EDOR Chair Sir Eion Edgar made Distinguished Fellow by NZ Institute of Directors
Wednesday 5 May 2021
Sir Eion, EDOR chair and benefactor, has been recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
EDOR welcomes health system reforms
Thursday 22 April 2021
The Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre welcomes the NZ Health system reforms announced on the 21 April, 2021.
Research finds baby food pouches are sweet and low in iron
Thursday 15 April 2021
Research out of the University of Otago’s Department of Human Nutrition has examined the nutritional quality of baby food pouches found in most supermarkets.
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.
