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Find it all here in one great website, packed with helpful information, community services and resources for improving self management of your health in the Whanganui/Wanganui, Rangitikei, Taihape and Waimarino areas.
The ‘Where should I be?’ campaign is all about providing information that helps people to get the most appropriate health care for the illness or injury they are experiencing at the right place....first time. The Fit for Surgery, Fit for Life programme supports people in the Whanganui region who need to lose weight to make possible hip or knee surgery safer for them. Baby teeth should be brushed twice a day with fluoride toothpaste and under five-year-olds should have help from an adult. Sadly, each year in New Zealand 45 infants die suddenly when they sleep from Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). Most of these can be prevented. One way to lower SUDI risk is through the use of a wahakura/pepi-pod. For a lot of people in our community, water is not the drink they first grab – it’s often a sugar sweetened variety they reach for. This is scary, because sugary drinks are one of the most significant causes of poor oral health and contribute greatly to childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes. These dangers can be avoided though, if people choose to drink water.Where should I be? campaign
Fit for Surgery, Fit for Life
Baby teeth are important and necessary for the health of permanent teeth
Reducing SUDI
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If you're pregnant and you smoke, quit now.
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Both children and adults need to be physically active and eat healthily to live well.
What and how much you eat and drink, and being physically active are important for your health.
Screenings are tests that look for diseases before you have symptoms to find diseases early when they're easier to treat.