The effect of healthy food guidance for schools on food availability, purchasing, and consumption among school children in New Zealand and Australia: An integrative review.

Modifying the food environment holds promise for instilling healthier behaviours in children and may be an effective public health strategy for preventing childhood obesity and adverse health outcomes. The school food environment is a valuable setting to influence most children's dietary behaviours from an early age, yet evidence suggests that the New Zealand and Australian school food environment is not conducive to healthy food and drink consumption. The present study aimed to investigate the level of compliance in New Zealand and Australia with government guidelines for food and drink availability within schools and the subsequent effect on food consumption and purchasing behaviours of children.

Exploring the Nutrition-Related Health of the Ageing Population in Fiji: A Narrative Review.

Fijis' older population aged 55 years and over makes up 14% of the total population and is expected to reach 20% by 2050. This narrative review aimed to examine the health and nutrition status of the aging population of Fiji and sociodemographic determinants. A search strategy was conducted throughout databases, and gray literature from relevant websites was searched.

Intermediate and secondary school food environment in New Zealand: Food and drink menu assessment.

Issue Addressed: Nutrition-related obesity is rising among adolescents in New Zealand with an estimated one in eight children being obese. The school environment is an ideal community setting for encouraging a healthy lifestyle as schools contain a diverse population and involve students and parents. However, the healthiness of food available to intermediate and secondary school students (Years 7-13) is unknown.

A systematic review of reasons and risks for acute service use by older adult residents of long-term care.

Aims And Objectives: To identify the reasons and/or risk factors for hospital admission and/or emergency department attendance for older (≥60 years) residents of long-term care facilities.

Background: Older adults' use of acute services is associated with significant financial and social costs. A global understanding of the reasons for the use of acute services may allow for early identification and intervention, avoid clinical deterioration, reduce the demand for health services and improve quality of life.

Food menus within New Zealand primary school canteens: Do they meet the guidance?

Issue Addressed: Unhealthy food and drinks are widely available in New Zealand school canteens. The aim of this study was to assess primary school canteen food menus against the newly implemented Ministry of Health 'Food and Drink Guidance for Schools'.

Methods: A convenience sample of 133 primary school canteen menus was collected in 2020 as part of the baseline evaluation of the Healthy Active Learning initiative across New Zealand.

Secondary School Students and Caffeine: Consumption Habits, Motivations, and Experiences.

Adolescents may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of caffeine due to a lack of tolerance, their small size, changing brain physiology, and increasing independence. Concerns about adolescent caffeine consumption relate to potentially serious physiological and psychological effects following consumption. Motivations driving caffeine intake are not well understood among adolescents but are important to understand to reduce harmful behavioural patterns.

Is the Utility of the GLIM Criteria Used to Diagnose Malnutrition Suitable for Bicultural Populations? Findings from Life and Living in Advanced Age Cohort Study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ).

Objectives: To investigate associations between nutrition risk (determined by SCREEN-II) and malnutrition (diagnosed by the GLIM criteria) with five-year mortality in Māori and non-Māori of advanced age.

Design: A longitudinal cohort study.

Setting: Bay of Plenty and Lakes regions of New Zealand.

Assessment of Dietary Intake in Three Cohorts of Advanced Age in Two Countries: Methodology Challenges.

Objectives: Dietary intake information is key to understanding nutrition-related outcomes. Intake changes with age and some older people are at increased risk of malnutrition. Application, difficulties, and advantages of the 24-hour multiple pass recall (24hr-MPR) dietary assessment method in three cohorts of advanced age in the United Kingdom (UK) and New Zealand (NZ) is described.

Tackling malnutrition with a new compact oral nutrient supplement among residents in aged care: a pilot study.

Introduction There is a high prevalence of malnutrition among older adults entering residential aged care (RAC). Aim To determine whether 60 mL of a compact oral nutrition supplement (ONS; daily total: 576 kcal, 35 g protein) consumed four times daily with medication rounds improves malnutrition status, body weight, and body composition measures among older adults in RAC. Methods Residents (n  = 20; mean age: 86.

Prevalence of nutrition risk and associated risk factors among New Zealand pre-school children.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of nutrition risk using the validated, Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Pre-schooler (NutriSTEP) among pre-school children in New Zealand (NZ) and to identify socio-demographic factors associated with nutrition risk.

Methods: Parents/caregivers of NZ pre-school children (aged 2-5 years) completed an online survey including NutriSTEP, both parent and child height and weight, as well as socio-demographic characteristics. The 17-item NutriSTEP responses were scored between 0 and 4; where item scores ≥2 indicate risk, and the maximum score is 68.

Enablers and barriers to prevent weight-regain post bariatric surgery - A qualitative enquiry.

Background: Weight-regain is commonly experienced after bariatric surgery. This qualitative enquiry aimed to explore participants' self-reported enablers and barriers to prevent future weight-regain post-surgery.

Methods: Eligible adults were recruited at 12-months post-bariatric-surgery at Counties Manukau, Auckland.

