Healthy Community

30 Sep HPA nutrition and physical activity resource and information toolkit

Posted at 12:57h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This resource and information toolkit provides a snapshot of the work HPA does on nutrition and physical activity. It has been designed for the workforce supporting New Zealand families to lead healthier lifestyles. You will find an overview of all the resources HPA provides on nutrition and physical...

30 Sep Māori Participation in Community Sport Report

Posted at 12:51h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Published in May 2017, the Māori Participation in Community Sport report was commissioned by Sport NZ to understand how the sport sector can mobilise to better foster Māori participation in sport and active recreation....

30 Sep Girls and Young Women Profile

Posted at 12:49h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

A resource to help organisations better understand the experiences and needs of girls and young women. Sport New Zealand’s Community Sport Strategy identifies females aged 10–18 years as a target participant group. It is essential that the needs of girls and young women are understood, so high-quality...

30 Sep Young People Profile

Posted at 12:47h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

A resource to help organisations better understand the experiences and needs of young people. Developing a love of play, active recreation and sport at an early age helps encourage life-long participation. That’s why young people aged 5–18 years are the primary focus of Sport New...

30 Sep Samoan Participation Profile

Posted at 12:44h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

A resource to help organisations better understand the experiences and needs of Samoan adults and young people. Both Samoan adults and young people enjoy and are passionate about play, active recreation and sport. However, Samoan adults have lower rates of participation than the general population....

26 Sep Interventions for preventing obesity in children

Posted at 10:45h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Strategies for changing both diet and physical activity for children to help prevent overweight or obesity are effective in making modest reductions in BMI in children up to the age of 12. Less evidence was found for adolescents and young people aged 13 to 18. This...

26 Sep 2019 Healthy Auckland Scorecard

Posted at 10:35h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

The Scorecard brings together obesity, nutrition, physical activity and child dental health data, giving a consolidated insight into the health of adults and children living in New Zealand’s biggest city, Tāmaki Makaurau. ...

16 Sep Energy in alcoholic drinks – fact sheet

Posted at 13:06h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This new fact sheet provides information on energy in common alcoholic drinks in the absence of energy labelling. It includes a graphic of kilojoules in alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and foods with data sourced from the New Zealand Food Composition Database. The intended audience is...

23 Aug Active NZ Survey 2018

Posted at 12:03h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

The Active NZ survey measures nationwide participation in play, active recreation and sport. The survey is sent to a sample of New Zealanders on the electoral roll through our research partner, Neilsen. Following on from the redesign in 2017, this is the second year of data collection...

20 Aug Five year review of the Health Star Rating

Posted at 08:26h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

The recommendations contained in the Review Report are designed to address some of the key criticisms of the current system. The key recommendations from the report are that: the HSR system continue as a voluntary system with the addition of some specific industry uptake targets...