FOE submission on the Public Health Bill, March 2008

Public Health Bill Fact Sheet 5 Reducing risk factors for non-communicable diseases through increasing physical activity. Mar 2008 (Word 69 KB)

Public Health Bill Fact Sheet 4 The case for retention of regulation-making powers to reduce risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Mar 2008 (Word 64 KB)

Public Health Bill Fact Sheet 3 The failure of the Public Health Bill to impose a duty to reduce risk factors for non-communicable diseases. (Includes Health Impact Assessments.) Rev ed. Mar 2008 (Word 76 KB)

Public Health Bill Fact Sheet 2 Regulation-making powers relating to non-communicable diseases. Feb 2008 (Word 52 KB)

Public Health Bill Fact Sheet 1 Views of the Health Select Committee and the Government on regulation-making powers in the Public Health Bill. Feb 2008 (Word 76 KB)

Public Health Bill information sheet Why making a submission on the Public Health Bill is crucial. Revised version, 25 February 2008 (PDF 31 KB).

The industry case against advertising restrictions: An introduction to the Scragg and Hoek reviews of the Harker report, July 2007 (PDF 7 KB)

Scragg review of the Harker report Scrutinises the Harker Report from an obesity research perspective. April 2007 (PDF 56 KB)

Hoek review of the Harker report Scrutinises the Harker Report from an advertising perspective. March 2007 (PDF 105 KB)

Health Select Committee Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand: An initial analysis of submissions. March 2007 (PDF 513 KB)

FOE Submission to the Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in NZ. April 2006 (PDF 363 KB)

FOE Petition Calls for schools to stop selling junk food and a ban on TV advertising of unhealthy food to children. Closed on 1 May 2006. (PDF 390 KB)

Food Advertising and Children An Academic Perspective on Advertisers’ Real Agenda Presentation to FOE meeting by Dr Janet Hoek. November 2005

Poll Survey Results Results of questions about school food and TV advertising to children inserted in the June 2005 BRC Omnibus Survey. July 2005 (PDF 228 KB)

Legislation, Regulation and Taxation Presentation by Dr Robyn Toomath to the Diabetes NZ Conference, May 2005 (PPT 777 KB)

FOE Submission to the Advertising Standards Authority Review April 2005

Cutting the Fat: How a fat tax can help fight obesity August 2004 (MS Word, 332KB)

Obesity Legislation Report Identifies key legislative measures that other countries or states use to address obesity. January 2004. (168KB)

POD Report Literature review on interventions that may help prevent obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in New Zealand children. March 2003 (206KB)