2009 Asian Nutrition and Physical Activity Forum

The 2009 Asian Nutrition and Physical Activity Forum was held on the 12 November 2009 at Sorrento in the Park, One Tree Hill, Auckland.

The annual, national forum was designed for people with a work focus or interest in promoting the health of New Zealand's Asian Communities.

Download:

• Draft programme
• Speaker profiles

Presentations

The following speaker presentations are available for download:

• Katherine Zhang – Nutritional needs assess of east Asians living in Christchurch
• Ram Lingam – Engaging Indian New Zealanders in sport recreation and outdoor pursuits
• Lifeng Zhou – Findings from Asian health needs assessment WDHB
• Elizabeth Duncan – WDHB update
• Julie Carter – WDHB Asian breastfeeding projects
• Tracey Barron – CMDHB Lets Beat Diabetes South Asian Plan, Activity and Results
• Sherly Parackal – ADHB MT Roskill HEHA Project
• Sue Lim – Cultural Awareness Workshop
• Pamela Von Hurst – Vitamin D deficiency in South Asians
• Elaine Rush and Gael Mearns – Intergenerational effects of low vitamin B12 in pregnancy
• Scott Duncan – Primary Health Interventions for promoting weight management in South Asian communities
• Varsha Asrani and Christ Cook – Launch of South Asian healthy eating resource
• Parul Dube – Heart foundation Asian nutrition resources
• Ruth De Souza – Update on obesity and overweight guidelines for South Asians.