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A new website aims to help consumers make smarter choices to reduce the amount of salt in their diet.The SaltWise Challenge contains two interactive...
Do you have an aversion to the dentist?A recent survey of New Zealanders found that rather than attend a dental appointment…25 per cent would...
Making water exciting could be the key to getting families drinking more water and fewer sugary drinks.The makers of SodaStream followed the water...
We know breakfast is an important daily meal and recent research has indicated that the nutritional and social aspects of breakfast have an impact on...
Columbus Coffee have 400 FREE VIP tickets to give away to this weekend's Gluten Free Food & Allergy Show in Auckland, 25-26 May at the ASB...
Australia has new dietary guidelines which for the first time include advice to limit added sugar.This has reportedly alarmed the major grocers and...
Easter is in April and Childfund New Zealand has solved one of Easter’s biggest mysteries...While their answer is tongue-in-chick (er, cheek),...
A daily vitamin C intake equivalent to eating two kiwifruit a day is required to ensure our muscles maintain optimal levels, University of Otago...
A large NZ-led international study indicates that eating three-plus servings a week of fast food is linked to the severity of allergic asthma, eczema...
Nearly one-fifth of NZ’s adult population face the very real spectre of living with diabetes, according to new research.The rate of diagnosed...
We might blame our parents for our body shape but, according to a new study, we may be able to halve the weight-promoting effect of certain genes...
Poor hand hygiene is often thought to be the main cause of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses such as norovirus, but…Viruses can just as easily...
Food businesses have until December 2016 to meet the requirements of a new food standard regulating nutrition content claims and health claims on...
Saturated fats have long been associated with contributing to the obesity epidemic.And now a University of Otago study lead by Professor Jim Mann (...
Being physically fit during your 40s and 50s doesn't just make you more likely to live longer. It also improves your chances of ageing...