Dietetic Student Research Projects

Pre-testing of nutrition education resources produced by the National Heart Foundation.    SoF

Key words: 'Heart Healthy Eating'

Marvin's Milk Choice. A web-based study on the key influencers of milk selection for young New Zealand men. SoF

Key words: attitudes, perceptions, barriers, web-based study

Omega-3 fatty acids for cardioprotection.
The development of an educational resource.   SoF

Key words: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, cardiovascular disease

Nutrition information panel resource development project.     SoF

Key words: Interpreting nutrition information labels, nutrition education resource

Iodine insufficiency in pregnant women: the need for an education resource.    SoF

Understanding the written communication needs of dietitians and their consumers.   SoF

Key words: Nutrition education resources,  patient care

Healthy food in the school and early childhood environment.    SoF

Pilot study investigating the barriers and facilitating factors for increasing the red meat consumption of toddlers in the "Meat Group" of the Toddler Food Study.    SoF
Practicum is unavailable for borrowing

Key words: Iron status, parents and caregivers

"Up Size Me" am I eating enough?    SoF

Key words: Anorexia nervosa, recommended daily amounts of nutrients, serving sizes, weight gain 

Food with Attitude (FWA) nutrition resource development project.    SoF

Key words: Evidence-based programme, nutrition education

Nutrition promotion programmes in the workplace.    SoF

Key words: diabetes, heart disease, cancer

How can an innovative diet tool based on linear programming analysis be improved?    SoF

Key words: nutritional status

Research and development of a food and nutrition resource for families on a restricted budget.    SoF

Key words: food poverty, food insecurity

A nutrition communication needs assessement for HortResearch's Apple website project.    SoF

Key words: needs assessment

Needs assessment for children's oral health resources that incorporate nutrition and healthy eating messages for children.    SoF

Nutrition and education needs of vegetarian students at the University of Otago.    SoF

Fish and seafood - Are manufacturers a help or hindrance?    SoF

Transtheoretical model of health behaviour change: The communication needs of pre-contemplators in relation to fruit and vegetables.    SoF

Communicating with contemplators. The development and pretesting of fruit and vegetable messages for people in Contemplation Stage of Change.    SoF

Keywords: Behaviour change strategies

Evaluating the "Get Going with Breakfast" Programme.    SoF

Keywords: School children, educational resources

What size should my treats be? The development of a resource which helps children 8 to 11 years old recognize appropriate portion sizes for treat foods.    SoF

Key words: Childhood obesity, food intake, resources

The introduction of a school milk programme in Wellington Primary and Intermediate schools: A feasibility study.

'Eating for a Healthy Heart'. The development of a nutrition audiotape educational resource for PTCA patients.

Delivery of patient nutrition education at Kaitaia Hospital in the absence of a dietitian.

Consumer perceptions of barriers to and benefits of fish and seafood consumption.

The role of mental health nurses in nutrition education.

Factors affecting food choices of Niuean children and their families: Implications and recommendations for health promotion.

Resource development: The production of 'A food guide for Indian adults in New Zealand'

Breakfast - A smart way to start the day

Key words: resource - Sanitarium, industry

The development of a nutrition promotion display for use in a doctors clinic.  

Key words: general practice

Are teachers prepared for teaching food and nutrition in the year 2000? 

Key words: Nutrition education in schools

The development of a vegetable gardening programme for Southland schools  

Keywords: Nutrition education in schools

Development of a nutrition resource for use by Pacific Islands community educators to educate caregivers of children under five years of age.  

The use of serving sizes as a health promotion tool  

Keywords: Recommended dietary intakes

Food and the Tongan family: implications for health promotion. 

Keywords: child nutrition

Worksite nutrition: implementation and evaluation  

Keywords: nutrition seminar

A worksite nutrition education programme. An intervention study

Keywords: risk reduction programme

The writing and evaluation of a resource on calcium, dairy products, and health for use by health professionals in South East Asia.

Keywords: Asian nutrition

An evaluation of three nutrition posters, developed as resources for kaimahi and matua of Te Kohanga Reo in Wairau to use.

Keywords: Maori nutrition

Food and nutrition education for parents of children at childcare centres.

Nutrition education resources for primary schools.

Barriers to the use of 'V for Veges' in secondary schools.

Keywords: Nutrition education

Health promotion: a Heartbeat Award for a workplace cafeteria - 'The Aviary', Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.

Keywords: foodservice

The dietitian's role in the prevention of eating disorders among young people.

Keywords: survey of health professionals

Evaluation of the Developing Dietary Skills Kit.

Keywords: National Heart Foundation

The development and evaluation of 'Pick the Tick' Supermarket Tours.

Keywords: Supermarket tours

A worksite nutrition education and exercise programme - a pilot study. 

Keywords: Workplace nutrition, nutrition and exercise programme

Barriers to achieving 'Heartbeat Awards' in primary schools: a research proposal.

Keywords: Nutrition in schools, Heartbeat Award

Childhood obesity.    SoF

Keywords: Overweight, obese children, paediatric clinics, sex-specific BMI-for-age charts

An investigation into the dietary lifestyle and behavioural practices of people who have successfully maintained weight loss.    SoF

Keywords: Overweight, obesity, behavioural changes, lifelong commitment to making changes

The menstrual cycle and weight. Developing a resource on "the effect of the menstrual cycle on food cravings, food intake and fluid retention' for women trying to lose weight.    SoF

Keywords: Menstrual cycle, weight loss, women

Combating mis-information about popular weight loss diets: Resource development.    SoF

Keywords: Weight loss, low carbohydrate diets, low glycaemic index

Dietary attitudes and habits of patients following Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding.    SoF

Keywords: Weight loss, gastic banding

The expectations of weight loss clients and of their dietitians.    SoF

Keywords: Weight loss

Retrospective analysis of the the current dietetic outpatient services in relation to weight loss.    SoF

Keywords: Weight loss, support groups

'Slim ideals and bulging realities?' An investigation into the potential obesogenicity of women's magazines.

