Nutrition needs are higher during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Meeting those needs is important for a healthy mother and baby. Expensive supplements are often marketed to parents wanting to conceive, during pregnancy and when breastfeeding. However, with the exception of folic acid and iodine, most women...
This systematic review and meta-analysis published in the BMJ looked at the progression of women with gestational diabetes (GDM) to Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) While this research didn't include any populations similar to the New Zealand population it does highlight the importance of targeting and intervening in...
Traditional vegetable diet lowers the risk of premature babies It turns out we should follow our parents' advice when we’re thinking about becoming parents ourselves, with a study finding eating the traditional ‘three-vegies’ before pregnancy lowers the risk of a premature birth....
Alcohol Healthwatch is extremely disappointed that an evidence-based pregnancy warning label for alcohol products and packaging has been sent back to the drawing board....
Auckland University research shows 23 percent of women drank alcohol during their first trimester of pregnancy while 13 percent drank during their second trimester. On 11 October 2018 the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation agreed that, based on the evidence, a mandatory labelling...
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 in New...
Loving Pēpe for life: Your guide to being healthy and keeping activity during your pregnancy Loving Pēpe for Life was developed by the Health 4 Life Project to support health and community workers who work with pregnant women and whānau with babies, to have conversations about healthy...
