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Relaxation training extends the effect of non-dieting interventions

Dr Caroline Horwath of the Department of Human Nutrition has found that non-dieting interventions to improve overweight and obese women's health and well-being have a longer-lasting effect if they include relaxation training.

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  •   HUNX474 Auckland project entered in WDHB competition this group of 2011 Part One, Auckland students have entered their HUNX474 project into the Waitemata District Health Board's Health Innovation Award competition.
    Their project developed a management case for increasing the Waitemata community dietitian full time equivalent (FTE) to enable improved monitoring and support for enterally fed patients in nursing homes/private hospitals within the Waitemata DHB catchment area.

  • the 2008 Bernice Kelly Award recipient is Sarah Fleming.  The Bernice Kelly Award is an award made by the New Zealand Dietetic Association, and sponsored by Fonterra and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, to recognise excellence in an emerging entry-level Dietitian.
  • Louise Bee received the Nestle Healthcare Nutrition Top Academic Student award at the 2008 New Zealand Dietetic Association Conference.
  • CongratsAlwyn Todd has retained her Unilever Scholarship awarded in 2007 for a further year.

 

 

 

 

 


  • CongratsThe Nestle Young Achiever Award was presented to Sian Warriner. 

    NZDA President Julie Carter says Ms Warriner was presented the award for her dedication to mental health and Maori dietetics.

    “Sian’s practicum investigated the need for mental health dietetic services to be established at Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB),” says Ms Carter.

    “The results showed that a dietician role was necessary and Sian was later appointed to a position in the organisation. Since then, she has created a comprehensive and valued role in one of the country’s largest DHBs. For a young dietitian who is just starting out in her career this is a fantastic achievement.”

    Middlemore Hospital’s leader of nutrition and dietetics Vicki Paulin says Ms Warriner has shown “exemplary commitment to the profession”.

    “Sian’s experience and expertise in the area of mental health dietetics has already been recognised beyond CMDHB. As she’s the only Maori dietitian at CMDHB, she regularly gets called to provide cultural input into reviewing nutrition and education resources, client feedback forms and research proposals.”  Source: Times Online


  • The history of our national dish is celebrated in Professor Helen Leach's new book The Pavlova Story: a Slice of New Zealand's Culinary History  published by Otago University Press.

  • The recently published results of Dr Caroline Horwath's study shows that 'non-dieting' interventions can be effective in reducing psychological distress and medical symptoms in women who are overweight or obese.
      • Prof Christine Thomson advocates that Kiwis eat one Brazil nut a day to boost their selenium intake - Otago Daily Times and  Channel 9 News Dunedin, March 26, 2008.  Read the full press release or download the February  2008 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition article co-authored with Dr Alex Chisholm.

      • Angie Swann profiled in the New Zealand Herald on March 10, 2008

    • Dr Alex Chisholm spent six months in Europe, June-December 2007, on Research and Study Leave.  Highlights of the conferences she attended and visits made will be available here soon.

    • Aimee Burns received the 2007 Emerging Scientist Award for the presentation of her Masters research, "Do elite New Zealand endurance athletes use iron supplements appropriately?" at the New Zealand Sports Medicine and Science Conference in Hamilton in November 2007.

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