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UNIKEN
Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Fix this textNo. 170 (No. 9 of 1983)
Fix this textPublished fortnightly by the Public Affairs Unit
Fix this textRegistered by Australian Post Publication No. NBF 4388
Fix this text17 June 1983
Fix this textBehaviour
Fix this textkey to
Fix this textheart
Fix this textdisease
Fix this textA major study in
Fix this textUNSW's School of Psy-
Fix this textchology has found that
Fix this textchanges in a person's
Fix this textbehaviour are the key to
Fix this textreducing the major risk
Fix this textfactors of contracting
Fix this textcoronary heart disease.
Fix this textAccording to the World
Fix this textHealth Organisation, cor-
Fix this textonary heart disease is the
Fix this textprimary cause of death
Fix this textand disability in most
Fix this textwesternized countries.
Fix this textOver a 12-month period, 75
Fix this textpeople (18 female, 57 male) who
Fix this textparticipated in the study achieved
Fix this textsignificant reductions in the stan-
Fix this textdard risk factors, including weight,
Fix this textblood pressure and fat levels, and
Fix this textalso showed dramatic improvements
Fix this textin their level of aerobic fitness.
Fix this textProfessor Syd Lovibond and Dr
Fix this textPeter Birrell say that intervention prior
Fix this textto clinical evidence of coronary heart
Fix this textdisease is generally regarded as the only
Fix this texteffective method of controlling its
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Fix this textTheir study has found that coronary
Fix this textrisk factors can be partially or even
Fix this texttotally corrected through appropriate
Fix this textchanges in lifestyle patterns of 'high
Fix this textrisk' individuals.
Fix this textThe behavioural changes which
Fix this textcarry evidence of reducing coronary
Fix this textheart disease risk include the cessation of
Fix this textsmoking, adjusting dietary intake to
Fix this textkeep weight down, reducing salt intake
Fix this textaimed at reducing blood pressure, and
Fix this textadopting regularaerobicexercise', Profes-
Fix this textsor Lovibond says. He describes aerobic
Fix this textexercise as that which makes the heart
Fix this textwork hard enough to increase the flow
Fix this textof oxygen to the body's tissues.
Fix this text'The last decade saw a number of
Fix this textlarge scale programs designed to change
Fix this textbehaviours associated with coronary
Fix this textheart disease risk', he says, 'But despite
Fix this texttheir enormous cost, they were uniformly
Fix this textdisappointing.'
Fix this textProfessor Lovibond says one such
Fix this texttype of program 'screened' large num-
Fix this textbers of adults on their coronary risk
Fix this textfactors, providing them with feedback
Fix this textc their risk profile and referring 'at
Fix this textrisk' individuals to health education
Fix this textcampaigns to correct their living patterns.
Fix this textProfessor Lovibond and Dr Birrell
Fix this textsay their study grew out of an interest
Fix this textin finding ways to make people change
Fix this texttheir lifestyle and therefore reduce their
Fix this textlikelihood of heart disease.
Fix this textAfter studying the problem in
Fix this text1978, they identified the fundamental
Fix this textweaknesses of earlier programs as princi-
Fix this textpally due to an emphasis on trying to
Fix this textalter people’s attitudes about those
Fix this textelements of lifestyle which placed them
Fix this textat risk.
Fix this text'Everyone knows that attitude
Fix this textchange does not equate with behavioural
Fix this textcomponents', Dr Birrell says. 'The addic-
Fix this texttive components don't change despite
Fix this textthe fact that a person may have an intel-
Fix this textligent attitude to the risks of smoking,
Fix this textfor example.'
Fix this textProfessor Lovibond and Dr Birrell
Fix this textsay they became aware that a lot of
Fix this textpeople thought the risk of contracting
Fix this textcoronary heart disease increased with
Fix this textage.
Fix this text'Contrary to popular belief, this is
Fix this textnot true', they say. 'The problem is one
Fix this textof lifestyle. Habit patterns, which in
Fix this textmost cases have been laid down at very
Fix this textearly ages, need to be changed. At 50,
Fix this textpeople start to worry because they see
Fix this texttheir friends popping off.'
Fix this textThe study involved the comparison
Fix this textof three intervention programs aimed at
Fix this texthigh risk individuals, who had as yet no
Fix this textsymptoms of heart disease:
Fix this text• Standard program a high level of
Fix this textindividual attention; educational mater-
Fix this textial; people were measured;
Fix this text• Moderate program all aspects of
Fix this textthe standard program, but with the
Fix this textteaching of behavioural principles;
Fix this text• Maximum program —as for moder-
Fix this textate program, but with detailed help in
Fix this textimplementing behavioural changes in
Fix this textpeople's own lives.
Fix this textOne of the most important features
Fix this textof the UNSW study was its aim of sus-
Fix this texttaining a whole range of behavioural
Fix this textchanges simultaneously.
