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June 30, 2016

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.

May 16, 2016

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.

September 16, 2015

'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.

September 3, 2015

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.

August 28, 2015

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.

August 24, 2015

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.

August 4, 2015

Lead maternity carer system working for most New Zealand mothers

Two decades after New Zealand introduced a choice-based model of primary maternity care, almost all mothers-to-be enrol with a carer early in their pregnancy and most are happy with the choice of carers available.

July 27, 2015

New generation of New Zealand children are helping to keep te reo Māori alive

The use of te reo Māori is on the rise. More parents are speaking te reo to their infants, in comparison to their own childhood.

July 24, 2015

Growing Up study suggests low social service use among vulnerable children

Only one in five families whose toddlers were considered most at risk of vulnerability from birth accessed social support services in their first 1000 days of life.

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