Sir Eion Edgar walking the talk to raise funds for diabetes
Friday, 17 May 2019
EDOR benefactor and advisory board chair, Sir Eion Edgar, is busy raising funds to support those with diabetes in New Zealand.
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Join us on the 20 September for the Evidence to Everyday research symposium
Tuesday, 7 May 2019
"From Evidence to Everyday: Translating nutrition research for a healthy Aotearoa", a symposium organised by the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research Centre, will be held on Friday 20 September, 2019, at the Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Wellington.
EDOR Director Rachael Taylor gives her Inaugural Professorial Lecture
Thursday, 2 May 2019
EDOR Director Professor Rachael Taylor delivered her Inaugural Professorial Lecture on the 30 April, 2019.
Watch presentations from the Focus on Fibre and Food Monitoring symposium
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Watch the presentations from the Focus on Fibre and Food Monitoring symposium, held on 11-12 February, 2019, in Dunedin, NZ.
International flavour to NZ whole grains in diabetes study
Thursday, 14 March 2019
EDOR researchers Dr Andrew Reynolds and Professor Jim Mann are leading a study on whole grains and health in type 2 diabetes, assisted by visiting Swedish postgraduate student Sebastian Åberg.
Seminar recording now available on the MOST strategy for running intervention studies
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
EDOR hosted Distinguished Professor Linda M. Collins from Pennsylvania State University, to give a seminar and run a workshop on the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), an alternative way of running interventions.
Otago nutrition experts call for updated national survey to see what NZ’ers are eating
Thursday, 7 February 2019
As dietary factors and obesity have taken over as the key causes of the global burden of disease, University of Otago nutrition experts say there’s a desperate need for a national nutrition survey to see what New Zealanders are eating, with the most recent survey a decade old.
Global uptake of EDOR research on dietary fibre and wholegrains
Monday, 21 January 2019
A paper published in the Lancet by EDOR researchers Dr Andrew Reynolds, Professor Jim Mann and Dr Lisa Te Morenga has received widespread media coverage.
High intake of dietary fibre and whole grain foods reduces risk of non-communicable diseases
Friday, 11 January 2019
University of Otago researchers have found a link between higher intakes of dietary fibre and whole grain foods and a reduction in the risk of a wide range of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors.
