Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gbm5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-26T08:10:33.609Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Letter to the Editor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

ARP Walker
ARP Walker
Affiliation:
Human Biochemistry Research Unit, Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology of the University of the Witwatersrand, and the South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel: 011 489 9380 Fax: 011 489 9001 Email: alexw@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letter to the Editor
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 75 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © CABI Publishing 1999

References

1Cox, ND, Anderson, AS, Lean, MEJ, Mela, DJ. UK consumer attitudes, beliefs and barriers to increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. Pub. Health Nutr. 1998; 1: 61–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. Dietary Goals for the United States. Washington DC, US Senate, 1977.Google Scholar
3Peterkin, BB. Dietary guidelines for Americans. J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 1990; 90: 1725–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
4Bingham, S. Dietary aspects of a health strategy for England. Br. Med. J. 1991; 303: 353–5.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5Popkin, BM, Siega-Riz, AM, Haines, PS. A comparison of dietary trends among racial and socioeconomic groups in the United States. N. Engl. J. Med. 1996; 335: 716–20.Google Scholar
6Harnack, L, Block, G, Subar, A, Lane, S. Cancer prevention related nutrition knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of US adults. J. Nutr. Educ. 1998; 30: 131–8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7Anderson, AS, Lean, MEJ, Foster, A, Marshall, D. Ripe for change: fruit and vegetables in Scotland–current patterns and potential for change. Health Bull. 1994; 52: 51–64.Google Scholar
8Cox, DN, Anderson, AS, Reynolds, J, McKellar, S, Lean, MEJ, Mela, DJTake Five, a nutrition education intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intakes: impact on consumer choice and nutrient intakes. Br. J. Nutr. 1998; 80: 123–31.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9Martell, G. Britain needs a policy on diet and low income. Br. Med. J. 1996; 312: 1116–17.Google Scholar
10Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Household Food Consumption and Expenditure, 1990. With a study of trends over the period 1940–1990. Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee. London: HMSO, 1991.Google Scholar
11Wechsler, H, Levine, S, Idelson, RK, Schor, EL, Coakley, E. The physician's role in health promotions revisited–a survey of primary care practitioners. N. Engl. J. Med. 1996; 334: 996–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
12Chapman, S. Doctors who smoke. Br. Med. J. 1995; 311: 142–3.Google Scholar
13Juntunen, J, Asp, S, Olkinuora, M, Aarimaa, M, Kauttu, K. Doctors’ drinking habits and consumption of alcohol. Br. Med. J. 1988; 297: 951–4.Google Scholar
14Key, TJA, Thorogood, M, Appleby, PN, Burr, M. Dietary habits and mortality in 11,000 vegetarians and health conscious people: results of a 17-year follow-up. Br. Med. J. 1996; 313: 775–9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
15Snowdon, DA. Animal product consumption and mortality because of all causes combined, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer in Seventh-Day Adventists. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1988; 48: 739–48.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
16James, WPT, Duthie, GG, Wahle, KWJ. Mediterranean diet: protective or simply non-toxic? Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 1989; 43: 31–42.Google ScholarPubMed
17Thune, I, Brenn, T, Lund, E, Gaard, M. Physical activity and the risk of breast cancer. N. Engl. J. Med. 1997; 336: 1269–75.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
18Kushi, LH, Fee, RM, Folsom, AR, Mink, PJ, Anderson, KE, Sellers, TA. Physical activity and mortality in postmenopausal women. J. Am. Med. Assoc. 1997; 277: 1287–92.Google Scholar
19Doll, R, Peto, R, Wheatley, K, Gray, R, Sutherland, I. Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years’ observation on male British doctors. Br. Med. J. 1994; 309: 901–11.Google Scholar
20Kjaerheim, K, Andersen, A, Helseth, A. Alcohol abstainers: a low-risk group for cancer — a cohort study of Norwegian teetotalers. Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 1993; 2: 93–7.Google Scholar
21Lancet, . Hard sell for health. Lancet 1998; 351: 687.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
22Rayner, M. Vegetables and fruit are good for us so why don't we eat more? Br. J. Nutr. 1998; 80: 119–20.Google Scholar
23Walker, ARP. ‘Public nutrition’: who is listening, responding and acting? Nutr. Res. 1997; 17: 759–73.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
24Bray, GA. Obesity: a time bomb to be defused? Lancet 1998; 352: 160–1.Google Scholar
25McGregor, A. Young Swiss drinkers. Lancet 1995; 345: 1566.CrossRefGoogle Scholar