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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … in NZ hospitals and 90 people in ICUs. We also discuss the value and limitations of using the Australian experience to … raises questions about NZ’s ICU capacity given a recent report suggesting that given current ICU use, there remains …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … for the commercial high seed/nut loaves. In terms of value-per-weight, we found that a commercial white loaf from … other seed/nut loaves, the HHB$3 loaf was by far the best value for money at NZ$0.25 per 100 g, vs a mean of NZ$1.25 … such as taxing junk food (as per Mexico), down-regulating maximum salt levels in processed foods, and facilitating …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … for efficiency. A low is in terms of “policy” where the report says that “New Zealand joined the bottom five this … by 5% below 1990 levels by 2020. In its fourth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … and mitigate risks of vapers turning to smoking. The definition of vaping harm needs to include psychological, … life trajectories and should be included in the definition of vaping harm.   What are the implications for … for how policy makers respond to this product. Broaden the definition of ‘harm’. To date, debate has generally focused …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The impact of hunger on learning

    … very hard to do is because of the confounding factors. By definition, schools that receive the lunches are lower … school achievement. What’s new in this briefing? We report high rates of food poverty for 15-year-old Māori …   Variable Effect size Estimate Standard error t value Intercept 434.75 4.13 105.15 Socioeconomic deprivation  …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … (binds individuals to the wider group and affirms the value of the collective). 3 This document was embedded in the … eliminating COVID-19 from New Zealand.” A central ethical value in pandemic planning is kotahitanga or solidarity. If …
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  • The Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty and tobacco: no cause to celebrate

    … the partial ISDS exclusion was considerable, but to report the result as a ‘win’ is a major overstatement. The … in Section A of Chapter 9 (that is, ‘national treatment’, ‘fair and equitable treatment’, and ‘expropriation’). Article …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … Which yoghurt is cheaper per 100g and thus provides best value for money? Some shoppers will be looking for food to … than less healthy ones. Cost per calorie Other authors report similar findings. Davis and Carlson (2014) (4) used a …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … (NNS) and New Zealand Health Surveys (NZHS) use an obesity definition of a BMI of ≥30, except for Māori and Pacific … obesity rates among pre-school Pacifica ( page 24 of this report ) – but it is early days. Against this backdrop, the …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … (of COVID-19): We have proposed that the elimination definition includes three elements [2]: (a) The absence of … quarantine (and who are not known to be infected; see the definition of “quarantine” below). The Dictionary of … used for people who are known to be infected. The formal definition is as follows: “Restriction of the activities of …
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