Here are some guidelines and resources from VegKIT to support people who want to increase children's vegetable intake. Includes 7 Days of Veggie Snacks with inspiration and recipes for five delicious vegetable snacks. Visit Website ...
Chris Vogliano PhD, RD is a Technical Advisor of Food Systems with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where he is currently working on adapting the first ever global diet quality monitoring system, in partnership with Harvard University and Gallup Polls.Chris has worked...
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....
Kiwi parents and school principals overwhelmingly back the Fruit & Vegetables in Schools (FIS) initiative and new research shows there’s a strong desire for the Government funded scheme to be expanded. Over 100,000 children from low decile primary and intermediate schools currently, receive fresh seasonal produce to...
Dr Geoff Kira, Ngā Puhi, from Massey University’s School of Health Sciences has been awarded nearly quarter of a million dollars to carry out a feasibility study focusing on the tools used to measure fruit and vegetable consumption among Māori. The study, entitled He Pātaka Marohi...
New University of Auckland research has examined whether Kiwi families are meeting national food and nutrition guidelines when feeding their babies. The research, from the university’s Centre for Longitudinal Research at the School of Population Health, looked at data from more than 6,500 of the children...
A decade has passed since the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust was launched to help encourage us all to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. The message is simple – eat at least five servings each day to help maintain good health – but one which...
Mummah, S., et al. (2017). Effect of a mobile app intervention on vegetable consumption in overweight adults: A randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 14:125. The authors tested the effect of a mobile app to increase vegetable consumption among overweight adults attempting...
