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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … system, household “bubbles”, and social event size limits are all valuable pandemic control measures. Nevertheless, … move back to tighter restrictions and lockdowns with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health … people at 0.3% of outbreaks) [2]. One author has described common settings of the superspreading events: “ These …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … interventions that policy-makers can consider – which are now all in the BODE 3 online interactive league table . Falls among older people are common, with high morbidity and mortality impacts. Yet there … of falls. In this blog we examine some programme options. What did our new study find? We found that a home-based …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … difficulties because products like tampons and pads are priced out of reach. Period poverty impacts Kiwis … are now available for free in schools in Aotearoa, but what more can be done?   What is Period Poverty?   Many … at large 4 . Limited access to period products is more common for people with low incomes, those experiencing …
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  • A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context

    … and endogenous synthesis from carbohydrates and alcohol so are not ideal intake biomarkers. Thus the lack of association … fat with 5% of energy from polyunsaturated fat was associated with a significant reduction in CHD events and CHD … by Chowdhury & colleagues does not address the question of what nutrients replace saturated fat (and they fail to …
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  • Urgently upgrading NZ’s Covid-19 response

    … is now threatened by the global emergence of new variants with increasingly high transmissibility. We outline the upgrades that are now urgently needed to keep New Zealanders safe, … is any person experiencing respiratory symptoms, requiring systematic provision of adequate payment in the Leave Support …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Genomic surveillance – Whole genome sequencing results are regularly updated on the ESR COVID-19 Genomics Insights … This pattern of small to moderate-sized waves may indicate what we can expect to see with Covid-19 in the future – … feature of Covid-19 is that reinfections are common, and can also cause severe illness, long Covid, and …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … Aotearoa 2025 is a world-leading tobacco-control goal with origins in the vision of Māori leaders for a Tupeka Kore … and disempower smokers. We believe these assertions are misplaced, and discuss why below. Is the Plan aiming for … still substance addiction, even though the health effects are less serious than for tobacco) instead of quitting …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … But despite the success of the “team of 5 million” – there are still a number of gaps in our defences. In particular, … being an island nation that is not a major transit hub. What remains to be done in NZ from a pandemic control … be produced). However, the final cost would depend on the associated workforce required to interpret the telecoms data. …
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  • “Appetite for Destruction”: A new book with attitude – but also strong science

    … apply a very careful analysis before they get in your face with their solutions. “Appetite for Destruction” is an … strong analysis of the theory and science of food.  There are likely to be a few quibbles about occasional facts and … the minds of many middle-New Zealanders from a belief that what you eat is individual choice, to a more nuanced …
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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … body weight (BMI 20-<25), being obese (BMI ≥ 30) is associated with a 69% higher coronary heart disease death … [1]. The same excess rates for overweight (BMI 25-<30) are 26% and 13%, respectively. In this blog, we look at a … to high blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose [1], and what this means for how health policy can address the obesity …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)