The first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Aotearoa New Zealand resulted in disruptions to everyday life, including changes in grocery shopping, cooking and eating. This study aimed to capture changes in behaviours and perceptions of grocery shopping and food preparation during the lockdown, and the extent...
The objective of the current study was to identify challenges of making and sustaining healthy lifestyle changes for families with children/adolescents affected by obesity, who were referred to a multicomponent healthy lifestyle assessment and intervention programme in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ). Read research ...
The Heart Foundation has released new recommendations to eat less than 350g of red meat each week to protect the population from heart disease and stroke. Three lean red meat meals each week can be part of a healthy eating pattern. Read press release ...
When it comes to predicting health risk, what's more important: what you eat or what you weigh?It looks like it could be the former, according to a large new study from Sweden Read study ...
This visual explanation is a simple resource to teach people to better understand Type 2 diabetes. It is written by doctors for people with diabetes in English, Maori, Samoan and Tongan. Watch the Type 2 diabetes story ...
Aside from not smoking, research shows that staying at a healthy weight throughout life is the single most important way to protect against cancer.A large and consistent body of research shows that adults with obesity are at increased risk of 12 types of cancer.This new study...
A study involving people over the age of 65 in New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands shows two-thirds of the participants are at high risk of malnutrition.Professor of Public Health Nutrition Carol Wham, Massey University says the largest risk factor for New Zealanders was a...
A diet rich in fruit, vegetables, and nuts appears to lower the risk of several non-motor symptoms that tend to be associated with a later finding of Parkinson’s disease, a study reported. “While this study does not show cause and effect, it certainly provides yet another...
This New Zealand research investigated facilitators and barriers to follow a three-month prescription for walking.Practical solutions to increasing a person's success include identifying alternative physical activity opportunities within the house or advice to develop support networks to provide company while walking. Read here ...
Toi Te Kupu is a Māori-to-English and English-to-Māori dictionary about kai, cooking, our body and our mind. It is the result of the commitment of the Heart Foundation and Māori Health Provider, Toi Tangata, to improve the health of families and whānau in New Zealand. The resource was developed to empower everyone in Aotearoa to have conversations...