Keywords: Media

A needs assessment for nutrition education resources for overweight and obese psychiatric patients.

Keywords: Mental health

Public health nurse needs for childhood obesity treatment.

Keywords: Child nutrition, health professional

Overweight children and adolescents. A programme for use at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.

Keywords: Child nutrition, outpatients

The development and pretesting of a weight loss pamphlet.

Keywords: Nutrition resource

An audit of weight reduction services provided by Canterbury Health.

Keywords: Limited Audit, outpatients

The use of herbal and natural products among oncology patients in New Zealand.
A resource for health professionals.   SoF
Practicum is unavailable for borrowing

Katherine
Hamiton

Meeting the nutritional needs of patients with head and neck cancer: A retrospective audit of the nutritional management of patients at Wellington Hospital.    SoF

Keywords:Head and neck cancer, Nutritional status

Rebecca Baskett

Development of a care diary for head and neck cancer radiotherapy patients.    SoF

Keywords: Head and neck cancer, patient-held records, resource development, multidisciplinary healthcare

Nicole
Burborough

How do Christchurch general practitioners treat and manage women suffering from Hyperemesis gravidarum?    SoF

Keywords: Morning sickness, general practitioners, pregnancy

Hilary
Burness

Clinical and non-clinical staffs' perceptions and values of healthy eating, barriers and solutions to accessing healthy food at Waikato Hospital.    SoF

Keywords: Workplace, healthy eating, focus groups

Bronwyn
Smyth

Development of a dietary and lifestyle resource for the management of IBS.    SoF

Keywords: IBS, nutrition assessment, dietary and lifestyle management

Antonia
Trollip

Research into the incidence of diarrhoea in head and neck cancer patients.    SoF

Keywords: Diarrhoea, surgery, head and neck cancer patients

Adeline
Wong

Retrospective case note review of body mass index (BMI) changes in all children, treated in Christchurch Hospital for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) under treatment protocol ANZCCSG study VII.    SoF

Keywords: Body mass index, children, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, weight

Caroline
Adamson

Retrospective case note review of body mass index (BMI) changes in all children, treated in Christchurch Hospital for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) under treatment protocol ANZCCSG study VII.    SoF

Keywords: Body mass index, children, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, weight

Heidi
Chambers

Is there a role for Dietetic Assistants in New Zealand clinical dietetics?    SoF

Keywords: Dietetic assistants, clinical dietetics

Kimberley Ashcroft

Feasibility study for the provision of infant formula to the wards at Waikato Hospital.

Keywords: Infant formula

Jeanette
Fawcet

Nutrition and hydration status of patients with dysphagia at Middlemore Hospital.

Keywords: Dysphagia, nutrition and hydration

Justine
Guilliard

A gap analysis between standards of care and the current care received by patients on home enteral nutrition discharged from Christchurch Hospital.

Keywords: Home enteral nutrition

Abigail
Nolan

Is there evidence that oral nutritional supplementation results in weight maintenance/gain in patients who underwent head and neck radiotherapy at Christchurch Hospital between 1997-2000?.

Keywords: Oral nutritional supplementation, radiotherapy

Marion
Roberts

An observation of prescribed oral nutritional supplements in a hospital setting. Prescription, Distribution, Consumption.

Keywords: Oral nutritional supplements

Sophie Wilson

A needs assessment of the nutritional resources for people with HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: HIV, AIDS

Sarah Hurd

The benefits of using a partially hydrolysed guar gum laxative in the diets of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients.

Keywords: Renal nutrition

Sara Macdonald

An analysis of the use of resource puree appeal, a pureed food enhancer, in texture modified diets developed for the management of dysphagia at Capital Coast Health.

Keywords: Dysphagia

Linda Tarm

How can we improve the process by which supplementary fluids are ordered and supplied to the patients at North Shore, Auckland, and Middlemore Hospital?

Keywords: Audit

Charlotte
Rowan

Assessing the adequacy of delivering sip feeds and enteral nutrition in a hospital setting

Keywords: Audit

Rosemarie Scanlon

Keywords: Oncology, child nutrition

Jan Wilson

Keywords: Glycaemic index, industry

Kathryn
Chin

Keywords: Enteral nutrition

Anna
Gulliver

Keywords: Total parenteral nutrition

Dietary intervention in chronic kidney disease. Compliance to dietary recommendations and development of a written resource.    SoF

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease, diet and lifestyle change, nutritional status

How many in-centre hemodialysis patients are nutritionally compromised?    SoF

Keywords: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), hemodialysis, nutritional status, malnutrition, renal nutrition, chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal failure

Factors contributing to serum phosphate control among in-centre haemodialysis patients.    SoF

Keywords: Haemodialysis, serum phosphate

Barriers to nutritional supplement use in dialysis patients in Auckland District Health Board and Counties Manukau District Health Board.    SoF

Keywords: Compliance, adherence, nutritional renal supplements, supplements, haemodialysis, renal failure and nutritional requirements for haemodialysis

Diet and lifestyle in chronic renal failure and hypertension.    SoF

Keywords: Chronic renal failure, hypertension, diet and lifestyle advice, cardiovascular risk factors

Renal Dialysis Nutrition Resource Project.    SoF

Keywords: Pacific people, renal disease, haemodialysis, renal cook

Barriers that may prevent patients on in-centre haemodialysis from adhering to the fluid and salt restrictions and how adherence could be improved.    SoF

Keywords: Haemodialysis, fluid and salt restrictions

A pilot dietary survey of Pacific people on haemodialysis at Middlemore Hospital.    SoF

Keywords: Dietary assessment, Pacific population, haemodialysis

Investigation into the adequacy of folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and betaine status in patients with renal disease.
SoF

Keywords: Renal, haemodialysis

Adherence of haemodialysis patients at South Auckland Health to dietary potassium recommendations and non adherer's barriers and possible solutions.

