What is nutrition?

Nutrition is the good we get from all the food we eat and it helps our bodies work. Find out more.

Facts about nutrition

28% of children surveyed in the 2007 National Children's Nutrition Survey in New Zealand were either overweight or obese. Find out more. Find out more.

Vitamins and minerals

Vitamins and minerals are used by our bodies and if we do not get enough of the right ones it can affect us mentally and physically. Find out more.

Early childhood nutrition

Breastfeeding is the best way of providing a baby with all its nutritional needs during the first 6 months of their life.  Find out more.

Nutrition in emergencies

Malnutrition increases and poses the highest risk to children during emergencies due to a lack of food and unsafe water. Find out more.

Diet

Malnutrition increases and poses the highest risk to children during emergencies due to a lack of food and unsafe water. Find out more.

Iodine deficiency

 A lack of iodine in a child's diet can affect brain development or cause Goitre (where a part of the body called the thyroid gland becomes larger), hearing and speaking difficulty, & poor growth. Find out more.