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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … Short-term thinking leads to the neglect of multiple public health problems particularly long-term disease prevention and … thinking into the government system and to facilitate public participation. Election year provides an ideal time …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … and available healthy food. The study underscores the public’s expectation of political action on this front, … overseas.   Poor quality food is a major cause of ill-health and deaths from diseases such as cancer, heart … of understanding how food influences health. Overall public awareness of how diet can influence cancer risk was …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … in helping smokers in this way. There is strong public support for major changes, including for smokefree … implemented, these proposals could lead to major health gains, health system cost savings and reducing the … are largely unenforceable, with only a few areas on public land covered by council licence arrangements in some …
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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 … (1, 2)) has been described as strong enough to justify public health action to reduce high levels of sodium intake. … to update our perspective in the future (keep checking Public Health Expert blog ). What could be done now? The …
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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … Shaw and Simon Hales reflect on the weak evidence on health co-benefits for some ‘big’ environmental policies, but … that promote active transport (walking, cycling and public transport use) will (in theory) reduce car use, … tries to encourage individuals to walk and cycle and use public transport) which, in the context of a car-centric …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … in water; (3) avoiding algal blooms that are hazardous to health; (4) protecting mahinga kai uses (cultural importance … on this document, we briefly review in this blog the public health case for waterways protection. 1) Protecting … recently become an important issue in NZ with increased public concern and political attention. Over the past 30 …
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  • Keeping public health on the agenda for the new government

    … Summary The Public Health Expert Briefing will be highlighting evidence-informed public health solutions in a new series: Briefings to the Incoming …
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  • The smokefree policies of political parties: Do they care about people who smoke?

    … importance. Smokers are more vulnerable to many harmful health effects, including severe effects from the virus. … TOP Party are committed to re-establishing the 1992-1995 Public Health Commission. The National Party has committed to addressing ‘issues with the structure and funding of public health highlighted by Covid-19’ (though it is unclear …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and … low death rates. 7 This was likely due in part to high public compliance with safety measures including mass …
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  • The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks

    … drink levy being introduced in 2017 is likely to benefit health (reduced obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when … are pushing ahead with the levy, and it is now out for public consultation. So what is the policy?  Basically, it is … strategy. So what impact might this levy actually have on public health?  A paper published today in the journal Lancet …
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