What's New?

2008 AGM and Symposium

26 September 2008
Sorrento in the Park, One Tree Hill Domain

Presentations

Active Transport and Urban Design – Jennifer Lamm
Tikanga based Motivation for Physical Activity – Jordan Waiti
Food Marketing – Looking to the Future – Janet Hoek

Sydney Principles

The 'Sydney Principles' for reducing the commercial promotion of foods and beverages to children

Information and forms

OAC membership application form

Media Releases

But what about a petrol discount for buying a McDonalds salad?	9 September 2008
Unhealthy food advertising spend far outstrips advertising of healthy food	3 July 2008
OAC welcomes proposed tightening of advertising rules	26 June 2008
Access to healthy food must be made easier, says OAC	4 June 2008
New children's food classifications for TV ads miss mark	15 May 2008
Health Committee must not give in to the peddlers of junk food	23 April 2008
Government response to Obesity Report 'weak'	27 November 2007
Health groups call on Government to act against obesity	21 November 2007
New reports on cancer and obesity show Government must take action	1 November 2007
Reducing Māori obesity must be priority	18 October 2007
Obesity action group calls for ban on food advertising to children	18 September 2007
National Party's response to obesity issues slammed by health groups	31 August 2007
Obesity report a 'missed opportunity'	30 August 2007
Food and Beverage classification system – a step in the right direction	17 July 2007
Changes to National Guidelines a good thing	11 June 2007
Feeding our Futures - a great start	24 May 2007
Children likely watch TV outside Programme Zone	3 May 2007

Advertising Standards Authority Decisions

OAC vs Nestle (Milo commercial)

Letters of note

To Rt. Honourable Helen Clark regarding Government's weak response to the Health Select Committee’s obesity and type 2 diabetes report 30 November 2007

Membership panui

Reports

Can the Food Industry Play a Constructive Role in the Obesity Epidemic? (JAMA) (PDF 130Kb)

Responses of New Zealand political parties to questions about obesity prevention (PDF 52Kb)

Lifestyle and obesity in south pacific youth – October 08 (PDF 2Mb)

Freedom of choice and the Public Health Bill, John White (PDF 70Kb)

A Back Seat for Physical Activity (PDF 337Kb)

Would You Like Lies with That? - Food, Kids and TV Advertising (PDF 333Kb)

Food Security Among Māori in Aotearoa (PDF 2.2Mb)

Articles etc

Regulation beats education, Gay Keating and Leigh Sturgiss, Dominion Post, 3 April 2008 (PDF 146Kb)

Legislate to beat the flab epidemic, Leigh Sturgiss, Dominion Post, 1 October 2007 (PDF 173Kb)

Big Problem – lots of little solutions, by Celia Murphy (PDF 15Kb)

A Rapid Review of the Literature on the Association Between Nutrition and School Pupil Performance, Quigley and Watts Ltd, December 2005 (PDF 446Kb)

Nutrition and School Performance Quigley and Watts Ltd, December 2005
(PPS 786Kb)

Submissions

Submission to the Health Select Committee on the Public Health Bill, February 2008 (PDF 422Kb)

Submission to the Health Select Committee for the Inquiry into Obesity and Type Two Diabetes in New Zealand, April 2006 (PDF 312Kb)

Parliamentary reports

Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Health Committee report

Government Response to the Inquiry into Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes (PDF 336Kb)