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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … on chronic disease burdens. In response, the World Health Organization recommends fiscal policies like taxes on … in the Pacific (and elsewhere). 15 For example, following American Samoa’s approach (excise tax and import tariff on … of sugary products (New Caledonia), 19 education (American Samoa and Marshall Islands), and public health
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    Health-related food taxes and subsidies are a hot topic … also favoured a SSB tax (17). Both the NZ Medical Association and the Heart Foundation support SSB taxes. “ … it is a legitimate and needed role of academics to provide information for this debate). E.g., should NZ strive to shift …
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  • Mounting complexities in the dietary salt & health relationship

    … A large prospective study on dietary salt and health has recently been reported in the New England Journal … work that a (very) high intake of salt is hazardous to health – an increased hazard was also found for low intakes … any such measurement error would tend to weaken the association with sodium intake and health outcomes. Again, it …
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  • Artificially sweetened beverages: What does the latest evidence tell us on health benefits versus harm?

    … (ASBs). But there are multiple concerns about potential health risks of ASBs – although limited evidence and hard … summarise current evidence, to inform the public, public health practitioners and policy makers. In NZ there are … extracts (eg, steviol gylcosides from the stevia plant). Association of ASBs with weight Starting with the association
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  • Where do the parties stand? Taxes to protect health and reduce inequity

    … consideration of other polluter pays taxes to protect health and the environment. The Election 2023 Public Health Survey In the lead up to the 2023 General Election, the Public Health Communication Centre contacted each of the five major …
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  • Living longer, living healthier? Latest Official Report on independent life expectancy in NZ

    … In this blog we review the latest update by the Ministry of Health on how much of NZers life expectancy can be expected to be in good health. The good news? We are both living longer, and living longer in good health. The bad news? According to this report, the …
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  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … in NZ (leptospirosis) and scans the wide variety of other health-relevant problems from rodents (eg, damage to food, … relationships with humans. 5 See Appendix One for more information on the ecology of rodents in NZ.  Supermarkets – … businesses involved in the food supply chain require pest management strategies combined with stringent food safety …
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  • Media release: A new voice to boost New Zealand’s response to major public health challenges

    … The new Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) will boost the impact of research to improve health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand along with greater … this country can claim some of the most effective public health initiatives in the world. Leading examples include New …
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  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … plans have broad ecological, cultural, economic, and human health importance and, if the report’s findings are well … modelled outputs tell us whether changes in farm management reduce or increase the losses of nutrients, or … with the policy requiring councils to use “best information available” to develop their plans. Not all …
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  • Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better

    … To build trust and maintain confidence in vaccines, NZ health agencies need to be far more active in communicating … operate with independence and provide timely, transparent information. Relying on building resource only when a safety … and independent of the agencies tasked with risk management. NZ health agencies need to be far more active in …
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