Fix this text'Contrary to common sense, it is
Fix this texteasier to change a number of damaging
Fix this textlifestyle patterns at once', Professor
Fix this textLovibond says. 'They tend to occur at
Fix this textone time, with one triggering the other
Fix this textdrinking and smoking for example. That
Fix this textnexus must be broken.'
Fix this text$1 million worth of food
Fix this texttechnology help for
Fix this textthe Third World
Fix this textThe School of Food Technology has received grants totalling
Fix this textmore than one million dollars for two projects of vital importance in
Fix this textimproving the ability of developing countries to feed themselves.
Fix this textOne project, given funds of $475,900 over three years, will look
Fix this textat better ways of drying and storing grain in tropical climates, so the
Fix this textcrops of rice and other grain laboriously harvested stay clean and
Fix this textdry, without economic losses from deterioration and splitting.
Fix this textThe second project, with
Fix this texta grant of up to $600,000
Fix this textover three-and-a-half to four
Fix this textyears, allows the establish-
Fix this textment of a Master of Applied
Fix this textScience in Food Engineering
Fix this textcourse, the first in Australia.
Fix this textIt will mean students from
Fix this textoverseas can learn about the
Fix this textengineering principles neces-
Fix this textsary to put into practice in
Fix this texttheir home countries
Fix this textmodern developments in food
Fix this textscience and handling.
Fix this textThe grain storage research
Fix this textproject, financed by the Australian
Fix this textCentre for International Agri-
Fix this textcultural Research, involves close
Fix this textcollaboration between the School
Fix this textand the Ricegrowers' Co-operative Mills
Fix this textLtd of Leeton. It builds on a patented
Fix this textprocess developed by Dr Ron Bowrey,
Fix this textMr Michael Kearney and Mr Andrew
Fix this textFullford of the School and the Co-
Fix this textoperative for automated, controlled dry-
Fix this texting of rice in storage sheds. Fans in
Fix this textvarious parts of the shed are turned on
Fix this textand off according to information about
Fix this textmoisture content of the grain and the air
Fix this textpicked up by sensors and fed into a com-
Fix this textputer.
Fix this textThis technology, which is in use in
Fix this textthe Co-operative's storage sheds, has
Fix this textmeant substantial savings because it allows
Fix this textdrying at highly controlled rates. If rice
Fix this textis dried too quickly it splits but if the
Fix this textprocess is too slow, it rots or germinates.
Fix this textDr Bowrey says that storage prob-
Fix this textlems are particularly severe in tropical
Fix this textclimates where grain deteriorates rapidly
Fix this textbecause of high temperatures and humid-
Fix this textity. The in-store drying method under
Fix this textdevelopment in Australia uses no supple-
Fix this textmental heating but this may be necessary
Fix this textin Southeast Asia, along with other
Fix this textmodifications.
Fix this textThe University's part of the project
Fix this textwill concentrate on the theoretical con-
Fix this textsiderations, by investigating the moisture
Fix this textand temperature changes in bulk stored
Fix this textgrain when it is aerated and dried in
Fix this texttropical countries under various con-
Fix this textditions, Once the theory is established,
Fix this textit will be applicable in any country. The
Fix this textCo-operative's side will involve the
Fix this textapplication of the technology to com-
Fix this textmercial practice.
Fix this textA pilot plant will be built at UNSW
Fix this textin an area made available by the School
Fix this textof Metallurgy. Unisearch Ltd has pro-
Fix this textvided the funds necessary to prepare the
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Fix this textThe project will be carried out in
Fix this textco-operation with research and grain
Fix this texthandling authorities in Malaysia, Thailand
Fix this textand the Philippines. Data will be collected
Fix this texton such factors as humidity, moisture
Fix this textvariations in grain, resources and user
Fix this textexpectations. Regional pilot plants will
Fix this textbe built and if ancillary heating is needed,
Fix this textalternative indigenous energy sources
Fix this textwill be investigated. Finally, field trials
Fix this textwill be carried out in the three Asian
Fix this textcountries and Australia, using aeration
Fix this textcontrollers specially designed to meet
Fix this textlocal conditions.
Fix this textThroughout, tests will be done to
Fix this textlook at commercial factors like ease of
Fix this textmilling, grain cracking and breaking,
Fix this textmicrobial build-up and quality of cooking.
Fix this textDr Bowrey says that once the basic
Fix this textknowledge is gained, the technology
Fix this textdeveloped will be applicable not only to
Fix this textdifferent countries but may be used in
Fix this textthe same drying sheds for different
Fix this textgrains at different times of the year.
Fix this textFood Engineering course
Fix this textThe other project, the establish-
Fix this textment of a Master of Applied Science in
Fix this textFood Engineerng course, has been
Fix this textfinanced by the Australian Development
Fix this textAssistance Bureau. Students undertaking
Fix this textthe course about 15 in each 18-month
Fix this textprogram will work in areas relevant to
Fix this texttheir home countries. The first intake for
Fix this textthe course which begins in Second Ses-
Fix this textsion includes participants from the
Fix this textPhilippines, Malaysia, Jamaica and Nepal.
