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Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - University of Otago (2010)

Research Interests

My research interests involve the role of diet, (particularly dietary carbohydrates including dietary fibre, wholegrains and sugars) in the aetiology, treatment and prevention of obesity, the metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. I am particularly interested in the relationship between nutrition and hauora (M膩ori health) and achieving health equity. My primary motivation is to undertake research that is of direct benefit to M膩ori and thus focuses on the role of nutrition in the development of preventable diseases that inflict a particularly high health burden on M膩ori.

I am currently involved in a wide range of public health and nutrition related research projects including:

• Dietary Interventions: Evidence & Translation (DIET) programme which aims to improve the diets of populations equitably
• A series of studies examining the health attributes of wholegrain cereal products differing in structural properties and the way that they are processed into consumer products.
• Tihei Rangatahi Programme: Improving hauora-oranga services for rangatahi M膩ori
• Navigating Pacific Indigenous knowledge and practices in relation to contemporary dietary patterns: investigating 'ai ia e ola' - eat to live well.
• Novel Methods of Infant Feeding in NZ - Cause for Concern or Optimism? - an observational cross-sectional study that follows 625 babies aged 7-9 months from the Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin areaexploring what babies are eating once they move from an exclusively milk diet to solid food.
• Young Foods New Zealand Study: a nutrition survey of New Zealand children aged 6 mths to 4 years.
• Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of National Healthy Food and Drink Policy in District Health Boards and Public Service Organisations, and the health equity implications of implementation.
• Co-design and evaluation of a mobile health (mHealth) tool to help reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity and diabetes M膩ori and Pasifika communities conducted with community partners.
• Development of improved methods of assessing and monitoring sugar intakes and the population and individual level including novel biomarkers in blood and hair

Thematics

Health and Well-being, Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Health Promotion (111712): Maori Health (111713): Medical And Health Sciences (110000): Nutrition and Dietetics (111100): Nutritional Physiology (111103): Public Health and Health Services (111700): Public Nutrition Intervention (111104)

Keywords

Human nutrition

Public Health Nutrition

Non communicable diease prevention

Obesity prevention

Diabetes prevention

Maori health

Systematic revews and meta-analyses

Community-based interventions

Participatory research methods

Current Projects

Completed Projects

Graduate Supervision Statement

I have supervised 2 PhD students, 20 Masters thesis students, and 5 other postgraduate dissertation students enrolled at the university of Otago. I am currently supervising 5 PhD students enrolled at the Universities of Auclkand and Otago and Wellington.  

I supervise students undertaking a wide range or nutrition and health related research, including laboratory based research, dietary interventions studies, observational research, digital health, qualitative research and systematic reviews and meta-anbalyses.

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• Sian Wilds - Doctor of Philosophy
  Changing dietetic care in Te Whatu Ora using a Kaupapa M膩ori approach
• Hayleigh Frost - Doctor of Philosophy
  Healthy education versus junk food marketing- which is winning the hearts and minds of our kids?
• Hinako Percival - Doctor of Philosophy
  Bringing manaakitanga to waitlists with tailored Smart Start letters
• Asher Regan - Doctor of Philosophy
  How can M膩ori chefs shape the future of kai in Aotearoa NZ and contribute to improving wellbeing for M膩ori and Aotearoa NZ as a whole?

Co-supervisor of:

• Saichon Kloyiam - Doctor of Philosophy
  Designing and Validating an app design framework for optimal effectiveness of health promotion apps

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

• 2024 - Maria Casale - Doctor of Philosophy
  Complementary Feeding Practices, Nutrient Intake, and Iron Status of M膩ori, Pasifika, and Other Infants in Aotearoa New Zealand

