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Editorials

The right diet—‘sweet as’?

Anne-Thea McGill

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Bariatric surgery: a dilemma for the health system?

Jonathan Foo, Robyn Toomath, S Kusal Wickremesekera, Simon Bann, Richard Stubbs

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Original Articles

Addictive overeating: lessons learned from medical students’ perceptions of Overeaters Anonymous

Ria Schroder, Doug Sellman, Jane Elmslie

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Ethnic-specific body mass index cut-off points for overweight and obesity in girls

J Scott Duncan, Elizabeth K Duncan, Grant Schofield

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Overweight and obesity prevalence among adult Pacific peoples and Europeans in the Diabetes Heart and Health Study (DHAHS) 2002–2003, Auckland New Zealand

Gerhard Sundborn, Patricia A Metcalf, Dudley Gentles, Robert Scragg, Lorna Dyall, Peter Black, Rod Jackson

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Healthier vending machines in workplaces: both possible and effective

Delvina Gorton, Julie Carter, Branko Cvjetan, Cliona Ni Mhurchu

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Viewpoints

Aspartame—facts and fiction

Bernadene Magnuson

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The New Zealand sugar (fructose) fountain: time to turn the tide?

Simon Thornley, Hayden McRobbie, Gary Jackson

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Bariatric surgery: a cutting-edge cure for Type 2 diabetes?

James Coleman, Simon Phillips

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Clinical Correspondence

Preoperative diagnosis of cholecystocolonic fistula on ERCP

John P Rice, Bret J Spier, Anurag Soni

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An unusual presentation of staphylococcal tricuspid valve infective endocarditis

Arindam Pande, Biswadip Ghosh, Shantasil Pain, Rathindra Nath Karmakar, Anirban Ghosh, Sandip Saha

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Medical image. A case of rhinodynia and asthma

Tarek Darwish

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Medical image. Painful foot swellings

Nadir Goksugur, Betul Sereflican, Berna Kılıç, Kutay Ozturan

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Deaths of King Edward VII and Thomas Hocken

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Proceedings

Proceedings of ‘Tinnitus Discovery’: Asia-Pacific Tinnitus Symposium, 11–12 Sept 2009, Auckland, New Zealand

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Australian dust causing respiratory disease admissions in some North Island, New Zealand hospitals

George Cowie, Wade Lawson, Nick Kim

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A new opportunity to eliminate policy incoherence in tobacco control in New Zealand

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Tony Blakely, Richard Edwards

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The extent of YouTube videos with smoking and smokefree words

Lucy Elkin, George Thomson

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In defence of Linda Bryder's book A History of the 'Unfortunate Experiment' at National Women's Hospital

Helen Overton

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The legacy of Sir Charles Hercus

Duncan Adams

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Medicolegal

Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal – Professional Misconduct (Med08/102P)

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Obituary

James Fraser Warwick Macky

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Notices

Graham Aitken Nuffield Medical Postgraduate Travelling Scholarship

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Medical Benevolent Fund

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