SAJCN for 2001

SEPTEMBER 2001

Contents page (pdf format, 43 kb)

NEWS
New Nutrition Director, ITANA 2002, American Nutrition Week, Soya literature summary out (pdf format, 37 kb)

EDITORIAL
The glycaemic index - Renee Blaauw (pdf format, 34 kb)

Childhood nutrition and malnutrition in Nigeria - Delena A Adelekan (pdf format, 92 kb)

ARTICLES
The glycaemic index of indigenous South African foods - Xikombiso G Mbhenyane, Christine S Venter, Hester H Vorster, HS Steyn (pdf format, 88 kb)

Food security - an update for health professionals - NP Steyn, R Abercrombie, D Labadarios (pdf format, 91 kb)

Computer-aided learning in disadvantaged communities in the Southern Cape and Karoo - a nutrition education initiative - I Venter, D Marais, R de Muynk, A Shedden (pdf format, 69 kb)

CPD QUESTIONNAIRES

ABSTRACTS
8th Biennial Congress of the South African Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 25 - 27 September 2001 (pdf format, 67 kb)

LETTER
I want to be a good mother - Marlinie Kotiah (pdf format, 37 kb)

NESTLE COMPETITION

ADSA DIRECTORS

MAY 2001

The National food consumption survey, 1999 - Alexander R P Walker
An overview of this outstanding survey of nutrition in South African children aged 1 to 9 years.
In the "open debate" section we also discuss controversies surrounding the Food-Based Dietary Guidelines published in a recent issue.

The National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS) - Children aged 1 - 9 years, South Africa, 1999
Editor: D Labadarios. Supported by: N Steyn, E Maunder, U MacIntyre, R Swart, G Gericke, J Huskisson, A Dannhauser, H H Vorster, A E Nesamvuni
The report in summary.

Fortifying SA Maize with Vitamin A - A feasibility study! - MK Hendricks et al.
Although fortification is feasible, the food vehicle is open to debate .. or is it?

Hygiene and health-seeking behaviours of households as predictors of nutritional insecurity among preschool children in urban slums in Ethiopia - the case of Addis Ababa - Gugsa Abate, Wambui Kogi-Makau, Nelson M Muroki

FEBRUARY 2001

South African food-based dietary guidelines - guidelines for whom?
An editorial by - D Labadarios, N P Steyn

South African food-based dietary guidelines: Testing of the preliminary guidelines among women in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape - P Love, E Maunder, M Green, F Ross, J Smale-Lovely, K Charlton
Do the SA dietary guidelines make sense?

The effect of exercise on bone mineral density in premenopausal female athletes compared with non- athletes - H Voster jun., C S Venter, G J A Beetge, H S Steyn
Is vigorous exercise (and loss of fat) bad for bones?

Recommendations for an educational programme to improve consumer knowledge of and attitudes towards nutritional information on food labels - D J Anderson, D J Coertze
Do consumers know what they are reading on food labels?