Join a Nutrition Research: Weight Loss for Diabetes Prevention
The Human Nutrition Unit (Mt Eden) at the University of Auckland is inviting people at risk of diabetes to participate in a 6-month Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention Study. We are currently recruiting for May 2023 intake.
You will be required to:
• Attend 7 study visits at the Human Nutrition Unit, in Mt Eden
• Follow the low-energy, Cambridge weight-loss diet for 8 weeks
• Complete a 4-month weight maintenance programme
• Consume feijoa whole fruit powder or placebo-matched powder every day for 6 months
What you will receive?
• 2 months’ worth of meal replacements at no cost
• 9 extensive dietary advice sessions with a Registered Dietitian
• Get free body composition scans to understand your body fat mass, lean mass, and bone mineral density
• Get to try a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to know what meals raise your blood glucose more than others
• Get to know how many calories your body burns when at rest using an indirect calorimetry
• Your time will be compensated with travel vouchers
Who can participate?
• Have elevated blood glucose but are not diabetic (we can check this for you)
• Are of Māori, Pacific Island, Asian Indian, Asian Chinese or NZ European/Caucasian descent
• Are between 18-70 years
• Have a BMI 26-40 kg/m2
• Are happy to participate in a 6-month weight loss study
• Are happy to consume feijoa whole fruit powder or matched placebo powder every day for eight months
• Are happy for us to provide blood, urine and faecal samples
• Are happy to complete 7 Study Visits to the Human Nutrition Unit
If you would like to learn more about this study, sign up to receive a copy of Participant Information Sheet in your email:
redcap.fmhs.auckland.ac.nz...
Give old items a new life: book your inorganic collection
☀️ Making the most of the fine weather to clear out clutter? Book your annual inorganic collection, and we'll pick up the items straight from your property.
From scrap metal and whiteware to bikes and laptops, we work with over 150 community organisations to give items a second life—repairing, repurposing, and reusing them. ♻️
This week's prize winners
Congratulations to the winners of the $100 grocery vouchers. The winners are:
Blair Roddick from Blenheim
Greer Bell from Snells Beach
Dorothy Burt from Levin
Hannah Rice from Aranui
Winners must get in touch with us here before Tuesday, 25th February to claim their prize.
Not a winner this time? Never fear, there's always next week.
The Online Garage Sale of the Summer
It's time to clean out the garage (or closet or cupboard!) and make some money back on your summer goods. Get involved with the Neighbourly online garage sale on Saturday, February 22nd.
Whether it's time to let go of your spare tent, your beach umbrella or maybe clear some clothes from your wardrobe, the Neighbourly garage sale is the place to do it - it's free and it's local!
If this is your first Neighbourly garage sale, the way it works is that you list your items individually ahead of the event and members perusing the garage sale items online will contact you to buy it.
Make sure you check out the treasure trove of bargains on Saturday, February 22nd - it's well worth a look!
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