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• Learn six ways to look after your brain to prevent dementia

  Posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 in: Resources and Information With tags: awareness, brain, health, nutrition, physical activity, Sleep, dementia
  March is Brain Health Awareness Month. Approximately 40 percent of dementia worldwide can be prevented, or delayed, by attending to a range of lifestyle and protective factors

• Pioneering Research into NZ Sustainable Diets

  Posted: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: Food, sustainability, research, nutrition, policy
  University of Canterbury media release: 30th September 2024 A University of Canterbury PhD candidate is contributing to groundbreaking research to determine whether current Aotearoa New Zealand food policies promote healthy, sustainable diets

• Micronutrients used to treat antenatal depression in world first study

  Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: mental health, mental wellbeing, women, pregnancy, nutrition, research
  University of Canterbury media release: 4th June 2024 UC researchers have used vitamins and minerals to alleviate symptoms of depression during pregnancy

• Easy Choice to feed Kiwi families for $90

  Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, Food, planning, families, waste
  Seasonal meal planner and recipe books called Easy Choice - Family Kai are produced by Love Food Hate Waste. Each book consists of four weeks of five dinner meal plans that will feed a family of six for approximately $90 a week

• Kiwis turning to cheaper processed foods urged to watch for salt

  Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, health
  Heart Foundation of NZ media release: 13th September 2022 The foods we eat play a key role in our health and wellbeing

• Can Do Catering: a social enterprise business

  Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: nutrition, Community Groups, healthy food
  Can Do Catering is one of Christchurch’s newest caterers for businesses and social functions. Can Do Catering is a social enterprise business that provides real employment for younger adults with significant physical impairments

• Mother4Mother Breastfeeding Peer Support Programme

  Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: women, children, nutrition, support group
  The Mother4Mother Breastfeeding Peer Support Programme provides support for breastfeeding mothers in Canterbury. The Canterbury-wide service is run by the Rural Canterbury PHO