Media

• 29 Jun 2023 - Radio
  Radio Kahungungu Radio
  Discussing the HCA Ka Ora Ka Ako petition which is being handed over at Parliament on 29 June 2023
• 29 Jun 2023 - Television
  Te Karere interview on Ka Ora Ka Ako petition
  Free school lunch petition presented to Parliament Free lunches at schools are on the agenda after a petition was presented to Parliament by Health Coalition Aotearoa and schools. It aims to get a lon
• 29 Dec 2021 - Television
  Misinformation is meddling with Maori well-being
  Te Ao M膩ori News
• 28 Nov 2023 - Television
  Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) News
  Interview: New Zealand government to scrap world-first smoking ban
• 28 Jun 2023 - Radio
  Radio Waatea morning news interview
  Talking about the handover of the HCA petition to expand Ka Ora Ka Ako (healthy school lunches)
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• 27 Nov 2023 - Radio
  RFI (Radio France Internationale) interview
  Commentary on the repeal of NZ Smoke-free laws
• 27 May 2021 - Radio
  NZ-based companies profit from sugary drink export
  Radio New Zealand
• 27 Jul 2023 - Online
  Stuff "Pou Tiaki" article
  Commentary provided for Stuff article: Call for politicians to stop junk food, alcohol and tobacco harm in M膩ori, Pacific neighbourhoods
• 27 Dec 2021 - Online
  NZ exporting more sugary drinks to Pacific Islands
  Stuff News articles
• 27 Apr 2023 - Newspaper
  Diabetes Dithering
  Editorial in the Otago Daily Times about the need to help NZers access healthy food, as poor diet is responsible for 70% of global diabetes cases.
• 25 May 2021 - Online
  NZ exporting more sugary drinks to Pacific Islands
  Science media centre commentary
• 25 Feb 2024 - Television
  One News interview
  Comment on a news story about a new poll that shows most people do not want the Government to remove some smokefree legislation, including reducing nicotine in cigarettes and introducing a sinking lid
• 23 Dec 2022 - Magazine
  Sustainable eating
  Expert comment for Consumer Magazine on how to eat a healthy, eco-friendly diet
• 22 May 2023 - Radio
  Radio Waatea interview
  Discussing the impact of Budget 2023 on M膩ori health
• 22 Jun 2023 - Online
  Stuff News story on Manurewa High School lunches
  Stuuf News: How one school kitchen feeds more than 2000 people in Manurewa every day
• 21 Apr 2023 - Newspaper
  GST and produce: Removing tax on healthy food
  NZ Herald article about the high cost of healthy food in NZ and diabetes
• 20 Apr 2023 - Television
  Te Ao Tapatahi 20/04/2023
  Talked to Neil Waka about the role of diet in diabetes, the high cost of healthy food in Aotearoa, and what the government should do about it
• 19 May 2023 - Newspaper
  Opinion: In defence of free school lunches
  NZ Herald Op Ed responding to an opinion piece by Kate McNamara that the Ka Ora Ka Ako Free School Lunch programme is not worth the expensive. I write about the value of the scheme and our call for it
• 18 May 2023 - Television
  Whakaata M膩ori - Te Ao Tapatahi
  Interview about the impact of Budget 2023 for public health. From 18:20
• 18 Apr 2023 - Online
  Most new Type2 diabetes cases attributable to diet
  expert commentary provided on the findings of international research showing "suboptimal diet" was attributable to 14.1 million new cases of Type 2 diabetes in 2018
• 18 Apr 2023 - Radio
  Poor quality food behind most T2DM
  Interview with Lisa Owen on RNZ Checkpoint
• 17 Mar 2022 - Newspaper
  Iwi fill kid's dental gap
  Northland Age
• 17 Jun 2023 - Television
  TVNZ One News interview on Ka Ora Ka Ako
  interviewed about the benefitis of the Ka Ora Ka Ake healthy school lunch programme for children, their wh膩nau and communities they live in
• 14 Jul 2023 - Television, Online
  Te Ao Maori News
