In reply: is it time for a trans-Tasman dietetics journal?To the Editor: I was pleased to read the letter by Dr Tim Green Tim Green (born December 16, 1963) is a former defensive end with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, a commentator for National Public Radio, the former host of A Current Affair on Fox, and a best-selling author. and Helen Wallwork in the June 2004 issue of Nutrition & Dietetics dietetics /di·e·tet·ics/ (-iks) the science of diet and nutrition. di·e·tet·ics n. The branch of therapeutics concerned with the practical application of diet in relation to health and disease. . I agree with them that dietitians (and nutritionists) in our two countries should put all our effort into the one journal with the best chance of surviving in the very tough modern world for specialised scientific journals. * Because of the internet, even the biggest journals are struggling. The Lancet now belongs to Elsevier (a Netherlands company) and the BMJ BMJ n abbr (= British Medical Journal) → vom BMA herausgegebene Zeitschrift has given up its book publishing, now taken over by Blackwells. * The former Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, now Nutrition & Dietetics, is a remarkably successful journal. I am on the editorial board of this journal and of its British counterpart (Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics). The Australian journal is better looking and often more interesting. * A couple of years ago the DAA DAA - Distributed Application Architecture: under design by Hewlett-Packard and Sun. A distributed object management environment that will allow applications to be developed independent of operating system, network or windowing system. Board changed the journal's name to Nutrition & Dietetics because they hope and expect to publish papers from beyond Australia. There are Editorial Board members who live in four regional countries, including New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . * In the June 2004 issue of Nutrition & Dietetics there is an editorial by New Zealand writers Writers who have contributed to New Zealand literature include:
* The textbook used by dietetics students in New Zealand and Australia is a joint NZ/Australian publication. All that would need to be done to make the Green/Wallwork proposal a reality is for the University of Otago The University of Otago (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo) in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 20,000 students enrolled during 2006. Department of Human Nutrition (the largest in the southern hemisphere) to send more of its research of Australasian interest to Nutrition & Dietetics. In due course the subtitle of the journal on the cover could, with negotiation, be lengthened to (something like) Journal of Australian and New Zealand Dietetics Associations (with detailed wording for DAA and NZDA NZDA New Zealand Dental Association NZDA New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association NZDA New Zealand Dietetic Association NZDA New Zealand Design Archives NZDA New Zealand Deaf Association on the title page inside). It would not be difficult to increase the number of editorial board members living in New Zealand from the present one to two or more, certaining adding someone in the North Island. I believe Nutrition & Dietetics is ready for more New Zealand input--and that it will be the trans-Tasman dietetics journal sooner rather than later. The idea of local national supplements once a year is brilliant. Professor Stewart Truswell, AO Book Review Editor, Nutrition & Dietetics Honorary Member DAA |
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