Eating 5+ a day may help to prevent not only heart disease but cancer too.
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Food Security Toolkit (Friday, 26 October 2007)


THMM recently launched part one of a toolkit for Maori health workers, which looks at the context and causes of Maori obesity, and explores some of the local level solutions for reducing the health problems that flow out of obesity.
 
“Many of the contributing factors are systemic,” Leonie Matoe said. “For decades research has told us that Maori are more likely to live in areas where it is difficult to access healthy food. They are also more likely to be poor and simply may not have the resources to eat properly.”
 
THMM believes local solutions need to include a range of strategies.
 
“Obviously we need to work with whanau and teach them new nutritional behaviours. We also need to continue advocating around issues like poverty, and work out ways of making it easier for Maori to access healthy food.”