Food-EPI NZ 2020

Jun 19, 2020 | Archives, Food-EPI

Food-EPI 2020 Full Report June 2020 Summary Report June 2020   Experts call for action to fill gaps on healthy food policies New Zealand needs major improvements in food policies if it is going to seriously tackle the country’s obesity epidemic, according to...
State of the Food Supply New Zealand 2019

State of the Food Supply New Zealand 2019

Aug 16, 2019 | Archives

This State of the Food Supply report provides the first annual snapshot of the healthiness of the NZ packaged food supply . Researchers analysed over 13 000 packaged foods and beverages in New Zealand supermarkets. Nutritional quality was assessed by the Health Star...

How healthy are New Zealand food environments?

Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorised

A major cause of New Zealand’s very high rates of obesity has been mapped in a world-first study from the University of Auckland. A comprehensive study of food composition, labelling, marketing, and prices as well as food in schools and retail outlets found that food...
How committed are food companies to health?

How committed are food companies to health?

Mar 25, 2018 | Archives

A new study ranking the nutrition commitments of 25 of New Zealand’s largest food companies has found large variations with some companies leading the way, but many are not doing nearly enough to reduce the biggest cause of ill health in New Zealand, unhealthy diets....