Asian Health Forum 2008

Creating Healthy Asian Communities

On 6 November 2008 ANA hosted its first forum aimed at promoting nutrition and physical activity in New Zealand's Asian Communities. Some forum presentations are available to download.

• Programme
• Speaker Profiles
• ARROGYA – South Asian Community Intervention: Dr Kawshi De Silva, Dr Ajith Fonseka, Ranjna Patel
• Asian Takeaway Operators as Partners in Health Promotion: Kai Hong Tan, Joey Chang, Martin Dickson
• Towards Healthy Eating Healthy Action for South Asian Communities in the Auckland District:
  Auckland District Health Board
• Healthy Eating Healthy Action: Barbara Lusk
• Working with South Asians in Counties Manukau: Chad Paraone
• Guidelines for Overweight and Obesity in New Zealand: Dr Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj
• Supporting breastfeeding among Asian mothers in New Zealand: Ruth De Souza
• South Indians with Diabetes in New Zealand: Faieza Ali
• Lifestyle and Obesity in Asian Adolescents in New Zealand:
  Shirin Foroughian, Robert Scragg, David Thomas, John Raeburn, Samson Tse
• Healthy Eating and Health Activity Promotion at Diabetes Seminars for Chinese and Korean peoples:
  Waitemata District Health Board
• Workshop Notes