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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … looks at a recently published study of the lifespan of NZ soldiers who participated in the First World War. It then … the impact of the First World War (WWI) on participating NZ soldiers was that they typically lost around eight years … of injuries in the survivors, with an estimated 41% of NZ soldiers receiving non-fatal wounds in the war. These …
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  • Health-related food taxes and subsidies: A critique of opposition arguments

    … and consider their basis drawing on the best available NZ and international evidence.   In recent weeks, we have … would be ineffective, “nanny-state”, or detrimental to NZ’s food industry and economy. Consideration of such … behaviour (ACE-Prevention Australia (10), and the NZ SHOP study (11)). Additional interventions are needed to …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there?

    … burden from tobacco smoking in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is massive – with an estimated 4790 (95% uncertainty … a mean of over five per school. 4 5 In April 2021, the NZ Government published an Action Plan Discussion Document … of such an approach, and could it be justified as part of NZ’s strategy to achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal? A key …
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  • Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines

    … should be mandatory and protect children of all ages and NZ does neither of these things. In the latest Public Health Communication Centre Briefing - NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing - Dr Egli and colleagues match up NZ’s policies against WHO guidelines and UN Convention on the …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … relative to more structural changes to the environment. In NZ, dietary counselling is delivered by dietitians, practice … that counselling definitely helps (eg, the Quitline in NZ is a well-studied effective and cost-effective … of note is that this Patnode et al Review included four NZ-based trials, but all of them were on physical activity …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … of drinking and with drinking larger amounts, 6,7 and NZ research has reported 50% of alcohol abuse and dependence … reduce drinking or to remain sober. In 2015/16 one in four NZ drinkers reported they were thinking about cutting back on … is associated with higher consumption. 12 The NZ Kids’Cam study, which put cameras on children aged 11-13 …
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  • Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?

    … own, the current Nutrition Information Panel (NIP) used in NZ does not achieve the goal of facilitating healthier food … While four studies were conducted in Australia (3) and NZ (1) , none of these tell us if the HSR is a more effective … are poor predictors; 90% of consumers in the US (7-9) and NZ (10) predicted they’d regularly use numeric nutrition …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … larger numbers of New Zealanders to safely enter Aotearoa NZ. This strategy was reasonably sound but is now threatened … and crowded and precarious housing. Auckland and NZ generally remain under-prepared for widespread … Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [MBIE], NZ Police, Department of Corrections, Ministry of Social …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … initial actions proposes repealing Aotearoa New Zealand’s (NZ) world-leading smokefree legislation . Coalition … between the National Party and its partners, ACT and NZ First , outline the government’s intention to remove three … of an agenda that will only benefit tobacco companies. NZ's world leading legislation has a strong evidence base …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … junior football in New Zealand – http://stoppress.co.nz/news/world-cup-fever-hits-mcdonalds-release-new-menu-items … the current review of the voluntary Advertising Codes in NZ does present another opportunity for the food industry to … favour. About 6000 “ActionStation” members called on the NZ Government to put enforceable restrictions in place on …
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