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  • Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?

    … Summary Upcycled food has been promoted as providing an environmentally, … also be unintended negative consequences on food security from the upcycled food industry. To ensure the most … to improve food security. ‘Novel upcycled foods’ produced from ingredients previously considered unsuitable for human …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … A new report reveals the troubling state of New Zealand’s food environment due to inaction from successive Governments and calls for this to change. … since 2014. Our first comprehensive assessment from 2014 to 2017 1 concluded that the food environment in NZ …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … Summary Food-EPI (Healthy Food Environment Policy Index) was recently … progress to be made, there needs to be clear leadership from the Public Health Agency, and development of a … profile of packaged food and assigns it a rating from ½ a star to 5 stars. Adopted in June 2014 it was …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … waterways has the benefits of: (1) protecting water from hazardous microbes; (2) minimising cancer risk and other problems from nitrates in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are … (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural importance and food security); (5) facilitating safe recreational water use; …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … Summary In Aotearoa New Zealand, poor-quality food contributes significantly to diseases like cancer, heart … who struggle to afford nutritious diets. Recent research from Te Rōpū Rangahau ō Te Kāhui Matepukupuku (Cancer Society … New Zealand Food Strategy, drawing inspiration from successful models overseas.   Poor quality food is a …
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  • Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed

    … in 2008/09 and the most recent children’s survey dates from 2002. With these decades-old statistics, NZ is … nutrition survey is needed and how the government, food industry, and public health typically use survey data. … status of the population.  Detailed nutrition data from NNS are critical to inform effective and cost-effective …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … Health-related food taxes and subsidies are a hot topic internationally. … a salt tax (2). Our findings generated much interest from many quarters and, not unexpectedly, we encountered … by providing tax relief elsewhere (e.g., reducing GST generally back to 12.5%, change in “working for …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … There is a perception that healthy food costs more – but does it really? It all depends on how … this blog post discusses recent monitoring over a decade from the UK that showed the rise in price was steeper for … Changes in the price of 94 common individual food items from the UK Consumer Price Index (CPI) were assessed in 2002 …
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  • Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

    … For the first time, the PISA study included measures of food poverty, with NZ ranking second worst in the OECD for … decades, maths achievement for 15-year-olds had dropped from fourth in the OECD to 19 th . 1 This rank comes from the … in schools (including both breakfasts and lunches) and remove this barrier to learning are required, with Health …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … have undertaken an evaluation of New Zealand Government food environment policies, compared to international best … implementing such policies. This is the main conclusion from the second Healthy Food Environment Policy Index … was rated at the level of best practice for leaving GST off fruit and vegetables and implementing evidence-based …
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