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Are weight loss medications the answer to obesity?
EDOR advisory board member Professor Boyd Swinburn talks about the new weight loss medication available in NZ.
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EDOR student wins emerging researcher award
EDOR postgraduate student Kate Campbell has won the NZSSD emerging researcher prize for 2025.
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Calls to update decades-old national nutrition data
Professor Sir Jim Mann explains in the Listener why New Zealand urgently needs an updated national nutrition survey.
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Study highlights key components for effective co-design
An evaluation of five research projects has revealed key elements and lessons for co-designing health research.
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Concern about nutrition content of revised school lunches
The nutrition content and serving size of the revised school lunch programme is not up to standard according to experts.
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EDOR celebrates World Sleep Day 2025
EDOR Professors Rachael Taylor and Barbara Galland presented the latest research on sleep and screens for World Sleep Da...
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EDOR researchers recognised in University promotions
The work of EDOR researchers at the University of Otago has been recognised in the latest promotion round.
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EDOR Director facilitates access to European health research funding
Professor Rachael Taylor is the New Zealand point of contact for Horizon Europe health research funding.
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Prevention of obesity critical to preserving healthcare capacity
The media focus on BMI in an international report on obesity has diverted attention from the critical role of prevention...
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HRC funding to help tackle diabetes ‘massive inequity’
The demand for recently-funded diabetes technology is likely to skyrocket by up to 400 per cent in coming years, but the...
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Leading Thinkers turns 21 – celebrating a unique gift
EDOR was the first Leading Thinkers initiative to be funded and hosts two Chairs.
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Service in the blood for Associate PVC Māori
Associate Professor Justine Camp (Kai Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) has a goal – to honour and grow the legacy of her foref...