The Healthy Eating, Healthy Action: Oranga Kai – Oranga Pumau, Progress on implementing the HEHA strategy 2008 document will inform a wide range of audiences - from the government and private sectors to the public in general - about Healthy Eating – Healthy Action (HEHA).
The document defines what HEHA is about, the HEHA Project Team’s progress to date and also includes a summary of the main work areas that the project team will continue to work on in 2009 and out-years.
Purpose
Healthy Eating – Healthy Action, or ‘HEHA’ as it is more commonly known, is the Ministry of Health’s strategic approach to improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and achieving healthy weight for all New Zealanders.HEHA’s vision is ‘an environment and society where individuals, families and wha¯nau, and communities are supported to eat well, live physically active lives, and attain and maintain a healthy body weight’.
This document outlines the HEHA Project Team’s progress, and includes a summary of the main workstreams the Project Team has undertaken since the release of the 2007 edition of this document – and will continue to work on in 2008.