ExerciseNZ wants to meet the PM over kids’ activity and mental health
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Christchurch – Schools are reopening after the summer break and ExerciseNZ wants to see greater efforts to address the serious fact of New...
Explosion of lockdown-induced home gyms in NZ
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Ōtautahi – The first covid lockdown last year caught most people by surprise, but the inevitability of more lockdowns, especially in Auckland, has resulted...
Kiwi expert backs WHO’s new weekly health activity guidelines
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Christchurch – A New Zealander who has been working with the World Health Organisation (WHO) on physical activity says he supports their new global...
Exercise for over 50s helps heart and brain – new study
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Otautahi – New research says regular exercise can help slow the progression to Alzheimer’s disease as well as improve the heart and brain.
Regular exercise...
First exercise day of 2022 just weeks away
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Otautahi – The first days of 2022 are just weeks away, raising the spectre of the annual tradition of resolutions, such as getting fitter.
Healthier...
Forests can fight against climate change
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Tamaki Makaurau – There is global recognition that controlled tree aexpansion could be one of the most effective solutions in the fight against...
Adult and child obesity increasing in NZ
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Tamaki Makaurau – Obesity has increased in both adults and children, according to the annual New Zealand health survey just released.
About one in...
Travelling back in time: the South Island to ourselves
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Clyde – New Zealand, until covid year, receives almost four million tourists a year.
It is decades ago since New Zealand had one million visitors...
Researchers to tackle health challenges
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Te Whanganui-a-Tara – A total of $11.3 million has been awarded to 58 researchers across Aotearoa in the Health Research Council’s annual career development...
Global warming ice melt at north and south poles
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Tamaki Makaurau – Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in the north and south poles.
Greenland’s ice melt has become more frequent...
99 percent of people breathe air above recommended limits
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Geneva – Air quality globally is at unsatisfactory levels, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Around 99 percent of the global population currently...
Physical activity can counter effects of lack of sleep
Source: MakeLemonade.nz
Otautahi – ExerciseNZ today endorsed new research which shows physical activity and good sleep work together to counter negative health effects of poor sleep.
The...
