Rising obesity rates among young children and disproportionate effects on Māori, Pacific and socioeconomically deprived children require preventative action that is equitable and effective. As most children in NZ attend ...

Despite empirical evidence for the health-related benefits of physical activity, a large proportion of older adults are insufficiently active. In New Zealand, the Green Prescription is the nationwide physical activity ...

As a consequence of the potential individual and social benefit associated with children being physically active, many large scale physical activity campaigns have been developed and implemented with the purpose of increasing ...

The high rate of global mortality due to non-communicable diseases has encouraged researchers to identify the major factors that are associated with increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other ...

Muslim women in New Zealand form an ethnic and religious minority. Research related to the physical activity levels of these women and their health status is sparse, particularly in the New Zealand context. International ...

Physical activity is essential for optimal health and wellbeing for all people. Emerging epidemiological perspectives call for a move from the current focus on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to a whole-of-physical ...

Given the projected ageing of the population over the next twenty years, age-related cognitive decline will become a significant contributor to New Zealand’s burden of disease, unless factors which provide some protection ...

“It’s an emergency!” delegates declared in 2011 at the Pacific Island Forum in Fiji, convened by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the World Health Organization Office of the South Pacific. The emergency referred ...

Regular physical activity in youth is associated with many aspects of health and development, yet more than half of New Zealand adolescents struggle to meet physical activity guidelines. The modest results of past physical ...