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LINKS
New Zealand Sites
Public Health Expert Postings from public health experts on health related issues of the day.
Gareth’s World Gareth Morgan’s health blog has hard-hitting opinions.
FIZZ Public health researchers and doctors want to end the sale of sugar sweetened drinks.
Ministry of Health – Food and physical activity
Weight Management has links to information and resources
Health Promotion Agency – Nutrition and physical activity
Statistics New Zealand – Obesity Includes interactive graphs showing the proportion of the NZ population who are obese.
Overseas
Australia
ANZOS Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society
Professional site for NZ and Australian health professionals involved in obesity research, treatment or prevention. Has obesity statistics and general information about obesity.
This Victorian-based group wants to influence change in government policy and regulation to prevent obesity, particularly in children.
A network of Australian parents who want to improve the food and physical activity environments for their children.
UK
Children’s Food Campaign Campaigning for better food in schools, no junk food marketing to children, and clear food labelling everyone can understand – including children.
US
CDC – Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
Provides trends and facts about nutrition, physical activity, obesity and overweight in the United States.
Kelly Brownell directs this Center, which is devoted to producing first-class research on obesity prevention.
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
A US lobby group campaigning to stop marketing to children.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
A consumer advocacy group with many nutrition and health campaigns, including stopping marketing junk food to children.
Public health lawyer, Michele Simon, specializes in ‘countering industry harm to improve public health’.
Author Professor Marion Nestle blogs on food issues of the day.
Other International
World Health Organization – Obesity
Providing facts on causes, trends and health risks of obesity and links to the WHO global database on body mass index.
WHO – Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
WHO ‘s high-level Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity is part of it’s global strategy on diet & physical activity.
Professional site for organisations leading and driving global efforts to reduce, prevent and treat obesity.
Campaigning to stop the marketing of unhealthy food to children.
Putting non-communicable disease, such as heart disease or type 2 diabetes, on the global agenda.