by michelecrawshaw | May 11, 2021 | Media release, News, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication, Successful Literacy and Learning
Tufulasi Taleni is part of A Better Start’s Successful Learning team. Here he talks about his wish for this year, the best piece of advice his father gave him, and the best book he has read recently. Can you tell us a little about your current A Better Start project?...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 23, 2021 | Board, Media release, News, Newsletter, Our people, Updates
Congratulations to A Better Start board member Sharon Shea, who has been appointed as the first-ever permanent Māori Chair of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. “I feel honoured to bring a tangata whenua perspective to the board’s leadership and to support the...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 19, 2021 | Big Data, Clinical study, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Research activity, Research output, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning
A Better Start researchers provide expert commentary on the Challenge’s research projects and priority research themes, as well as child wellbeing issues affecting New Zealanders. Here are some recent highlights. For more news about A Better Start, visit our...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 12, 2021 | Big Data, Grants & Funding, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Resilient Teens, Successful Literacy and Learning, Updates
Our latest newsletter is out. Read it HERE Find out all about why Hawke’s Bay children’s habits are under the spotlight, the sleep treatment used by 1 in 4 Kiwi children with autism, moves to prevent later childhood obesity, research news, recent...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 7, 2021 | Big Data, Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Updates
Researchers are a step closer to developing a prediction model for childhood obesity in New Zealand. Childhood obesity is a serious public health challenge, and identifying high-risk individuals for early intervention is a priority. Worldwide, an estimated 40.6...
by michelecrawshaw | Apr 6, 2021 | Healthy Weight, Media release, News, Newsletter, Peer reviewed publication
The sleep habits, screen time, physical activity and food intake of hundreds of Hawke’s Bay primary and secondary school students are coming under the scrutiny of A Better Start researchers. More than 1300 Year 5 and Year 9 students from almost 30 schools are...
