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

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

A sponsor's profile: Dairy Australia.(Interview)
September 1, 2003... Associate Professor Linda Tapsell, Editor of Nutrition & Dietetics, recently asked the following questions of Janine Cornel, Dietitian--Health and Education, Dairy Australia N&D: What is Dairy Australia? Dairy Australia: On 1 July...

From the editor.
September 1, 2003... This is my first issue as Editor of the Journal, and as I take the baton from Margaret Allman-Farinelli I draw on her parting words. In the last issue Margaret suggests we look back from whence we came to get a clear view of where we are going....

Multiprofessional education--a future focus in dietetics education?(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... The last decade has seen the rise of multiprofessional teams (1) and the introduction of multiprofessional education programs. These aim to introduce students to the skills and expertise of other professions during the learning process, with...

Limitations in the use of the NNS data.(National Nutrition Survey )
September 1, 2003... (See paper by Cobiac et al., pages 152-173) The information collected in a national dietary survey is a compromise between the ideal and the feasible. The United Kingdom national dietary survey collects seven days of weighed food records...

Blinded by science: The National Heart Foundation of Australia's position statement on dietary fat and overweight/obesity.
September 1, 2003... (see pages 174-176) There can be no doubt that the problem of overweight and obesity has now become one of the most important public health issues for Australia. Figures from the 1999-2000 AusDiab study indicate that the prevalence of...

Sugars in the Australian diet: results from the 1995 National Nutrition Survey.(Original research)
September 1, 2003... Introduction Sugars have been a part of our diet for thousands of years, being present in fruits, milk products, vegetables, grains and honey. Sugars are well appreciated for providing sweetness and pleasantness to foods and can be...

National Heart Foundation of Australia position statement on dietary fat and overweight/obesity.
September 1, 2003... Key words: dietary fat, overweight, obesity, energy balance, energy density The National Heart Foundation of Australia's (NHFA) review of the relationship between dietary fat and cardiovascular disease (CVD) while finding good evidence of...

Survey of dietetic management of overweight and obesity and comparison with best practice criteria.(Original research)
September 1, 2003... Introduction Overweight and obesity are serious health issues affecting over 50% of Australian adults and up to 25% of Australian children (1-3). Obesity contributes to over four percent of the overall burden of disease in Australia, (4)...

Evaluation of a tool for rating popular diet books.(Original research)
September 1, 2003... Introduction The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide (1). In 1999-2000 the AusDiab study estimated that 60% of Australians aged 25 years or more were overweight or obese, with significant increases over the past 20 years (2)....

The arrival of Mediterranean recipes and food in Australian magazines.(Original research)
September 1, 2003... Introduction As part of our research on food habits (1), we have focussed on Mediterranean diet(s) in Australia. We collected information on food habits from different individual immigrants from 17 Mediterranean countries (2). We have...

Competency development in public health nutrition: reflections of advanced level practitioners in Australia.(Original research)
September 1, 2003... Introduction The launch in 2001 of Eat Well Australia, the ten-year national agenda for action for public health nutrition in Australia, provided a mandate for accelerated workforce development in public health nutrition under its...

Food regulation.(Continuing education)
September 1, 2003... 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)
September 1, 2003... The 8th ASEAN Food Conference Cooperation and Integration for Development 8-11 October 2003, Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi, Vietnam. Contact: General Secretary Dr Nguyen Kim Vu. Email: phti@hn.vm.vn Dietitians Association of...

Discovering nutrition.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Discovering nutrition is an interesting, well presented book that would be a useful resource for students and teachers of nutrition and an addition to libraries accessed by them. The primary target audience is students of nutrition in North...

Foodwatch A to Z.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... This little handbook by well known author Catherine Saxelby is based on material on her web site. It states as its purpose '(it) defines common nutritional terms and lists allergens, antioxidants, culprit chemicals, functional foods and more'....

The Down syndrome nutrition handbook.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... This manual was written to guide parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters of a child, adolescent or adult with Down syndrome as well as health professionals, teachers and anyone else who knows someone with Down syndrome and wants to know...

Of interest from the journals.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2003... Adolescent nutrition Neumark-Sztainer D, Hannan PJ, Story M, Croll J, Perry C. Family meal patterns: Associations with sociodemographic characteristics and improved dietary intake among adolescents. J Am Diet Assoc 2003;103;317-22 ...