Survey of antimicrobial stewardship practices in public hospitals in New Zealand district health boards.

Aims: To determine what antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) practices exist in New Zealand public hospitals.

Methods: A quantitative survey based on recommended components of hospital AMS programmes was sent to the 20 DHBs in June 2016.

Results: Ten of the 20 DHBs had an AMS committee, nine had dedicated AMS pharmacist full-time equivalents (FTEs) and eight had lead clinician FTEs.

Who consumed 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001?

Objective: The aim of the study was to describe who ate 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day ('compliers') in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001.

Design: We used data from the Dietary and Nutritional Surveys of British Adults. Each is a nationally representative dietary survey using 7 d weighed food records for men and women, aged 16-64 years, living in private households in Great Britain in 1986-1987 and in 2000-2001.

Dietary patterns among a national sample of British children aged 1 1/2-4 1/2 years.

Objective: Using a nationally representative sample, to identify groups among British children aged 1 1/2-4 1/2 years who report similar patterns of diet.

Design: Nationally representative dietary survey, using 4 d weighed dietary records, of girls and boys aged 1 1/2-4 1/2 years living in private households in Great Britain in 1992-1993. Cluster analysis was used to aggregate individuals into diet groups.

Epidemiology of undernutrition in adults in Dhaka slum households, Bangladesh.

Objectives: To identify socioeconomic, demographic and environmental factors that predict undernutrition in adults in a Dhaka slum population.

Design: A panel survey, conducted between 1995 and 1997. A random sample of households was selected.

Factors affecting nutritional status in female adults in Dhaka slums, Bangladesh.

This study looks at women from the slums in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where 54 percent of women's BMI was less than 18.5. Fifty percent of the Dhaka slum population lived below the poverty line.