The results of a study co-designed by Countdown supermarkets and academics at the University of Auckland, have highlighted opportunities to further build on knowledge that could promote healthy food purchasing decisions in a supermarket setting.The chosen intervention tested more prominent shelf placement of healthier breakfast...
Auckland City Mission research has found that aspirations of people experiencing food insecurity align with the wider population's sociocultural ideas for wellness. The most common goal or dream is a longing for stable and fulfilling employment.Many people experiencing food insecurity simply aspire to have sufficient...
Three years ago, in the remote community of Milingimbi in the Northern Territory of Australia residents struggled to find fresh fruit and vegetables but now the community has come up with a way to supplement the supply, while also passing on traditional practices. Read case study ...
The World Economic Forum has announced Paris is opening the worlds largest urban rooftop farm supplying a tonne of food a day.The French government aims to cover approx 100 hectares of the city rooftops. Read more here ...
The Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective is made up of a group of social service organisations who are working together to eliminate food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand. This collective supports the work of over 200 community food organisations across New Zealand, while also undertaking the...
A team of NZ researchers have investigated the effects of food processing, such as milling, on the health benefits of whole grains, using a small trial of 28 adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants ate minimally-processed wholegrain foods including wholegrain oats and chunky grainy bread...
Dr Geoff Kira says' there are a few ways in which we can improve the situation for whānau during the COVID-19 pandemic and they all just happen to celebrate our culture.'...
Chris Farrelly of the Auckland City Mission recommends we use this time in COVID-19 as an opportunity to address food security....
Dr Geoff Kira (Nga Puhi) is a senior lecturer in Public Health at Massey University. “I’m a public health scientist with the School of Health Sciences at Massey. My research is a wide variety of things, with a focus on interventions that will positively impact unfair...
This article written by Helen Gibbs, New Zealand Registered Dietitian contains useful information to ensure your household has adequate food supplies for optimum nutrition for self-isolation. ...
