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29 Apr Systemic Barriers and Equitable Interventions to Improve Vegetable and Fruit Intake in Children: Interviews with National Food System Actors

Posted at 08:48h in Healthy Systems by Kim Tucker

Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is declining in New Zealand, and over half of New Zealand’s children do not meet the recommendation of two serves of fruit and three serves of vegetables daily (with even lower adherence among children in high-deprivation neighbourhoods). The aim of...

29 Apr Nutrition Across the Life Stages

Posted at 08:42h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

The food we eat plays an important role in our health and wellbeing. Good nutrition contributes to quality of life, helps maintain healthy body weight, protects against infection, and reduces the risk of chronic conditions and premature death. Chronic conditions—often linked with a poor diet—are...

28 Mar NZ edition of the Special Olympics Fit Five guide

Posted at 13:04h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

This ‘guide’ has been edited for NZ athletes, in conjunction with advice from the Ministry of Health, the Heart Foundation of NZ and Healthy Families Lower Hutt. The ‘guide’ aligns with NZ health messaging and the resource section is packed with websites to visit which...

07 Feb Infant Feeding In New Zealand

Posted at 09:04h in Healthy babies and children by Alison Pask

At present, there are no national data collected on dietary practices and nutrient intakes among New Zealand (NZ) infants. This report represents the first study in New Zealand to provide evidence of population adherence to the national food and nutrition recommendations in the first year...

04 Dec New Activity Book – Bright Ideas for Young Minds

Posted at 13:28h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

New Activity Book - Bright Ideas for Young Minds, Book Review Published November 2017 by Mary Egan Publishing RRP$ 39.95 This is a beautiful, large, hard cover book that has plenty of eye-catching photos which makes it attractive to pick up and read. There are 70 practical and...

24 Aug Physical Activity with a Cultural Twist at a Cook Islands Early Childhood Centre

Posted at 15:56h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

For the first time since Nor Western Cook Islands Early Childhood Centre in Ranui opened, children are learning new ways to be active and revitalising their culture at the same time. West Auckland’s only Cook Islands centre has been making connections with the Cook Islands language...

26 Jun Kids’ Choice menu endorsement programme

Posted at 11:49h in Healthy Community by Kim Tucker

Kids’ Choice is a menu endorsement programme run by the Heart Foundation for food services that offer healthier choices to children. Recipes on children’s menus that meet our criteria will be eligible to have the Kids’ Choice logo (above) printed next to them on the...

26 Jun Active transport to and from school factsheet (2017)

Posted at 11:12h in Healthy Environments by Kim Tucker

This factsheet includes two sources of data on active transport to school. Data are firstly presented on specific transport modes used by 5–12-year-olds to get to school, from the New Zealand Household Travel Survey. Data are then presented on active transport (walking, cycling and other...

26 Jun Growing up in New Zealand: Now we are 4 report (2017)

Posted at 11:04h in Healthy Education by Kim Tucker

This report is part of the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study and was prepared by the University of Auckland. It focuses on the children from the study as they get ready to start school. The biggest shift for most children is that they now...

26 Jun National Implementation of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative 2017

Posted at 10:59h in Healthy babies and children by Kim Tucker

The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in 1991 as a global programme to incentivize maternity facilities throughout the world to adhere to the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and comply with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. This report provides an analysis of the current status of the...

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