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October 2019

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03 Oct

Posted at 11:40h in Healthy Workplace by

SuperFriend presents their 2018 edition of their Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Survey report, from their research involving over 5,000 Australian workers in a broad range of industries and occupations. The survey tracks the progress of mental health and wellbeing across Australia against an ideal...

03 Oct

Posted at 11:37h in Healthy Community by

A new look Food Allergen Portal, the result of a collaboration between industry, consumer and government stakeholders, is providing best practice resources on managing allergens in food....

03 Oct

Posted at 11:28h in Advocacy by

Public Health England's latest progress report on the food and drinks industry's sugar cutting efforts reveal significant changes in areas where the sugar tax applies, but disappointing lack of progress with the voluntary sugar reduction programme....

03 Oct

Posted at 11:25h in Advocacy by

This Australian report investigates the amount and type of alcohol marketing during two major sporting events in 2018. The two games chosen for analysis were the Australian Football League (AFL) grand final and the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final. It concludes a significant proportion of the population was...

03 Oct

Posted at 11:21h in Healthy Community by

The Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa is welcoming the newly published Report on the Findings of the Review of the Walking Access Act 2008. The report contains thirty recommendations to improve and strengthen the work the Commission does. Many of the recommendations call for more resourcing to allow...

03 Oct

Posted at 11:17h in Healthy Community by

Caffeine occurs naturally in foods, such as coffee, tea and cocoa and has a long history of safe use as a mild stimulant. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) have put together a useful fact sheet on caffeine that states the caffeine content of some foods...

30 Sep

Posted at 14:02h in Key Documents by

Healthy Active Learning is a new Wellbeing Budget initiative that will promote and improve healthy eating and physical activity in schools, kura and early learning services across Aotearoa. Healthy Active Learning is a joint initiative from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sport New...

30 Sep

Posted at 13:51h in Healthy Systems by

Our mission is nothing less than a fairer, healthier society. The aim is to develop and support approaches to health equity and build on work that has assessed, measured  and implemented approaches to tackle inequalities in health - works such as the ‘WHO Commission on Social Determinants of...