Fix this textThe course is designed for engin-
Fix this texteering graduates who are required to pro-
Fix this textvide food engineering skills in teaching,
Fix this textresearch and food processing develop-
Fix this textment. In the food science part, they will
Fix this textlearn about nutrition, food chemistry
Fix this textand analysis, microbiology, food preser-
Fix this textvation and the technology of plant,
Fix this textanimal and marine foods. The engineer-
Fix this texting part will strengthen and broaden
Fix this texttheir engineering background to provide
Fix this textskills in batch and continuous food
Fix this textprocessing of both modern and tradi-
Fix this texttional (village level) nature.
Fix this textUNSW's School of Food Tech-
Fix this textnology, the only one in a university in
Fix this textAustralia, has been in the business of
Fix this texttraining people from developing coun-
Fix this texttries at least since the late 50s. 'Training
Fix this textin food science and technology is an im-
Fix this textportant first step but over the years we
Fix this texthave recognized that students from these
Fix this textcourses need to be able, when they go
Fix this texthome, to work closely with people
Fix this textskilled in food enginering. That is what
Fix this textthis new Masters course aims to provide',
Fix this textsays Professor Ron Edwards, the Head of
Fix this textthe School,
Fix this textAboriginal interest in UNSW child welfare seminar
Fix this textRepresentatives of a number of Aboriginal organizations will attend a seminar on
Fix this textchild welfare at UNSW, one aspect of which deals with the welfare of Aboriginal
Fix this textchildren.
Fix this textChild Welfare: Current issues and
Fix this textfuture directions, a one-day seminar
Fix this textorganized by the Social Welfare Research
Fix this textCentre, will be held on Wednesday 6
Fix this textJuly in the Mathews Theatre B. It will be
Fix this textofficially opened by the Minister for
Fix this textSocial Security, Senator Don Grimes.
Fix this textThe seminar will examine import-
Fix this textant current issues in child care arrange-
Fix this textments, particularly in relation to
Fix this textchanging concepts and practices, and
Fix this textsome future options for change.
Fix this textMr Richard Chisholm, School of
Fix this textLaw, will present a paper entitled
Fix this text'Aboriginal children: political pawns or
Fix this textparamount consideration?'. Mr Chisholm
Fix this textsays that the main purpose of his address
Fix this textis to raise debate and highlight some of
Fix this textthe areas where changes need to be
Fix this textmade.
Fix this text'Part of the Labor Government's
Fix this textplatform is Aboriginal self-determination
Fix this textbut there is resentment among the
Fix this textAboriginal community that many impor-
Fix this texttant decisions on Aboriginal affairs are
Fix this textstill being made for them', he says.
Fix this text'Arrangements are being made for an
Fix this textAboriginal person to respond to my talk.'
Fix this textThe seminar will also consider the
Fix this textfeasibility of different approaches to
Fix this textchild welfare in the broad sense which
Fix this textcould lead to much greater use of
Fix this textservices by parents in bringing up their
Fix this textchildren.
Fix this textMr Adam Jamrozik, Social Welfare
Fix this textResearch Centre, says welfare services
Fix this texthave traditionally been viewed in a
Fix this textframework of protection and prevention
Fix this textof child abuses
Fix this text'We beljeve that child welfare
Fix this textservices could become part and parcel of
Fix this textnormal family life', he says. 'They are an
Fix this textimportant utility to the same degree bs
Fix this textother public utilities schools, medical
Fix this textcare, etc. Increasingly, families are
Fix this textbeginning to use child care services
Fix this textperhaps while a parent is taking the
Fix this textother children to the doctor, or to do
Fix this textshopping, or perhaps just to have a
Fix this textbreak.'
Fix this textThe seminar will start at 9.15 am
Fix this textand run all day to 4.45 pm. Further
Fix this textinformation is available from the Social
Fix this textWelfare Research Centre, 662 3529.
Fix this textUNIKEN WISHES ITS STUDENT READERS
Fix this textALL THE BEST FOR THE EXAMS!
Fix this textExams^
Fix this textHelpful hints
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Fix this textThere is now a short break in our publication.
Fix this textWe resume fortnightly issues on Friday 22 July.
Fix this textIn the meantime, for staff readers, the fortnightly
Fix this textnewsletter, FOCUS, continues regular publication.
Fix this textProfessor Ron Edwards
Fix this textAbove, a lumbung, a traditional rice
Fix this textstorage unit in Bali built to a design
Fix this textthousands of years old.
Fix this textBelow, a bulk store under construction
Fix this textin Nusa Dua, Bali.
Fix this textPublic Affairs Unit
Fix this textDr Birrell (left) and Professor Lovibond,
Fix this textin the psychophysiology laboratory.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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