New Zealand Nutrition Foundation
Activities: Health promotion, education, advocacy, policy advice and community action.
The mission of the New Zealand Nutrition Foundation (NZNF) is to:
Enhance the quality of life of New Zealanders by encouraging informed, healthy and enjoyable food choices as part of an active lifestyle.
It has several key roles:
- Nutrition education and health promotion – providing educational resources, newsletters, seminars and public health campaigns about food and nutrition
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Advocacy – supporting:
- the exchange of food and nutrition information between professional groups, food producers, food manufacturers and Government agencies.
- nutrition campaigns and organisations promoting well researched nutrition strategies and messages. - Policy – working with Food Standards Australia New Zealand and the NZ Government on food standards and public health policy
- Research – encouraging nutrition research.
Recent projects:
The NZNF owns the e Mark, a new food label that will help people to make food choices that are matched to their lifestyles.
The e Mark tells you the amount of energy in a serving of food, and the speed with which that energy is released into the body. The e Mark has been scientifically tested in conjunction with scientists at Crop & Food Research. For more information, get the focus story Future foods.
- Web Address:
- www.foodworks.co.nz
- Type:
- Not for profit
- Contact:
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NZ Nutrition Foundation 36B Hurstmere Road
PO Box 331 366
Takapuna 0740
Auckland
Phone: +64 9 489 3417
Fax: +64 9 489 3174
Email: nznf@nutrition.org.nz
