Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia articles from June 2003

Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia archives from June 2003

A sponsor's profile: Sanitarium.(Interview)
June 1, 2003... Dr Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Editor of Nutrition & Dietetics, recently asked the following questions of Tris Guy, Senior Dietitian, Sanitarium Nutrition Service N&D: Can you tell us about the resources you have developed for dietitians...

From the editor.
June 1, 2003... This issue of the Journal is laden with good reading. We begin with an article in the currently most talked about area of nutrition, childhood obesity. Denney-Wilson and colleagues have published the process of development of the Australian...

The Journal: a mirror for dietetics and dietitians. (Editorial).
June 1, 2003... It is often said that to predict the future we should study the past and to know where we are headed we should see from whence we have come. Recently, I had cause to reflect on where nutrition and dietetics has come from in the past 25 years...

Television and food advertising: an international health threat to children? (Leading Article).
June 1, 2003... Obesity is now considered one of the primary child health problems in industrialised countries (1,2). Over the past few decades, obesity rates have increased two to threefold in most developed countries (1,2). As a result of these trends, rates...

Development of the Australian standard definition of child/adolescent overweight and obesity. (Original Research).
June 1, 2003... Abstract The development of a standard definition of child and adolescent overweight and obesity for inclusion in the Australian National Health Data Dictionary is part of a strategy to address the growing prevalence of obesity among young...

Television food advertising: counterproductive to children's health? A content analysis using the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. (Original Research).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Objective: To undertake a content analysis of the types of foods advertised during programs, which have particular appeal to children and in timeslots where children are likely to be watching television and to assess conformity...

In the shadow of the volcanoes: the impact of intervention on the nutrition and health status of Rwandan refugee children in Zaire two years on from the exodus. (Original Research).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Objective: To evaluate the public health and nutritional situation of refugee children in Katale camp, Eastern Zaire, after two years of nutritional and health intervention from 1994 to 1996. Design: Cross-sectional survey...

Nutrition issues associated with spinal muscular atrophy. (Review).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the more common genetic conditions, with one in 40 people being carriers of the gene. Much research has been conducted into genetic identification and classification of this group of...

Osteoarthritis: is more attention to nutritional health required? (Original Research).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Objective: To describe the nutritional health of a sample of older adults with osteoarthritis, and to determine whether the sample had received or were interested in formal nutrition advice. Design: Descriptive cross-sectional...

Current popular ergogenic aids used in sports: a critical review. (Review Paper).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Many athletes make extensive use of ergogenic aids in the hope that they can favourably affect athletic performance and increase lean body mass. Supplementation with creatine, glutamine, camitine, leucine and its metabolite...

Functional foods from the dietetic perspective in Malaysia. (Viewpoint).
June 1, 2003... Abstract The area of functional foods and nutraceuticals is still actively being researched. In Malaysia, the definition of functional foods is still inconclusive. However, direct selling outlets throughout the nation are flooded with...

Eating and pumping: evaluating the nutrition service of the insulin pump clinic at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. (Insight: Original Research).
June 1, 2003... Abstract Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a nutrition information session in an insulin pump clinic in improving knowledge and food choices, and to assess patient satisfaction with the session. Design: An eight-part...

Conference reports.
June 1, 2003... 24th ESPEN (European Society of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition) Congress Patient's Progress--The Journey from Science to Practice, Glasgow, Scotland, 31 August--A September 2002 Almost 3000 delegates from around the world assembled in...

9th Asian Congress of Nutrition: Nutrition Goals for Asia--Vision 2020, New Delhi, India, 23-27 February 2003.
June 1, 2003... The first Asian Congress of Nutrition (ACN) took place in Hyderabad, India in 1971. With the subsequent establishment of the Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies (FANS), ACN has been held regularly once every four years in various Asian...

Continuing education.
June 1, 2003... Thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and biotin Continuing education and the APD program This quiz is an ideal activity for APD members to include in your CPD log, where it relates to personal learning goals. Record the time...

Sports nutrition. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Maughan RJ, Burke LM, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2002, 187 pages, $88.00, ISBN 0-632-05814-5 The nutritional management of athletes has increasingly become a normal and important part of training and competition. The science of sports...

Nutritional biochemistry. Second edition. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... Brady T, Academic Press, San Diego, 1999, 1006 pages, $195.25, ISBN 0-12-134836-9 This book deals with the metabolic basis of nutrition. After the introductory overviews of biochemical and physiological principles, a series of chapters...

New products.
June 1, 2003... New products Dairy Composition Per 200 g serve Per 100 g NESTLE ALL...