The first five year review of the Health Star Rating system has been completed, with a series of recommendations for […]
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Call for lower salt consumption – In the news
If we are to meet a sodium reduction target by 2025, New Zealanders will have to reduce the salt in […]
Continue readingEasy-to-understand nutrition info gets green light from researchers
As New Zealand policy-makers examine ways to help consumers make healthy food choices, a new Otago study has shown that […]
Continue readingSalt – how much is too much?
Writer Kate Fraser investigates the health effects of salt and what we are doing to mitigate them. An excerpt (from […]
Continue readingExperts Respond: Moderate salt reduction benefits questioned
A review of scientific literature by The Cochrane Library suggests moderate reductions in salt intake don’t lead to reduced risk […]
Continue reading‘Cut fat and salt now to save lives’ – UK watchdog
A hard-hitting report from the UK health watchdog group National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) calls on government […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi processors play down findings on meat ‘risks’
Tim Cronshaw writes in Business Day about recent US research suggesting that processed meat can increase the risk of developing […]
Continue readingResearch calls for substantial reduction in salt intake
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month has prompted calls in Europe for EU-wide […]
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