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Adapted from a feature originally published in the May 2019 issue of Dietitians New Zealand magazine, Smart Bites.

Translating the EAT-Lancet science into everyday action

The EAT-Lancet Commission gives the necessary answers on how to fix our broken food system. But what do they mean in practice and how can we all take action?

Eat Well. Live Well. With those bold words emblazoned across the top, the new Canada’s Food Guide is now a reality.

Primary and Intermediate school children in sKids after school care are cooking up a FoodStorm this term thanks to a new partnership between Nestlé Healthy Active Kids and sKids (safe kids in daily supervision).  Together Nestlé and sKids, the largest private provider of out of school care, have

Wattie’s are excited to launch the newest addition to the Wattie’s for Baby® family: First Tastes Veggie Colours products.

Feeling tired, grumpy, can’t concentrate or feeling the cold all time. These are just some of the signs of iron deficiency, which is an issue for many New Zealanders. People commonly associate these signs with a ‘busy lifestyle’ or ‘a bug’, with many unaware they may have deficient levels.

A new look Food Allergen Portal, the result of a collaboration between industry, consumer and government stakeholders, is providing best practice resources on managing allergens in food.

Curriculum-linked resources are now available for Year 9 students to teach them vital information about food and nutrition so they can make healthier food choices for life.

New Zealand Food Safety (a unit of the Ministry for Primary Industries) has today published the results for the 2016 New Zealand Total Diet Study (TDS), which shows the food New Zealanders eat has a high level of safety in regard to chemical hazards which might be present in the food supply.  Exp

In the May issue of the NZ Nutrition Foundation Newsletter, Sarah Hanrahan discusses our plans for 2018 including launching JUST COOK Healthy Ageing in Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

In this edition we also