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Nutrition education for early childcare staff key to preventing obesity in preschoolers

In a paper published this week in the journal Public Health, Centre for Longitudinal Research and Growing Up in New Zealand PhD student Sarah Gerritsen outlines the evidence-informed components of education environments that work to prevent obesity.

Stronger policies needed to get children active at daycare

Guidelines are needed about screen time for children at daycare, according to new research from the University of Auckland.

'Starting school' data collection wave launched

With the Growing Up in New Zealand children reaching school age, the study has launched its latest data collection wave to learn more about parents’ and children’s experiences with the move from early childhood education into primary schooling.

Warnings about immunisation prove more influential than positive messages

Negative messages about immunisation have a far greater impact on parents’ decision to delay vaccinations than encouraging information has on vaccinating children on time.

Alcohol and Pregnancy - Understanding the New Zealand context

It has been established that exposure to alcohol can be harmful to the unborn child. Yet about one in five mothers-to-be continue to consume alcohol.

One in eight pregnant women affected by depression

One in eight New Zealand women suffer from depression symptoms while pregnant, with Pacific and Asian women twice as likely to be affected.