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Get inspired with our healthy snack mix and match poster. Simply use the poster to choose your base food and add a healthy spread or topping to complete your snack.
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Our makesheets are full of different ways to make the food you provide in canteens healthier. These are small, easy changes that can have a big impact.
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Published: 29 January 2015
With the school year now underway, Tick dietitian Sarah Goonan discusses the importance of a healthy school lunch and offers handy tips for a nutritious lunchbox.
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Published: 11 May 2020
Meal preparation or ‘meal prep’ is the process of preparing meals for the week ahead. It can help you make healthy eating choices when you’re busy or stressed. It saves you time and money too. Find out how to get started.
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Published: 11 January 2024
A healthy lifestyle is all about building habits that become part of your everyday routine. A single meal or workout won’t make a difference – but a consistent approach will. Follow our tips to help you prioritise your health for the year ahead.
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Published: 4 November 2019
When’s the last time you looked closely at the quality of your school canteen menu? It’s an important question because how you present this menu will have some influence on items kids are likely to order.
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Published: 27 October 2015
Having only a coffee for breakfast used to be the norm for Uili, but learning to eat proper meals is quickly paying off for the Auckland social worker.
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Published: 28 September 2023
The progress made with heart disease over the past 50 years in New Zealand appears to be coming to an end, as the decline in heart disease plateaus for the first time in decades. Three researchers have been awarded funding by the Heart Foundation to investigate the impact of food…
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Published: 26 June 2015
There is an old saying that “it takes a whole village to raise a child” and this proverb sits at the heart of Abacus Montessori’s approach to raising heart-healthy children.
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Published: 10 May 2019
Heart disease is the single biggest killer of women in New Zealand. Each year, over 2800 Kiwi women lose their lives to the condition.
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Published: 9 December 2024
With the festive season right around the corner, is it possible to eat, drink and be merry without putting your health on the line? Despite our best intentions, we don’t always make the healthiest choices at this time of year. We’ve put together our top tips to keep you healthy…
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Published: 6 November 2013
Remember the old food pyramid? In its time it was fairly iconic as a basis for understanding healthy eating. Many of us learned about it in school, came across it at doctors’ surgeries, or just saw it in articles on healthy eating.
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