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A heart-healthy lifestyle is a great way to manage your heart failure and stay out of hospital. We look at ways to maintain your physical and emotional wellbeing when living with this long-term condition.

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There’s good evidence that following a heart-healthy diet can improve your blood cholesterol and heart health. Find out which foods are best at helping to lower your cholesterol.

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Our latest research shows we are paying it forward into the futures of tamariki.

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Green Prescription (GRx) is a free service that can support you and your whānau to be active and eat well. It can help you reduce your risk of heart disease or help you manage an existing heart condition.

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This month, we are excited to announce that sugar criteria will be reintroduced to relevant Tick food categories starting with breakfast cereals and nut and seed bars.

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Our Tick dietitian Sarah Goonan went along to watch That Sugar Film. Here's her take on it.   

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In 2007 we began working with food companies in New Zealand to reduce salt levels in processed food. Now we’re working with them to reduce sugar.

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The Heart Foundation talks sugar following Nigel Latta’s TV show on the sweet stuff (2014)

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Do you struggle to choose ‘healthy’ products at the supermarket? You’re not alone. Find out the meaning of some common nutrition claims and what to look for on a food label.

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The Heart Foundation’s Food Reformulation programme has had a significant impact on supporting lower sugar levels in a number of everyday, low-cost food items on supermarket shelves. It is estimated that 760 tonnes of sugar per annum have been removed from targeted food categories.

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Ever stand in the supermarket trying to make sense of ticks, stars and nutrition panels? Find out what all those food labels mean and how to use them.

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Almost all foods on supermarket shelves have been processed in some way or another. So, which processed foods are heart-healthier than others?

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