are the results of that calculation put into a simple little table.) Hope you all find it helpful and that you're all trying to eat just a little bit healthier! :-)
Cheers!
Cori
Estimated Calorie needs for people with Spina Bifida
- The lower range is for less active people based on 7 cm/kg body weight
- The higher range is for more active people based on 10 cm/kg body weight
| Ht in feet & inches | Calorie range |
| 4' 5" | 942 - 1346 |
| 4' 6" | 960 - 1372 |
| 4' 7" | 978 - 1397 |
| 4' 8" | 996 - 1422 |
| 4' 9" | 1013 - 1448 |
| 4' 10" | 1031 - 1473 |
| 4' 11" | 1049 - 1499 |
| 5' | 1067 - 1524 |
| 5' 1" | 1085 - 1549 |
| 5' 2" | 1102 - 1575 |
| 5' 3" | 1120 - 1600 |
| 5' 4" | 1138 - 1626 |
| 5' 5" | 1156 - 1651 |
| 5' 6" | 1173 - 1676 |
| 5' 7" | 1191 - 1702 |
| 5' 8" | 1209 - 1727 |
| 5' 9" | 1227 - 1753 |
| 5' 10" | 1245 - 1778 |
Here is complete contact information for all three of our speakers from Sunday, including phone numbers, email addresses and organizational web sites:
Nicole Knee, R.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Dietician
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Springfield, MA
Phone: 413-787-2000
Email: mailto:NKnee@shrinenet.org
Shriners Springfield Web Site: http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/springfield/index.html
(Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist)
Northeast Passage
Email: tcarr@maple.unh.edu
Phone: 603-862-0070
Web Site: http://www.nepassage.org
Making Healthy Connections Program Coordinator (Springfield/Western MA)
Partners for Youth with Disabilities (PYD)
Phone: 413-534-4479
Email: snicastro@pyd.org
PYD Web Site: http://www.pyd.org/
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