This report focuses on trends up to and including the 2019/20 year. At a glance, this paper shows 36% of households with children spent more than 30% of their disposable income on housing and 20% reported living in households where food runs out sometimes with 4% reporting...
The Australian Obesity Policy Coalition has launched Brands Off Our Kids! - four actions to protect children from the processed food industry’s unhealthy food marketing. Read more here ...
Here are some guidelines and resources from VegKIT to support people who want to increase children's vegetable intake. Includes 7 Days of Veggie Snacks with inspiration and recipes for five delicious vegetable snacks. Visit Website ...
New Behind the Hype information sheet has been added to the Nutrition and Activity Hub. Download Information Sheet ...
These STOP project systematic reviews collated in Obesity Reviews provide an evidence-base of the impacts of key government policies aimed at addressing childhood obesity. Read reviews ...
This research published in International Journal for Equity in Health found that New Zealand is failing in its duty to provide the right to adequate food for indigenous children. Given the importance of food to health, the need for a broad policy approach from the NZ government...
Ka Pai Kai Rotorua has provided 200,000 heathy school lunches to date. Thanks to the support of the Rotorua community, the lunches are affordable for everyone Visit Website ...
Low household income is strongly associated with the likelihood of food insecurity, according to the Child Poverty Monitor 2020. Over half (56%) of children living in families receiving financial assistance don't always have enough healthy food to eat.The proposed expansion of Ka Ora, Ka Ako (the...
It is well established that marketing of unhealthy food is highly prevalent and has a detrimental effect on children’s eating behaviours and diet. A new study highlights how a new type of social media influencer — children themselves — is contributing to this phenomenon. Read article ...
Current food systems are failing to guide children towards healthy diets. This paper presents a tool to identify the actions needed to reorient food systems to become more child-centred from a nutrition perspective. To connect the dots between children's lives, their food environments and food...
