The latest issue of New Scientist features a cover story investigating the health consequences of sugar intake, a hotly debated […]
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ANZAC rations nutritionally deficent – study
WWI soldiers serving in the trenches of Gallipoli may have suffered scurvy and other illnesses due nutritionally deficient rations, according […]
Continue readingSurvey provides health check for New Zealand
The results of the latest National Health Survey have been released, providing a snapshot of the health of New Zealand […]
Continue readingMeeting has obesity in the crosshairs
Experts gathering in Auckland this week have one health concern firmly in their sights: Australasia’s obesity epidemic. The Australia and […]
Continue readingObesity, children and the future – ANZOS 2012 Briefing
What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
Continue readingIs ‘organic’ food healthier? – experts respond
New research, based on an analysis of several hundred studies, has cast doubt on arguments that organically grown foods are more […]
Continue reading‘Big Food’ needs scrutiny – experts
The reach and impact of the multinational food and beverage industry – ‘Big Food’- has been thoroughly under-examined, according to […]
Continue readingAre regular chocolate eaters really thinner?
Recent research showing a link between moderate chocolate consumption and body mass index has received wide spread coverage in the […]
Continue readingNEEDNT food list targets obese patient’s diet
When it comes to healthy food, consumers are often at the mercy of misleading dietary claims from manufacturers. Now researchers […]
Continue readingSchool milk may lower colorectal cancer risk – NZ research
A recent study suggests that historical milk-in-schools programmes – similar to the planned initiative announced by Fonterra today – may […]
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