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Vol 126 No 1386: 22 November 2013

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Therapeutic options in the management of obesity [review article]

Richard W Carroll, Rosemary M Hall, Amber Parry-Strong, John M Wilson, Jeremy D Krebs

Over 1 in 4 New Zealand adults now classify as obese, while nearly 2 in 3 adults are overweight. In this article we look at the treatment options to achieve weight loss, with a focus on changes to diet and exercise that are fundamental to any weight loss program. We also review the available medications to aid weight loss, and discuss the role of weight loss (bariatric) surgery which is increasingly recognised as an effective method of achieving weight loss in appropriate people.

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Improving the New Zealand dairy industry’s contribution to local and global wellbeing: the case of infant formula exports

Judith A Galtry

This article looks at some of the high profile dairying incidents in recent years and questions whether NZs dairy industry is also undermining global best practice infant feeding practices through massive infant formula export marketing. I argue that while there is support for increased trade and exports, there are few voices promoting global infant health. Discussion is needed on this issue by the NZ public health community.

SUMMARY

Long-term outcomes in gastric bypass patients with and without type 2 diabetes—Waitemata District Health Board experience

Annika H L Lam, David D W Kim, Rick Cutfield, Cameron Walker, Michael Booth

Gastric bypass surgery is effective in achieving substantial weight loss over the medium to long term. Approximately 60% of patients with diabetes also become diabetes-free after surgery. However, some can have recurrence of diabetes despite initial resolution. Therefore, it is important to have regular testing for diabetes even after bariatric surgery.

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Patient-reported outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery in a public hospital: use of the Breast-Q questionnaire

Ryan Cha, Estelle Barnes, Michelle B Locke

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and a proportion of women who have a mastectomy for breast cancer choose to undergo reconstruction. The success (or otherwise) of breast reconstruction is most appropriately assessed by the patients themselves, rather than by the surgeons. The BreastQ is a quality of life questionnaire completed by breast reconstruction patients to provide meaningful outcome data from the patients perspective. We have administered this questionnaire to patients undergoing breast reconstruction in a busy public hospital plastic surgery department. Overall, our results show global patient satisfaction with outcomes, regardless of the type or timing of the reconstructive surgery.

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The Canterbury Charity Hospital: facing the challenge of unmet need in healthcare

Murray Pfeifer

A glucose meter evaluation co-designed with both health professional and consumer input

Harmony Thompson, Huan Chan, Florence J Logan, Helen F Heenan, Lynne Taylor, Chris Murray, Christopher M Florkowski, Christopher M A Frampton, Helen Lunt

Missed tobacco tax revenue from ‘foreign’ packs in New Zealand: results from a discarded pack collection study

Anna Marshall, Richard Edwards, Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Jo Peace

Therapeutic options in the management of obesity [review article]

Richard W Carroll, Rosemary M Hall, Amber Parry-Strong, John M Wilson, Jeremy D Krebs

An unusual case of melaena

Judy Huang, Robert Cunliffe

Angiostrongylus meningitis associated with intraparenchymal cerebral haemorrhage

Nikola Lilic, Ben Addison

Pure red cell aplasia associated with recombinant erythropoietin: a case report and brief review of the literature

M Atif Mohd Slim, Riaz Shaik

Improving the New Zealand dairy industry’s contribution to local and global wellbeing: the case of infant formula exports

Judith A Galtry

Proceedings of the Rhise Group Symposium, Friday 22 November 2013

Proceedings of the 220th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Wednesday 6 November 2013

Obesity revisited, yet again

Jim I Mann, Kirsten J Coppell

50th anniversary of the modern use of intravenous regional anaesthesia

Penelope Jeffery

Long-term outcomes in gastric bypass patients with and without type 2 diabetes—Waitemata District Health Board experience

Annika H L Lam, David D W Kim, Rick Cutfield, Cameron Walker, Michael Booth

Drowning terminology: not what it used to be

Peter Jones, Kevin Moran, Jonathon Webber

A link between air pollution and heart failure

Editorial: dyspepsia or indigestion (part 2)

The elderly locum

Roger M Ridley-Smith

Helmet use by skiers and snowboarders in New Zealand

Andrew Gilbey, Kawtar Tan

Leading the way with a health research repository

Emma Tumilty

Portal vein thrombosis as a complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

Robert Lopez, Richard Flint

Patient-reported outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery in a public hospital: use of the Breast-Q questionnaire

Ryan Cha, Estelle Barnes, Michelle B Locke

SUMMARY

Therapeutic options in the management of obesity [review article]

Richard W Carroll, Rosemary M Hall, Amber Parry-Strong, John M Wilson, Jeremy D Krebs

Over 1 in 4 New Zealand adults now classify as obese, while nearly 2 in 3 adults are overweight. In this article we look at the treatment options to achieve weight loss, with a focus on changes to diet and exercise that are fundamental to any weight loss program. We also review the available medications to aid weight loss, and discuss the role of weight loss (bariatric) surgery which is increasingly recognised as an effective method of achieving weight loss in appropriate people.

SUMMARY

Improving the New Zealand dairy industry’s contribution to local and global wellbeing: the case of infant formula exports

Judith A Galtry

This article looks at some of the high profile dairying incidents in recent years and questions whether NZs dairy industry is also undermining global best practice infant feeding practices through massive infant formula export marketing. I argue that while there is support for increased trade and exports, there are few voices promoting global infant health. Discussion is needed on this issue by the NZ public health community.

SUMMARY

Long-term outcomes in gastric bypass patients with and without type 2 diabetes—Waitemata District Health Board experience

Annika H L Lam, David D W Kim, Rick Cutfield, Cameron Walker, Michael Booth

Gastric bypass surgery is effective in achieving substantial weight loss over the medium to long term. Approximately 60% of patients with diabetes also become diabetes-free after surgery. However, some can have recurrence of diabetes despite initial resolution. Therefore, it is important to have regular testing for diabetes even after bariatric surgery.

SUMMARY

Patient-reported outcomes following breast reconstruction surgery in a public hospital: use of the Breast-Q questionnaire

Ryan Cha, Estelle Barnes, Michelle B Locke

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and a proportion of women who have a mastectomy for breast cancer choose to undergo reconstruction. The success (or otherwise) of breast reconstruction is most appropriately assessed by the patients themselves, rather than by the surgeons. The BreastQ is a quality of life questionnaire completed by breast reconstruction patients to provide meaningful outcome data from the patients perspective. We have administered this questionnaire to patients undergoing breast reconstruction in a busy public hospital plastic surgery department. Overall, our results show global patient satisfaction with outcomes, regardless of the type or timing of the reconstructive surgery.

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