Healthy Families Lower Hutt is leading the “Go the H2O” movement to make Lower Hutt a water promoting place to live, learn, work and play – so that water is the best and easiest choice of drink. Case study from the ANA March Newsletter 2017....
Urban green space interventions and health: A review of impacts and effectiveness. Full report (2017) This new World Health Organization report looks into the most effective ways to deliver urban interventions on green spaces, and how to make sure that the environmental, social and health benefits are...
Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives These Guidelines provide population health advice to support health practitioners, early childhood educators, regional sports trusts and others who provide advice to parents, caregivers and whānau or families on physical activity for children under five...
How We Eat – Reviews of the evidence on food and eating behaviours related to diet and body size How We Eat is a review of the available evidence on the effect of selected eating behaviours on diet and body size. The topics reviewed are: breastfeeding, parental...
A useful map highlighting low cost food and transport in Dunedin...
A better way to host a sausage sizzle fundraiser...
Vegetables.co.nz and the Heart Foundation recently partnered with the Massey University Dietetic programme, to investigate the current food programmes being run in New Zealand schools. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching of food programmes taught to Year 7 and 8 students in...
NEW NZBA HEAD TO TARGET NEW ZEALAND’S LOW BREASTFEEDING RATES New Zealand has the opportunity to lead developed nations in a resurgence in breastfeeding rates and their associated public health outcomes, the newly appointed head of the New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance (NZBA) said today. Jane Cartwright has...
The Big Change Starts Small campaign is on TV, radio, online, outdoor and social media - this is extending the national conversation on childhood obesity. To find out more and see great resources click here...
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Education Minister Nikki Kaye have today welcomed the released updated physical activity guidelines for children and young people aged five to 17. “Children and young people are encouraged to live an active lifestyle. To sit less, move more and sleep well...
