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Nutritional and metabolic diseases

Editorials

Nutrition surveys or surveillance: one-night stands or a long-term commitment?

Karen L Webb, Ingrid H Rutishauser, Geoffrey C Marks, Gregory Masters and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (5): 248-249

Supplement

Health benefits of herbs and spices: the past, the present, the future

Linda C Tapsell, Ian Hemphill, Lynne Cobiac, David R Sullivan, Michael Fenech, Craig S Patch, Steven Roodenrys, Jennifer B Keogh, Peter M Clifton, Peter G Williams, Virginia A Fazio and Karen E Inge

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (4): S1-S24 Open Access

Viewpoint

The repeating history of objections to the fortification of bread and alcohol: from iron filings to folic acid

Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (12): 638-640 Free

Letters

Are meal replacements an effective clinical tool for weight loss? — a clarification

Garry J Egger

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (11): 591

Editorials

The weight of evidence suggests that soft drinks are a major issue in childhood and adolescent obesity

Timothy P Gill, Anna M Rangan and Karen L Webb

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 263-264

Letters

Declining iodine content of milk and re-emergence of iodine deficiency in Australia

Mu Li, Kay V Waite, Gary Ma and Creswell J Eastman

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 307

Editorials

Are meal replacements an effective clinical tool for weight loss?

Garry Egger

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 52-53

Research

Television viewing habits associated with obesity risk factors: a survey of Melbourne schoolchildren

Jo Salmon, Karen J Campbell and David A Crawford

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 64-67 Free

Clinical update

Nutrition problems in an obesogenic environment

Rosemary A Stanton

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 76-79 Free

History

Mawson and Mertz: a re-evaluation of their ill-fated mapping journey during the 1911–1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition

Denise Carrington-Smith

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 638-641 Free

Lessons from practice

Hypophosphataemia secondary to oral refeeding syndrome in a patient with long-term alcohol misuse

Adrian T Fung and Janet Rimmer

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 324-326 Free

Letters

A potential link between magnesium intake and diabetes in Indigenous Australians

Diane A Longstreet, Deanne L Heath and Robert Vink

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (4): 219-220 Free

Editorials

School canteens: using ripples to create a wave of healthy eating

A Colin Bell and Boyd A Swinburn

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (1): 5-6

Lessons from practice

Visual deterioration in hyperemesis gravidarum

Mervyn D Ferdinands, Janaka Seneviratne and Owen White

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 585-586 Free

Letters

Low-carbohydrate diets in Australia: prevalence and public perceptions

Timothy C Crowe and David Cameron-Smith

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (11): 594-595

Letters

Age-related macular degeneration and its possible prevention

Marc M Cohen

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (6): 310-311

Letters

Age-related macular degeneration and its possible prevention

Ian J Constable

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (6): 310-311

Editorials

Atkins and the new diet revolution: is it really time for regimen change?

Malcolm D Riley and John Coveney

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (10): 526-527

Viewpoint

The obesity epidemic: both energy intake and physical activity contribute

Christina O Stubbs and Amanda J Lee

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 489-491

Medicine and the law

Gardner; re BWV: Victorian Supreme Court makes landmark Australian ruling on tube feeding

Michael A Ashby and Danuta Mendelson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 442-445 Free

Supplement

Effectiveness of complementary and self-help treatments for anxiety disorders

Anthony F Jorm, Helen Christensen, Kathleen M Griffiths, Ruth A Parslow, Bryan Rodgers and Kelly A Blewitt

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): S29 Free

Film review

A counterweight to fast-food advertising

Ann T Gregory

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): 590

Letters

Homocysteine and vitamin status in older people in Perth

Leon A Flicker, Samuel D Vasikaran, Jenny Thomas, John G Acres, Paul E Norman, Konrad Jamrozik, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Peter J Leedman and Osvaldo P Almeida

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (10): 539-540

Editorials

Selenium: does selenium status have health outcomes beyond overt deficiency?

Lynne A Daniels

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (8): 373-374

Research

Trends in selenium status of South Australians

Graham H Lyons, James C R Stangoulis, Lyndon T Palmer, Robin D Graham, Geoffrey J Judson and Janine A Jones

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (8): 383-386 Free