Volume 54 Number 4 December 1997

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	Editorial What the Commonwealth Government does for public health nutrition
Leading article
	Affordability of a healthy diet for low income families: re-addressing the issues Food Cent$—achieving a balanced diet on a limited food budget Ruth M. Foley, Christina M. Pollard, Delys J. McGuiness
	A content analysis of food advertisements in television for Australian children Jan M. Hill, Kathy L. Radimer
	Nutrient intake of Vietnamese-Australians living in South Western Sydney Jo Mitchell, Cathryn Finney Lamb, Michael Fahey, Christopher Rissel
	The influence of branched-chain amino acids on the glycaemic and insulin responses to a glucose solution consumed at rest David Jenkins, Greg Jordan, Ben Desbrow, Christopher Barnett
	Development of a simulated Australian diet for adults which may have use as a research tool Karen Z. Walker, Anne Birkett, Zhong Xian Lu, Gwyn Jones, Kerin O’Dea, Jane G. Muir
	The bread of the 21st century. The First Jo Rogers Memorial Oration Trevor C. Beard
	Conference report 16th International Congress of Nutrition, Montreal, Quebec, 27 July to 1 August 1997
	Obituaries Elisabeth Nancy Owles Caroline Nancy Cats
	Letters to the Editor Viewpoint article: definitions and conceptual framework for public health and community nutrition The core food groups
	Book reviews Multidisciplinary approaches to food choice Nutrition research reviews 1996. Volume 9 ACE program. Actually changing eating Index of volume 54 (1997)
	Supplement Does red meat cause cancer? Peter Baghurst, Sally Record, Julie Syrette S1–S44