Keywords: Haemodialysis

Factors influencing weight gain following renal transplantation at Auckland Hospital - a pilot study.

Keywords: Weight management, transplants

Assessment of dietary protein intake of people with moderate progressive chronic kidney failure treated at Christchurch Hospital.

Keywords: Dietary protein

Nutritional evaluation of haemodialysis patients.

Keywords: Haemodialysis

Assessment of the nutritional status of paediatric chronic renal failure and end stage renal disease patients.

Keywords: Child nutrition

Nutritional assessment and adequacy of dialysis in South Auckland CADP patients.

Keywords: CADP

The nutritional status of CADP patients.

Keywords: CADP

Development and implementation of an effective method of nutrition screening for use on hospitalised older adults at Waitakere Hospital.   SoF

The development of a nutrition screening tool for lactating mothers of preterm infants.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition screening, lactating mothers, maternal nutrition, preterm infants

How many patients on admission to hospital are identified as being nutritionally at risk?    SoF

Keywords: Malnutrition, nutrition screening

Development and trial of a nutrition screening tool on a gastrointestinal surgical ward.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal, nutrition screening

Nutrition screening tools. What is available globally and what is the feasibility of district nurses using them to identify clients at risk of undernutrition?

Keywords: Nutrition screening tools, undernutrition

The development and trial of a nutrition screening programme for patients with diabetes (Middlemore Hospital, Auckland).

Keywords: Diabetes, nutrition screening

Nutrition screening: The design and feasibility of implementing a nutrition screening tool in a presurgical clinic at Palmerston North Hospital.

Keywords: Presurgery, nutrition screening

Referral system for cardiac patients at North Shore Hospital.

Keywords: Cardiac

The design and trial of a nutrition screening programme. Wakari Hospital, Dunedin.

The planning and implementation of a nutrition screening programme.

Rochelle Stevenson

Nutrition screening.

Mothers’ perspectives:  Determinants of infant feeding practices in Nelson Marlborough rural and urban communities.    SoF

Keywords: Breast feeding, formula feeding, antenatal classes

The effect of dietary fibre on constipation in non-ambulatory developmentally delayed children receiving enteral nutrition.    SoF

Keywords: Constipation, non-ambulatory developmentally delayed patients, dietary fibre, enteral nutrition

The development of a resource on food allergy and food intolerance for dietitians.    SoF

Keywords: Food allergy, food intolerance, needs assesment

Determining New Zealand Dietitians' perspective on the use of wound care supplements.    SoF

Keywords: Wound healing, wound care supplements, nutritional supplement

Development of a nutrition resource for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve surgery patients.    SoF

Keywords: Coronary artery bypass graft, coronary heart disease, palliative procedure, intensive lifestyle management

The development and comparison of a predominantly oats-based muesli with a barley, oats and rye-based muesli, and its effect on glycaemic load.    SoF

Keywords: Glycaemic load, muesli, GI values

Assessing the quality of dietetic care: Measuring satisfaction in individuals with phenylketonuria.    SoF

Keywords: Phenylketonuria, PKU, dietitian, patient satisfaction surveys, quality of care, metabolic

The stairway to wound healing. A nutrition resource for nurses to offer to patients with wounds.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition, wound healing, nurses, resource development, nutrition education

Early feeding after routine colorectal surgery. A retrospective study.    SoF

Keywords: Colorectal surgery, feeding practices

The management and treatment of Xerostomia from the patients perspective.    SoF

Keywords: Xerostomia, dry mouth, management and treatment

An update of the Cancer Society of New Zealand's information sheets on nutrition and cancer prevention.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition, cancer prevention, diet, lifestyle

The nutritional status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Counties Manukau DHB.    SoF

Keywords: Nutritional status, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Are patients with leg ulcers under Nurse Maude care in Christchurch consuming diets that will optimise their healing?    SoF

Keywords: Leg ulcer, nutrition, wound healing, diet

The early introduction of cows' milk to infants in Dunedin. Is there a problem?    SoF

Keywords: Cows' milk, infants, nutritional deficiencies

The effect of Kiwi Crush on constipation in Aucklanders who have had Parkinson's disease for less than 10 years: A pilot study.    SoF

Keywords: Parkinson's disease, Kiwi Crush, constipation, laxative

Are patients on puree diets at Dunedin Hospital meeting their nutritional requirements?    SoF

Keywords: Puree diets, dysphagic patients

Factors influencing the nutritional intake of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder - A Pilot Study.

Keywords: Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Development of Cystic Fibrosis, Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy, information booklets.

Keywords: Cystic Fibrosis

An evaluation of dietary claims in the prevention of breast cancer - "Your Life in Your Hands" by Professor Jane Plant.

Keywords: Breast cancer

Malnutrition in surgical patients at Auckland Hospital. A pilot project.

Keywords: Malnutrition

Nutrition education needs of patients with anorexia nervosa.

Keywords: Eating disorders

Protocols for medically supervised food challenges in paediatric subjects with suspected food allergy.

Keywords: Food allergy, child nutrition

Cranberries and urinary tract infections. Is there a relationship?

Keywords: Urinary tract infections, cranberries

Drug-nutrient interactions - A guide for dietitians. The development of a resource.

Keywords: Drug-nutrient, resource development

The effectiveness of cranberry juice in the prevention and treatment of urinary tract infections in high risk patients at Tauranga Hospital.

Keywords: Urinary tract infections, cranberry juice

The efficiency of the dietitian at inducing positive dietary change in post-myocardial infarct males.

Keywords: Cardiac

A review and expansion of the protective isolation diet used in the South Island Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Christchurch Hospital.

Keywords: Oncology

Methodological implications involved in designing a study investigating the glycaemic index values of specific foods.

Keywords: Glycaemic index

Nutrition outpatient service Waitemata Health Ltd GP perception of service quality.

