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The level of physical activity among young people in New Zealand varies widely between sociodemographic groups, indicating the need to think about how we promote physical activity, research from the University of Otago, Wellington shows.
Dawn Bowden MS, Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip
A successful physical activity and nutrition initiative for schools is being doubled in size
The ending of a long-running health and fitness programme for young people in Waikato has upset one of the driving forces behind it and schools. 'Energizers' will no longer go into schools and lead programmes on health, nutrition and physical education. Photo: 123RF It saw a number of trained people, called Energizers, going into schools and leading programmes on health, nutrition and physical education. Emeritus Professor of Nutrition at AUT, Elaine Rush played an important role in setting up the programme. She believed it worked well and produced results. ''A drop in the prevalence of obes...
More needed to be done to prevent people developing type 2 diabetes, the report found. “I didn't realise we spent $2.1 bn in terms of the cost of diabetes or 0.67 per cent of gross domestic product. That is horrific, we just can't afford to do that,” he said. Type 2 diabetes is usually a disease of middle-aged and older people related to excess weight, diet and lack of physical activity but, for genetic reasons, people of Māori, Pacific and South-Asian ethnicities are particularly at risk. It often leads to other illnesses such as liver and heart disease and can result in limb amputa...