Activity & Nutrition Aotearoa |

21 Feb Sport over screens: New program to get teens active

Posted at 11:37h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

A new report from VicHealth has shown teenagers are struggling to do even an hour of physical activity a day and are almost five times more likely to be on their smartphone or tablet than being active. The report highlights 92 percent of teenagers aren’t meeting...

20 Feb Food, fizzy, and football: promoting unhealthy food and beverages through sport

Posted at 15:49h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Published in the BMC Public health 2013 Authors:Mary-Ann Carter, Louise Signal, Richard Edwards, Janet Hoek and Anthony Maher Abstract Background: High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has...

20 Feb Public health and the food and drinks industry: The governance and ethics of interaction. Lessons from research, policy and practice

Posted at 15:31h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Public health and the food and drinks industry: The governance and ethics of interaction. Lessons from research, policy and practice This publication aims: To increase awareness and understanding of the ethical challenges that may arise from public-private interactions for the prevention of nutrition-related NCDs across research,...

20 Feb A Systematic Search and Review of Adult-Targeted Overweight and Obesity Prevention Mass Media Campaigns and Their Evaluation: 2000–2017

Posted at 14:36h in Research by Alison Pask

Abstract from the Journal of Health Communication. Authors James Kite, Anne Grunseit, Erika Bohn, Goldaum, Tom Carroll & Adrian Bauman Mass media campaigns are a commonly used strategy in public health. However, no review has assessed whether the design and evaluation of overweight and obesity campaigns meets...

20 Feb State of the Nation: Kei a Tātou – It Is Us

Posted at 11:47h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Some people are missing out despite more jobs and GDP rising: ‘The full impact is seen in a “frightening” rise in the number of families falling into food poverty. After five years of almost unchanged demand the number of families seeking food parcels from The...

16 Feb Preventing Falls can be Very Cost-Effective in NZ

Posted at 16:17h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Giorgi Kvizhinadze, Dr Linda Cobiac, Prof Tony Blakely have published a blog in 'Expert' highlighting a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. They also examine some programme options. This work suggests that home-based or...

16 Feb Why is the Olympics associated with products that can lead to obesity?

Posted at 15:49h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Tobacco advertising ended two decades ago. With the obesity epidemic skyrocketing, it’s time for the Olympics to ban the advertising that is fuelling the global obesity crisis. The time has come when we should enjoy elite athletics without having to endure the constant advertising for fast food. This...

16 Feb A ‘Watershed Moment’ Why its Prime Time to protect Children from Junk Food Adverts

Posted at 12:55h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

The Obesity Health Alliance report "A Watershed Moment" The key findings from the report highlight: 1. The majority (59%) of food and drink adverts shown during family viewing time would be banned from children’s TV, yet hundreds of thousands of children are exposed to these ads every...

16 Feb Creekfest 2018: Taking services to the People

Posted at 11:37h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

If whānau, fun, food and music sound like you then Creekfest should be on your calendar. Stan Walker, Three Houses Down and Ria lead the entertainment line-up in February 2018 in Cannons Creek, Porirua City. Free stage entertainment includes local and national artists and is the draw card making...

16 Feb Built Environmental Characteristics and Diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Posted at 09:17h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

The built environment influences behaviour, like physical activity, diet and sleep, which affects the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study systematically reviewed and meta-analysed evidence on the association between built environmental characteristics related to lifestyle behaviour and T2DM risk/prevalence, worldwide. From 11,279 studies,...

Author: Alison Pask