Comments on: Go First Lady! http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/go-first-lady/ Food and nutrition blog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Elaine Rush http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/go-first-lady/#comment-49 Elaine Rush Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:12:16 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=134#comment-49 Great approach because it has good reach - but I cannot think of anyone in New Zealand with that sort of charisma and many New Zealanders do not seem to like tall poppies. Children are important but the biggest bang for the buck would be to start earlier, before egg meets sperm to make the intrauterine environment healthier. The start to a babies life has huge effects on their future life - some are irreversible including reduced brain power. We need to get away from the one nutrient, one food, one quick fix approach. Change the food (and activity) pattern for the whole family- it is not just for Maori a whanau approach is needed; family are the centre of everyones culture including the food industry. The social marketing we had encouraging families to eat together was getting great penetration in Maori and Pacific too. We are losing ground now! Great approach because it has good reach - but I cannot think of anyone in New Zealand with that sort of charisma and many New Zealanders do not seem to like tall poppies. Children are important but the biggest bang for the buck would be to start earlier, before egg meets sperm to make the intrauterine environment healthier. The start to a babies life has huge effects on their future life - some are irreversible including reduced brain power. We need to get away from the one nutrient, one food, one quick fix approach.
Change the food (and activity) pattern for the whole family- it is not just for Maori a whanau approach is needed; family are the centre of everyones culture including the food industry. The social marketing we had encouraging families to eat together was getting great penetration in Maori and Pacific too. We are losing ground now!

]]> By: Donnell Alexander http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/go-first-lady/#comment-48 Donnell Alexander Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:22:02 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=134#comment-48 Thanks Fiona and Lyn for your feedback. One can only hope our Government is watching Michelle's progress with interest. Thanks Fiona and Lyn for your feedback. One can only hope our Government is watching Michelle’s progress with interest.

]]> By: Lyn Gillanders http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/go-first-lady/#comment-47 Lyn Gillanders Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:31:42 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=134#comment-47 Still cannot believe the blind dogmatism that has lead the current Minister of Health to dismantle the HEHA initiatives and wonder if he can see any irony between his actions and the programmes under way in the "land of the free" Remain pessimistic that any thing will change soon but we should all try and bring this to the cuurent administration's attention any time we can. Still cannot believe the blind dogmatism that has lead the current Minister of Health to dismantle the HEHA initiatives and wonder if he can see any irony between his actions and the programmes under way in the “land of the free”

Remain pessimistic that any thing will change soon but we should all try and bring this to the cuurent administration’s attention any time we can.

]]> By: Fiona Greig http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/go-first-lady/#comment-45 Fiona Greig Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:24:16 +0000 http://www.foodinfo.org.nz/?p=134#comment-45 I don’t see Mrs Key having quite the same impact in NZ. I’m not sure who would make a good figurehead – possibly an All Black or Silver Fern to front a campaign on the benefits of both good nutrition and exercise on behalf of Govt. Who do we target with the messages? - parents and/or kids Agree we need to maintain the momentum of what the last Government did with guidelines of foods/drinks sold in schools as this was a good incentive for some industry groups to address the nutritional composition of their products. I don’t see Mrs Key having quite the same impact in NZ. I’m not sure who would make a good figurehead – possibly an All Black or Silver Fern to front a campaign on the benefits of both good nutrition and exercise on behalf of Govt. Who do we target with the messages? - parents and/or kids

Agree we need to maintain the momentum of what the last Government did with guidelines of foods/drinks sold in schools as this was a good incentive for some industry groups to address the nutritional composition of their products.

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