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Cover: More Canadian children are becoming overweight and obese (page 1429), with serious ramifications for public health (page 1461). The economic burden of physical inactivity in Canada (page 1435) provides a compelling argument for exercise, but it may be insufficient to motivate Canadians to become physically active (page 1467).

	Editorial • Éditorial
1417	Leadership and fecal coliforms: Walkerton 2000 [HTML / PDF]
1419	Leadership et coliformes fécaux : Walkerton 2000 [HTML / PDF]

1423

Letters • Correspondance [PDF] Instructions to correspondents About those waiting lists ... H.W. Climenhaga; M. Gordon Competency of adolescents to make informed decisions M.G. Wolfish ß-Blockers as first-line therapy for hypertension G.A. Heckman, et al Unintended subcutaneous and intramuscular injection by drug users C. Hankins, et al An author by any other name B. Harvey; response: J. Hoey Deaths [Correction]

	Research • Recherche
1429	Secular trends in the body mass index of Canadian children M.S. Tremblay, J.D. Willms [HTML / PDF]
1435	The economic burden of physical inactivity in Canada P.T. Katzmarzyk, N. Gledhill, R.J. Shephard [HTML / PDF]
1441	Hematologic dyscrasia associated with ticlopidine therapy: evidence for causality F.L. Paradiso-Hardy, C.M. Angelo, K.L. Lanctôt, E.A. Cohen [HTML / PDF]
1451	Preventive health care, 2000 update: prevention of child maltreatment H.L. MacMillan with the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care [HTML / PDF]
	Soins de santé préventifs, mise à jour 2000 : Prévention de la violence faite aux enfants H.L. MacMillan avec le Groupe d'étude canadien sur les soins de santé préventifs [HTML / PDF]

	Commentary • Commentaire
1461	The spread of the childhood obesity epidemic R.E. Andersen [HTML / PDF]
1463	Bayesian assessment of adverse drug reactions T.A. Hutchinson [HTML / PDF]
1465	Clinical decision rules in the emergency department I.G. Stiell [HTML / PDF]
1467	Will increasing fiscal resources promote physical fitness? R.L. Kaman [HTML / PDF]
	Occasional Essay • Réflexion
1468	Views of mental illness in Morocco: Western medicine meets the traditional symbolic D. Stein [HTML / PDF]

	Review • Synthèse
1471	Environment and health: 6. Endocrine disruption and potential human health implications G.M. Solomon, T. Schettler [HTML / PDF]
1477	Program description: a hospitalist-run, medical short-stay unit in a teaching hospital H.A. Abenhaim, S.R. Kahn, J. Raffoul, M.R. Becker [HTML / PDF]
1481	Bioethics for clinicians: 20. Chinese bioethics K.W. Bowman, E.C. Hui [HTML / PDF]

1486	The Left Atrium • De l'Oreille Gauche [HTML / PDF]
	AIDS on the front line (book review by P.B. Berger) A Good Friday? S. Carr The other patients C. Dewar Tangles D. Lara

1490	News and analysis • Nouvelles et analyses [PDF]
	Sheep develops vCJD after receiving blood from another sheep New food labels to reveal nutritional content Prairie paramedics test new weapon against MIs Saskatoon doctors make a house call to MARS Malpractice fees double for Ontario's ob/gyns Task force recommends screening females for abuse beginning at age 12 Alberta child abuse program swamped Canada's MDs most pessimistic in 5-country survey Does religion speed recovery in mental illness? Caution against ozone-depletion complacency Obesity a heavy burden in Nova Scotia On the Net: The medicine-literature connection moves online Rural BC physicians mediate in "poisonous atmosphere" Pulse: "Freedom 55" closer to age 65 for physicians Alberta support program for MDs more popular than expected Clinical Update: Lower target blood pressure for patients with diabetes mellitus Public Health: The challenge posed by leptospirosis

1539	Deaths • Nécrologie

	Heart & Soul • Gens de cœur
1540	A disarming doctor B. Sibbald [HTML / PDF]

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