Janelle Blythe – Make Lemonade NZ https://makelemonade.nz Positive New Zealand news Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:40:02 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.15 https://makelemonade.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-Make-Lemonade-ID1-32x32.jpg Janelle Blythe – Make Lemonade NZ https://makelemonade.nz 32 32 Too many Kiwi women tolerate bladder leaks, says top personal trainer https://makelemonade.nz/2017/05/24/many-kiwi-women-tolerate-bladder-leaks-says-top-personal-trainer/ Tue, 23 May 2017 21:10:46 +0000 https://makelemonade.nz/?p=1920 Golden Bay – National award-winning personal trainer Renee Riley is encouraging more discussion about pelvic health because too many Kiwi women tolerate bladder leaks unnecessarily. Around a quarter of New Zealanders aged 15 or over are affected by some type of continence problem and it is estimated that about 590,000 people have urinary incontinence. These...

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]]> The power of exercise for mental health https://makelemonade.nz/2017/05/02/power-exercise-mental-health/ Tue, 02 May 2017 03:25:34 +0000 https://makelemonade.nz/?p=1848   Exercise helps to relieve stress, improve sleep patterns, boost the mood, improve concentration and sharpen the memory. It is also widely recognised as an effective tool to relieve moderate depression and anxiety symptoms and prevent relapses. Taking a mindful approach to exercise by concentrating on each physical movement and breathing is a powerful natural...

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]]> More Kiwis should exercise for mental health https://makelemonade.nz/2017/05/02/kiwis-exercise-mental-health/ Tue, 02 May 2017 03:11:43 +0000 https://makelemonade.nz/?p=1844 Hamilton – The Exercise Association of New Zealand (ExerciseNZ) says Kiwis with mental illnesses should be encouraged to exercise but it advises against starting off with extravagant exercise regimes. Mental disorders are the third-leading cause of health loss for New Zealanders (11.1 percent of all health loss), behind only cancers (17.5 percent) and vascular and...

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]]> NZ light years ahead of UK and US exercise facilities https://makelemonade.nz/2017/04/23/nz-ahead-uk-us-exercise-facilities/ Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:56:24 +0000 https://makelemonade.nz/?p=1835 Christchurch – New Zealand exercise facilities score significantly higher than United Kingdom and United States operators when it comes to customers recommending the business and this has been put down to an exceptionally high standard of personal trainers and customer focus. The average New Zealand Net Promoter Score is 70 which is more than double...

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]]> Digital health conference breaking down barriers https://makelemonade.nz/2017/04/20/digital-health-conference-breaking-barriers/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:30:13 +0000 https://makelemonade.nz/?p=1817 Auckland – More than 800 New Zealanders from the health and tech sectors will unite at the annual Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) conference in Rotorua later this year which aims to help break down silo barriers and support the success of complex digital health projects to improve health outcomes for New Zealanders. The HiNZ...

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