Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia articles from March 2005

Nutrition & Dietetics: The Journal of the Dieticians Association of Australia archives from March 2005

From the editor.
March 1, 2005... This first issue of the journal for 2005 brings a strong set of articles on how practice in nutrition and dietetics might be better informed and better implemented. All the articles raise important issues and test realities. Our international...

18th international congress of nutrition 20-23 September 2005, Durban, South Africa: an agenda for the future.(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... One of the many, perhaps main, functions of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS), is to ensure that every four years an international congress of nutrition (ICN) creates a platform or forum for nutrition scientists, academics...

Big frogs in a little pond: individual studies help to fill gaps in Australia's small pond of dietary data.(Leading article)
March 1, 2005... The importance of monitoring the food and nutrient consumption of Australia's population and key subgroups has been highlighted as one of the four priority objectives of Australia's National Food and Nutrition Policy (1) and is a priority...

Meat consumption among 18-month-old children participating in the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study.(Original research)
March 1, 2005... Abstract Objective: To document meat consumption among 18-month-old children, for use in refining population dietary assessment methods and dietary guidance for young children. Design: A secondary analysis of data collected in...

Food, health, the environment and consumers' dietary choices.(Viewpoint)
March 1, 2005... Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine some of the issues that surround food and the environment, particularly conventional and organic agriculture and food distribution, and to look at some of the health implications. It is argued...

Food advertising and broadcasting legislation--a case of system failure?(Viewpoint)
March 1, 2005... Abstract This study analysed a sample of food advertisements shown during 63 hours of children's programming to investigate compliance and non-compliance with one of the Australian Children's Television Standards (CTS): CTS 20.2a. This...

The Queensland School Breakfast Project: a health promoting schools approach.(Original research)
March 1, 2005... Abstract Objective: To determine the efficacy of a breakfast promotion intervention based on Health Promoting Schools processes. Design: Schools were recruited and randomly allocated into intervention (seven schools) or control (six...

Prevalence and documentation of malnutrition in hospitals: a case study in a large private hospital setting.(Original research)
March 1, 2005... Abstract Objectives: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and whether the malnourished participants were being identified and documented as malnourished. To evaluate the impact of poor documentation on financial reimbursement to the...

BDA/HCA seminar on implementation of the Council of Europe recommendations on food and nutritional care in hospitals, London, 3 November 2004.(Conference report)
March 1, 2005... The Council of Europe (COE) is a political organisation, founded in 1949 to reinforce democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and is based in Strasbourg. It has a wider membership than the European Union (EU), with 44 member states...

Complementary medicine.(Continuing education)
March 1, 2005... 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 taken, to the nearest hour, to complete the quiz and any...

Future events.(Calendar)
March 1, 2005... Perspectives in Public Health Nutrition a 2 day Symposium, Australian Public Health Nutrition Academic Collaboration 18-19 April 2005, Canberra. Email: sam.battams@flinders.edu.au. Fax: 08 8204 5693 Association for the Welfare of Child...

Does malnutrition cause dysphagia?(Letter to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... To the Editor: The association between protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) and dysphagia is well recognised--dysphagia, if not managed, can lead to PEM. But can PEM cause dysphagia? We had noted occasional patients with severe malnutrition who...

A matter of fat: Understanding and overcoming obesity in kids.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... A matter of fat: Understanding and overcoming obesity in kids Stanton R, Hills A, University of NSW Press, Sydney, 2004, 180 pages, $24.95, ISBN 0-86840-543-4 There can be no doubt that obesity in children and adolescents has become an...

Eating disorders: A patient centred approach.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Eating disorders: A patient centred approach Berg KM, Hurley DJ, McSherry JA, Stange NE, Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, Abingdon, 2002, 198 pages, $71.14, ISBN 1-85775-922-2 The aims of this book are to describe a patient-focused approach...

Nutritional support for adults and children: a handbook for hospital practice.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Nutritional support for adults and children: a handbook for hospital practice Bowling T (Editor), Radcliffe Medical Press Ltd, Abingdon, 2004, 181 pages, [pounds sterling]24.95, ISBN 1-85775-831-5 This handbook, edited by Dr Tim...

Practical aspects of nutritional support: an advanced practice guide.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Practical aspects of nutritional support: an advanced practice guide Worthington P, Saunders (Elsevier), Philadelphia, 2004, 608 pages, $68.20, ISBN 0-7216-6964-6 Practical aspects of nutritional support: an advanced practice guide is...

Metabolism at a glance. Third edition.(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Metabolism at a glance. Third edition Salway JG. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2004, 125 pages, $55.95, ISBN 1-4051-0716-2 What happened to those vast metabolic maps that used to be on the wall of anyone aspiring to familiarity with...

Books received.
March 1, 2005... Fetal nutrition and adult disease. Second edition Langley-Evans SC editor, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, 2004, 443 pages, [pounds sterling]75, ISBN 0-85199-821-6 Food composition data. Second edition Greenfield H, Southgate DAT,...