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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … Ako programme. 2 In a public opinion poll commissioned by Health Coalition Aotearoa , the cost of healthy food was … a clear need for short-term interventions to help people access healthy food right now, alongside long-term, … least double Ka Ora, Ka Ako. We based the call on strong community support , as well as emerging evidence of the …
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  • Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon

    … ( The Briefing is rebranded from the successful Public Health Expert Blog which has run for over a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary and analysis. We unpack some of the big public health issues facing our country, detail what the research is …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with regard to a new large prospective … the totality of the available evidence is sufficient for health authorities to continue taking a range of … to the overall evidence around salt being harmful to health – and undoubtedly so at high levels. Additionally, our …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … importance of ventilation as a crucial part of enabling health and wellbeing. Breathing clean air is so often ignored … day indoors, the air we breathe has a direct impact on our health and wellbeing. As well as having indoor sources of … symptoms, cancers, and premature death. 2 The World Health Organization (WHO) states that poor indoor air …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … Through these two mechanisms we predicted the resulting health gains in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and health system costs over the remaining life course of the NZ … NZ population level it was estimated to generate a total health gain of 82,100 QALYs (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: …
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  • Food taxes and subsidies will probably protect health & reduce inequalities – but the devil is in the detail

    … among socially disadvantaged groups with worse diets and health to start with. But the proof is in the pudding, which in this case is the health and economic modelling to see what effect taxes and … international models show little if any improvement in health from subsidies on fruit and vegetables, because …
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  • What can Aotearoa NZ learn from Australia’s new vaping policies?

    … has seen youth vaping rise. The Australian Minister of Health, Mark Butler, this week responded by announcing new … vaping), to obtain prescriptions that enable them to access vaping products. Disallowing supply of single-use … R18 stores. Alongside this change, NZ should allow only staff with certified expertise in supporting people to move …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … a home-based exercise programme generated the greatest health gain and cost the least. This programme involves … number UOOX1406). The Ministry of Health kindly provided access to anonymised official health data (HealthTracker) and … range of households (as already successfully achieved in a community trial in Taranaki [ 5 ]). There is also some NZ …
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  • Debate on ultra-processed foods shouldn’t derail good dietary advice

    … The commentary around UPF is complex. Nutrition and public health experts are debating whether categorising UPF … just 19 food companies had 67% of the NZ market share 4 .  Health and ultra-processed foods A number of large cohort … profits, working to enable all  whānau/ families to access affordable, culturally appropriate, healthy foods . …
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  • The UK Government shows leadership with a Soft Drink Tax announcement

    … adults, and it is clear that Kiwis far exceed the World Health Organization free sugars target of less than 10% of … ensuring public support for new taxes designed to protect health or the environment. Is this new tax likely to work? … purchases (7), and modelling work is suggestive of health benefits (e.g., this NZ modelling work (8). …
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