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11 Jun Ripple Effect as West Auckland Schools Choose Water as First Choice

Posted at 11:36h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

Healthy Families Waitakere has been working alongside 32 schools in West Auckland to implement water only policies and strengthen messaging around water within school environments. With the support of principals, teachers and board members, students have been driving water related changes in their schools. This...

06 Jun #BeActive: What Can You do?

Posted at 15:37h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

Kay Thomson, manager of strategic projects at Sport NZ shares her insightful blog with ANA. Did you wake up this morning wondering how you could get more people and populations more physically active? If so, then you are reading the right article. Do you remember...

06 Jun New Global Physical Activity Plan

Posted at 09:09h in Healthy Environments by Alison Pask

New WHO physical activity plan to help people around the world get out and active Health Minister Dr David Clark and Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson welcome the World Health Organization’s new Global Action Plan on Physical Activity, announced in Geneva on 5 June,...

05 Jun State-funded school lunches will feed 200,000 children by the middle of next year, as the Government pledges to spend roughly $1 billion on New Zealanders in need.

Posted at 14:20h by Alison Pask

29 May Deficient Labels on Alcohol

Posted at 16:37h in Advocacy by Alison Pask

Warning labels on alcohol containers are highly deficient , new research shows. Current health warning labels on alcohol beverage containers in New Zealand are highly deficient, new research from the University of Otago, Wellington shows. The researchers suggest that current voluntary labelling has not worked...

29 May Go the H2O

Posted at 12:05h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Hutt City Council and Healthy Families Lower Hutt have taken action to make sure our residents can ‘Go the H2O’ when out and about with new water fountains being installed across the Hutt. So far two high profile community hydration stations have already been installed...

29 May It’s Time to Make Schools Water-Only

Posted at 08:40h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

Jesse Mulligan from the Project challenges all schools to go water only. Watch here

28 May NZ Total Diet Survey

Posted at 15:34h in Research by Alison Pask

The NZ Total Diet Study gives more insight into what we’re eating and the results show the NZ food supply is safe and wholesome. The report released last week says the levels of agricultural chemicals and contaminants in our diets remain low and we are...

24 May Salt

Posted at 15:44h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

Letter to the Editor: Reading food labels to help make healthy food choices Earlier this week I was listening to a presentation by a dietitian who was discussing the nutrition information labels on food packaging. One of the comments she made suggested that we should...

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11 Jun Ripple Effect as West Auckland Schools Choose Water as First Choice

06 Jun #BeActive: What Can You do?

06 Jun New Global Physical Activity Plan

05 Jun State-funded school lunches will feed 200,000 children by the middle of next year, as the Government pledges to spend roughly $1 billion on New Zealanders in need.

29 May Deficient Labels on Alcohol

29 May Go the H2O

29 May It’s Time to Make Schools Water-Only

28 May NZ Total Diet Survey

24 May Salt

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11 Jun Ripple Effect as West Auckland Schools Choose Water as First Choice

06 Jun #BeActive: What Can You do?

06 Jun New Global Physical Activity Plan

05 Jun State-funded school lunches will feed 200,000 children by the middle of next year, as the Government pledges to spend roughly $1 billion on New Zealanders in need.

29 May Deficient Labels on Alcohol

29 May Go the H2O

29 May It’s Time to Make Schools Water-Only

29 May e-Update : Issue 241

28 May NZ Total Diet Survey

24 May Salt

About us