Selected articles from the SAJCN in 2000

NOVEMBER 2000

The Mentally Disabled - a responsibility and a challenge
An editorial by ML Marais and D Labadarios

Nutritional status of patients in a long-stay hospital for people with mental handicap - C Molteno, I Smit, J Mills, J Huskisson
Are patients in institutions for the mentally handicapped malnourished? This study looks at their nutrition, with emphasis on certain micronutrients.

Fibre in enteral nutrition - Ceri J Green
Fibre - friend or foe? An in-depth look at the pros and cons of dietary fibre.

International and National feedback from ADSA - from a variety of people in the know!
What's up on the international scene, and what's happening in SA!

AUGUST 2000

The nutrition situation in Uganda
An editorial by H Bachou

An evaluation of the effectiveness of nutrition advisers in three rural areas of Norther Province - R Ladzani, MNutr, N P Steyn, PhD, J H Nel, PhD
An evaluation of a programme that was aimed at improving the nutrition knowledge and dietary practices of women in a rural area in the Northern Province of South Africa

Nutritional status and dental caries in a large sample of 4- and 5-year-old South African children - P Cleaton-Jones, Ruth Sinwell, Mirriam Mogotsi et al.
Why do our children get caries? Is it really the food we eat?

Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity of low-birth-weight neonates - Anna Coutsoudis, Miriam Adhikari, Kibendran Pillay, Louise Kuhn, Hoosen M Coovadia
Can we overcome the high morbidity associated with prematurity and low birth weight?

FEBRUARY 2000

ADSA enters the new millennium with the SAJCN as its official publication - An editorial by Liesbet Koornhof
The Association for Dietetics in South Africa joins the South African Journal of Clinicial Nutrition

SAJCN set to serve a wider sector of nutrition professionals - An editorial by D Labadarios
The South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition welcomes the Association for Dietetics in South Africa

Obesity: The new pill - Any practicable improvements? - An editorial by ARP Walker
Is there really a magic bullet?

An income-generating community-based nutrition project for rural women - J S Brits, PhD, et al.
How to make bread!

Position statement on the dietary management of people with sydlipidaemia - Association for Dietetics in Southern Africa (ADSA)
This position statement is based on the scientific information summarised in The Effect of Diet on Lipid Metabolism: Technical Report, 1999. 1

Last updated: 17-Feb-2004