  Interviewed for story: Is Aspartame safe? Health researcher on 鈥榩ossibly carcinogenic鈥� sweetener
• 14 Aug 2023 - Television
  Newshub video; 6pm news
  commentary for story: Chris Hipkins grilled at press conference on whether Labour GST policy applies to some products
• 14 Aug 2023 - Radio
  Radio Waatea interview
  Interviewed by Claudette Hauitit for story "GST cuts will miss mark says Health Coalition"
• 13 Sep 2022 - Online
  Why it鈥檚 a bad idea to microwave plastic
  Expert reviewer for Stuff The Whole Truth: Te M膩ramatanga series
• 13 Mar 2022 - Newspaper
  Muriwhenua program delivers fun toothbrushing educ
  comments on oral health
• 13 Jul 2022 - Newspaper
  Principal's energy drink warning
  Northern Advocate
• 13 Dec 2023 - Newspaper
  NZ Herald Opinion
  Personal story: I can鈥檛 stop my dad from smoking but the smokefree law could
• 12 Jul 2022 - Newspaper
  'Kiddie alcohol' warning
  Northland Age
• 12 Jul 2022 - Newspaper
  Principal's plea highlights need for regulation of
  Northland Age: Principal's plea highlights need for regulation of energy drinks
• 12 Dec 2021 - Newspaper
  AN UNHEALTHY POPULATION AND ITS UNHEALTHY ECONONOM
  Article published in Sunday Star TImes and Sunday News
• 12 Dec 2021 - Newspaper
  Govt's 'studious neglect' of obesity leaves us amo
  Comments of inaction on obesity
• 12 Dec 2021 - Online
  A bad business: The economics of obesity
  Stuff news article
• 11 Apr 2023 - Online
  Healthy lunch plan falls short
  Call for the Government to expand the Healthy School Lunch programme to more children
• 09 Feb 2023 - Television
  Calls grow for free lunch programme extension
  Story on Te Karere: a call to the government to extend the Ka Ora Ka Ako (free shcool lunch programme) to more kids in Aotearoa
• 08 Sep 2022 - Online, Newspaper
  The truth about carbs - bad or not?
  Expert panel reviewer for Stuff's The Whole Truth Series, printed in various local newspapers
• 08 Mar 2022 - Television
  Te Karere
  Comments on Commerce Commission findings on supermarkets
• 05 May 2022 - Newspaper, Online
  One or two daily drinks - healthy or a slow death?
  Expert panel member of Stuff's The Whole Truth Series published in various newspapers
• 05 Aug 2022 - Newspaper
  Trim: it鈥檚 not just watered-down milk
  Expert panel review of Stuff's The Whole Truth series, printed in various newspapers
• 04 Sep 2023 - Radio
  Waatea News interview
  Commentary for story: Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) applauds Labour鈥檚 proposed policy to lessen the impact of dental disease
• 04 Sep 2023 - Radio
  Radio NZ First Up interview with Nathan Rarere
  Health Coalition Aotearoa urges more dental preventative action; comments on Labour's policy announcement to fund free dental care for people under 30y
• 04 Jul 2023 - Radio
  Newstalk ZB Early Edition interview
  NewstalkZB: Public health, nutrition experts call for national food strategy to fix our obesity epidemic
• 03 Jun 2022 - Newspaper
  How much red meat is safe to consume?
  Expert panel member of Stuff's The Whole Truth Series published in various newspapers
• 03 Apr 2023 - Television
  Lobbying in Parliament - 1 News
  Commented on the new rules around lobbying announced by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, on behalf of Health Coaltion Aotearoa
• 02 May 2021 - Online
  Type 2 diabetes: 'A tidal wave that will devastate
  Stuff news article
• 02 Dec 2021 - Newspaper
  'Interconnectedness' of matauranga, kai
  Gisborne Herald
• 01 Feb 2022 - Newspaper, Online
  The Whole Truth: Te M膩ramatanga
  The Whole Truth: Te M膩ramatanga explains public health topics prone to misinformation. It seeks to inform rather than inflame. Through the short stories, videos and graphics on this page, you鈥檒l find
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