Increasing the amount of time schools devote to physical education each week could dramatically reduce the number of children who are doing only minimal levels of exercise, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and Sport New Zealand have found.Increasing PE time at school to...
Another meta-analysis about New Zealand adolescents who travel to school by car, concludes comprehensive interventions focusing on both social and built environment factors are needed to reduce car travel to school. Read research ...
School neighbourhood environments and active transport to school rates vary. Built environment features of school neighbourhoods and adolescents’ perceptions of the school route are associated with the adolescents’ use of active transport to school. Read research ...
This report assessed the effectiveness of interventions for childhood overweight and obesity and found that current interventions for the management of obesity among schoolchildren on weight-related outcomes were inconclusive.However, behavioural lifestyle interventions by interdisciplinary teams and family involvement can help curb obesity among schoolchildren. Read report ...
The Government, in its 2020 Budget announced on Thursday, promised to spend $220 million on the free school lunch programme, feeding an additional 200,000 children and creating an estimated 2000 jobs. The school lunch programme, launched in 2019, currently feeds 8000 children....
In this article, experts share 24 recommendations to reverse the national decline in walking to school....
Growing Up in New Zealand has released its latest study report, Transition to school. This is the study’s eighth report and summarises findings from Growing Up’s 72 Month Data Collection Wave. Study Director, Associate Professor Susan Morton, University of Auckland, says this report homes in on the cohort children’s experience of...
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 has...
Children need the right fuel to run and jump and play but also, to think, says Dr Kirsty Fairbairn. We all want our children to do well in life. We want them to be happy, have self-belief and have a passion to learn about the world. As...
Project Energize is a programme that aims to increase children's physical activity levels, improve their nutritional status and ultimately their overall health. The programme began at Sport Waikato in 2005, funded by the Waikato District Health Board and was established in Wellington in 2016. Delivered by...