Keywords: Outpatients

Nutrition knowledge of eating disordered patients: development and testing of a nutrition knowledge questionnaire for assessment purposes.

Keywords: Eating disorders, resource development

Nutrition education of the cancer patient.

Keywords: Oncology

Dietary intakes of people with Coeliac Disease following a gluten free diet.

Keywords: Coeliac disease

Development of a food labelling programme for use within New Zealand Army dining halls (Part Two).    SoF

Keywords: Soldiers, Catering staff, dining halls

Nutritional adequacy of pureed diets provided by long-term care facilities.    SoF

Keywords: Dysphagia, pureed meals, long term facilities, chewing, swallowing

Food labelling programme for use in the New Zealand Army dining halls.    SoF

Keywords: New Zealand Army, healthy eating patterns and behaviour, food labelling programme

The development of a diabetic resource suitable for cooks in aged care facilities.    SoF

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, cooks in aged care facilities, needs assessment

Recommendations to optimize the New Zealand defence force 24-hour operational ration packs.    SoF

Keywords: New Zealand Army, operational ration packs, nutritional needs

Risk assessment of pureed diets in long term care facilities.    SoF

How can the puree meals at Auckland City Hospital be changed to improve nutritional adequacy and cultural suitability?    SoF

Keywords: Puree meals, Hospital patients, recommended dietary intake, nutritional requirements

A nutritional analysis of food parcels provided by the Christchurch City Mission.    SoF

Keywords: Food parcels, familiies, nutritional analysis

An investigation of main meal times and energy intake in rest home residents with dementia.    SoF

Keywords: Rest homes, dementia, energy intake

Antarctic field food review.    SoF

Keywords: Food boxes, nutritional adequacy, food quality

The development of a practical food and nutrition manual for New Zealand childcare centres.    SoF

Keywords: Preschooler's nutritional requirements, Childcare centres

Food safety guidelines for pregnancy.    SoF

Keywords: Pregnancy, maternal diet

Formulated Beverages: Do marketing, labelling and/or composition influence consumption among 11-14 year old adolescents?    SoF

Keywords: Young adolescents, formulated beverages

Expanding portion sizes: Effects on snack foods.    SoF

Keywords: Packaged snack foods, nutrient composition

Measuring inpatient satisfaction to identify quality improvements with foodservice.    SoF

Keywords: Foodservice, hospital

Are Christchurch childcare centres meeting the nutritional requirements of children aged 2-5 years in their care?    SoF

Keywords: Childcare centres, nutritional requirements

Nutrition knowledge and food preparation techniques of caterers in residential homes in Canterbury.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition, food preparation, residential homes, boarding schools, university hostels

Forecasting meal numbers: Best guess or stats? A comparison of the current intuitive foodservice forecasting method at Waikato Hospital with simple time series methods.    SoF

Keywords: Intuitive forecasting, meal numbers, methods

Operational ration pack content compared with nutritional requirement of soldiers using ration packs.    SoF
Practicum is unavailable for borrowing

Keywords: Ration packs, soldiers, nutritional requirements

Should the food and nutrition guidelines for New Zealanders be used in acute hospital foodservices? A collection of New Zealand stakeholder opinions.    SoF

Keywords: Food and nutrition guidelines, foodservices, stakeholders

After hours meal service for the Labour Ward at Christchurch Women's Hospital. A needs assessment and implementation plan.    SoF

Keywords: Meal service, needs assessment

Meals on Wheels. Fulfilment of the National Service specifications by the Dunedin Meals on Wheels provider.    SoF

Keywords: Meals on Wheels, handling guidance

Commissioning a Metabolic Kitchen.    SoF

Keywords: Metabolic kitchen, menus, standards, protocols

Meals on Wheels in New Zealand: The current situation.

Keywords: Meals on Wheels

Food safety programme resources for small businesses in the food industry.

Keywords: Food safety, food industry

Menu planning and food safety review for Wellington eating disorder services.

Keywords: Menu planning, food safety

Meeting nutritional needs of winter-over residents in Antarctica: Policies and priorities - where to from here?

Keywords: Environmental nutrition

A sample of New Zealand chefs' attitudes, practices, and food science knowledge regarding nutrition.

Keywords: Chefs

The development of a questionnaire that can be used to determine patients' preferences and opinions of a hospital menu.

Keywords: Hospital menu

A survey of options for production and delivery systems for the Meals on Wheels Service at Health Waikato.

Keywords: Meals on Wheels

The development of a food skills training programme for use within the Palmerston North Salvation Army Corps.

Keywords: Food skills

Quality and nutritional adequacy of food provided to residents of Scott Base, Antarctica.

Keywords: Environmental nutrition

Feasibility study for provision of food for patients and meals on wheels recipients at Te Kuiti, Tokoroa and Taumaranui Hospitals.

Keywords: Meals on Wheels, central distribution

Quality menu assessment of a sample of childcare centres.

Keywords: Child nutrition, childcare menu

Consumers' attitudes and perceptions towards healthy eating when dining out at a restaurant.

Keywords: Dining out

Development of a HACCP programme for the kitchen.

Keywords: Food safety, HACCP

Servicemaster of Australia: How accurate are the meals on wheels served to patients of Western Bay Health? Do items on the low fat menu meet the current recommendations for fat content?

Keywords: Hospital menu

Marae-based food safety training programme .

Keywords: Food safety, Maori nutrition

Implementation of the Heartbeat catering guidelines, Te Aro Hall, Wellington.

Keywords: Catering

Development of a HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) programme for Waikato Hospital's nutrition and foodservice department.

Keywords: Food safety, HACCP

Healthcare Hawkes Bay nutrition and foodservices. Marketing Plan, March 1995.

Keywords: Business management, marketing

Quantity caterers and the fat they use.

Keywords: Catering, fat, public health

The quality of the New Zealand Army's menu: a comparison and recommendations based on food and nutrition guidelines for New Zealanders.

