This article reinforces the importance of healthy eating to stay well and recommends avoiding turning to takeaways and processed foods....
This Australia article gives useful tips for establishing new habits and going back to basics....
Sport NZ has produced a guide for play, active recreation and sport at Alert Levels 4 and 3....
Unhealthy Takeaways Have No Mauri! That’s the bold message Toi Tangata wants to send to whānau who now have the option of buying take out food again. Chief Executive Megan Tunks says, “McDonalds, KFC and the like are heavy in saturated fat and sodium. These options are...
While we all stay home in order to stop Covid-19 and to save lives, our primary focus is our family and whanau wellbeing. Promoting health and wellbeing begins in the family and whanau where we live, love, learn, work, play and pray together. To build your whanau...
There is so much more to food than eating and I enjoy learning about different traditions and people’s beliefs around food. I have a wonderful friend, Mary, who is close to 100 years old and she is willing to share her perspective on food at...
Dr Nicki Jackson is the executive director of Alcohol Healthwatch. “My role is to inform strong action on alcohol in our country, through looking at what evidence will work to reduce harm. I love being able to have a voice for those who are affected by...
Book Review – Safe Food - Fourth edition, 2019 by Pip Duncan Safe Food continues to provide sound food safety advice to students and foodservice workers in hospitality or residential catering situations. First published in 1992, this 4th edition has been updated to reflect the current...
Alcohol Healthwatch is extremely disappointed that an evidence-based pregnancy warning label for alcohol products and packaging has been sent back to the drawing board....
A large number of factors affect youth drinking and subsequent alcohol-related harms; this evidence review aimed to improve understanding about three specific focus areas: age of first drink, patterns and trajectories of drinking, and parental supply of alcohol. Literature reviews looked at the link between...
