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05 Dec Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under

Posted at 12:33h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables in childhood increases the risk of future non‐communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Interventions to increase consumption of fruit and vegetables, such as those focused on specific child‐feeding strategies and parent nutrition education interventions in early childhood may therefore be...

05 Dec The effect of extrinsic factors on food allergy

Posted at 12:30h in Research by Kim Tucker

This was a randomised cross-over trial that investigated whether common extrinsic factors, such as exercise and sleep deprivation can modulate the threshold of responses to allergenic foods in a representative group of adults from the peanut allergic population....

05 Dec Eating less the logical thing to do? Vulnerability to malnutrition with advancing age: A qualitative study

Posted at 12:17h in Research by Kim Tucker

The research explores the perspectives and experiences of older New Zealanders’ food intake to understand factors that may lead to malnutrition. The aim of this qualitative inquiry was to explore older New Zealanders perspectives and experiences of food and nutrition intake, to gain insights to factors...

28 Nov SMS Toolkit

Posted at 10:59h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

Health Navigator and Health Literacy NZ have produced a website providing healthcare professionals information and resources about self-management support (SMS). Funded by the Ministry of Health, the website is packed with SMS information, services, tools and resources for a New Zealand context. It supports healthcare workers...

28 Nov The Bayer Food Focus Project

Posted at 10:44h in Research by Kim Tucker

The project aims to support New Zealanders in making more positive food choices and encouraging people to take more consideration of their diet for the betterment of their overall health. Although the Bayer Food Focus Project does not profess to be an update on the...

25 Nov Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand

Posted at 13:01h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

The Child Poverty Action Group have recently released a report called 'Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand'.It is set out in seven parts:1: Fat, famished or starved in a land of plenty?, by Professor Elaine Rush.2: Living with hunger: How families...

14 Nov Waste Not, Want Not: Food Insecurity in Wairarapa

Posted at 09:59h in Healthy Education, Food Security by Kim Tucker

Despite the perceived abundance of food in New Zealand (Fitzgerald, Norton and Stephenson, 2016; Stevenson, 2013), various regions are currently experiencing surprising levels of food insecurity (Bowers et al., 2009). This research report defines what food insecurity is and establishes if access to food is...

14 Nov Bounty; Cooking with vegetables

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

This beautiful cookbook is a collection of recipes, gardening tips and beautiful photos focusing on homegrown seasonal vegetables. Each recipe showcases the ingredients as bright, colourful and delicious. The book layout and the 254 pages are colourful and inspiring while also being practical and educational and...

24 Oct Alcohol policy impact case study: the effects of alcohol control measures on mortality and life expectancy in the Russian Federation (2019)

Posted at 11:04h in Research by Kim Tucker

The experience gathered by the Russian Federation in reducing the burden of disease stemming from alcohol represents a powerful argument that effective alcohol policy is essential to improving the prospects of living long and healthy lives....

24 Oct Does physical activity performed by New Zealand women during recreation time meet physical activity guidelines and improve markers of body composition and metabolic health?

Posted at 10:52h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This new research paper concluded meeting Physical Activity guidelines and some recreational physical activities were associated with decreased markers of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk in New Zealand women....

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