Keywords: Army nutrition

Is the selective menu a myth? Benchmarking important menus in New Zealand acute hospitals.

Keywords: Hospital menu, benchmarking

A working protocol for a non-commercial cafeteria.

Keywords: Cafeteria

Multiskilling: Management approach of the future.

Keywords: Business management

Adequacy of Middlemore Hospital patient menu.

Keywords: Hospital menu

Operating foodservices in boarding school establishments.

Keywords: Nutrition in schools

Development of a supermarket tour kit for Project Energise’s Home-School Link.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition education, label reading, resource development

Fruit and vegetables:  Are we eating enough?    SoF

Keywords: intake screening questions, adults

Evaluation of the Canterbury District Health Board healthy eating active living policy:  Staff perception of beverage vending machine changes.    SoF

Keywords: Workplace, health promotion, policy

Insight to nutritional adequacy in Singapore Child Care Centres. Are they feeding enough?    SoF

Keywords: Singapore child care centres, preschoolers, daily requirements, recommended food group servings

What are the key messages to include in a television series on healthy eating for under fives that may influence behaviour change?    SoF

Keywords: Television programme on nutrition, under fives, behaviour change

The Advertising Standards Complaints Process - Do the rulings of the Board represent the view of the public? An investigation of whether parents of primary school children find the statement 'made with chicken breast' misleading or not.    SoF

Keywords: Consumers, 'made with chicken breast', advertising standards, primary school children

What are the food and nutrition resource requirements of Canterbury Plunket Health workers supporting families with young children?    SoF

Sugary drinks. Development of a nutritional resource.    SoF

Keywords: Agencies for Nutrition Action sugary drink guidelines, diet soft drinks, obesity, appetite, tooth erosion, bone development, resource development, effective communication

Questionnaire assessing public opinion of proposed iodine fortification strategies.    SoF

Keywords: Iodine deficiency, iodised table salt, diet fortification, food-orientated options

Evaluating the Healthy Kai Programme in Mangere and Otara Town Centres.    SoF

Keywords: Healthy Kai Programme, retailers, 'ready-eat' food choices, qualitative data, quantitative data

The development of nutrition fact sheets for people with Parkinson's Disease.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition resources, Parkinson's disease, nutrition education, behaviour change

2005 POVI / PULU Masima study. "A trial of an alternative"    SoF

Keywords: Pacific Island people, povi / pulu masima, cultural food item

Evaluation and assessment of future needs of the Certificate in Pacific Nutrition course.    SoF

Keywords: Pacific Nutrition, prevalent health problems, adequate nutrition

Got Water? A study on producing a booklet especially compiled for people suffering from dry mouth.    SoF

Keywords: Management and treatment of xerostomia, nutrition education resource, dry mouth

The level of trans fatty acids in manufactured foods and fast foods available on the New Zealand market.    SoF

Keywords: Food manufacturers/ marketers, level of trans fatty acids

A survey of past and current home enteral nutrition (HEN) clients satisfaction with the service provided by A+ Links Home Health dietetic and nursing teams.    SoF

Keywords: Enteral nutrition, clients, caregivers, dietetic and nursing teams

Introduction of salt to infant and toddler diets - attitudes and practices of parents and caregivers.    SoF

Keywords: Salt intake, infants and toddlers, processed foods

Meeting children's nutritional requirements in day-care: An investigation of Otago University childcare facilities.    SoF

Keywords: Childcare centres, nutritional requirements, menu evaluation

Prevention of vitamin D deficiency in Auckland's refugee community. Development of a fact sheet for General Practitioners.    SoF

Keywords: Vitamin D deficiency, refugee community, general practitioners

The development of a nutrition resource to monitor the nutritional status of residents receiving a puree diet in a long term care facility.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition resource, puree diet, long term care facility

Exploration into current dietetic practice when identifying and treating intolerance to food chemicals/additives.    SoF

Keywords: Food chemicals/ additives

Development of Information Sheets: To aid both Australian and New Zealand consumers in understanding and interpreting the new food labels outlined by ANZFA.    SoF

Keywords: Food labelling, industry

Developing a culturally appropriate infant feeding resource for the Chinese community.    SoF

Keywords: Chinese community, infant feeding resources

Nutrition for Adolescent Pregnancy. A reference manual for Midwives and Parent Educators.    SoF

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, nutrition resources

What type of education and resources are dietitians in New Zealand providing to recently diagnosed coeliac patients and is this meeting the needs of the dietitian and patient?    SoF

Keywords: Coeliac disease

Assessment of the nutritional needs of Asian communities in Auckland.

Keywords: Asian communities

Designing a resource for the process shift workers at Macraes Gold Project.

Keywords: Workplace nutrition resource

Functional foods and dietary supplements: Directions and options for the future.

Keywords: Functional foods, dietary supplements

Barriers and encouragers to the use of the Heart Foundations 'Just Ask' programme by cafe and lunch bar caterers and customers.

Keywords: Heart Foundations 'Just Ask' programme

Resettled refugee communities in New Zealand: Food security, nutrition issues and nutrition education resources.

Keywords: Food security, nutrition education

Eating behaviours and barriers to dietary change in a group of night shift workers.

Keywords: Workplace nutrition

What are the barriers to food security for some people in the Northland region, and what strategies are being used to cope?

Keywords: Food security

National phase II (Outpatient) cardiac rehabilitation programme (CRP) nutrition component audit.

Keywords: Cardiac, audit

The Star Choice registered products programme: A feasibility study.

Keywords: Nutrition in schools, canteens

A process evaluation of hidden hunger food and low income in New Zealand 1999.

Keywords: Food security

Food habits of adult New Zealanders: discretionary additions of fat to food.

Keywords: Fat, population survey

Barriers to dietary and activity change in a group of patients referred to the dietitian clinic.

Keywords: Outpatients

The development of a nutrition resource for nurses at Healthcare Hawkes Bay.

