Author: Kim Tucker

The Healthy Built Environment Checklist is a practical tool developed by the NSW Government to help deliver quality local environments needed for well-connected and liveable communities.The checklist supports the capacity to provide informed, health-focused advice on development policies, plans and proposals to promote healthy planning as...

This systematic review and meta-analysis published in the BMJ looked at the progression of women with gestational diabetes (GDM) to Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) While this research didn't include any populations similar to the New Zealand population it does highlight the importance of targeting and intervening in...

The largest-ever global study of cholesterol levels has found that levels are declining sharply in high income, western nations including New Zealand, but rising in low- and middle-income nations particularly in Asia and several Pacific Islands.The fall in cholesterol in New Zealand has occurred in...