Identifying barriers to promoting healthy nutrition in New Zealand primary schools

M Walton, J Waiti, L Signal… - Health Education …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Schools are often identified as a site for intervention to improve the diets of
students, and help prevent excess weight gain and obesity. Rates of overweight and obesity …

Applying a Health Promoting Schools approach to nutrition interventions in schools: key factors for success

L Rana, R Alvaro - Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Issue addressed: To assess the effectiveness of using a Health Promoting Schools (HPS)
framework to deliver a nutrition intervention in schools. Methods:? CREATE healthy eating in …

Nutrition education: towards a whole‐school approach

F Rowe, D Stewart, S Somerset - Health Education, 2010 - emerald.com
Purpose–Schools are widely accepted as having the potential to make substantial
contributions to promoting healthy eating habits in children and adolescents. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Increases in support structures for healthy eating especially in low decile schools in New Zealand

M Pledger, J McDonald, J Cumming - … and New Zealand Journal of Public …, 2012 - Elsevier
Objective: To compare two surveys conducted in 2007 and 2009, of the food and nutrition
environment in New Zealand primary schools. Methods: A sample of primary schools was …

Public policy to promote healthy nutrition in schools: Views of policymakers

M Walton, L Signal, G Thomson - Health Education Journal, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: This study aimed to identify policy options to support nutrition promotion in New
Zealand primary schools. In achieving this aim, the study sought to identify framing by …

Prevalence of current school‐level nutrition policies and practices of secondary schools in NSW, Australia

JY Ooi, SL Yoong, R Sutherland… - … Promotion Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Issue addressed Lowering the rates of adolescent overweight and obesity is a public health
priority. The implementation of nutrition policies and practices in schools is recommended by …

Assessment of the school nutrition environment: a study in Australian primary school canteens

SL Yoong, NK Nathan, RJ Wyse, SJ Preece… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Introduction Schools represent a valuable setting for interventions to improve children's
diets, as they offer structured opportunities for ongoing intervention. Modifications to the …

Child-care nutrition environments: results from a survey of policy and practice in New Zealand early childhood education services

S Gerritsen, C Wall, S Morton - Public health nutrition, 2016 - cambridge.org
Objective: To describe nutrition environments in formal child care for 3-and 4-year-olds.
Design: Cross-sectional online survey of nutrition-related child-care policy and practice …

Healthy food environments in early learning services: an analysis of manager survey responses, menus and policies in regional New Zealand early childhood …

P McKelvie-Sebileau, E D'souza… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Healthy food environments in early childhood play an important role in establishing health-
promoting nutritional behaviours for later life. We surveyed Early Learning Services (ELS) in …

Nutrition health promotion in schools in the UK: learning from Food Standards Agency funded schools research

J Woolfe, L Stockley - Health Education Journal, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To test the feasibility and effectiveness of dietary change interventions in UK
school-based settings. This overview draws out the main lessons that were learnt from these …