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  • A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours

    … Samoa. This single ship spread the influenza pandemic from NZ to Western Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji. Thanks to the Rt … which successfully kept out the pandemic and had no deaths from it (see Figure below). Indeed, to make matters worse, … via supporting tobacco control and improvements to the food supply). In summary, the 100 th anniversary of the 1918 …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … fallen in the 2013 Census compared to the 2006 Census (from 20.7% to 15.1% in adults aged 15+). The results … rates for Māori have fallen nearly 10 percentage points from 2006 to 2013, or from 42.2% to 32.7%.  Which is fantastic news. This blog …
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  • Long COVID: a crucial reason for vax, mask, and distance

    … after the second blog 2 , some results began to emerge from the studies that had been established in the previous 12 … available data. Firstly, we briefly summarise the findings from large studies that presented overall prevalence data on … community, and the healthcare system. Thirdly, we move from this more detailed discussion of organs to summarise …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … study (the PURE Study). This facilitated useful feedback from others, along with input from colleagues in a journal club we ran. Based on these … style of label used in Finland (9). iii) Encouraging the food industry to reformulate their processed foods (possibly …
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  • Taxing tobacco in NZ: What we know and what could be next

    … to cheaper brands rather than quitting. Large health gains from tobacco tax increases NZ research published in 2015 (5) indicates large health gains from ongoing 10% annual tobacco tax rises until 2031, an … NZ research indicates that health gains per person from higher tobacco taxes have been estimated to be 3.7 times …
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  • The case for lowering salt levels in processed foods is now even stronger – new research

    … reported in some cohort studies (eg, [2] [3]). Data from the follow-up of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention … of death. However, the average estimated sodium intake from several spot urines appeared to show a ‘J-shaped’ … – particularly changing sodium levels in processed food. (See this online interactive league table for further …
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  • Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’

    … just one aspect of the wider harm to health and wellbeing from Gabrielle – which includes impacts on mental health and … infrastructure and appropriate land use), managed retreat from vulnerable areas, eliminating forestry slash, and making … ‘spongier’. Eleven people tragically died in the flooding from Cyclone Gabrielle. This means Gabrielle joins the list …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … provide a wealth of potential lessons that NZ could learn from. In this blog we briefly consider some of these, … even the peculiarities of health agencies being “banned” from using certain words [2], lack of adequate gun control … some of these that NZ could potentially consider learning from in some form. Nutrition/Physical activity Various US …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … is high in walnut (but which was subsequently excluded from further study due to its relatively high cost at NZ$5). … superior to commercially available breads in 15 countries from a heart health perspective, as well as being lower cost. … types of fatty acids (e.g., polyunsaturated fats). One food which has all three of these nutrients is bread and, in …
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  • Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport

    … to support sporting organisations to transition away from alcohol industry reliance. The Bill, if enacted, will … of sport. The Bill aligns with the recommendations from the 2010 Law Commission review of New Zealand’s alcohol … and substantial failures by the Crown to reduce the harm from alcohol in Māori communities. 11 Alcohol Sponsorship – …
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