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Welcome to our resource centre. Here you’ll find great cookbooks, booklets, posters, guidelines and more. Search using a keyword below, or use the advanced search option to view all categories. All resources offer a free PDF option and many offer hard copy options that can be ordered online using Visa or Mastercard, by invoice using the resource order form or pick up from our Auckland office. As a charity, we thank our generous donors for helping to bring these resources to life.
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.pdf (378 KB) Shared decision making in cardiovascular risk assessment and management - Position statementCardiovascular disease is largely preventable and is associated with inequalities. This document details our position on shared decision making in the context of cardiovascular risk assessment and management. more»
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This position statement summarises key findings and recommendations in relation to dietary patterns that support heart health. It is based on the Heart Foundation’s ‘Dietary Patterns and Heart Health Background Paper 2013’ and the USDA’s ‘Series of Systematic Reviews on the Relationship Between Dietary Patterns and Health Outcomes 2014’. more»
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Our ‘Whole grains and the heart’ evidence paper outlines the research underpinning our recommendations for eating whole grain foods. more»
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One aspect of the obesity problem facing New Zealand is the undue influence on children from the marketing of unhealthy foods. Children are developing their food preferences, and marketing of unhealthy food influences both their preferences and consumption. You can find out more about the effects of marketing of unhealthy… more»
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This evidence snapshot reviews the current evidence for sugar and/or sugar-sweetened beverages (soft drinks or drinks with sugar added), and their impact directly on heart disease and risk factors for it. more»
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The Heart Foundation is committed to meeting the goal of a smoke free New Zealand by 2025. Meeting this goal will require the commitment and collaboration of the Heart Foundation with the government, other tobacco control services and the wider health sector. more»
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This Position Statement is based on the scientific literature discussed in the Summary of evidence on the impact of sodium on cardiovascular disease (National Heart Foundation of New Zealand, 2011). more»
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Given the contribution of sugary drinks to total sugar intakes in New Zealand, find out our position about why we support a sugar tax. more»
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Eating too much sodium is related to higher blood pressure, and to the rise in blood pressure often seen with age. High blood pressure increases our risk of heart disease. The current evidence base remains sufficient to continue recommendations to reduce dietary salt intakes. more»
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This position statement is to provide an up to date assessment of the evidence linking alcohol and cardiovascular disease, and place it in the wider context of alcohol use, as the basis for advice on low risk alcohol consumption. more»
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This paper summarises the evidence which forms the basis of the Heart Foundation’s position on alcohol and heart health. more»
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It is the overall diet, as well as single dietary components, that impact on health status and risk of disease, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Many studies have investigated the association between dietary patterns and risk of disease. This paper reviews the latest evidence on dietary patterns and CVD, including heart… more»
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