Publications relating to food and nutrition in New Zealand.
Advice for health practitioners on vitamin D and sun exposure in pregnancy and infancy.
Nutrition publications
Publications
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Published 10 April 2013 -
Published 31 January 2013Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Older People: A background paper assists health practitioners to provide advice that enables the majority of older people in New Zealand to lead longer, healthier and more independent lives. -
Published 14 March 2012The Ministry of Health and Cancer Society of New Zealand, with support from ACC, have developed a Consensus Statement on Vitamin D and Sun Exposure in New Zealand. -
Published 14 March 2012This report presents findings about the vitamin D status of New Zealand adults, from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey. -
Published 13 March 2012The New Zealand Primary Care Handbook 2012 provides summary guidance from a collection of guidelines and is intended as a convenient reference for health professionals. This edition includes new content on the management of type 2 diabetes, weight management, stroke and transient ischaemic attack, heart failure and rheumatic fever. -
Published 28 February 2012This report presents key findings for Pacific peoples from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey, including energy and nutrient intake, dietary supplement use, eating patterns, food security, and nutrition-related health (eg, body size, blood pressure and diabetes). -
Published 28 February 2012This report presents key findings for Māori from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey, including energy and nutrient intake, dietary supplement use, eating patterns, food security, and nutrition-related health (eg, body size, blood pressure and diabetes). -
Published 02 September 2011This report presents key findings from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey, which was carried out from October 2008 to October 2009.
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Published 02 September 2011This methodology report details the procedures and protocols that were followed to ensure the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey produced the high quality and robust data expected of official statistics.
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Published 06 September 2010This report presents key findings of the national survey of physical activity, sedentary behaviours and dietary habits in five to 24 year-olds in New Zealand. The survey was commissioned by SPARC together with the Ministries of Health, Education and Youth Development.