Health professionals are well placed to advocate and support changes that will help their patients and communities reduce sugary drink consumption. See below for resources for health professionals.
Medical Officer of Health reports
- Childhood obesity prevention: Creating change to ‘shift the curve’
- Sugary Drinks, Health and Individual Responsibility
- Leading the Charge on Preventing Childhood Obesity
- Childhood Obesity Prevention – What will it take to change our food environments and where do we start?
Technical reports
- B4 School Check data - body size
- Drinks in Schools Report
- Summarised Drinks in Schools Report Infographic
NZ – WHO BMI Growth Charts
- Self-plotting growth charts for boys and girls 2-19 years (excel spreadsheet)
- Boys growth chart 2-19 years (printable PDF)
- Girls growth chart 2-19 years (printable PDF)
- BMI Centile Calculator
Other resources
- Harvard School of Public Health – Sugary Drinks
- World Health Organisation (WHO) - Guideline: Sugars Intake for Adults and Children
- University of Otago - What the Pacific and Mexico Can Tell Us About Soft Drink Taxes and Public Health
- Public Health England - Sugar Reduction: The Evidence for Action
- Barry Popkin - Global SSB and Sugar Consumption Patterns, Policies, Taxes and Other Issues
- Rethink Sugary Drink
- Sugar By Half
Updated 27 Apr, 2021