Keywords: Resource development, health professionals

Needs assessment for a NZQA certified Pacific Islands nutrition course.

Keywords: Pacific Island nutrition, education

Recommendations for the development of educational nutrition resources for families of children with multiple food allergy.

Keywords: Food allergy, child nutrition, resource development

The information needs of parents when introducing solids to infants.

Keywords: Parental education, infant nutrition, weaning

Midwives needs for nutrition education.

Keywords: Health professionals, pregnancy

Provision of nutrition education to pregnant women in the Wellington region.

Keywords: Pregnancy

Development of an education kit for nutrition training of practice nurses.

Keywords: Resource development, health professionals

The nutritional status and dietary habits of Chinese preschool children born to immigrant families in Dunedin.

Keywords: Chinese nutrition, child nutrition

Food security on the West Coast: Food costs and barriers to obtaining food.

Keywords: Food security

The development of a standard recipe file for the National Nutrition Survey 1996.

Keywords: Population survey

Evaluation of current formula feeding information to develop a new resource tool on bottlefeeding.

Keywords: Resource development, infant nutrition

Development of a weaning pamphlet appropriate for use in Northland.

Keywords: Resource development, infant nutrition, weaning

Nutrition education for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Keywords: Pregnancy, lactation

Household preparedness for a Civil Defence emergency.

Keywords: Emergency nutrition

Practice nurses' role in administering nutrition advice.

Keywords: Health professionals

Developing a nutrition resource kit for Public Health Nurses in Central Otago.

Keywords: Resource development, health professionals

A community survey of public health issues relating to food complaints, water quality, and consumption of breads and cereals in Otago.

Keywords: Consumer issues

Developing a food skills educational programme for use within a social service agency.

Keywords: Food security, food skills, programme development

Social factors affecting family food selection.

Keywords: Food selection

Watties infant nutrition programme.

Keywords: Infant nutrition, industry

A review of the New Zealand total diet survey. A report prepared for the Ministry of Health / Public Health Commission.

Keywords: Population survey

Developing educational materials for Plunket Nurses and clients on calcium requirements for pregnant and lactating mothers.

Keywords: Pregnancy, lactation, resource development, health professionals

Report on the state of health of Pacific Island Peoples in New Zealand.

Keywords: Pacific Island nutrition

Weighing practices in a surgical ward at Middlemore Hospital and development of a resource for underweight older people.    SoF

Keywords: Surgical ward

Relationships between diet, activity and body composition in older women: A pilot study.    SoF

Keywords: Body composition, elderly women, resting energy expenditure, physical activity, dietary intake, ageing

The acceptability, time and cost effectiveness of telephone nutritional assessment and education to older adults - A pilot study.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition assessment, telephone,dietetic support

A study of the effect of a high energy, high protein nutritional supplement given at drug rounds on serum pre-albumin levels in elderly with fractured neck of femur.

Keywords: Nutrition support

The contribution that Meals on Wheels makes to the total daily nutrient intake of elderly recipients.

Keywords: Meals on Wheels

Undernutrition in sick hospitalised elderly.

Keywords: Undernutrition

Staff induction for the Rest Home industry: A benchmarking project.

Keywords: Benchmarking, staff induction

Nutritional assessment and the effects of protein supplementation in elderly patients with fractured neck of femur admitted to Middlemore Hospital.

Keywords: Nutrition support

The supplement preference of patients older than 65 years with a fractured neck of femur and the prevalence of malabsorption in this study group: a pilot study.

Keywords: Nutrition support, malabsorption

Nutritional intakes in a resthome: are they meeting the recommended dietary intake?

Keywords: Recommended dietary intakes, resthome menu

Pilot study: An investigation of oral fluid intakes in elderly hospitalised patients and comparison with a group of healthy elderly in the community.

Keywords: Fluid intakes

Determining the management strategies that parents of children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) currently employ for their child surrounding exercise and physical activity.    SoF

Keywords: Sport, play

A review of protein supplements commonly used in New Zealand.    SoF

Keywords: Whey, casein, soy, amino acids, muscle, exercise

To design a stand-alone teaching resource to educate year 9 students on the prevention of Type 2 diabetes. "GetWize2Health"    SoF

Keywords: Teachers resource, Type 2 diabetes, year 9 students, healthy lifestyles, healthy eating

Food expenditure for adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Coeliac Disease.    SoF

Keywords: Type 1 diabetes melllitus, coeliac disease, adolescents, gluten free, food cost

Type 1 diabetes and exercise: The development of a written educational resource.    SoF

Keywords: Type 1 diabetes mellitus, educational resource, exercising, practical tool for dietitians, useful guide for patients

Development of an education resource for Chinese with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.    SoF

Keywords: Culturally appropriate resource for Chinese, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, education resource, dietary and exercise guidelines

Development of an effective education resource for Chinese pregnant women with gestational diabetes.    SoF

Keywords: Gestational diabetes mellitus, Chinese population, culturally appropriate resources, nutrition education, healthy lifestyle changes

Low carbohydrate diets in people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.    SoF

Keywords: Low carbohydrate diet, type 2 diabetes, nutritional adequacy, compliance and barriers to compliance

Evaluation of a visual nutrition resource for people with diabetes who have low levels of literacy.    SoF

Keywords: Diabetes education, visual nutrition resources, low literacy levels

Developing a web based 'Healthy Eating' resource for people with diabetes and the general public.    SoF

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, healthy eating resource, Diabetes New Zealand website

Food purchasing: Are government beneficiaries able to buy the foods recommended by dietitians?    SoF

Keywords: Beneficiaries, diabetes, Pacific Island, Maori, budgetary constraints, food insecurity

Glycaemic Load based on Glycaemic Glucose Equivalents in the nutritional management of diabetes mellitus. Development of a resource for dietitians.    SoF

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, blood glucose, nutritional management

Perceptions of a healthy diet among adult outpatients with Type 2 diabetes in Dunedin.    SoF

