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24 Oct Essential nutrition actions: mainstreaming nutrition through the life-course

Posted at 10:21h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

This publication is an update of the 2013 WHO publication entitled Essential nutrition actions: improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition.1 It provides a compact list of nutrition-related interventions recommended by WHO. WHO recommendations aim to advise intended end-users (policy-makers, programme implementers...

21 Oct Healthy Food and Drink Guidance survey

Posted at 10:10h in Blog by Alison Pask

Healthy Active Learning is a new Wellbeing Budget initiative that will promote and improve healthy eating and physical activity in schools, kura, ngā kōhanga reo and early learning services across Aotearoa. The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) is currently drafting the Healthy Food and Drink Guidance (the Guidance) for these settings...

17 Oct National Healthy Food and Drink Policy – 2nd edition September 2019

Posted at 11:46h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

The National DHB Food and Drink Environments Network (the Network) was established in 2015 to develop a consistent National Healthy Food and Drink Policy (the Policy) for use across all New Zealand District Health Boards (DHBs), and potentially other settings. The Network received support and...

17 Oct What Is the Relationship between the Neighbourhood Built Environment and Time Spent in Outdoor Play? A Systematic Review

Posted at 11:41h in Research by Kim Tucker

Outdoor play has been associated with children’s and adolescents’ healthy development and physical activity. Attributes of the neighbourhood built environment can influence play behaviours. This systematic review examined the relationship between attributes of the neighbourhood built environment and the time children and adolescents (0–18 years)...

17 Oct Studying Food and Nutrition at School

Posted at 10:33h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

Three young men share their experience of studying food and nutrition at school Luke Elliott, Josef McDonell and Aaron Donohue studied Level 3 Food and Nutrition (previous known as Home Economics). They were lucky to have Nicola Potts, a teacher at Saint Patrick's College Silverstream, to...

14 Oct The true cost of a disordered food system: a panel discussion

Posted at 11:28h in Healthy Systems by Kim Tucker

Kim Hill explores the true cost of abundant cheap, fatty and sugary food with Dr Sally Mackay, Dr Matire Harwood, Deborah Manning and Prof. Hugh Campbell....

03 Oct Alcohol use Fact Sheet

Posted at 12:55h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Alcohol Healthwatch has prepared a fact sheet to accompany the results from the Tier 1 statistics (prevalence of past-year drinking and hazardous drinking)....

03 Oct Canada’s 2019 Food Guide

Posted at 12:48h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

After five years of preparation, Canada's new 2019 Food Guide has officially been announced. The guide states healthy eating is more than the foods you eat. It is also about where, when, why and how you eat. There is even a statement to warn that food...

03 Oct Sport Wellington Maternal Green Prescription Videos

Posted at 11:49h in Healthy babies and children by Kim Tucker

Pregnancy and the early years of a child’s life are key periods in which healthy choices can positively influence a mother and child’s life-long wellbeing. Maternal Green Prescription (MGRx) supports women to build a strong foundation of good health with the goal of healthier pregnancies,...

03 Oct Māori and Pasifika women’s experiences of breastfeeding across the South Island

Posted at 11:45h in Healthy babies and children by Kim Tucker

This report documents Māori and Pasifika women’s experiences of breastfeeding across the South Island. The voices of women in this project illustrate that it ‘takes a village to breastfeed,’ surrounding oneself with a support network that is able to ‘mother the mother’. ...

October 2019