Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia articles from March 2002

Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia archives from March 2002

A sponsor's profile: Nestle.(Interview)
March 1, 2002... Dr Margaret Allman-Farinelli, Editor of Nutrition & Dietetics, recently asked the following questions of Anne Hughes, Director Nutrition Division, Nestle Oceania. N&D: What are the new ventures in nutrition for Nestle that you would like...

From the editor.
March 1, 2002... Welcome to the first issue of our Journal published under its new name Nutrition & Dietetics, the Journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia. This will be a very exciting year for the Journal. As you can see we have a new cover. I hope...

Evidence-based nutrition. (Editorial).
March 1, 2002... Evidence-based medicine is one of the concepts that built up in the 1990s, along with problem-based learning in medical schools, government insistence on proved efficacy on new pharmaceuticals, and the growth of clinical epidemiology. The...

Breaking new horizons--issues for research in the practice setting. (Leading Article).
March 1, 2002... (See paper by Daniels, page 29-37) This leading article builds on the debate from the last DAA Conference, of which Lynne Daniels' Lecture in Honour of Una Venn Brown was a part. Her paper 'A bright future for dietitians--where is the...

Dietary intake of older Victorians.
March 1, 2002... Abstract Objectives: To describe the nutrient intake of Victorians aged 44 years and older and to compare this intake with recommended levels. Design: Cluster stratified sampling was employed to enable recruitment of subjects by...

Direct patient contacts of dietetic students during their final clinical placement.
March 1, 2002... Abstract Direct student-patient contacts, during the professional clinical placement of a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics course, were collected and analysed for the first time using a computerised method. In the final eight-week hospital...

A problem-based approach to clinical education in dietetics.
March 1, 2002... Abstract. Developing the clinical skills and knowledge of dietetic students provides a challenge for both universities and health care agencies. Deakin University has recently adopted a group learning model using problem-based learning to...

Lecture in Honour of Ms Una Venn-Brown Dietitians Association of Australia Oration for 2001: a bright future for dietitians--where is the evidence?
March 1, 2002... Abstract This paper was first presented as the Lecture in Honour, Dietitians Association of Australia Oration for 2001, at the 20th National Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) Conference in May 2001 to pay tribute to the outstanding...

Nutrient intake and anthropometric characteristics of adolescent Greek swimmers.
March 1, 2002... Abstract Objective: To examine the anthropometric characteristics and nutrient intakes of adolescent swimmers in Greece. Design: Anthropometric measurements were taken by two trained dietitians during the training season. Weighed...

Working with private partner organisations to address public health nutrition issues--a case study. (Insight).
March 1, 2002... Abstract Objective: This paper describes a partnership between the Queensland Division of the National Heart Foundation of Australia and a large catering company. Specifically, it aims to assess the success of the partnership and to...

Nutrition labelling--the DAA perspective. (Conference Paper).
March 1, 2002... (Nutr Diet 2002;59:48-51) Introduction Australians are privileged to have an enormous choice of foods, more than ever before. With our increasingly complex and full lives less time is being devoted to home cooking and the food industry...

Australian food science 2 *: 1940 to 1970--some personal recollections. (Retrospective).
March 1, 2002... In a recent visit to the Science Museum in South Kensington, London, I found myself looking at a laboratory from the 1890s. It was in essence the laboratory I had walked into when I joined Kraft Walker Cheese Co from university in 1938. The...

Continuing education.
March 1, 2002... Obesity in adults Introduction Despite the efforts of health professionals and the increase in focus on the treatment of obesity, little progress has been made in curbing this chronic disease. In 1997 The World Health Organization...

The Principles of Metabolic Fitness. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Smith R, Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2001, 180 pages, $22.95, ISBN 0-7344-0099-3 There is always some trepidation in picking up a book on fitness by a young new author. Through years of experience one comes to expect a wide range of...

Manual of dietetic practice. Third edition. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Thomas B, editor, Blackwell Science, London, 2001, 758 pages, $210.10. ISBN 0-632-05524-3. This Manual of Dietetic Practice was first published in 1988 and had to be reprinted. The second edition (1994) was reprinted seven times! This is...

Nutrition in the Infant: Problems and Practical Procedures. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Preedy V, Grimble G, Watson R, editors, Greenwich Medical Media, London, 447 pages, $299.20, ISBN 1-90015-162-6 This textbook, according to the first editor, covers the facets of nutrition and nutritional therapy for infants and it is...

The Jewish Diabetes Cookbook. (Book Reviews).
March 1, 2002... Gross B-R, Sally Milner Publishing, Bowral, NSW 2001, 128 pages, $29.95, ISBN 1-86351-270-5 The Jewish religion, like many other religions, places great emphasis on food, both on a daily and traditional basis at festivals. The food laws...

Books received.(Bibliography)
March 1, 2002... HACCP at a glance Cassianos C, Mortimore S, Wallace C, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2001, 136 pages, $70.40, ISBN 0-632-05648-7 Adverse reactions to food Buttriss J, Blackwell Science for the British Nutrition Foundation, Oxford,...