Keywords: Diabetes management, dietary sugar, Type 2 diabetes clients', nutrition education

Dietary intake patterns of people with diabetes and comparisons with evidence base nutrition guidelines: A pilot study to investigate to what degree people with diabetes comply with diabetes recommendations.    SoF

Keywords: Diabetes management, nutrition recommendations

A needs assessment for a Nutrition Education Programme for Adolescent Diabetes Camps in Otago.    SoF

Keywords: Needs assessment, nutrition education, adolescents

The addition of either almonds or sunflower kernels to a low-fat diet in post-menopausal women with type 2 diabetes: Effects on blood lipids and heart disease risk factors.    SoF
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Keywords: Post-menopausal women, almonds, sunflower kernels, heart disease, polyunsaturated fatty acids

Development of an education resource on alcohol for adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.    SoF

Keywords: Education, alcohol, nutrition education, adolescents

Alcohol consumption and self-care strategies among adolescents with Type 1 diabetes.    SoF

Keywords: Alcohol, adolescents, communication

Resource Development: Reducing the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes amongst the Maori community.    SoF

Keywords: Maori, educational resource

Development of a Supermarket Tour Kit for people with diabetes in Singapore.   SoF

Keywords: Glycaemic index, educational tool

Customer satisfaction at the Auckland Diabetes Centre.    SoF

Keywords: Survey of services

Diabetes Prevention - Issues faced by Chinese migrants living in Christchurch.  SoF

Keywords: Chinese community, prevention, migration

A needs assessment for a diabetes prevention video for Maori in Christchurch. SoF

Keywords: Maori community, nutrition education, needs assessment

The development of visual diabetes education resources for patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Keywords: Visual education resources

The development of a series of visual resources for people with diabetes.

Keywords: Visual resources

Development of a diabetes nutrition education resource for practice nurses.

Keywords: Health professionals, resource development

Combining glycaemic index and available carbohydrate for the nutritional management of diabetes mellitus development of a resource for dietitians.

Keywords: Glycaemic index, resource development, health professionals

The development of nutrition education resources for children 8-10 years of age with diabetes.

Keywords: Child nutrition, resource development

The glycaemic index in the dietary management of diabetes mellitus: the development of a resource for the Dunedin Diabetes Centre.

Keywords: Glycaemic index, resource development

Dietary intakes, physical activity levels, anthropometry, and other factors related to the risk of developing diabetes in healthy adult Chinese people in Christchurch.

Keywords: Chinese nutrition

Knowledge and education needs of children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and their parents.

Keywords: Child nutrition, parental education

Production of a culturally sensitive and effective resource to educate Chinese people with diabetes.

Keywords: Resource development, Chinese nutrition

The Diabetes Life Education Centre and Countdown foodmarkets presents 'supermarket tours for people with diabetes'. Including the development of a supermarket tour resource kit.
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Keywords: Resource development, supermarket tours

An audit of the dietary service provided for IDDMs at Whitioia Diabetic Clinic.

Keywords: Audit

Nutrition education and diabetes management among Tongans who live in South Auckland.

Keywords: Tongan nutrition

The nutritional needs of Maoris with diabetes.

Keywords: Maori nutrition

Recommendations on how elite athletes can best meet their nutritional requirements whilst living in the school boarding house.    SoF

Keywords: Adolescent athletes, dietary assessment, dietary intakes

Evaluating the pre-, during and post-training fluid and carbohydrate consumption practices of female endurance athletes: 'The Athlete Food Study'.    SoF

Keywords: Female endurance athletes, nutritional practices, fluid and carbohydrate intake

The development and validation of an iron-specific food frequency questionnaire for female endurance athletes. 'The Athlete Food Study'.    SoF

Keywords: Adult female endurance athletes, iron-specific food, sports foods and drinks, questionnaire

Cricket, stress fractures and nutrition: The development of a resource focusing on nutrition and stress fracture risk minimisation in cricketers.   SoF

Keywords: Risk of stress fracture, male cricketers, nutritional risk factors, nutrition resource material

Update of the 'Guidelines for Nutritional Assessment of Athletes' in the SESNZ Guidelines Manual.    SoF

Keywords: Nutritional assessment, (FFQ) Food Frequency Questionnaire, diet record, diet history, nutrition and athletes

Triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and diet in active, chronic spinal cord injured males.    SoF

Keywords: Spinal cord injury, cardiovascular risk factors, lipid profiles, body composition

Fluid balance in wheel chair rugby players.    SoF

Keywords: Rugby players,wheel chair rugby, fluid balance

The iron supplementation practices of Elite athletes.    SoF

Keywords: Elite athletes, iron supplementation, iron deficiency

Dietary beliefs, practices and nutritional adequacy of competing New Zealand Bodybuilders.    SoF

Keywords: Nutritional inadequacies, bodybuilders

A review of the nutritional assessment guide in the Sports Science New Zealand Guidelines Manual.    SoF

Keywords: Dietary assessment, athletes, sports science

Does the consumption of a carbohydrate-protein beverage compared with an isoenergetic carbohydate beverage, improve time to exhaustion after recovery from glycogen depleting exercise?    SoF

Keywords: Carbohydrate, protein, muscle glycogen, performance

Iron supplemenation in athletes - The role of the medical practitioner.    SoF

Keywords: Iron supplementation, athletes

Eating behaviours and food perceptions of elite New Zealand athletes. (With focus on meat consumption).    SoF

Keywords: Elite athletes, eating behaviours, meat consumption, iron

The development of a Sports Nutrition Resource specific to competitive surf life saving athletes and coaches in New Zealand.    SoF

Keywords: Sports nutrition resource. surf life saving athletes and coaches

Iron status and eating behaviours of elite New Zealand athletes.    SoF

Keywords: Iron status, athletes

Nutritional needs of ultraendurance athletes: resource development.    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition resource, untraendurance athletes

To research and develop a written resource on hydration strategies tailored to the endurance athlete.    SoF

Keywords: Endurance athletes, hydration

A national survey investigating nutritional supplement use of carded athletes listed with the New Zealand Academy of Sport.

