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Sugary drink ban from all MDHB premises

foodback May 27, 2015February 23, 2017 District Heath Boards, Story No Comments

Ban on sale of sugary drinks from all MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) premises started on 7 April 2015. The ban covers soft drinks, sugary fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy and other drinks where sugar is added to the beverage

Sugary drink ban from Nelson/Wairau hospitals

foodback May 27, 2015February 23, 2017 Hospitals, Story No Comments

Sugary drinks have been banned at Nelson and Wairau Hospitals. In what was hailed as a national first, a change in the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board’s healthy eating policy means that all drinks sweetened with sugar were taken off