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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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Lara Ware is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Human Nutrition within the Division of Sciences at the University of Otago. Holding an MSc, she previously served as a Research Fellow in the same department. Her academic interests encompass public health nutrition, food literacy, and the health impacts of dietary interventions, with a particular emphasis on nut consumption and snack foods. Ware teaches HUNT343: Community and Public Health Nutrition, a course organized into three modules covering principles of public health nutrition in New Zealand, nutrition policy and food environments, community nutrition intervention management, and future directions including food system approaches. The paper develops skills in evidence assessment, communication, advocacy, needs assessment, and teamwork to address health equity through nutrition policies and programmes.