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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … companies, leading in turn to an important driver of the obesity epidemic.  That is, a market failure – if you believe that increasing obesity rates is not what the average citizen wants as an … as well.  But free markets also have failures, such as the obesity epidemic.  Does this mean that we should tighten the …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … of sugar). Furthermore, NZ has the third highest rate of obesity in the OECD and many children suffer from tooth … line with international evidence (9)), recycling funds for obesity control, taxing on volume of soft drink produced, … even stronger than in the UK, given that NZ has higher obesity levels and obesity is probably a more important …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … be some of the most effective interventions to address obesity and poor nutrition.  Indeed, much international … is abundantly clear that the major drivers of increasing obesity rates are upstream, stemming from changes in our food … disease and health system costs will be driven by obesity and diet related diseases, and smart governments can …
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  • What the Pacific & Mexico can tell us about soft drink taxes and public health

    … (PICTs) account for many of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world. The Secretariat of the … to the Pacific, Mexico has some of the highest rates of obesity and SSB consumption rates (e.g. 163 L/person/year). … soda raises their risk for developing diabetes and obesity. Was it an excise tax? – Yes. Excise taxes apply to …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … amongst countries concerned about their growing rates of obesity and diabetes.  In this blog we explain how the UK … at this issue. 3   We quantified the impact in the UK on obesity rates, diabetes and such like, through three … 1 was important, and will – we estimated – reduce obesity rates by around 1%.  Sure, it is no silver bullet for …
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  • Introducing an Online Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data

    … gaps in mortality for diseases consistent with the obesity epidemic; and the fact that adults aged 25-44 years … inequalities for that group. Increasing importance of obesity-related mortalities and cancers in driving absolute … of the NZCMS/CT Study data we have also found that obesity-related and cancer mortalities are becoming more …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … called INFORMAS (The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Research, Monitoring … health-in-all-policies) to strengthen systems to prevent obesity and NCDs. The Food-EPI will be piloted and trialled … understanding of how food policies and environments affect obesity and NCDs and allow evaluation of the impacts of new …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … and a lower threshold for closing schools and early childhood facilities with greater support for temporary home … effects have been described in all infectious diseases of childhood of public health significance. For example, … of post-acute effects of Covid-19 infection in children In childhood Covid-19 infection, it is useful to consider …
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  • What the fizz! A week of dealing to sugary drinks in NY and NZ

    … poster child for local government public health action on obesity.  (Interestingly from a New Zealand perspective, … Soda on the real public health policies which could reduce obesity here and around the world” . With little doubt, reducing sugary drink consumption should reduce obesity rates.  Moreover, it is easy – there are lots of …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) within the context of childhood immunisation targets, and reviews opportunities for … low maternal immunisation rates also have persistently low childhood immunisation coverage. 9 However, there are further … mistrust and vaccine hesitancy which has extended to childhood and maternal immunisations. 18 Innovations in …
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