Choice in Australia is the equivalent to Consumer NZ. Choice have a report which makes the case for added sugar labelling. The report shows that clearer sugar labelling will help individuals avoid 25 teaspoon's of unnecessary sugar each day which adds up to over 38...
The New Zealand Beverage Guidance Panel has written a Policy Brief: A Sugary Drink Tax for New Zealand This document provides: The rationale why a sugary drink tax is an important component of any strategy to address childhood obesity, adult obesity and dental caries. An outline of...
Taranaki District Health Board (TDHB) Health Promoter, Jill Nicholls, has been working with schools and dairies in Bell Block to reduce the sugar consumption of Taranaki kids. ‘We are very excited to be the first in New Zealand to take this approach within our community...
This Nelson City Council policy removed sugar sweetened beverages from council operated vending machines and from any council workplaces such as libraries or functions held at Civic House. (2016)...
The Royal Society of New Zealand has collated current scientific evidence on sugar and health, and released a range of new resources (2016)....
These Health Promotion Agency infographic posters illustrate the amount of sugar in common New Zealand drinks and promote water or low-fat milk as the best drink of choice. ...
Sport Southland and Healthy Families Invercargill outline how they worked to make the event free of sugar-sweetened beverages and deep-fried food (2016)....
This WHO guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on the intake of free sugars to reduce the risk of NCDs in adults and children, with a particular focus on the prevention and control of unhealthy weight gain and dental caries (2015)....
Resources by the Health Promotion Agency that promote drinking water, eating breakfast and healthy snacks...
This infographic poster by the Health Promotion Agency shows the amount of sugar in drinks commonly consumed by school-aged children....
