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26 Jun Children and Young People Living Well and Staying Well

Posted at 10:46h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

Children and Young People Living Well and Staying Well: New Zealand Childhood Obesity Programme Baseline Report 2016/17 This report was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Sport New Zealand, the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Health Promotion Agency. The report builds...

21 Jun Barriers and facilitators to physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children under 6

Posted at 13:17h in Healthy Education by Kim Tucker

A systematic review of has been published exploring the qualitative evidence on barriers and facilitators to physical activity and sedentary behaviour in young children (aged 0-6). The review looked at perceptions of children, parents and childcare providers on their barriers and enablers to physical activity and...

21 Jun The Energize Way Poster

Posted at 13:03h in Healthy Education by Kim Tucker

Poster for The Energize way:working in the education setting to "eat healthy, be active, have fun"...

21 Jun Healthy Start Workforce Project Poster

Posted at 12:18h in Healthy babies and children by Kim Tucker

Poster informing of two free workforce development programmes for health practitioners, health promoters, and educators. The programmes aim to improve knowledge about the role of good nutrition and physical activity prior to conception, during pregnancy and in infancy to help reduce health risks later in life, in particular heart...

19 Jun Active play guidelines for under-fives

Posted at 10:21h in Key Documents by Alison Pask

Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives These Guidelines provide population health advice to support health practitioners, early childhood educators, regional sports trusts and others who provide advice to parents, caregivers and whānau or families on physical activity for children under five...

13 Jun Choice as Sizzle

Posted at 14:43h in Healthy Community by Alison Pask

A better way to host a sausage sizzle fundraiser...

10 May Updated physical activity guidelines

Posted at 13:01h in Key Documents by Alison Pask

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Education Minister Nikki Kaye have today welcomed the released updated physical activity guidelines for children and young people aged five to 17. “Children and young people are encouraged to live an active lifestyle. To sit less, move more and sleep well...

18 Apr Education Review Office ( ERO): Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity in NZ Schools and Early Learning Services

Posted at 10:17h in Healthy Education by Alison Pask

ERO effective practice report" Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity in NZ Schools and Early Learning Services". ERO found that most schools and services were doing a good job of equipping young people with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to make healthy choices around food, nutrition...

27 Mar BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

Posted at 09:25h in Research by Kim Tucker

Is body mass index (BMI) relentlessly increasing in NZ, or plateauing? In this blog we present trends in BMI by ethnicity in NZ going back to the 1980s. Over the last four decades the annual increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau,...

09 Mar Advertising Standards Authority new comprehensive Children and Young People’s Advertising Code

Posted at 11:05h in Key Documents by Kim Tucker

The ASA has adopted a new code following a recommendation from an independent panel. The new code replaces the Code for Advertising to Children and the Children’s Code for Advertising Food and for the first time will cover all advertising to children and young people. The...

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