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- Position
- Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Public Health (Wellington)
- Qualifications
- BHSc MPH
- Research summary
- Public health nutrition
Research
Bruce Kidd (he/him) is a public health nutrition researcher who strongly focuses on sustainable food systems that promote human and planetary health, with a strong commitment to equity and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This includes research in sustainable and healthy diets, digital food advertising, and food policy. He has previously worked on projects such as the Healthy Policy Evaluation (HYPE) study, the Salt Alternatives Study (SALTS), and evaluating food environments with INFORMAS.
In his current role as a Research Fellow for the Healthier Lives-funded Sustainable New Zealand Diets project, Bruce is working alongside Dr Cristina Cleghorn and Dr Christina McKerchar on the consultation part of the project. This part of the project aims to engage with members of the public and policymakers to shape the selection of several policy interventions to create a shift towards an optimal diet for the health of New Zealanders, health inequities and the environment.
Bruce completed his master's thesis that looked at the cost and environmental impact of current (according to the most recent national nutrition survey), healthy (according to the current national guidelines), flexitarian and vegan (according to the EAT-Lancet Planetary Diet) diets.
Publications
Cleghorn, C., Kidd, B., Morris, T., & McKerchar, C. (2026). Food policies to support healthy and environmentally sustainable diets. The Briefing, (8 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/food-policies-support-healthy-and-environmentally-sustainable-diets Journal - Research Other
Cleghorn, C., McKerchar, C., Kidd, B., & Ni Mhurchu, C. (2026). Modelled health impacts of three stakeholder-selected policies to support healthy and environmentally sustainable population diets in New Zealand. Food Policy, 140, 103049. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2026.103049 Journal - Research Article
Kidd, B., Enright, H., McKerchar, C., & Cleghorn, C. (2025). Developing policy to support sustainable diets in Aotearoa New Zealand with stakeholders. Food Frontiers. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/fft2.70096 Journal - Research Article
Gerritsen, S., Rosin, M., Te Morenga, L., Jiang, Y., Kidd, B., Shen, S., … Ni Mhurchu, C. (2024). Awareness, support, and opinions of healthy food and drink policies: A survey of staff and visitors in New Zealand healthcare organisations. BMC Public Health, 24, 2179. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19693-2 Journal - Research Article
Kliejunas, E., Cavadino, A., Kidd, B., Cleghorn, C., Drew, J., Ni Mhurchu, C., & Bradbury, K. (2023). Quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions of New Zealand households’ food purchases: An analysis by sociodemographic variables. Proceedings of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand and Australian Nutrition Societies: Nutrition and Wellbeing in Oceania. (pp. 50). Retrieved from https://nsnzconference.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract