Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is a major public health issue in Australia—it is associated with poorer health and wellbeing, worse performance at school, increased health-care costs, and an increased risk of overweight and obesity in adulthood. Reducing and preventing overweight and obesity...
The Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) is the latest in the Youth2000 series of health and wellbeing surveys. Youth19 was conducted in 2019 in the Auckland, Northland and Waikato regions by researchers from The University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Otago &...
The southern Mexican state of Oaxaca has banned the sale of sugary drinks and high-calorie snack foods to children – a measure aimed at curbing obesity. Read Article ...
Toi Tangata is encouraging awareness, education and action when it comes to the world’s most prevalent nutrient deficiency. Ensuring whānau are getting the right nutrients at the right times is both important and challenging and this is often guided by mum. More Information ...
Dementia was once thought to be a natural part of getting older.“But research is showing that dementia may be preventable,” says Activity and Nutrition Aotearoa (ANA) executive director Alison Pask.“By increasing awareness that the condition is not necessarily an inevitable part of ageing, we can...
At RefillNZ we have been ‘working’ with councils to get location data of all the public water fountains throughout NZ on the RefillNZ map and App, so it’s easier to find somewhere to get ‘free water’.Unfortunately the findings show there is room for improvement -...
This National Science Challenge brief summarises He Pikinga Waiora project and framework that aimed to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity by finding an effective way of creating, implementing and evaluating health interventions for Indigenous communities. Read the...
How we eat, what we eat and how our body uses food can all have an impact on our physical and mental health.Daily stress and uncertainty can play havoc with our mental well-being. But so can other factors, such as our eating habits and general...
Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui is a national centre of evidence-based workforce development for the mental health, addiction and disability sectors in New Zealand.Te Pou has published a summary of the 2019 population projection update from Statistics New Zealand. The DHB population profiles 2020-2030...
Vishal Rishi is the director for The Asian Network Inc (TANI). When I came to New Zealand from India 17 years ago, I’d never heard of ‘public health’, but I managed to get a job as a part-time public health coordinator at The Asian Network Inc...