Keywords: Carded athletes, New Zealand Academy of Sport

A needs assessment to identify the specific written nutrition resources athletes expect to receive when consulting a New Zealand registered dietitian.

Keywords: Nutrition resources, athletes

Current nutrition and hydration practices in endurance race motorsport in the South Island.

Keywords: Hydration, endurance race motorsport

The development of a sports nutrition booklet for New Zealand athletes and coaches.

Keywords: Athletes / coach education, resource development

Development of a resource on the protein needs of strength athletes.

Keywords: Protein, resource development

Low glycaemic index pre-event meals and athletic performance.

Keywords: Glycaemic index

Nutrition knowledge, information sources and dietary practices of New Zealand Rugby Football Union Academy players.

Keywords: Rugby

Physically active adolescents, are they getting the nutrition information they need?

Keywords: Adolescent nutrition

Calcium intake of female, long distance runners.

Keywords: Female, calcium, running

The development of resources to be used in the research study of eicotech dietary regimen for elite female New Zealand swimmers.

Keywords: Resource development, female, swimming

Development of sports nutrition teaching guides for coaching New Zealand's 'Principles of Sports Coaching' seminars.

Keywords: Resource development, coach education

The development of a nutrition and menu planning guide for the careworkers of intellectually disabled persons in community homes.

Keywords: Menu planning, resource development

IHC Otago residential homes menu analysis report.

Keywords: Menu analysis

Development of a nutrition resource for adults with an intellectual disability.

Keywords: Resource development

Reviewing and updating the "Getting Started on Solids" pamphlet for Heinz Wattie's New Zealand Ltd.    SoF

Keywords: nfants and young children, nutrition education resource

Nutrition information requirements for Heinz Wattie's Australasia foodservice products: A needs assessment of customers. SoF

Keywords: Needs assessment, nutrition information

The requirements of current users of the New Zealand Food Composition Database within New Zealand for an Internet accessed version of the database.

Keywords: Internet version, New Zealand Food Composition Database

Developing allergen data charts for Heinz-Wattie's Australasia. The New Zealand Heinz Wattie's allergen tables for adult foods.

Keywords: Food allergy, resource development

Development and production of a printed resource for NZDB consumer markets in South East Asia Managing Milk: Allergy and intolerance.

Keywords: Food allergy, resource development, Asian nutrition, calcium, milk

Development and implementation of procedures for integration of nutrition labelling and product specification for NZDB consumer milk powders.

Keywords: Milk, food labelling

From conception to copy - developing recipe pamphlets for medical nutritionals.

Keywords: Resource development, nutrition support

Development of a protein supplement: Douglas Protein Plus.

Keywords: Protein, supplements

Baseline characteristics of women enrolled in the 2002/2003 Dunedin Women's Wellness Programme.    SoF

Keywords: Females, weight management, behaviour management

Are low cost packaged foods lower in dietary fibre and higher in sugar, sodium, total, saturated and trans fat than high cost packaged foods?    SoF

Keywords: Dietary fibre, sugar, sodium, fats, nutrient data

The Wellington consumers perception of dietary fat in relation to beef and lamb.
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Keywords: Dietary fat, beef, lamb, comsumers

The advertising and use of dietary supplements in Auckland, New Zealand.

Keywords: Dietary supplements

Pilot study. Iron and zinc status of women with coeliac disease.

Keywords: Iron, zinc, coeliac disease

Adaptation of a FFQ to measure dietary thiamine intakes in an adult population.

Keywords: Thiamine

The iron message: Is it reaching female teens?

Keywords: Iron, adolescent nutrition

The management of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in infants from South Auckland.

Keywords: Iron, infant nutrition

Review and redesign of an Otago Blood Transfusion Service leaflet on iron for young women.

Keywords: Iron, female, resource development

Review of literature on vitamin and mineral supplement use.

Keywords: Supplements

Investigating the potential role of dietetic services in the area of mental health in Counties Manukau District Health Board.    SoF

Keywords: Mental health consumers, nutritional and dietary needs, dietetic services

Update of the Hillmorton Hospital MAOI Diet card.   SoF

Keywords: Depression, monoamine oxidase inhibitors

Can mental health nurses improve their nutrition knowledge after exposure to a nutrition education resource?    SoF

Keywords: Nutrition knowledge, Mental health

Healthy eating programs for people who take Clozapine, what do the participants think? Evaluation of the "Bite of Life" and "Clozapine Club" initiatives in Hamilton, New Zealand.   SoF

Keywords: Schizophrenia, Clozapine, nutrition, obesity, dietary change, healthy eating initiatives, subjective evaluation

A comparison of prices for "Healthy" and "Less Healthy" food baskets in constrasting neighbourhoods.    SoF
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Keywords: Low income households, low and high decile areas, full-service supermarket, discount supermarket

Fibre in the gluten free diet.    SoF

Keywords: Fibre, gluten free, coeliac disease, resource development, nutrition education

Improved fertility through lifestyle change.    SoF

Keywords: Infertility, pregnancy, lifestyle modification

Dining out with coeliac disease. A gluten free perspective.    SoF

Keywords: Gluten free food, coeliac disease

Nutrition and food budgeting information for students of the Training Opportunities Programme (TOP).

Keywords: Nutrition and food budgeting resources

Peer review: A component of competency assessment.

Keywords: Competency assessment

The feasibility of a private dietetic practice in Rotorua.

Keywords: Private practice, business management

The development of the book 'Fats and Fatty Acids in New Zealand'.

Keywords: Resource development, fat

Audit of nutrition knowledge, understanding and current dietary practices of Australasian Lipid Study participants: a comparison of Bay of Plenty (BOP) and Waikato participants

Keywords: Population survey, audit