Incidence and outcomes of mental disorders in a regional population: the Northern Rivers Mental Health Study.

Objectives: To estimate the incidence of mental disorders in a cohort of previously symptom-free individuals who are representatives of a regional Australian population. To map changing patterns of diagnosis and comorbidity within the cohort over a 2 year period.

Method: Two year follow-up of a community-based cohort drawn from a telephone screening of 9191 randomly selected adults.

The tooty fruity vegie project: changing knowledge and attitudes about fruits and vegetables.

Objectives: The Tooty Fruity Vegie (TFV) project was a multi-strategic, school-based intervention aimed at preventing the large decline in fruit and vegetable intake that typically starts during primary school.

Methods: During 1999 and 2000, TFV was implemented in 10 volunteer primary schools across the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. Surveys were conducted, in late 2000, with children, parents, teachers and principals across nine intervention and three matched control schools.