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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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  • 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 … that can arise from such actions. In a future blog we plan to comment on more specific aspects of MfE’s Discussion …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … on the Ernst and Young (EY) report to the Ministry of Health, which evaluated tobacco excise tax increases as a … NZ tobacco control sector’s Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa Plan (ASAP) launched a year previously [2] . The report … place a high priority on improving and safeguarding the public health, including progressing key public health …
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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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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … one of the proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document that the sale of smoked tobacco … stores, petrol stations and supermarkets.   The health burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand … der Deen and Nick Wilson are based in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Louise Marsh …
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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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  • 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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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … Journal that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss what we found and … (ranked) Weight loss, Android     Noom Coach: Weight Loss Plan Noom Inc 70% Lifesum – The Health Movement Lifesum 68% …
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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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