EDOR directors instrumental in Type 2 Diabetes report
Thursday 8 April 2021
EDOR Directors Rachael Taylor and Jim Mann attended the parliamentary launch of the Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report on 15 March 2021.
Better podiatry services would avoid 600 diabetes-related amputations per year
Thursday 1 April 2021
The Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report found that around 600 amputations could be avoided in New Zealand each year if better foot screening and podiatry services were made available for everyone with type 2 diabetes.
Otago research seeks to answer youth bedtime dilemma: To stream or not to stream?
Tuesday 30 March 2021
Does streaming before dreaming make for a worse night’s sleep? That’s the question University of Otago researchers are hoping to answer when they monitor young people’s screen-use at bedtime to see if it impacts sleep quality.
Action needed on Type 2 Diabetes
Thursday 25 March 2021
Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research advisory board member, Dr Ofa Dewes, is calling for communities to work together to implement the findings of the Economic and Social Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report, launched at Parliament on 15 March 2021.
Cost of Type 2 Diabetes report launched at Parliament
Monday 15 March 2021
The Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre (EDOR), Healthier Lives - He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge, and Diabetes New Zealand have released a hard-hitting report into the cost of type 2 diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand.
EDOR researchers collaborate with the Riddet Institute
Monday 15 March 2021
EDOR researchers collaborate with many other research organisations. Here we profile the work being done in collaboration with the Riddet Institute, as part of the Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) funding.
Diabetes study furthers work on ‘artificial pancreas’
Thursday 4 March 2021
Taking another step towards an “artificial pancreas” to improve the health of people with Type 1 diabetes is the focus of a new University of Otago study.
Junk food marketing to kids: action urgently needed
Thursday 18 February 2021
Research by EDOR member Professor Louise Signal is again in the spotlight, with junk food marketing to children still going unchecked.
Kiwi kids consume five unhealthy snacks a day
Thursday 11 February 2021
On average, 12-year-old children snack on unhealthy food and beverages five times a day, according to new research from the University of Otago.
Action needed on nutritional therapy for type 2 diabetes
Wednesday 3 February 2021
Professor Jim Mann talks about nutritional therapy for type 2 diabetes, and what we need to be doing right now.
Congratulations to new EDOR Professor Barbara Galland
Friday 29 January 2021
EDOR researcher Barbara Galland has been promoted to Professor from February 2021.
NZ Health survey update: no decrease in adult obesity
Friday 4 December 2020
EDOR members comment on the recently released 2019/2020 NZ Health Survey, which shows no decrease in adult obesity rates and marked ethnic & socioeconomic inequalities.
Remission of type 2 diabetes using a dietary intervention
Monday 30 November 2020
Professor Mike Lean shows how remission of type 2 diabetes using a dietary approach is possible.
Pioneering better tools for managing type 1 diabetes
Thursday 26 November 2020
Associate Professor Ben Wheeler and Dr Sara Styles are involved in a number of initiatives aimed at improving the management of type 1 diabetes, a disease that primarily affect children.
COVID Kai survey results: what did NZers consume during lockdown?
Thursday 19 November 2020
The results of the COVID Kai Survey are out and show that most people consumed more unhealthy snacks and drinks during New Zealand's lockdowns.
Otago study finds link between teen chewing pace and obesity
Wednesday 18 November 2020
Overweight teenagers chew slower and spend less time eating compared to their thinner peers, a University of Otago study has found.
World Diabetes Day under the shadow of COVID-19
Friday 13 November 2020
World Diabetes Day is more important than ever in 2020, with diabetes being a major risk factor for poor outcomes from a COVID-19 infection.
Otago researchers help detect worrying trends in childhood growth
Friday 6 November 2020
University of Otago researchers have contributed to a new comprehensive global study which reveals concerning height and Body Mass Index (BMI) trends among school-aged children and adolescents.
EDOR clinical experts comment on study showing Māori diabetes patients are missing out on prescriptions
Friday 6 November 2020
Two EDOR Professors have commented on a recent study which shows that Māori patients receive fewer prescriptions for the common diabetes medication Metformin than non-Māori patients.
Public Health funding crisis: still no national plan for diabetes prevention
Wednesday 4 November 2020
Professor Jim Mann has been interviewed by Radio NZ about the under-funding of public health services in Aotearoa New Zealand.