Examining the New Zealand school food environment: what needs to change?

Habitual dietary intakes and nutrition behaviours developed during childhood and adolescence pave the way for similar behaviours to manifest in adulthood. Childhood obesity rates have now reached a point where one in six children globally are classified as overweight or obese. Schools have the unique ability to reach almost all children during key developmental stages, making them an ideal setting for influencing children's nutrition behaviours.

Malnutrition Risk: Four Year Outcomes from the Health, Work and Retirement Study 2014 to 2018.

This study aimed to determine four-year outcomes of community-living older adults identified at 'nutrition risk' in the 2014 Health, Work and Retirement Study. Nutrition risk was assessed using the validated Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition, (SCREENII-AB) by postal survey. Other measures included demographic, social and health characteristics.

Sarcopenia Prevalence and Risk Factors among Residents in Aged Care.

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sarcopenia and associated risk factors among older adults living in three residential aged care (RAC) facilities within Auckland, New Zealand. A total of 91 older adults (63% women, mean age ± SD; 86.0 ± 8.

Motivations for Caffeine Consumption in New Zealand Tertiary Students.

Caffeine-related health incidents in New Zealand have escalated over the last two decades. In order to reduce the risk of substance-related harm, it is important to understand the consumers' motivations for its use. This is especially true for tertiary students who are presumed to be at a higher risk due to seeking out caffeine's well-known cognitive benefits as well as the targeted marketing of such products to young adults.

Corrigendum: Physiology of the Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrotoga sp. CP45 Enriched From a Colorado River.

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Physiology of the Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrotoga sp. CP45 Enriched From a Colorado River.

Nitrogen cycling microbes, including nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB), perform critical ecosystem functions that help mitigate anthropogenic stresses and maintain ecosystem health. Activity of these beneficial nitrogen cycling microbes is dictated in part by the microorganisms' response to physicochemical conditions, such as temperature, pH, and nutrient availability. NOB from the newly described Nitrotoga genus have been detected in a wide range of habitats across the globe, yet only a few organisms within the genus have been physiologically characterized.

Association between dietary protein intake and change in grip strength over time among adults of advanced age: Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ).

Objective: To determine the association between dietary protein intake and change in grip strength (GS) over time among Māori and non-Māori of advanced age.

Methods: Protein intake was estimated from 2×24h multiple pass recall (MPR) in 554 participants, and GS was measured yearly over five years. Anthropometric, physical activity and health data were collected.

Caffeine Consumption Habits of New Zealand Tertiary Students.

Adverse effects associated with excessive caffeine consumption combined with increasing numbers and availability of caffeine-containing products are causes for concern. Tertiary students may be at increased risk of consuming excessive amounts of caffeine due to seeking caffeinated products with well-known wakefulness effects and cognitive benefits. This study explored caffeine consumption habits of New Zealand tertiary students (317; ≥16-years) using a previously validated caffeine consumption habits (CaffCo) questionnaire.

Nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk factors in Māori and non-Māori: Results from the New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study.

Objective: To determine the nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk factors amongst community-living Māori and non-Māori older adults in New Zealand.

Methods: As part of the 2014 Health, Work and Retirement postal survey, 2914 community-living older adults (749 Māori) aged 49-87 years completed the Seniors in the Community: Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition (SCREEN II-AB) to determine nutrition risk status and sociodemographic and health measures.

Results: Half (50.

Adaptation and reliability of 'Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Preschooler' (NutriSTEP) for use as a parent administered questionnaire in New Zealand.

Aim: To adapt the validated Canadian Nutrition Screening Tool for Every Pre-schooler (NutriSTEP), for use in New Zealand and test its reliability to identify nutrition risk in pre-school children aged 2-5 years, as a parent administered questionnaire.

Methods: Adaptations to the Canadian NutriSTEP were undertaken by three registered dietitians (expert review), followed by intercept interviews with pre-schooler parents (n = 26). A second expert review was conducted to finalise the adaptions for online reliability testing.

Assessing Diet Quality of Indigenous Food Systems in Three Geographically Distinct Solomon Islands Sites (Melanesia, Pacific Islands).

Indigenous Solomon Islanders, like many living in Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), are currently experiencing the global syndemic-the combined threat of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. This mixed-method study aimed to assess nutrition transitions and diet quality by comparing three geographically unique rural and urban indigenous Solomon Islands populations. Participants in rural areas sourced more energy from wild and cultivated foods; consumed a wider diversity of foods; were more likely to meet WHO recommendations of >400g of non-starchy fruits and vegetables daily; were more physically active; and had significantly lower body fat, waist circumference, and body mass index (BMI) when compared to urban populations.

High prevalence of malnutrition and frailty among older adults at admission to residential aged care.

INTRODUCTION Malnutrition is an under-recognised and under-treated problem often affecting older adults. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of and factors associated with malnutrition and frailty among older adults at early admission to residential aged care. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken among eligible older adults within the first week of admission to residential aged care.