Research projects of the Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit (HePPRU)

Promoting healthy nutrition

The focus of this research is on interventions to promote healthy nutrition. The group has a particular interest in the social, political and environmental influences of nutrition in New Zealand and globally, and how to influence them to promote health and reduce inequities.

Current projects

• Kids'Cam
• Kids Online Aotearoa

Completed research projects

• Children's exposure to food and beverage marketing in public places
• Children's exposure to food marketing on screens
• Does current industry self-regulation of food marketing in New Zealand protect children from exposure to unhealthy food advertising?
• Enhancing food security and physical activity for Māori, Pacific and low income whānau/families
• Feasibility of front of pack nutrition labels to signpost food choices in supermarkets
• Food Environment and Sport (FEAST) study
• Is junk-food promoted through sport?
• Policy determinants of obesity
• Policy interventions to support primary schools in promoting healthy nutrition
• Sun safety in early childhood centres
• The nature and extent of alcohol advertising in children's environments

Research protocols

• Diabetes Cam Fiji Research Protocol (PDF)
• FoodSee Convenience Store Annotation Manual (PDF)
• Annotation Protocol (PDF)
• Methods Protocol (PDF)
• Kids Online Aotearoa Protocol (PDF)
• Journey to school annotation manual (PDF)

Tobacco control

For information on tobacco control-related research please see the ASPIRE2025 website

Other policy-related research

• Child health
• Children's recreational use of urban green spaces: Impact of household deprivation and urban green space quality
• Researching the extent of exposure of children to smoking in 'private' places
• Skin cancer prevention in NZ school-children: a Markov cost-utility model using data from Kids'Cam automated cameras