Media releases
21 Aug 2025
Urgent need to restrict unhealthy marketing: Study
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers are calling for restrictions on unhealthy food, alcohol, and gamb...
07 Jul 2023
Kids spending one-third of after-school time on screens, study finds
Regulations are urgently needed to protect children from harm in the unregulated online world, researchers at the Univer...
05 Aug 2022
What does poverty look like from a child’s perspective?
New research has revealed the “shameful” extent of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand.
19 Jan 2022
Otago study finds children exposed to a brand a minute
Attaching cameras to children has revealed they are exposed to 554 brands a day through marketing, a new study from the...
08 Jun 2021
Progress in the Pacific on sugary drink taxes - research
Pacific nations are leading the way regionally with taxes on sugary drinks in a bid to battle obesity and related diseas...
11 Feb 2021
Kiwi kids consume five unhealthy snacks a day
Kiwi kids consume five unhealthy snacks a day
20 Aug 2019
New research collaboration to fight cancer in New Zealand
New research collaboration to fight cancer in New Zealand
08 Apr 2019
Kids’ everyday exposure to food marketing
You can view an introduction to a paper where Professor Louise Signal is a lead author. Her research used cameras on chi...
21 Feb 2019
Are we closing the health gap?
Listen to Professor Louise Signal, Director of the Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit, participate in a radio pan...
31 Jul 2018
Anywhere, anytime: New Zealand children’s exposure to alcohol marketing
Anywhere, anytime: New Zealand children’s exposure to alcohol marketing
09 Jul 2018
Junk food dominates NZ sport
Junk food dominates NZ sport
14 May 2018
Radical new framework for trade and investment treaties
Radical new framework for trade and investment treaties
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