Table of contents

Original articles

• WHO guidelines for severe malnutrition: are they feasible in rural African hospitals? (2 May, 2006)

  Nadina Karaolis, Debra Jackson, Ann Ashworth, David Sanders, Nonzwakazi Sogaula, David McCoy, Mickey Chopra, Claire Schofield
• Sleep-disordered breathing in overweight and obese children and adolescents: prevalence, characteristics and the role of fat distribution (13 October, 2006) Free

  Stijn L Verhulst, Nancy Schrauwen, Dominique Haentjens, Bert Suys, Raoul P Rooman, Luc Van Gaal, Wilfried A De Backer, Kristine N Desager
• Prevalence of asthma among schoolchildren in Patras, Greece: four questionnaire surveys during 1978–2003 (9 November, 2006)

  Michael B Anthracopoulos, Evangelos Liolios, Demosthenes B Panagiotakos, Katerina Triantou, Kostas N Priftis
• Effects of dietary management of phenylketonuria on long-term cognitive outcome (26 October, 2006)

  Shelley Channon, Galya Goodman, Sally Zlotowitz, Caroline Mockler, Philip J Lee
• Barriers to education of overseas doctors in paediatrics: a qualitative study in South Yorkshire (25 August, 2006)

  J Mahajan, P Stark
• Overweight, family history of diabetes and attending schools of lower academic grading are independent predictors for metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents (6 November, 2006)

  Risa Ozaki, Qing Qiao, Gary W K Wong, Michael H M Chan, Wing-Yee So, Peter C Y Tong, C S Ho, Gary Tin-Choi Ko, Alice P S Kong, Christopher W K Lam, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Juliana C N Chan
• Role of home visiting in improving parenting and health in families at risk of abuse and neglect: results of a multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation (26 October, 2006)

  Jane Barlow, Hilton Davis, Emma McIntosh, Patricia Jarrett, Carole Mockford, Sarah Stewart-Brown
• Short-term mortality and implementation of antiretroviral treatment for critically ill HIV-infected children in a developing country (2 May, 2006)

  C Cowburn, M Hatherill, B Eley, J Nuttall, G Hussey, L Reynolds, Z Waggie, L Vivian, A Argent